Expenses were significant for Qualcomm Inc. in the second quarter, deeply affecting its earnings and sending its stock down 10 points.The San Diego company said it expects to build up its supplier side and manufacturing capabilities in coming quarters, and it defended the ability...
Sales of wireless network equipment in the United States grew more than 72 percent in 1995 to $5.44 billion, up from $3.16 billion the previous year, according to a new report from Northern Business Information.In U.S. Wireless Network Equipment Markets: 1995 Edition, NBI said that...
Linda Noda Hobbs has been named president of The National Dispatch Center Inc. Hobbs will oversee all aspects of NDC's day-to-day operations, including implementation of policies, systems and procedures. Since joining NDC in May 1995, Hobbs has played multiple roles within the company. Hobbs...
Ron Boillat is now vice president of sales and Lee Sarbo has been named director of sales for the Eastern region at Frontier Cellular, the wireless subsidiary of Frontier Corp. Boillat joined Frontier in April 1995 with 14 years experience in the telecommunications industry....
L.M. Ericsson announced it has won a contract from Telecel to provide Digital Cross Connect for Portugal's Global System for Mobile communications network. The DXX Digital Cross Connect system will enhance the network that covers most of Portugal, Ericsson said. The order comes to...
Northern Telecom Inc. announced the commercial launch of VoiceStream Wireless service on its Global System for Mobile communications-based personal communications services 1900 network in Hawaii, the second PCS network activated in the United States.The service, operated by Western Wireless Corp., was launched in Honolulu...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it will supply Northern Telecom Inc. with 1900 MHz digital infrastructure equipment and radio frequency services as part of Nortel's $1 billion award from Sprint Telecommunications Venture.Qualcomm said it has a strategic relationship with Nortel to jointly design, develop and...
L.M. Ericsson announced its subsidiary, Ericsson Australia Pty. Ltd., has signed a contract to install a switching system for 4,000 mobile telephones in Rangoon, Burma's capital. Ericsson said it will also build four radio transmitting stations to expand the city's phone network. This is...
WASHINGTON-In a potential blow to Omnipoint Corp.'s planned initial public offering this week, wireless investor James Valentine has asked federal regulators to investigate whether the small Colorado firm is violating its pioneer's preference for a personal communications services license in New York. Valentine claims...
ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet said it achieved precommercial interoperability between its Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Northern Telecom Ltd. cellular digital packet data networks.The achievement will allow GTE to provide seamless CDPD services to customers in all of its markets and develop a nationwide seamless CDPD...
SINGAPORE-Singapore Telecom MobileLink announced the completion of Singapore's first national personal communications services network, which was designed and developed by Northern Telecom Ltd.The Global System for Mobile communications network was installed by Nortel under a contract valued at $48 million, Singapore Telecom said. Nortel...
A number of small U.S. cellular companies have been hit with lawsuits from the government of Alberta, Canada, which is charging the companies breached contracts by not purchasing cellular equipment from NovAtel.One of the companies, Dial Two Inc. of Santa Rosa, Calif., is fighting...
American Personal Communications has cracked a deal with Baltimore Gas & Electric that will allow APC to put full-sector antenna configurations on electric transmission towers.The relationship could help APC leap over some of cellular's long-time site acquisition hurdles-zoning board battles. Electric utilities are well...
Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. announced its purchase of Orlando Tower Service Inc., an Orlando, Fla.-based builder of transmitting and receiving facilities for wireless telecommunications providers. Consideration for the transaction totaled $135,000 in cash, consisting of two semiannual payments of $65,000 during a 12-month period. Specialty,...
DALLAS-Northern Telecom Ltd. received a contract valued at $3.7 billion from Uzdunrobita, a joint venture between ICG Inc. of Perry, Ga., and the Uzbekistan Ministry of Communications-of the Uzbekistan republic in the Commonwealth of Independent States-to extend digital cellular coverage to the region's five...
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...
Three Chinese state ministries have created a competitor for China's monopolistic Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to expand the nation's telecommunications system.China United Telecommunications Corp., Unicom, initially intends to offer Global System for Mobile communications service in Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou and Shanghai. Unicom said...
Noting the Federal Communications Commission recently ended state regulation of cellular service rates in California, AirTouch Cellular Communications Inc. announced lower prices and new service plans in its Los Angeles market. The carrier reduced the price of its After Hours Plan to around $30...
DALLAS-Northern Telecom Ltd. will provide Star Digitel with a Time Division Multiple Access digital cellular phone system valued at $24 million under the terms of a three-year supply agreement. Star Digitel is a wholly owned subsidiary of Star Paging (International Holding) Ltd."Star Digitel will...
