JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-As Africa enters the threshold of the African Renaissance and progresses toward privatizing and liberalizing its telecommunications sectors, powerful alliances are being forged in the wireless arena."The rapid privatization of the telecommunications sector in east African countries and southern Africa is attracting...
SINGAPOREMotorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group signed a contract valued at $23 million to upgrade M1's digital wireless telephone network in Singapore. In addition to its SC 4852 base transceiver station, Motorola CIG will install two new base station types into M1's network, its SC...
LONDON-Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd. said it has become the first United Kingdom mobile service provider to offer roaming in Israel.The service in Israel was launched as Orange in October 1998, as a result of the licensing of the Orange brand to Partner Communications.Orange...
CanadaResearch in Motion Ltd. announced it received a $1.3 million contract to supply its original equipment manufactured wireless modems to GMSI Inc.'s fleet management and communications systems. GMSI's systems are sold to taxi, trucking and transit companies and are used to transmit data between...
CommSite InternationalCommSite International Inc. announced company founder Wesley McGee has assumed the role of chairman and Timothy Haley was appointed president and chief executive officer. Haley has experience in financial performance and administration, sales and marketing, employee development, client service and technical project leadership,...
EDI Telecom Ltd. and Tadiran Telecommunications Ltd. announced they signed an agreement under which the two will merge in a stock-for-stock transaction.Mobile Systems International, United Kingdom, and U.S.-based Metapath Software Corp. announced the two companies are merging. Both companies provide software-based applications and services...
AustriaKyro Corp.'s Tecnomen Group announced Mobilkom Austria selected it to supply a new messaging system for Mobilkom's Global System for Mobile communications network expansion. The new system will add more than 600,000 voice and fax mailboxes to the Austrian GSM system, the company said....
LONDON-Orange plc said it will offer the equivalent of any competitor's digital package on its network under a new program called the Orange Value Promise.The U.K.-based operator has studied its competitors' pricing and believes its packages-which customers can switch back to for free-give the...
CANADARogers Cantel Inc. said its prepaid offering will be sold by Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix under a new retail agreement between the companies. "Cantel AT&T Pay As You Go" will be available in 650 of Shoppers Drug Mart's 850 stores across Canada by the end...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The SuperSession on the second day of the Personal Communications Showcase '98, "Connect to Competition, the Business of Success," will feature keynote speaker David Golden, managing director and co-director of investment banking at Hambrecht & Quist.Golden will discuss the guidelines investment bankers and...
NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. said it provides local number portability in 15 of its 27 markets and plans to deploy LNP service on a nationwide basis by the end of the year.WinStar's 15 LNP markets are Atlanta; Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; Dallas; Denver; Houston; Kansas...
Pricing, Marketing, Packaging & Branding Bundled Services in the Telecom IndustrySeptember 14-15Institute for International Research. The Wyndham Resort, Miami Beach, Fla. (888) 777-8730 or (941) 951-7885.1998 IntelligentNetwork RoundtableSeptember 14-15International Engineering Consortium. Hyatt Regency, Woodfield, Ill.(312) 559-4100.Wireless & MobileEssentials forNon-EngineersSeptember 14-16Institute for International Research. The...
GLOBECOM SYSTEMSGlobecomm Systems Inc. announced commercial availability of its Systems Explorer II Portable Satphone, a satellite phone system that uses Integrated Services Digital Network technology. Explorer II is made in the United States and weighs 32 pounds. The system can be configured from the...
Wildfire Communications Inc. announced Bell Mobility of Canada will become the first telecom service provider to offer the Network Wildfire personal assistant service commercially.The limited market launch is expected to begin Sept. 16 to Bell Mobility's 1.7 million subscribers in the Toronto area. The...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The United Kingdom likes to portray itself as a pioneer in cellular. Certainly it was early on the scene, with two analog TACS (Total Access Communications System) networks entering commercial service in January 1985.In mid-1992, the United Kingdom was at the front...
WIRELESS SYMPOSIUM & EXHIBITION AND PORTABLE BY DESIGNAugust 31 - September 3Penton Media. Boston World TradeCenter, Boston. (201) 393-6259.Wireless Product DevelopmentSeptember 1-3AiC Worldwide Inc. Hotel Nikko, San Francisco. (800) 409-4242 or(212) 714-1444.Italian TelecomsSeptember 6-7SMi Conferences Ltd. Rome.(+44) 171-252-2222.Next Generation E911September 9-10AiC Worldwide Inc. Hyatt...
LONDON-Orange plc introduced a one-number service called Every Phone that allows Orange customers' phone numbers to follow them with a call-forwarding system.Orange's Talkplan customers can call 330 from their handset, or 0973 100 330 from any other phone to set up Every Phone to...
Though the International Telecommunication Union is months away from reaching a consensus on third-generation standards, European and Japanese governments are revealing plans to auction third-generation spectrum next year.The race is on to deploy 3G services. Some key European countries and Japan see 3G services...
Belgacom S.A. and Tele Danmark announced they have expanded their BruCop B.V. joint venture to build a Global System for Mobile communications network at 1800 MHz in the Netherlands.The company paid $300 million for six licenses totaling 16.6 megahertz. The licenses are effective for...
NEW YORK-Orange Communications SA said it awarded a contract, valued at $460 million, to a partnership of Nokia Corp. and Ascom AG to deliver a Global System for Mobile Communications 1800 cellular network in Switzerland.In May, the Swiss Federal Communications Commission awarded Orange a...
LONDON-U.K. mobile operator Orange plc introduced the Orange Network Performance Promise, which offers to automatically credit the company's Talk Plan customers with up to a minute of free talk time for any call that is dropped by the network.As long as the customer calls...
Mobile & Fixed Wireless Networks and Services SeminarJuly 6-7Alexander Resources. Marriott Courtyard Crystal City, Washington, D.C. (800) 948-8225 or (972) 818-8225.Signalling System 7 and Intelligent NetworksJuly 6-8IBC UK Conferences Ltd. The Rutherford Conference Centre, London.(+44) 171-453-2700.Cellular and PCS RadioJuly 7-10The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department...
