IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. announced the personal communications services 1900 market in the United States has selected the Enhanced Full Rate voice codec developed by Nokia and the University of Sherbrooke in Canada as the industry standard codec for PCS-1900.The EFR codec is a coding...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Cellular Communications received a 13-month contract to sell 500,000 cellular phones to PCS PrimeCo, the joint services organization of AirTouch Communications Inc., U S West Inc., Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp.Three supply contracts were issued by PrimeCo; Motorola Inc. and Nokia...
The cellular industry's major handset manufacturers reported lower growth figures in third quarter reports, a sign that the wireless phone industry could be slowing down in the United States.Low cellular phone prices were one of the contributing factors that led to the slower growth...
Datum Inc.'s Timing Division announced the release of a small high-performance Global Positioning Satellite system receiver. Datum said the StarTime GPS Clock is designed for applications that require not only high performance but small physical size and low price. The clock consists of an...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-GO Communications Corp. has selected Siemens Wireless Terminals Division, a division of Siemens Rolm Communications, as its primary personal communications services handset and accessory provider.During the first year of the multi-year contract, GO Communications will purchase approximately $40 million in PCS handsets and...
Short forms are due today for designated entities, marking a giant and-finally-tangible step toward the Federal Communications Commission's C-block auction of nearly 500 personal communications services licenses set for Dec. 11.About 25 DEs will actually make it to auction, and only a handful will...
WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry told the Federal Communications Commission it will work with the hearing-impaired community, hearing aid manufacturers and audiologists during the next six months to develop short-term and long-term solutions to hearing aid interference and compatibility problems posed by digital pocket telephones."We...
Before 1995, people with a moderate to total hearing loss couldn't carry on an ordinary phone conversation, according to Jo Waldron, co-inventor of the Hearing Aid Telephone Interconnect System. Today, using the HATIS device, it is possible for people with up to 99 percent...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt directed the wireless telecommunications industry to develop a plan by next week to address interference from European-designed digital pocket telephones to hearing aids.Hundt, according to sources, met last Monday with representatives from the Personal Communications Industry Association, the...
ORA Electronics introduced Travel Talk, a hands-free speaker phone for portable cellular phones. The unit can be transferred from one vehicle to another providing hands-free conversations without compromising the convenience of a portable cellular phone, said ORA. Travel Talk also serves as a power...
The world cellular equipment market, including both switching and base station equipment, totaled $14.4 billion in 1994 with plenty of growth still ahead, according to a new study from Northern Business Information.In "World Cellular Network Equipment Markets: 1994 Edition," NBI projected a compound average growth...
Telecommunications officials in India are set to issue the remaining licenses for cellular service in the next few weeks, just as initial licensees are beginning to launch their systems in four metropolitan areas in the country.India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) accepted technical bids in...
The Czech Economics Ministry is firming its plans to issue a tender for companies interested in becoming partners in one of two groups that will hold licenses to operate Global System for Mobile communications cellular networks in the Czech Republic.The U.S. Embassy in Prague...
Olivetti SpA and Northern Telecom Ltd. have formed a joint venture to distribute and service Nortel telecommunications products in Italy. As part of the agreement, Nortel has acquired 49 percent of Sixtel SpA, a subsidiary of Olivetti. Olivetti is an equity partner in Omnitel...
The road to launching the first commercial personal communications services network in the United States, which American Personal Communications plans to do this fall, began at the Personal Communications Industry Association (then called Telocator) annual convention in Washington, D.C., in 1989. It is fitting...
Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications Ltd. has received a contract from the Zhejiang Post and Telecommunications Administration to supply a digital cellular network to the Zhejiang province of the People's Republic of China. The contract is valued at more than $20 million. The Global System...
The Intercarrier Service Bureau of GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. and Radio Shack have teamed up to offer consumers out-of-market cellular network activation, GTE announced. Retail stores previously have only activated cellular phones for customers living within the store's market area. Radio Shack customers buying...
Bell Atlantic Corp. formed a joint wenture with the Bombay-based Essar Group to bid for basic and mobile telephone service licenses in India. Bell Atlantic will be a minority partner in the yet unnamed venture with a 33 percent stake. Essar, which has widespread...
Northern Telecom Ltd. said it signed a contract with Hebei Posts and Telecommunications Administration to supply a complete global System for Mobile communications network, which teh companies anticipate will support 700,000 subscribers by 2000. The network will provide service in 11 cities across teh...
Thomas A. Barlett was named president of the Northeast regional territory for the Bell Atlantic Mobile and Nynex Mobile joint venture. Barlett will be responsible for sales, marketing, engineering, asministration, finance and network systems in the region, which includes all of New England and...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications Corp. will supply Global System for Mobile communications-based digital cellular equipment in the Fujian province of China.Under a contract valued at more than $20 million, Nokia will deliver infrastructure equipment and an operations and maintenance center to the Fujian Posts and...
The road to wireless telecom headquarters these days seems to lead to the nation's Lone Star state. Dallas, the eighth largest city in the country, has captured the interest of some of the industry's largest players.Nokia Corp. is said to be looking for a...
BEIJING-Nokia Corp., the giant Finnish mobile telephone company, plans to form its sixth manufacturing joint venture in China under a contract, initially valued at $10 million, with the Chinese Posts and Telecommunications Industrial Corp.The partnership, Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications Ltd., will produce Global System...
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