PHILADELPHIA-Sprint Spectrum L.P. launched service in Philadelphia on April 3, now the 20th market in which the carrier offers service.The Philadelphia major trading area license actually is held by PhillieCo L.P., a consortium of three Sprint Spectrum L.P. owners-Sprint Corp., Tele-Communications Inc. and Cox...
Norway's Ministry of Transport and Communications announced plans to award three national Digital Cellular System 1800 licenses, perhaps by this summer. However, the winners will not be required to build networks nationwide.The new personal communications network operators will be required to provide service in...
Cellemetry Data Service has signed eight new contracts since it was launched almost a year ago, and now provides total coverage to 125 million pops in North America.The service was developed by BellSouth Corp. in the early 1990s, and launched commercially 10 months ago....
Timing, surprise and troop strength.These are the tools used by military leaders worldwide to fight a war, and the same methods should be expected from personal communications services carriers in their bloody battle for market share.First, you must know when to invade. Now is...
Avic Group International Inc. said it has formed a joint venture partnership with the Hebei Provincial Government in China to develop telecommunications projects in the province of Hebei. The joint venture expands on Avic's commitment with the Hebei government to build a 70,000 subscriber...
Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile began integrating DSC Communications Corp.'s INfusion Signal Transfer Point W/2 into its cellular network. The INfusion STP W/2 provides packet switching of Signaling System 7 signaling messages for basic and advanced services such as call set-up, caller name and caller...
Austria's Ministry for Science and Transport announced a tender for a Digital Cellular System 1800 personal communications network license, according to the U.S. Embassy in Vienna.Interested parties that requested tender documents and submitted a $2,200 fee by March 27 were mailed tender documents that...
NEW YORK-Telecommunications projects overseas, while exceedingly complex, follow the simple tenets of an old adage: Education is what you get when you follow the rules; experience is what you get when you don't."The aspect that bedevils many and generates lots of legal fees is complexity...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan's dominant telecommunications carrier has issued an equipment tender for a Digital Cellular System for 1800 MHz.Deadline for bids is April 8. The equipment is valued at $350 million.The operator is Chunghwa Telecom, which operates two island-wide systems: an Advanced Mobile Phone Service network...
RIGA, Latvia-Baltel Ltd., the second national mobile operator in Latvia, launched its Global System for Mobile communications network with switching, radio, transmission and microwave equipment provided by Northern Telecom Ltd.The network serves Latvia's capital city of Riga and its suburbs. Baltel will expand the...
Laws won't stop traffic accidentsDear Editor: I am sure that law enforcement will want to lead the way to safer driving by laying down their mobile radio microphones while operating their cruisers, and motorbikes.Sure they will.The police drive their cars at extreme speeds in all...
TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunications Systems Ltd. said it will deploy a two-way paging system for an undisclosed operator in Southeast Asia. The company values the initial contract, which includes infrastructure and commissioning, at $2 million."The Southeast Asia market is known for its early adaptation...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a contract to supply a Code Division Multiple Access system to JSC Personal Communications of Moscow.The system initially will serve 100,000 subscribers, but as many as 300,000 subscribers in the Moscow area could be using the system in the future.Qualcomm...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. will provide its UltraPhone system to Bukaka Sing Tel International of Indonesia, a joint systems operator owned by Singapore Telecom and PT Telkom of Indonesia. InterDigital values the order at $1.2 million."There is tremendous follow-on opportunity with Bukaka...
E.F. Johnson Co. and Motorola Inc.'s Land Mobile Products sector said they will submit a proposal to build a new digital, trunked 800 MHz public safety radio system for the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. E.F. Johnson said the Metropolitan Radio Board, a group of public...
Qualcomm Inc. has asked the Federal Communications Commission for the Miami pioneer's preference personal communications services license the company was denied three years ago.The request comes after the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology asked for comment from Qualcomm as to what action the...
SAN FRANCISCO-Market segmentation and minimizing costs are critical success factors for wireless operators, and as countering forces, these topics were hot conversation at this year's Wireless '97 conference. Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Tom Wheeler hatched dialogue among four of the industry's carrier heads...
SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. introduced a small, integrated wireless pay phone for Global System for Mobile communications networks in the United States.The Nokia pay phone allows public pay phone installation in new applications like taxis and limousines and offers flexibility in temporary fixed...
Nokia Corp. signed an agreement with Beijing Telecommunications Administration to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in Beijing. Nokia values the agreement at $50 million. Nokia said it will provide its DX 200 mobile switching centers, base station controllers, base stations and...
While many winners of C-block personal communications services spectrum are months away from launching commercial service, Airadigm Communications Inc. is preparing to be the first C-block player to launch."We have 37 people on board that represent 270 years of telecom experience," said Senior Vice...
Portugal's telecommunications authority, Instituto das Comunicacoes de Portugal, is expected to issue a mobile phone license at 1800 MHz, for service to begin next year.A Digital Cellular Services 1800 operator will be selected based on technical and financial abilities and the public interest, said...
Qualcomm Personal Electronics reported it has shipped more than 1 million Code Division Multiple Access portable phones. Qualcomm Personal Electronics, a joint venture of Qualcomm Inc. and Sony Electronics Inc., manufactures the Qualcomm QCP-800 cellular and QCP-1900 PCS phones, and the Sony CM-D500 cellular...
ReadyCom Inc. is in line to launch two-way voice paging services over networks already built, offering nationwide coverage and roaming capability. Its secret is cellular.The Chapel Hill, N.C., company is amidst customer trials for three new ReadyTalk products that make it possible to receive,...
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...
