PolandL.M. Ericsson said it signed an $80 million contract with Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in Poland. Ericsson will deliver base stations, base station controllers, Mini-Link microwave transport solutions and services, as well as mobile switching centers...
Palm Computing Inc. introduced the Palm VII wireless organizer nationwide last week, featuring a sale price of $500, $100 less than originally expected.The Palm VII-first available in May in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut-features many of the same organizer functions of its predecessors,...
The Edge Consultants, an affiliate of agency.com, released a Wireless Application Protocol browser for handheld computers running either Palm Computing or Windows CE operating systems, called WAPman.Lucent Technologies Inc. said it completed the first call on a prototype wideband radio platform designed to help...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Samsung Telecommunications America and Sprint PCS introduced the Samsung SCH-3500 dual-band Code Division Multiple Access phone and announced an agreement, valued at up to $500 million, in which Samsung will deliver SCH-dual-band/dual-mode series phones to Sprint PCS during the next year.The SCH-3500...
NEW ORLEANS-Boston Communications Group Inc., Woburn, Mass., announced Sept. 23 the availability of its new BCGI Prepaid Connection for wireless carriers serving small and medium-sized markets.For an upfront investment of about $50,000, these wireless telecommunications providers can install the equipment needed to access this...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse has consistently indicated one key to growing wireless market share is targeting the youth market. The carrier is hoping its new nationwide prepaid offering becomes a low-end version of its popular Digital One Rate plan...
A number of Internet sites have popped up in recent months offering side-by-side wireless services pricing comparison and purchasing. But some are evolving to become much more.The wireless industry soon could see a total of eight to 10 Web sites offering consumers the ability...
The U.S. cellular adoption level is fast approaching 30 percent-not bad. However, it's also a long way from the penetration rates we see in Europe, particularly in the benchmark countries of Scandinavia.Will the United States match Finland with a 69-percent penetration rate any time...
OREM, Utah-Q Comm International Inc., a regional telecommunications provider specializing in prepaid cards and wireless phone services, announced it signed an agreement with Page Tel Cellular to market its prepaid wireless phone services to customers throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and California.Q Comm's prepaid wireless...
International joint ventures formed by manufacturing concerns, and the failure rates of these companies, have been well-documented over the years. The pioneering efforts of telecommunications service providers from developed countries, which have formed joint ventures to provide both goods and services in emerging markets,...
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced its CellEase program has evolved into a universal payment method for prepaid wireless services.As a central payment and card redemption system, CellEase enables customers of various service providers to replenish their usage with any card bearing the CellEase...
SANTA ANA, Calif.-AirTouch Cellular said it launched a new retail center in Santa Ana, Calif., aimed at better serving Southern California's Latino community.The new retail center is the first AirTouch store to feature bilingual sales associates and merchandise information designed for Latino customers.Additionally, the...
ATLANTA-Vodafone Retail and bulletIN.net Ltd. announced they launched a marketing campaign for bulletIN e-mail service through promotional offers, bill inserts and in-store displays.The bulletIN e-mail service allows customers to access, originate and forward e-mail from their existing digital wireless phones, said the companies. Customers...
NEW YORK-North American telecommunications carriers rank below manufacturing, consumer products and financial services companies in their adoption of Internet-enabled enterprises, concluded a recent report of American Management Systems, Fairfax, Va."eCommerce in the Telecommunications Industry: Trends and Innovations" is a study based on AMS' evaluation of...
NEW YORK-AAPT Ltd. announced last week it awarded Samsung Electronics of South Korea a $205 million turnkey contract to design, construct, operate, maintain and provide systems integration services for its new Code Division Multiple Access network in Australia.The carrier plans to launch commercial CDMA...
HONG KONG-Paging subscriber numbers continue to fall in Hong Kong, while the popularity of cellular keeps rising as stiff competition among the six cellular carriers drives down tariffs close to those of paging. Handsets, now in all shapes as well as prices, also are...
In yet another paging industry alliance aimed at wirelessly enabling personal digital assistants, Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Access Group said it plans to partner with JP Systems Inc. to jointly develop and market wireless communications solutions.The partnership will pair the Wireless Access Group's two-way...
SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. last week introduced a one-stop telecommunications and entertainment services package in what many speculate is a competitive strike against similar packages in the works at rival AT&T Corp.AT&T today offers its Personal Network package, which includes long-distance, wireless and calling...
NEW YORK-Consumers looking to comparison shop on the Internet for wireless services and products will soon have two new choices.CellMania.com said it plans to launch its service Sept. 8 and will offer information, advice and buying opportunities for more than 10,000 service plans and...
NEW YORK-Citigroup and Sonera Ltd. announced last week they are taking an undisclosed ownership stake in 724 Solutions, a Canadian software company that is hardly a household name but could hold the key to global mobile banking.Juha Snellman, director of sales and marketing for...
While most of the recent attention surrounding specialized mobile radio services has circulated around enhanced SMR provider Nextel Communications Inc., some smaller dispatch providers have been quietly finding creative ways to use their spectrum to compete in the marketplace.One such company is Regionet Wireless....
Omnipoint Communications Corp., Message Center Management and Motiva Enterprises L.L.C. signed an agreement for Omnipoint to install wireless infrastructure equipment in 500 Shell and Texaco retail sites in the New England and Westchester county, N.Y., markets. "Message Center Management and Motiva offer us a...
Originally expected in May, two-way paging devices based on ReFLEX 25 technology will not be available for commercial deployment until the fourth quarter, at the earliest, according to pager manufacturers.Motorola Inc. said its ReFLEX 25-based PageWriter 2000 two-way pager will be available mid-October, while...
NEW YORK-The direct connection between a consumer's choice of wireless services and a carrier's own brand and retail stores is growing, even with the advent of the Internet and expansion of indirect sales channels.At the end of 1998, 52 percent of wireless customers picked...
