TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. announced SingTel Paging launched commercial two-way paging and telemetry data service in Singapore using the Nexus system.SingTel is upgrading its one-way system, which uses Motorola Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. equipment supporting POCSAG and FLEX paging protocols. The...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it received orders for UltraPhone wireless local loop systems from Telecom Namibia, Vietnam PJT, Kenya KPTC and Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications. The company cumulatively values the deals at $1.3 million.InterDigital said several of the orders resulted from...
HANNOVER, Germany-InterDigital Communications Corp. and Siemens AG said they are first to market with a broadband Code Division Multiple Access-based wireless local loop solution that delivers advanced broadband services.Both companies are displaying their version of the system at CeBIT '98 in Hannover, Germany, where...
InStep Mobile Communications Inc. announced it is collaborating with BC TEL Mobility, Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. and Samsung Telecommunications to test a new wireless Internet dispatching solution.A select group of customers in the Vancouver area are being offered a limited trial of the Internet...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. introduced a new personal communications services phone manufactured by Samsung Telecommunications America. The Samsung SCH-1900 is the second digital Code Division Multiple Access handset from Samsung to be offered to consumers through Sprint PCS.The co-branded phone has an active...
Ericsson forms office mobility unitATLANTA-Ericsson Inc. announced the formation of the Wireless Services unit in response to the increasing need for wireless communications in the workplace.Ericsson said the new unit will provide a wireless office solution based on the Interim Standard-136 Time Division Multiple...
ATLANTA-A new technological concept, branding campaign and line of products kicked off Sony Electronics Wireless Telecommunications Co.'s vision called D-WAVE for Digital Wireless Audio Visual Entertainment, at the Wireless '98 show here last week.The company's goal is to introduce, possibly by 1999, the D-WAVE...
DENVER, United States-Competition in the world's cdmaOne handset markets is expected to heat up this year as more countries deploy commercial systems and manufacturers battle it out for market share.Ray Jodoin, senior analyst with InStat in Scottsdale, Arizona, expects some 8.9 million cdmaOne cellular...
South Korean CDMA handset manufacturers exporting their way out of the currency crisis affecting their country are expected to fuel competition in the U.S. Code Division Multiple Access handset market this year.One analyst in South Korea expects all four of the country's main handset...
SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Group is providing the Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee with four types of wireless communications equipment, six network and systems experts and 14,000 mobile units, including radios, pagers and personal digital cellular phones designed specifically for the Nagano Olympic Winter Games, the company...
NEW YORK-A wide and growing array of handset choices has caused some carriers to evaluate whether to winnow down the number of makes and models sold at their own retail stores.Is this a case of product oversupply? No, it's only half the story.Telecommunications equipment...
Ike Kim, the number-one man at what is striving to be the number-two paging device manufacturing company, died earlier this month, ending a successful but far-too-short career in the wireless communications industry.Kim, 46, was president and chief executive officer of Santa Clara, Calif.-based Standard...
Motorola Inc. announced that it will use and distribute the full family of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java platform technologies, according to a licensing agreement the two entered.Under the terms of the agreement, Motorola will incorporate the Java technology into its entire portfolio of consumer...
SAN DIEGO-Jabra Corp. said it has partnered with Samsung Telecommunications America to provide its EarSet and Smart Adapter for Samsung's wireless SCH-1000 personal communications services handsets.Samsung and Jabra plan to co-market the products as separate accessories that will be sold through Samsung's distribution network,...
Samsung is not a household name in the United States, but the consumer electronics giant is hoping its $10 million brand promotion campaign introduced in the fourth quarter and its aggressive strategy to grab a 40-percent share of the U.S.CDMA handset market will do...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Watkins-Johnson Co. increased its production capacity with the purchase of Samsung Microwave Semiconductor Inc., the company said.Watkins historically produced semiconductor devices primarily for its own use, but began offering its products to external customers last year.The Milpitas, Calif.-based Samsung operation will become...
With the introduction of the Windows CE operating system designed by Microsoft Corp.-expected to revolutionize the mobile computing industry much like the company's Windows 95 operating system changed the computing world-wireless communications companies are hot to secure strategic agreements with the software giant.Motorola Inc....
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service placed the ratings of the Republic of Korea and the publicly held foreign currency debt of its major companies under review for possible downgrade.Telecommunications carriers and electronics component and equipment manufacturers account for four of the 11 corporations whose long-term...
NEW YORK-By 2000, some 22 million devices other than personal computers will be accessing the Internet, according to IDC-Link Resources projections cited at a recent Internet World '97 conference.Although wireless industry representatives and analysts are predicting a bright future for data communications, use of...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it signed a technology and product engineering and test site support agreement with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The new agreement will cover Samsung's field trials and advance deployment of telecommunications equipment using InterDigital's Broadband Code Division Multiple...
SEOUL, Korea-Responding to the recent turmoil in Korea's economy, Samsung Group said it will reorganize management-making cuts in all Korea-based business units-refocus investments on core growth businesses and cut costs across the board.In an effort to bolster the Korea-based conglomerate's competitiveness, Samsung said it...
While PCS carriers aren't slashing airtime rates for the holidays, handset prices are dropping to ranges that may persuade the reluctant customer to make a purchase.Omnipoint Communications Services in New York is pushing Ericsson Inc.'s 388 Global System for Mobile communications handset for $50,...
NEW YORK-For handset manufacturers, next year likely will be a transition period as new entrants gear up to enter the rapidly expanding wireless marketplace, said Jeffrey Schlesinger, wireless technology analyst for UBS Securities L.L.C.Brightpoint Inc. projects that sales of new handsets in North America...
'Tis the season to buy!And with some wireless carriers estimating that between 30 percent and 40 percent of their business takes place this quarter, the industry should be as giddy about the coming month as a turkey that is still pecking dirt at the...
