NEW YORK-Competition among wireless carriers has driven down per-minute use charges by 6 percent on average, with some carriers slashing prices by more than a third, according to a new study by Paul Kagan Associates Inc., Carmel, Calif.A closer look at the most competitive...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-EuroTel Praha, a cellular operator in the Czech Republic, reported that growth increased 250 percent between third quarter 1996 and the third quarter 1997, ending the period with more than 316,000 customers.Total revenues for the first nine months were $238 million, for...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a contract with wireline operator Philippines Telegraph & Telephone Corp. to deploy a Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop network next month in southern Luzon.The geography and demography of the Philippines is well suited to wireless telephony, due to...
As wireless industry leaders continue to tout convergence as the next frontier for the industry, one Southeastern carrier has quietly pulled itself ahead of the game.Alltel Communications Inc. significantly increased its wireless footprint as a result of the D-, E-and F-block personal communications services...
LANCASTER, Pa.-PCS One, a joint venture of D&E Communications and Omnipoint Corp., launched personal communications services in Central Pennsylvania, which the operator said is the first PCS service in the area.This area of the state is one of the first rural markets in the...
SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea's largest cellular operator, has completed test trials of third-generation services, which it expects to offer to the public at the 2002 World Cup in Seoul.Believing IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunications) is crucial to its success, the Code Division Multiple...
The Dutch government most likely will auction two mobile phone licenses in the spring, rather than the end of this year, because the European Commission blocked the government's plan to charge existing mobile phone operators for their licenses.The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation...
OSHKOSH, Wis.-C-block operator Airadigm Communications Inc. said it launched 1900 MHz personal communications services in Fond du Lac and Oshkosh, Wis.The service, branded Einstein, uses Global System for Mobile communications technology. Airadigm will make Einstein PCS handsets and service available Nov. 7 at Phones...
WASHINGTON-For the second time, the law enforcement community has nixed an industry-crafted digital wiretap standard by taking advantage of liberal voting procedures in a way that wireless companies believe amounts to stuffing the ballot box.Last week's setback is expected to further fuel the flames...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. is on its way to a rout in the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio auction, leading its closest competitor in the race for licenses by nearly $29 million.Gross revenues for the auction have been rising steadily at about $1 million per...
Business finally is taking off for some of the players with nationwide coverage plans in the enhanced specialized mobile radio arena.With technology bugs worked out, marketing and distribution strategies set and coverage areas improved, digital SMR companies are seeing their work pay off: a ramp-up...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. and Globe Telecom GMCR Inc., a Global System for Mobile communications operator in the Philippines, signed a letter of agreement calling for Brightpoint to provide Globe with fulfillment and distribution services.A definitive binding agreement is expected to be concluded within the next...
HAIFA, Israel-Elbit Ltd., a communications company in Israel, announced it has formed a joint company with Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd. and Matav-Cable Systems Media Ltd. to bid on a cellular license tender in Israel.The country's Ministry of Communications issued the tender to attract a third...
SEATTLE-Some 1,900 wireless data professionals gathered in Seattle last week to determine what future their long-struggling industry might have at Wireless APPS '97.In this muggy Emerald City, they found the yellow brick road to the future of wireless data is indeed changing. Attendees left...
LONDON-Code Division Multiple Access technology is playing a key role in several leading technology contenders for third-generation wireless networks in Europe, but back-to-back industry shows held here last week underlined just how convoluted and contentious Europe's standards process has become.And while CDMA technology seems...
Following intense negotiations with the United Kingdom's mobile phone operators, the country's telecommunications regulator extended to Jan. 1, 1999, its number portability requirement for the mobile phone industry.In August, the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) announced U.K. mobile phone operators would be required to offer...
SEOUL-In a city where a mobile phone is as common as kimchi and coffee shops must provide a landline phone at every table in order to draw in customers, Seoul, one of the largest cities in the world, seems to be a wireless carrier's...
Ameritech Corp. announced it will invest $3.2 billion to become a strategic partner in Tele Danmark, helping the company speed up its domestic and international growth.Through a two-step transaction, Ameritech said it will acquire more than 40 percent of Tele Danmark stock and will...
WASHINGTON-If statistics and probability are indicators, the auction of 525 800 MHz specialized mobile radio services licenses that began last Tuesday could be over sometime this week, with Nextel Communications Inc. the clear winner. At press time, net revenues for the licenses following round...
NEW YORK-In a notable exception to anti-cloning laws, a Georgia statute enacted last year permits authorized owners of analog cellular phones to have extensions made, said John Doumont, president of Cellular Additions. On the basis of that law, the Riverdale, Ga., company has built...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed agreements with voice processing specialists Brite Voice Systems Inc. and Vocalis Group plc to integrate voice-activated dialing services into Ericsson's total solutions for its Global System for Mobile communications network operator clients. The agreements, effective immediately, allow Ericsson...
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...
Telecom Personal, a cellular service provider in northern Argentina, announced a consortium it is part of has been granted the B-band license to provide cellular service in Paraguay.On Oct. 14, one day after the bidding deadline, Paraguay's Telecommunications National Commission, known as Conatel, granted...
DALLAS-Mobile Systems International announced it received a contract to supply software and services to Indian network operator Escotel Mobile Communications Pvt. Ltd.MSI plans to help Escotel extend its Global System for Mobile communications networks in Uttar Pradesh West, Haryana and Korala. Escotel will use...
