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,...
NEW YORK-James Bond and his high-tech Nokia mobile phone may be Hollywood's idea of the real McCoy. But truth, as journalists well know, often is stranger and scarier than fiction.For a gripping, spine-tingling experience, read this newly published book: "War by Other Means-Economic Espionage in...
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...
Two wireless infrastructure manufacturers signed agreements last week giving them a foothold in the emerging broadband access market.Lucent Technologies Inc. announced plans to acquire Hewlett-Packard Co.'s local multipoint distribution service wireless business, and Nokia Telecommunications said it signed a cooperation agreement with Diamond Lane...
South Korean CDMA handset manufacturers exporting their way out of the currency crisis affecting their country are expected to fuel competition in the U.S. Code Division Multiple Access handset market this year.One analyst in South Korea expects all four of the country's main handset...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and BellSouth New Zealand signed an agreement for Nokia to provide a mobile intelligent network for the BellSouth Global System for Mobile communications network in New Zealand, said Nokia."The Nokia IN platform will give BellSouth customers the ability to use their...
NEW YORK-Bolstered by strong results in its wireless handset and telecommunications infrastructure businesses, Nokia Corp., Helsinki, reported the highest net sales, profits and earnings per share in its 132-year history.Nokia closed the fiscal year 1997 with net sales of $9.57 billion, up 34 percent...
NEW YORK-A wide and growing array of handset choices has caused some carriers to evaluate whether to winnow down the number of makes and models sold at their own retail stores.Is this a case of product oversupply? No, it's only half the story.Telecommunications equipment...
Just less than a month before the Philippine government plans to hold an auction for new mobile phone licenses, Isla Communications Co. and Globe Telecom Gmcr both launched prepaid Global System for Mobile communications services.The launches represent the first shots of an aggressive nationwide...
ArgentinaBrightpoint Inc. is expanding its international operations with the formation of Brightpoint de Argentina S.A. and plans to establish Brightpoint France, said the company. As part of its Argentine operations, Brightpoint opened a 10,000-square foot leased facility in Buenos Aires for distribution, value-added logistics...
NEW YORK-It was a glowing quarter for Brightpoint Inc., Indianapolis, which reported significant increases in net sales, income and income per share.The company, a worldwide distributor of wireless handsets and accessories, closed the fourth quarter of its fiscal year Dec. 31 with $373.2 million...
AT&T Corp. also told analysts it plans to push a calling party pays program for its wireless customers, as well as a dual-band, dual-mode handset with extended battery time.AT&T said it plans this year to offer its wireless customers the new Nokia 6160, a...
NEW YORK-While Asian troubles may obscure the big picture for awhile, international growth and the integration of wireless and wireline telephony will mean plenty of opportunities for wireless manufacturers, according to one analyst who tracks those stocks."Mobile is great, but it's getting hard to...
European Telecommunications Standards Institute members last week reached a consensus agreement for a third-generation mobile phone standard, incorporating two major proposals that were on the table. The agreement came after members failed the day before to reach the 71-percent consensus vote required to approve...
SINGAPORE-The Asia-Pacific currency crisis has taken its toll on the Personal Communications Industry Association's first venture into the international trade-show arena. Wireless Showcase Asia, held here last week and touted as the first all-wireless show in the region, drew only limited attendance from outside...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-With the launch of digital service in Kansas City, Southwestern Bell said it now offers Time Division Multiple Access service in all of its major markets.The company's digital cellular service, branded Digital Edge, will integrate the company's existing analog network so customers...
Samsung is not a household name in the United States, but the consumer electronics giant is hoping its $10 million brand promotion campaign introduced in the fourth quarter and its aggressive strategy to grab a 40-percent share of the U.S.CDMA handset market will do...
Philips Consumer Communications announced Osmo Hautanen, president of the Americas region, will leave the company March 15.Michael Lang, vice president of marketing for the Americas, immediately will assume operational responsibilities for the North American organization on an interim basis. Lang, who has been with...
While not everything is rosy in the PCS world-what with a couple bankruptcies, some layoffs, downgraded and stagnant rollout plans-the industry, in general, has made terrific inroads in a short time. A strong economy and cheap pricing plans certainly have contributed to how quickly...
Australian telecommunications company Telstra, and Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to trial Nokia's Terrestrial Trunked Radio system. The six-month trial will begin in Sydney this year and will represent the first multisite TETRA system outside of Europe, said Nokia.The companies will jointly install and...
LAS VEGAS-Manufacturers at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may have been hinting at things to come with a handful of launches and plenty of promises of phones that can do more for longer periods of time.Long-awaited dual-mode, dual-band phones-those that work...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TA Intercall AB, a wholesale distributor of wireless communications products in Sweden.TA Intercall recorded sales of about $83 million for the year ended Dec. 31. The company distributes products in Sweden...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-After introducing the architecture for the Wireless Application Protocol last September, collaborators L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Unwired Planet Inc. announced they established a new company called Wireless Application Protocol Forum Ltd.According to the companies, WAP is meant to bring...
