HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications Inc. and New World PCS Ltd. Hong Kong SAR signed a contract calling for Nokia to expand New World's Global System for Mobile communications 1800 network.The deal is valued at more than $50 million. Nokia will commence deliveries immediately. The network...
Boston Communications Group Inc. expects to report a net loss of $300,000 to $700,000, or 2 to 5 cents per share, for the 1997 fiscal year ended Dec. 31. The company also expects to report revenues of approximately $67 million, compared with 1996 revenues...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint last week announced the availability of the Nokia 9000i Communicator in its retail stores.The digital handset allows users to browse the Internet and access corporate and public databases, and send and receive faxes, e-mail, short text messages and voice calls. Nokia...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and the Finnish Ministry of the Interior signed an agreement in which Nokia will supply a nationwide digital communications network for police, emergency and rescue services and other government users throughout the country.Deliveries of the Terrestrial Trunked Radio infrastructure equipment, including...
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute cast a preliminary vote last week in Madrid, Spain, in favor of a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access third-generation technology proposal backed by Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson.The W-CDMA proposal allows for migration from Global System for Mobile communications networks...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced it will acquire Ipsilon Networking Inc., a company that develops open Internet Protocol routing platforms, in a $120 million transaction.Nokia has held a minority interest in Ipsilon since June."Wireless and data communications are clearly the key drivers as telecommunications markets...
WASHINGTON-Kari-Pekka "K-P" Wilska of Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. and Richard Ekstrand of Rural Cellular Corp. have been elected to the board of directors of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Foundation for Wireless Telecommunications. They assume their new positions immediately.Wilska, president of Nokia Mobile Phones,...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. introduced its first Code Division Multiple Access-based 1900 MHz digital phone for the Americas. Nokia's research and development center in San Diego developed the Nokia 2170, which is scheduled to be available in commercial volumes during the first quarter.The phone supports...
ATLANTA-Powertel Inc. launched its Global System for Mobile communications personal communications services network in Atlanta, bringing to 22 the number of metropolitan areas and major highway corridors in which the company provides service.Powertel is offering Atlanta customers rate plans ranging from $20 per month...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS is offering its customers in the Carolinas, eastern Tennessee and coastal Georgia the Nokia 9000 Communicator, a digital wireless handset capable of sending faxes, accessing the Internet, sending and receiving e-mail messages, retaining addresses and phone numbers and keeping notes.BellSouth Mobility...
ESPOO,Finland-Nokia Corp. signed agreements to expand Global System for Mobile communications networks for two carriers in China.An agreement with Jiangxi Post and Telecommunications Administration China calls for Nokia to complete the third expansion of the Jiangxi GSM 900 MHz network, which will bring network...
NEW YORK-For handset manufacturers, next year likely will be a transition period as new entrants gear up to enter the rapidly expanding wireless marketplace, said Jeffrey Schlesinger, wireless technology analyst for UBS Securities L.L.C.Brightpoint Inc. projects that sales of new handsets in North America...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. said its dual-mode Nokia 2180 phone that uses Code Division Multiple Access technology is available in the San Diego market.Developed at Nokia's research center in San Diego, the 800 MHz phone, which provides up to 210 minutes of talk time and...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Microcell Solutions Inc. announced it will provide Nokia Mobile Phones' 9000i Communicator smart phone to its subscribers in Canada.Microcell is a Canadian personal communications services provider using Global System for Mobile communications technology at 1900 MHz. The wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications...
'Tis the season to buy!And with some wireless carriers estimating that between 30 percent and 40 percent of their business takes place this quarter, the industry should be as giddy about the coming month as a turkey that is still pecking dirt at the...
Global industry trends regarding future sales of wireless communications equipment are going to include enough opportunity for everyone with something to offer, according to the "U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook 1998."U.S. wireless industry growth projections "are expected to be as good or even better"...
A Denver-based company has caught the attention of price-sensitive mobile phone carriers as well as some big manufacturers.Cactus Integration Group, incorporated Aug. 1, provides integrated, turnkey site development solutions to wireless carriers. Services range from site identification and acquisition to engineering and installation services."We...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed agreements to expand Global System for Mobile communications networks for two carriers in China.An agreement with Jiangxi Post and Telecommunications Administration China calls for Nokia to complete the third expansion of the Jiangxi GSM 900 MHz network, which will bring...
HELSINKI, Finland-Cellular penetration rates recently reached 40 percent in Finland, according to Mikael Akermarck, senior researcher with the Finnish Ministry of Transport.The increased demand is attributable to factors including a shift in perceptions of mobile phones from a "businessman's gadget" to an essential tool...
SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea's largest cellular operator, has completed test trials of third-generation services, which it expects to offer to the public at the 2002 World Cup in Seoul.Believing IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunications) is crucial to its success, the Code Division Multiple...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. signed a letter of intent with Nokia Corp. and extended an alliance with L.M. Ericsson to distribute wireless phones in the United States.Under terms of the agreement with Nokia, Brightpoint will become the sole authorized distributor of Nokia wireless phones in the...
It is unclear whether the wireless communications industry will be recession proof in the Asia-Pacific region if certain currencies there continue to fall taking economic growth with them.Beginning with the devaluation of the Thai baht in July, currency values have spiraled downward by as...
NEW YORK-The Wireless Alliance L.L.C. is testing a dual-mode service that would allow callers to dial one phone number to reach customers on either their cellular or personal communications services handsets.Under the plan, incoming calls will "group ring" both phones. If neither is answered,...
CHICAGO-Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. assigned a BBB rating to Aerial Communications Inc.'s $100 million proposed offering of 10-year series B zero coupon notes.The notes are unconditionally guaranteed by Aerial parent Telephone and Data Systems Inc.; the guarantee is a senior unsecured obligation...
