Once astounding the world with its success in 1995 and 1996, Personal Handyphone System service in Japan now has taken a turn for the worse.The number of PHS subscribers has decreased for six straight months since October, sending top executives at all three PHS...
OXFORD, England-Japan's largest wireless operator, NTT DoCoMo, has allied itself closely with the GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) operator camp.The company signed a cooperation agreement-covering technology developments for third-generation systems-at the GSM MoU Association's 39th Plenary Meeting at the end of April in...
NTT of Japan's new research and development center opened in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, at the end of March. The new facility, with a total floor area of 50,000 square meters and employing 300 researchers, will become the nucleus of DoCoMo's research and development...
Researchers at NTT DoCoMo use this radio darkroom to measure the efficiency of antennas. A variety of signals are transmitted from the top of the pole to the antenna of the car, which rotates on a turntable. Researchers use the results of tests here...
TOKYO-The number of Personal Handy Phone System (PHS) subscribers in Japan has decreased for six straight months since last October. Suffering from a total of 590 billion yen (US$4.42 billion) in accumulated deficit, the PHS industry is being required to take drastic restructuring measures.Top...
Nine companies are set to bid in the Australian personal communications services spectrum auction April 14, amid uncertainties surrounding the auction process and an economic crisis gripping many nations in the Asia-Pacific region.The Australian Communications Authority will auction 10 PCS licenses in the 1800...
TOKYO-The Japanese government has begun development work for a 40-billion-yen (US$317 million) futuristic mobile communications system using a geostationary satellite.If the technology is adopted by cellular carriers, handheld satellite mobile phone users in every part of Japan will be able to communicate with each...
Winter Olympian Elvis Stojko, the Canadian silver medalist in the men's figure-skating event, is one of dozens of North Americans using GTE Telecommunications Services Inc.'s GlobalRoam technology in Nagano, Japan.GTE TSI last month completed two-way functionality of its GlobalRoam service between North America and...
MT. OLIVE, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it completed its prototype base station that will be used by NTT DoCoMo of Japan in experiments on a wideband Code Division Multiple Access system for third-generation mobile communications systems.The W-CDMA system, proposed by NTT DoCoMo, is part...
KANAGAWA, Japan-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is establishing a Bell Laboratories presence in Japan at the Yokosuka Research Park to develop and test a prototype Wideband Code Division Multiple Access system for third-generation wireless communications systems.Lucent said its presence in Japan complements its ongoing...
SEOUL-It was only fitting that the future of Code Division Multiple Access technology was discussed in South Korea at the 2nd CDMA International Conference.Since SK Telecom launched the country's first CDMA system in January 1996, South Korea now has five CDMA operators and about...
SINGAPORE-Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson are submitting a statement to the Association of Radio Industries and Business, the Japanese standardization body, backing the proposal of NTT DoCoMo in support of the wideband Code Division Multiple Access air interface at 5 MHz bandwidth."Together, our companies...
SINGAPORE-An air of triumph permeated last week's second annual CDMA World Congress as the supporters of Code Division Multiple Access celebrated the past year's network launches, announced a unified branding plan and prepared to enter the next millennium with a platform for advanced wireless...
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....
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc. were among the vendors selected by NTT DoCoMo of Japan to develop an experimental "third generation" wireless communications system capable of delivering high-speed multimedia services.The system will provide services including full-motion video, video conferencing and Internet access....
SAN FRANCISCO- In two weeks, Japanese cellular customers will gain the ability to roam internationally for the first time, using their own phone.GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. of Tampa, Fla., and Tokyo-based NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., known as NTT DoCoMo, last week signed formal...
The Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is close to officially introducing Code Division Multiple Access technology as a pocket telephone standard.The indication comes after the Japanese standardization body, the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses, adopted and modified Interim Standard 95 for the...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-With the delivery of 3,000 base stations to Japanese cellular operator NTT DoCoMo, L.M. Ericsson's base stations support more than 2 million subscribers in Japan. NTT DoCoMo has more than 6 million subscribers in its Personal Digital Cellular network.Ericsson supplies its MDE base...
Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it has been awarded a $107 million contract by Escotel to build and maintain a Global System for Mobile communications network covering India's Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala regions. The new wireless network will be fully interconnected to existing wireline...
