HELSINKI, Finland-China Unicom Shanghai Branch designated Nokia Telecommunications the main base station subsystem supplier for the third phase of its Global System for Mobile communications network expansion in China.Nokia will provide its PrimeSite base stations, base station controllers and network planning and installation services....
RANK/COMPANY NAME TOTAL RETURN1 Brightpoint Inc. 259.88%2 Tellabs Inc. 169.96%3 Specialty Teleconstructors 150.00%4 ADC Telecommunications Inc. 149.00%5 WinStar Communications, Inc. 132.53%6 ...
Lucent Technologies Inc., the equipment division spun off by AT&T Corp. last year, and Netherlands-based Philips Electronics N.V., one of the world's largest electronic companies, announced plans to combine their consumer phone equipment operations in a joint venture sure to create the largest phone...
Globe Telecom selected Nokia Corp. to supply infrastructure equipment and wireless local loop subscriber terminals for a fixed telephone project in the Philippines. Nokia's Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure and PremiCell WLL equipment will be used in the initial phase of trial applications...
Western Wireless Corp. said things are running smoothly in Hawaii since it launched the nation's second personal communications services network there more than one year ago.But in the eyes of consumers, it may be a different story. The company, operating as VoiceStream Wireless, still...
Southern California's emergence as a burgeoning wireless hub was reinforced when yet another new telecom company, Kokusai Communications Systems Inc., opened its world headquarters last month in San Diego.Kokusai Communications is the newest subsidiary of Kokusai Electric Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based manufacturer of wireless...
NEW YORK-Competition from personal communications services companies in the United States is proving to be good news for wireless carriers and their stocks, David A. Freedman, managing director of Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., New York, said June 4."If you look at a graph...
Noise/Com Inc. introduced its BS-800 Dual Interference Signal Generators to aid in interference testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access base stations. The products include two synthesized CW signal generators and all necessary radio-frequency components including attenuators and switches, to...
NEW YORK-Surfing the Internet from a wireless Global System for Mobile communications handset is about to get easier and smarter, according to Nokia Inc. and TeamWare, a unit of Fujitsu Ltd.The Finnish handset manufacturer and the Japanese software developer have teamed up to enhance...
LEESBURG, Va.-Nokia Telecommunications signed a three-year extension to a contract with Coherent Communications Systems Corp., which calls for Coherent to supply Nokia with its echo canceler product.Coherent's echo cancelers are designed to exceed the current ITU-T standards.
WASHINGTON-The head of the wireless industry's cancer research project last week cautioned against reading too much into preliminary findings from a new Finnish study that mobile phones are free of health risks.Dr. George L. Carlo, chairman of Wireless Technology Research L.L.C., said that while...
Cook Inlet Region Inc. will roll out personal communications services this week in Tulsa, Okla.,-just the second C-block player to launch commercial PCS operations. Airadigm Communications Inc., another C-block licensee, launched its PCS service in March in Appleton, Wis.Cook Inlet, an Alaskan Native American...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications signed a contract with Mobilix, a subsidiary of the France Telecom Group, to supply a new Digital Cellular System 1800 MHz network in Denmark. Mobilix won a license to operate the Danish DCS 1800 mobile phone network in March.The agreement includes...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. said they will develop a prototype digital handset for NTT DoCoMo in Japan based on wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology.NTT recently announced it plans to implement wideband CDMA technology by 2000. L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc....
Telecel-Zambia announced plans to launch a Code Division Multiple Access system next week in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. The initial launch will cover 450 customers, and a broader launch a month later will provide service to the general public. The company said...
WESTLAKE, Texas-Nokia Corp. agreed to supply Global System for Mobile communications personal communications services network equipment to Wireless Alliance L.L.C. Nokia values the contract at $20 million.During the initial phase of the contract, Nokia will supply GSM-1900 base station controllers and high-capacity indoor base...
IRVING, Texas-Aerial Communications Inc. said it will purchase personal communications services handsets from Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. and Nokia Corp. Aerial values both contracts at $75 million.The Mitsubishi G100 phone and Nokia's 2190 handset both incorporate plug-in subscriber identity module smart cards. Aerial also...
AirTouch Cellular launched Caller ID service in the Puget Sound area of western Washington. The service is available using Motorola Inc., Audiovox Corp. and Nokia Corp. narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service `MegaPhones,' said the company. The service is available for $4 per month.Northern Telecom...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Mobile Phones introduced a service that allows direct Internet access from standard Global System for Mobile communications cellular phones."The main idea behind Smart Messaging is to combine Internet access with wireless telephony in a seamless manner," said Mikko Terho, vice president of...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported net sales for the first quarter ended March 31 of $2.2 billion, 43 percent more than first quarter 1996 net sales of $1.6 billion. Net profit for the quarter totaled $212.5 million, or 75 cents per share, compared with net...
China will have more than 20 million cellular subscribers by 2000, predicts a report released by International Technology Consultants Inc., titled Wireless Communications Markets: China. By 2000, China's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications plans to install 150 million switching lines and only 105 million main...
NEC Corp. won contracts for two transmission projects in Costa Rica in conjunction with Intituto Costarricense de Electricidad. One project calls for NEC to supply a 2 GHz/8 Mbps digital microwave radio system for rural districts of Costa Rica. The other calls for NEC...
