While the world continues to debate the mechanics of third-generation technology, many industry watchers wonder what business case, if any, this new technology will have for carriers.The International Telecommunications Union, a part of the United Nations that has put itself in charge of setting...
NEW YORK-Spyglass Inc., Naperville, Ill., has established a consulting practice to work with telecommunications, consumer electronics, satellite and other companies interested in using Sun Microsystems Inc. Java technology in devices other than personal computers."Device makers and others are seriously considering Java technology, and they...
AUTHENTIX NETWORK INC.William W. Erdman was named president and chief executive officer of Authentix Network Inc., a company offering enhanced roaming solutions to wireless service providers. Erdman was one of the founding members and the first chairman of the Cellular Radio Communications Association, which...
CHICAGO-The status of Motorola Inc. has been the hot topic of the week.Again.First, reports surfaced that the vendor was preparing a corporate restructuring that would separate its various businesses into two divisions-an industrial products group and a consumer products group-ending the internal competition fostered...
HANOVER, Germany-Geoworks Corp. announced its graphical, communications-centric GEOS operating system will provide the foundation for the new Nokia Corp. 9110 Communicator for Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz networks."Nokia's unveiling of the 9110 Communicator is another major milestone for Geoworks, because it reflects...
Further extending its reach into the wireless industry, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced it has signed an agreement giving L.M. Ericsson license to use and distribute its PersonalJava platform and Java Application Environment.The Ericsson announcement comes less than two months after Motorola Inc. announced it...
NEW YORK-It has been said that where you stand depends on where you sit. And so it was earlier this month when representatives of four wireless carriers and four equipment vendors offered their views at a BT Alex. Brown forum on the interplay between...
IRVING, Texas-Western PCS Corp. will buy Global System for Mobile communications network equipment, valued at $150 million, from Nokia Corp. for its Seattle and Phoenix network buildouts.Under terms of the contract, Nokia plans to deliver base stations and its base station controller, as well...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced it acquired Wavetech Ltd., a United Kingdom-based company that distributes wireless handsets.Wavetech, which reported sales of $64 million last year, has distribution agreements with L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp., Siemens AG, Panasonic and Sony Corp.Kevin Brummitt, a former officer, director and owner...
HANOVER, Germany-Nokia Corp. introduced three new handsets for the 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications market this week at the Cebit '98 exhibition in Hanover, Germany.The Nokia 8810 weighs less than 3.5 ounces and features built-in data communications capabilities with infrared connectivity, call...
Vendors and carriers have renewed hope that the world could have one standard in place for third-generation systems, but Europe holds one of the keys in making it a reality.The situation is as political as ever as vendors, carriers and interest groups work within...
Superconducting Core Technologies Inc. has ended commercial distribution of its cryoelectronic receiver front-end products for the mobile wireless base station market, igniting questions of whether superconductor companies targeting the wireless industry can raise enough capital to operate.Robert Paige, chief operating officer of Golden, Colo.-based...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. and Nokia Corp. said they extended their current agreement to distribute cellular phones and accessories in China until Dec. 31, 1999.
The United Kingdom continues to dominate news related to Trans European Trunked Radio technology, as a company there recently took steps to offer the first and only commercially available network based on the technology.Dolphin Telecommunications, formerly known as TetraLink Telecommunications Ltd., announced it plans...
Due to an editing error, the comments of an unidentified California paging reseller in the Feb. 23 "WireLink extensions benefit resellers" story were incorrectly attributed to WireLink Communications Inc. President Steve Lan.Lan did not make those comments. They were instead the opinions of a...
NEW YORK-Philips Consumer Communications L.L.P., has embarked on plans at home and abroad to market aggressively its new ISIS Advanced Mobile Phone Service/Narrowband Analog Mobile Phone Service handsets.The Dallas-based joint venture between Lucent Technologies Inc. and Philips Electronics North America Corp. began selling ISIS...
PRINCETON, N.J.-Nearing completion of an intense three-year effort with major equipment manufacturers and European regulators, Intek Global Corp. said its proprietary linear modulation technology complies with the Europe-wide narrowband specification recently approved and released for member comment by the Technical Committee of the European...
Motorola Inc. announced it has reached an agreement with Latin American paging provider Alfa-Bip of Mexico to provide infrastructure for a nationwide expansion of its paging services. Under the terms of the agreement, Alfa-Bip agreed to buy Motorola's Nucleus one-way paging transmitters. Alfa-Bip is...
ATLANTA-Spyglass Inc. and Fujitsu Software Corp. both have joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, the companies announced at CTIA's Wireless 98 trade show.Founded by L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Unwired Planet Inc., WAP was formed to create a network-independent, global wireless protocol...
DENVER, United States-Competition in the world's cdmaOne handset markets is expected to heat up this year as more countries deploy commercial systems and manufacturers battle it out for market share.Ray Jodoin, senior analyst with InStat in Scottsdale, Arizona, expects some 8.9 million cdmaOne cellular...
Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Canada, signed a letter of intent with SOGERA to acquire, for approximately US$13 million, the French trunked radio operations of France Telecom that were marketed under the brand names Praxiphone, Heliophone and Armoricom, announced TIW. With this acquisition, TIW's French...
The new GSM licensee in Israel, Partner Communications Co., signed a letter of intent with L.M. Ericsson for the supply of equipment for the operator, a joint venture between Hutchison Telecommunications, Matav Cable Systems Media and Elbit, reported The Financial Times. The newspaper quoted...
BEIJING-"Please come in, sir, and have a look. The cheapest prices and the best choice."No, we have not discovered Beijing's red-light district, and the time is not midnight. We have come to Xizhimen, an area where narrow streets are lined by small "mom-and-pop" stores,...
CANNES, France-Comverse Network Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Comverse Technology Inc., said it is developing a new set of mobile unified messaging applications for the Global System for Mobile communications smartphone market.The new applications will give subscribers visual access via the Internet...
