Nokia

WASHINGTON-U.S. manufacturers have begun mounting a counter offensive to what they see as a European-led, anticompetitive effort to restrict global wireless standards for third generation pocket phones. The controversy surfaced …

Nokia Corp. announced it will introduce the Nokia 9000 Communicator into the U.S., Canadian and Latin American markets in the second half of 1997. The product began shipping in Europe …

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CLIFTON, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has selected Gemini Industries Inc. to manage and supply the company’s Universal Accessory Program. Gemini will supply all of the accessories for cellular phones marketed …

Orange plc, one of the United Kingdom’s two 1800 MHz personal communications providers, announced it established a roaming agreement with the Swiss Post, Telephone and Telegraph. Concurrently, Colin Tucker, group …

WASHINGTON-Hardcore opponents of the new hybrid radiofrequency radiation standard, believing federal regulators will reject calls to repeal it, are already considering putting a consortium together to challenge the safety guideline …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc.’s unusual advance warning last week of poor third-quarter expectations raised eyebrows and at least two questions. Is Motorola still the bellwether company, giving early notice of stormy …

TAMPA, Fla.-Nokia Inc., which originated color cellular phones, now offers the Nokia 239, an Advanced Mobile Phone Service cellular phone with a keypad cover. The 239 has several features including …

Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. said it acquired all the cellular assets of the nonwireline West Virginia 6 rural service area for $16.7 million as part of a property swap agreement …

Some Personal Communications Services contenders are looking to differentiate themselves in the new age of wireless competition with data services based on the established Global System for Mobile communications standard. …

Yet another European-based company is entering the U.S. digital handset market, trumpeting its communications and manufacturing expertise, particularly in Global System for Mobile communications technology. A U.S. division of Siemens …

Telesp Celular, the cellular division of the telephone operating company for the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, announced plans to install a digital network by December 1997 to eliminate capacity …

The Federal Communications Commission was hit Friday with major challenges to its new hybrid radio frequency exposure guideline. Among those filing petitions for reconsideration/clarification are the Personal Communications Industry Association, …

GTE Mobilnet Inc. is signing up customers in a new way, by mail order. Hello Direct Inc., which produces a catalog full of a various telecommunications and business products, will …

Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. announced it will resell long-distance service to its more than 225,000 wireless customers during the first phase of the opening of the Mexican long-distance market. …

Nokia Telecommunications said it fought against strong competition to win the private radio contract for the London Underground Northern Line, which is valued at $15 million. Nokia will supply and …

NEW YORK-Aided by strong growth in its mobile phones and telecommunications business groups, Nokia Corp. reported strong second-quarter net sales Aug. 8 of nearly $1.9 billion, a 17 percent increase …

Lucent Technologies Inc. said it doesn’t expect to renew its original equipment manufacturer contracts with Nokia Mobile Phones and Oki telecom at the end of the year when the agreements …

ESPOO, Finland- Sapura Digital Sdn. Bhd. and Nokia Telecommunications signed a long-term agreement for the expansion of Sapura’s nationwide personal communications network in Malaysia, said Nokia. This agreement is the …

LE MANS, France-Philips Electronics North America Corp. has appointed Osmo Hautanen president of Philips Consumer Communications Co., a seven-month-old Le Mans, France-based subsidiary of Philips Electronics. Hautanen will oversee Philips’ …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Mobile Phones K.K. (Japan) has introduced the Nokia Digital Data/Fax Card to the Japanese digital cellular networks. The card enables wireless data transmission linking Nokia’s digital mobile phones …

While naysayers doubted that personal communications services networks could be built out in record time, the five systems now up and running prove them wrong. Western Wireless Corp. last week …

Not wanting to be elbowed aside by rival new suitors, cellular carriers are beginning to serenade subscribers with their own chorus of “Digital! Digital! Digital!” But unlike emerging personal communications …

Comsat Personal Communications, a business unit of Comsat Corp., has chosen International Telecommunication Data Systems Inc. as its strategic information systems supplier. Comsat Personal Communications plans to provide personal satellite …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. has assigned Prime-1 short-term ratings to a planned commercial paper program by Nokia Corp. and two of its subsidiaries. Nokia and its two guaranteed subsidiaries, …