A Korean company has allied with an Indian manufacturer to build pagers and paging systems in India, and directly compete with U.S. manufacturers that claim strong inroads into that nation.Seoul-based Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is pooling money and expertise with Larsen & Toubro Ltd....
One answer arrived this week on "the question of Hong Kong" that confirmed China's intention of allowing open competition in wireless, despite a hold-up in the licensing process.Hong Kong reverts back to the authority of China in 1997, following the end of a 99-year...
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications said it will announce in May plans to launch Code Division Multiple Access service on a limited basis to some existing customers.The cellular operator built out a CDMA system in the Los Angeles area last year and hoped to launch commercial...
DENVER-U S West Communications Inc. received government permission to offer cellular vouchers to customers facing a lengthy wait for a landline phone.U S West has experienced a dramatic number of "held orders" in recent years, mostly in Colorado and Arizona.Customers who have to wait...
SEATTLE-Bob Ratliff has left AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to return to active politics, but said he will continue to work beside cellular baron Craig McCaw.For the next month, Ratliff will coordinate communication strategy for a political campaign, the Seattle Commons project, which seeks to...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. will supply Omnipoint Corp. equipment for its New York-based personal communications services network, the companies said. The equipment is configured with Omnipoint's Interim Standard-661 and Ericsson's PCS 1900 technologies.Over the next five years Ericsson could supply Omnipoint with up to $350...
L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed an agreement with the Guangdong Post and Telecommunications Administration for the installation of intelligent networks in the Guangdong province, China. Ericsson said it will implement its latest IN software and hardware. The agreement also includes an IN service...
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Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. is open for CDMA business in South Korea. AirTouch Communications Inc., 11 percent owner and lead technical partner in Shinsegi, said the cellular venture launched Code Division Multiple Access service commercially April 1, in the Seoul and Taejon regions of South...
If London-based Cable & Wireless plc and British Telecommunications plc merge, the new enterprise could descend upon an auspicious Asian market and create a shake up among globally-footed wireless giants."This whole merger move is based on a wireless view of the world, because East...
NEW YORK-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. is planning to sell a $200 million issue of senior unsecured debentures that mature in 2006.Vanguard, based in Greensboro, N.C., is a major independent cellular telephone systems operator with about 400,000 subscribers in metropolitan areas along the Eastern Seaboard....
NEW YORK-Look who's talking! After deflecting outside speculation for months, PCS PrimeCo L.P. partners have hinted recently that their TalkAlong phone-in-a-box product is to become their nationwide marketing vehicle.PCS PrimeCo is a venture jointly owned by Bell Atlantic Corp., Nynex Corp., U S West...
The South African Police Services announced it has awarded Motorola Inc. and South Africa-based Alcom a contract for a SmartZone UHF two-way radio communications system. Motorola said the system will serve SAPS personnel working in Cape Town and the greater western Cape region. Alcom...
Where did the 60,000 new subscribers come from that were acquired by Sprint Spectrum in its Washington, D.C./Baltimore operation?About half were stolen from incumbent cellular operators, and the other half are new wireless users, said Scott Schelle, chief executive officer of American Personal Communications.APC...
A German-Italian consortium won the outstanding 49 percent stake in the Czech Republic's second cellular operator, beating out strong contender California-based AirTouch Communications Inc.Deutsche Telekom's cellular arm, DeTeMobil, will hold 84.5 percent of the 49 percent stake; STET International will own 12 percent; two...
WASHINGTON-For commercial mobile radio services carriers, passage of the Telecommunications Reform Bill of 1996 contains both good and bad news. The good news is that CMRS operators can provide local exchange services. The bad news is that they will be expected, down the road,...
Toll Free Cellular is rapidly building a profitable business by marketing its #800 number service to the businesses cellular users want most to but are least likely to call because of airtime charges.The Seattle-based company introduced its #800 number service in the greater Seattle...
Telex Communications Inc. has introduced a lightweight headset specifically for cellular phones and other mobile applications. The company said its Telex Nomad Headset is a lightweight, ear-worn device with an adjustable boom microphone and high-fidelity speaker. The headset is designed to improve the sound...
Subscriber Identity Module cards are making their debut in the United States as important tools to help personal communications service carriers penetrate the market.SIM cards contain all the subscriber-related data needed to make a call so that any telephone can be used. A plug-in...
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Four parties received licenses to provide personal communications services in Sweden. Nordiska Tele8 and current cellular operators Telia Mobitel, Europolitan and Comviq will build nationwide Global System for Mobile communications networks at 1.8 GHz, announced the National Post and Telecom Agency in Sweden.Cellular penetration...
PCS Development Corp. is confident in the opportunities for early players in the market for stored voice paging in narrowband PCS. The company just last week announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with Metairie, La.-based Radiofone Inc., a wireless messaging provider with a...
DENVER-American Digital Communications Inc. announced it has signed a letter of intent to purchase all stock of Pagers Plus Cellular Inc. of Walnut Creek, Calif.ADC said Pagers Plus is a 220 MHz service provider and network operator with about 21 five-channel systems. The company...
DENVER-U S West Inc. is getting back into the paging business by reselling service from Westlink Paging Inc., the California paging operator that bought U S West's paging business in 1994.U S West said two years ago when it sold U S West Paging...
