Eight parties responded to Luxembourg's call for interest in operating a second cellular network. The Ministry of Communications, which plans to license an operator later this year, did not comment on interested companies.Separately, AirTouch Communications Inc. and the partners in Belgian cellular operator Mobistar,...
Motorola Inc. pulled out of equipment negotiations with Sprint Telecommunications Venture last week, saying financial and commercial terms proposed by Sprint were extraordinary."We made every effort to reach an agreement, and put our best and final offer on the table," said Motorola spokesman Scott...
Bell Atlantic International, through its 42 percent investment in Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., is in the heart of negotiations with the Mexican government regarding Iusacell's license to operate a nationwide fixed wireless network.Meanwhile, Iusacell is gearing up to provide long-distance phone service throughout...
BRUSSELS-L.M. Ericsson filed a complaint with the European Union, charging that Austria's award of a GSM license to international consortium Oe-Call is unfair. Oe-Call is lead by Deutsche Telecom AG and Siemens AG Oesterreich, the latter an equipment provider.Ericsson spokeswoman Kathy Egan said that...
L.M. Ericsson and Telia Mobitel have signed a two-year general purchasing agreement covering delivery and installation of Global System for Mobile communications systems to expand the capacity and radio coverage of Telia Mobitel's digital mobile network in Sweden, Ericsson announced. The agreement includes deliveries...
AirTouch Communications Inc. announced that its cellular venture in Kyushu, Japan, has launched commercial service. Digital TU-KA Kyushu Co. Ltd. initially will serve the capital city, major highways and the railway line in the Kyushu area, reaching 80 percent of the region's 14 million...
BRUSSELS-With a bid of $2.5 billion, Ameritech Corp. and partners Tele Danmark and Singapore Telecom last month captured the winning vote for a 50 percent-less one share-stake and strategic position in Belgium's state-owned telecommunications operator Belgacom S.A.Ameritech said it perceives great opportunity in Belgacom,...
Three international consortia met the Jan. 3 deadline to apply for one of two Global System for Mobile communications cellular licenses the Polish Communications Ministry plans to award this spring.One bidding party claims telecom giants U S West Inc. and DeTeMobil-the cellular arm of...
Telecommunications experience, a plan to charge low fees and a promise of $400 million won Oe-Call a Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular license in Austria, according to Waltraud Augesky, commercial specialist for the United States Embassy in Vienna, Austria. Oe-Call is a...
MONTREAL-BCE Mobile Communications Inc. announced it has agreed to sell its holdings in Clearnet Communications Inc., a specialized mobile radio operator in Canada.BCE reported the sale of the 3.3 million Class A nonvoting shares will be effected at a price of $20 per share,...
WESTLAKE, Texas-Western Wireless Corp. announced it signed a multiyear agreement with Nokia Inc. to supply PCS 1900 systems to Western Wireless for its personal communications services network.The initial commitment calls for deliveries valued at $50 million, with an option to increase to $100 million...
Working Ventures Canadian Fund Inc., sponsored by the Canadian Federation of Labour, announced it completed a $3 million equity investment as part of a $15 million financing package with co-investors Helix Inc. of Quebec and AT&T Wireless Services in LanSer Wireless Inc. of Montreal...
Happy New Year!The mark of a new year tradition ally brings resolutions for the fu ture and reflections on the past. That holds true for the wireless industry as well.What will 1996 bring this indus try? Some early economic indicators the most publicized being...
SAN DIEGO-The National Dispatch Center Inc. announced it is providing text messaging services for Sprint Spectrum, which operates a personal communications services network in Washington, D.C.Operated by Sprint Telecommunications Venture affiliate American Personal Communications, Sprint Spectrum is offering NDC's operator dispatch services in conjunction...
DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services has launched its commercial rollout of Interim Standard-136 service with a Dallas in-office system, using L.M. Ericsson microcells and Nokia Corp. handsets.The office system installed at Perot Systems uses a distributed antenna strategy, and allows handoffs to the public cellular network....
Zues Phonstuff has introduced its Always-in-Touch unit, a device that plugs into a home or office phone line and notifies a pager of a call when the phone user is away. The pager displays the caller's phone number and indicates when there is a...
WASHINGTON-The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's two-year-old proceeding involving Los Angeles specialized mobile radio operator James A. Kay Jr. has escalated to the point where Kay's attorneys are expected to reply today to a Dec. 4 "Motion for Summary Decision and Order Revoking Licenses" filed with...
Omnitel Pronto Italia announced it has launched its Global System for Mobile communications cellular network in Italy, competing with government-controlled Telecom Italia Mobile SpA for the first time.In March 1994, the Italian government awarded a contract for its second nationwide cellular license to Omnitel,...
Comsearch announced it was awarded a contract from MRCB Telecommunications Sdn Bnd to license Comsearch microwave design engineering software. The software, called Interconnect, is being used to support the design, licensing and implementation of the MRCB microwave network for its personal communications network service...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. and California-based Benbow PCS Ventures Inc. have signed a joint agreement to test two-way messaging services in Southern California through a new high-speed ReFLEX25 transmitter infrastructure purchased from Glenayre by Westlink Paging Inc., Glenayre announced.Westlink is the network operator for...
Ameritech Corp. announced it has formed a consortium with Singapore Telecom and Tele Danmark to pursue a partnership with Belgacom S.A., the national telecommunications operator in Belgium. The Belgian government this summer selected Ameritech as a final bidder for the consolidation of Belgacom. The...
WICHITA, Kan.-Brite Voice Systems Inc. announced it has signed a contract to provide additional voice-mail capacity to Cellnet, a mobile communications network operator in the United Kingdom.Brite, whose voice mail services are provided on voice services director platforms, will install three VSD platforms at...
A private Dutch company has combined traditional paging with high-tech messaging to produce "Maxing," an advanced wireless service that Eindhoven-based CallMax bv hopes to offer commercially early next year.Using the service, subscribers will be able to store or forward faxes, access e-mail and the...
North American Wireless Inc. announced NextWave Personal Communications Inc. is joining the NAWI team of companies planning to build a nationwide personal communications services network using Code Division Multiple Access technology."NextWave brings a tremendous amount of expertise, experience and strength to our nationwide network,"...
