GENEVA-The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Nortel Networks and the Acacia Initiative of the International Development Research Center of Canada signed a final agreement to implement two centers of excellence in Africa. The centers, which are being created to provide solutions to the challenges of...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Capacity constraints are an issue for almost every cellular operator, and some have turned to frequency-hopping techniques as an answer. But while these systems have increased capacity, their effect on data traffic has been less widely investigated.Any system that claims to increase the...
BRAMPTON, Ontario-Nortel Networks reported its revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 increased 30 percent to $5.39 billion from $4.14 billion reported for third-quarter 1998.The company said its net earnings were $380 million, or 28 cents per share, compared with $236 million, or...
There was a time, not so long ago, when reasonably priced voice service with decent coverage delighted most wireless subscribers. But subscribers soon were demanding the same features-like voice mail, caller ID and three-way calling-offered on wireline phones.These features, previously known as enhanced services,...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS said it has begun field trials to evaluate the performance quality of a multivendor wireless network environment within the same geographic coverage area."These tests are the next logical step for Sprint PCS to determine how well the diverse equipment from...
British Telecommunications plc and Microsoft Corp. announced they have agreed to work together in developing mobile Internet and multimedia applications and equipment.Specifically, the two said they intend to develop handheld interactive wireless devices based on Microsoft's Windows CE platform, create a mobile multimedia service...
Now that small and rural cellular operators have become an integral piece of large operators' nationwide calling plans and consumers demand more advanced services, many small carriers could feel pressure to move to third-generation-type technologies faster than anticipated.Smaller carriers in recent years haven't found...
WASHINGTON-With only eight months before the World Radiocommunication Conference in Turkey, U.S. spectrum policy for third-generation wireless systems is on the verge of meltdown as the Clinton administration and industry continue to clash without a resolution in sight."The interests of the U.S government and...
LONDON-British Telecommunications plc and Microsoft Corp. announced a wireless Internet trial with about 1,000 mobile phone users in the United Kingdom and Norway. Users will be able to access Microsoft Exchange-based calendaring, address lists, Web content and online information services from their wireless phones.The...
MEXICO CITY-Nortel Networks announced it signed an agreement with Sistemas Profesionales de Comunicacion S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Unefon, to build a high performance wireless network in Mexico.Under terms of the five-year, $480 million agreement, Nortel will supply Unefon with cdmaOne equipment and...
Lucent Technologies Inc. will be noticeably absent when the Personal Communications Industry Association kicks off its 2000 showcase next September in Chicago.The infrastructure vendor has told PCIA it plans to stop exhibiting at its future shows in North America, opting instead to invest its...
Ericsson said its displacement from AT&T Wireless Services as the majority vendor hurt the company and conceded part of the reason it lost AT&T Wireless contracts was because of problems supplying equipment throughout the year."It hurts," said Gary Pinkham, vice president of investor relations...
The fundamental shift in the wireless industry from technology to applications in the four years since Telecom '95 is evident in Nortel Networks' changed theme for its exhibition. In 1995, it was "Nortel-A World of Networks," which Peter MacLaren explained was designed to address...
Looking back at Telecom '95, Takeshi Kawada said the show has changed from an exhibition for hardware makers to one for software and services. "Today, development of applications holds the key for success. Matsushita is in a good position to propose applications (to) meet...
Just four years ago, no one knew the Web's popularity would be so explosive. Today, vendors and carriers are realizing its power and are crafting networks around it as they move into the third generation and beyond."Even in 1995, people didn't think the Internet...
WASHINGTON-The federal government moved closer to life in the 21st century with two actions that will help law enforcement, while allowing companies to develop new technologies.The White House announced on Thursday a three-pronged plan for dealing with the controversial issue of encryption.Additionally, last week...
DENVER-VeloCom Inc. announced Canbra Telefonica, its consortium in Brazil, awarded a $500 million, five-year contract to Nortel Networks to design and build a wireless network to deliver telephone and data services to customers in Rio de Janeiro and 15 other states in northern Brazil.Nortel...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications said it will supply a temporary Global System for Mobile communications digital network in New Orleans during the Personal Communications Industry Association's Personal Communications Showcase '99 trade show.In cooperation with Nortel Networks and the North American GSM Alliance L.L.C., Omnipoint...
DALLAS-Illinois PCS, an affiliate of Sprint Corp., will provide personal communications services under the Sprint PCS brand name using cdmaOne technology in central Illinois and the Quad Cities, including Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa; and Rock Island and Moline, Ill.Scheduled for commercial service in October,...
The Wireless Data Forum celebrated its first birthday last week by releasing its first book, called "Going Mobile: A Cookbook of Wireless Data Solutions."The WDF said Going Mobile is the first in what is to be an annual publication on the state of the mobile...
When Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. announced its intention to create a service linking wireless devices to information based behind corporate firewalls, regardless of airlink standards, analysts had only one comment-"show me."But it seems the company is unable to meet that request just yet. In January,...
NEW YORK-As the Internet accelerates the globalization of telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions among traditional and nontraditional players have eclipsed initial public offerings as the preferred strategy for retaining competitive advantage."In the United States, the Internet economy generated $301 billion in 1998 and will generate...
Ericsson Inc. said last week its displacement from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the majority vendor hurt the company and conceded part of the reason it lost AT&T Wireless contracts was because of problems supplying equipment throughout the year."It hurts," said Gary Pinkham, vice...
Ericsson signed a US$100 million contract with Diginet Americas to build out Diginet's fixed wireless networks throughout Latin America. The agreement makes Ericsson the preferred supplier to Diginet to provide ATM and IP-based equipment and services for the first pan-Latin America fixed wireless broadband...
