Gigabit Wireless of San Jose, Calif., is taking a new name and at the same time, taking its first steps in the wireless broadband market with a non-line-of-sight technology that should speed the deployment and boost the capacity of multichannel multipoint distribution service networks.Gigabit...
ATHENS, Greece-The Greek government has invited 11 international telecom operators to express interest for a strategic stake in OTE, a Greek telecom operator. OTE owns 66 percent of GSM 1800 MHz operator CosmOTE.The invited operators include British Telecom, France Telecom, Deutsche Telecom, Telecom Italia,...
SAN DIEGO-While many at the CDMA's Development Group's Americas Congress reminisced about how far the technology had come in such a short period of time, the big buzz on the show floor was about CDMA's future.And what better place to talk about that future...
BEIJING-Zhang Fan, head of mobile communications at China Unicom, this week said his company would definitely build narrowband networks based on the CDMA standard.After Qualcomm Chairman Irwin Jacobs recently met Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and China Unicom Chairman Yang Xianzu in Beijing, China's second...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Bulgaria, a small country in Eastern Europe, has been shaken during the last few months by a scandal in the communications market.The mobile communications market in Bulgaria, a country with more than an 8 million inhabitants, last year grew 159 percent. The country...
NEW YORK--With the debut of its Arch Message Center in November, Arch Wireless Holdings Inc. plans to simplify the lives of its customers by allowing them pager access to electronic mail from varied sources.Available for a 90-day free trial with a $1.50 monthly cost...
MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles and Microsoft Corp. extended their current agreement to deploy next-generation mobile Internet services for corporate and consumer customers. The companies are establishing a joint executive advisory team to assess and plan new mobile products and services for Telefonica Moviles customers.The joint...
Radio data network operator Cue Corp. made several announcements at last week's Convergence 2000 show in Detroit, furthering its position as an international traffic and navigation information provider.Cue said it will use U.S. Wireless Corp.'s RadioCamera system to distribute speed and traffic congestion data...
BETHESDA, Md.-Qualcomm Inc. became a shareholder and limited partner in low earth orbit satellite operator SkyBridge L.P., the companies said. Financial details were not disclosed."SkyBridge will now have access to important Qualcomm intellectual property and can benefit from the company's satellite telecommunications experience," said...
ROME-The Italian auction for five Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses began last Thursday. Italy is Europe's largest cell-phone market, with six groups participating in the auction process, which is expected to raise around $21 billion.The German UMTS auction, which ended in August, drew nearly...
MOSCOW-Russia finally returned cellular frequencies to two major carriers after Communications Minister Leonid Reiman canceled the orders stripping Mobile Telesystems (MTS) and Vimpelcom (BeeLine) of the spectrum.Earlier, Reiman suspended the orders of the frequency control agency Gossvyaznadzor that annulled the permission to use the...
NEW YORK-The CreataLink 2XT wireless data transceiver has garnered positive corporate reception and connections since its debut in late summer, said Scott H. Davis, director of telemetry for the Motorola Inc. Advanced Messaging Group, Boynton Beach, Fla.Based on Motorola's ReFLEX two-way paging protocol, CreataLink...
MONTREUX, Switzerland-The GSM Association held its first roundtable of chief executive officer's and industry leaders from within its operator and supplier membership, with the specific intention of discussing the future direction of the Association and accelerating its activities relating to third generation."There was complete...
PARIS-Alcatel said it will supply and implement its wireless broadband network in Poland through operator Pro Futuro for US$36 million. The network will initially cover Lublin and surrounding areas and will be nationwide within four years, Alcatel said.Alcatel will supply an end-to-end local multipoint...
HELSINKI, Finland-Italian telecommunications operator Wind selected Nokia Corp. as a turnkey supplier of a third-generation wireless communications system, including the supply of Nokia's mobility core network, radio access technology and mobile terminals.Wind expects to launch 3G mobile Internet services across Italy in the event...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks selected ABB, Bovis Lend Lease, MKI and Wireless Facilities Inc. as its main partners for turnkey implementation of third-generation and GSM networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.Nokia said its partners will help with network planning, site acquisition, construction work,...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having sold its cell-phone business to Bosch three years ago, the U.K.-based consumer electronics manufacturer Amstrad said it is preparing to re-enter the market with a low-priced handset. The company admitted it is in talks with a number of mobile operators and...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. entered a subscriber unit research and development agreement with Chungwha Telecom Labs, the technology development group of the state-owned telecommunications operator in Taiwan.The agreement calls for Chungwha to develop and evaluate prototype subscriber units based on Qualcomm's third-generation cdma2000 1x technology.The...
SINGAPORE-Mobile-phone operator M1 might be listed in Singapore as early as the last quarter of 2000, according to Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Managing Director Ng Eng Ho. The company is in the process of choosing among six merchant banks, including Merrill Lynch, UBS Warburg,...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Finnish-based mobile operator Radiolinja signed a partnership agreement to develop and supply Nokia's mCatch, which enables location-based services to be introduced into mobile Internet networks. Radiolinja, which will contribute Received Signal Strength Algorithms for mCatch, will be the first operator...
BARCELONA, Spain-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Dutch wireless operator KPN plan to trial Universal Mobile Telecommunications System specifications along with mobile Internet applications.The trial will be based on European Telecommunications Standards Institute Release 99, which includes the newest specifications for the UMTS third-generation mobile communications...
NEW YORK-Holding a cell phone while driving got the boot Oct. 3 in Suffolk County, a large and populous jurisdiction on Long Island, part of New York state.The county Legislature voted 12-6 to outlaw most handheld use of cell phones, beginning Jan. 1, by...
BEIJING-Vodafone, the world's largest mobile-phone operator by total subscriber numbers, is set to take a 2-percent stake in China Mobile (Hong Kong), the listed subsidiary of parent China Mobile Telecommunications in Beijing. Vodafone agreed to purchase shares valued at $2.5 billion in China Mobile...
A new report from Ovum warns new entrants planning to deploy broadband technologies such as digital subscriber line may find the cost and complexity discouraging, and other access methods such as wireless local loop are a potentially more viable solution in many markets.Ovum's report,...
