ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector signed seven digital cellular network expansion contracts, valued at a total of $258 million, with China Unicom to enhance the operator's GSM network in China.The contract calls for Motorola to expand China Unicom's GSM 900 networks in...
DENVER, United States-One of the world's most savvy and chic brand names is coming to the U.S. mobile-phone market next year.Virtual network operator (VNO) Virgin Mobile USA said it plans to ink an agreement with a carrier here and offer nationwide service by the...
EricssonCanada. With Microcell Connexions for a GPRS network.Value: UndisclosedChina. With China Unicom for GSM expansions in Jilin, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Anhui and Hubei provinces.Value: US$176 millionLaos. With Lao Telecommunications Co. for GSM switching.Value: US$1.2 millionMexico. With Pegaso forCDMA equipment for its PCS network.Value: US$200 millionTurkey. With Turkcell for a...
One of the world's most savvy and chic brand names is coming to the U.S. mobile-phone market next year.Virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA said it plans to ink an agreement with a carrier in the United States and offer nationwide service by the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will vigorously enforce wireless radiation safety rules that go into effect later this week."We are serious about this and will be checking," said Robert Cleveland, the FCC's expert on radio-frequency exposure rules. Cleveland said the FCC will conduct...
WASHINGTON-While the Communications Workers of America succeeded in winning concessions that make it easier to organize wireless workers at Verizon Communications-the nation's largest mobile phone and local telephone company-the prospect for widespread wireless unionization is challenged by a confluence of forces that conspire against...
NEW YORK-Merger prospects tend to have a significant impact on a company's share price, although the degree of that influence can be difficult to precisely identify.The second-largest domestic personal communications services carrier, VoiceStream Wireless Corp., saw its stock price rise by less than $5,...
Although worldwide cellular and PCS subscribers increased 54 percent during 1999, subscriber growth is expected to slow significantly through 2007, especially in more mature markets, according to findings in The Strategis Group's new study, "World Cellular/PCS and 3G Markets."However, the report said there will...
MILAN, Italy-Italian communications group Tiscali is said to be looking for a partner for its consortium to bid for a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System license in Italy later this year. Deutsche Telekom AG and Hutchison Whampoa were cited in international press reports as possible...
TOKYO-Japanese telecom carrier DDI Corp. plans to merge seven of its eight regional cellular phone service providers by November in an attempt to cut operational costs, according to the Associated Press.The seven regional companies are based in Hokkaido, Tohoku, Hokuriku, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku and...
BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a Global System for Mobile communications expansion contract with Liaoning Unicom, a subsidiary of China Unicom, in Shenyang to boost the capacity of its network to more than 1.2 million subscribers.The contract calls for Lucent to supply two stand-alone home...
Network engineering consultant Belenos Inc. raised $20 million in second-round venture financing, led by Investcorp Ventures Technology Fund I L.P. and First Union Capital Partners. Investcorp, a private equity fund focusing on technology investments in infrastructure services, marketing services and wireless services, contributed $15...
Wireless carriers spend billions of dollars on spectrum to support the latest high-speed wireless applications that are designed to change the way the world communicates. Knowing they can't provide that potential to end users without the proper infrastructure, companies are also spending a little...
Component shortages and a widespread shift to entry-level phones impacted second-quarter earnings from L.M. Ericsson. The company's stock fell 11 percent on the news and was trading around $20.13 at RCR press time.Ericsson reported net income of $1.13 billion, a dramatic rise from the...
NEW YORK-The credit quality of the seven large incumbent U.S. operators will only be moderately affected by the capital costs of commercializing third-generation technology, according to Moody's Investors Service."We expect that in the U.S., 3G will largely be rolled out as an overlay on...
Sunday CommunicationsSunday Communications Ltd. announced that Craig Ehrlich, currently group managing director and chief executive officer, will give up his CEO duties. He will continue as group managing director, focusing on the company's regional expansion program. Ehrlich also will continue as the company's principal...
NEW YORK-smartRay.com announced partnerships with seven national, international and regional carriers, including Nextel Communications Inc.Under terms of the agreement with Nextel, smartRay.com said it will provide Nextel's wireless Internet customers access to news content via a link to mobile.smartRay.com.Nextel also agreed to promote smartRay.com's...
Underwater wireless communication is not a new concept, but until recently, it was nothing more than pings, dots and dashes, that only a trained ear could decipher.Acoustic modems now are making it possible to transfer real-time data and e-mail from submarines, oil pipelines, research...
GENEVA-The sky-high third-generation (3G) license fees generated by the United Kingdom's May auction are having serious repercussions for European operators seeking a pan-regional presence. Governments on the mainland are rejigging their own forthcoming Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) license allocations to take advantage of...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Cuba's government decreed that the new millennium begins on 1 January, 2001, and to mark the event, grand celebrations are being prepared. In tone with the decision, the country's cellular telephony company, Cubacel, is migrating its analog AMPS network to a digital...
SINGAPORE-The dominant rise of prepaid cards compared with subscription-based accounts has been the defining element of Vietnam's mobile phone environment during the last six months.Almost entirely due to the introduction of these cards, by the end of May, the number of mobile-phone users had...
NEW YORK-Where wireless data is concerned, Dennis F. Strigl, president and chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless, has assumed the enthusiasm of a recent convert."I was not bullish on data five years ago ... but we are finally seeing some real numbers in data,"...
NEW YORK-Martin Fridson, managing director of Merrill Lynch & Co., called this year one of "difficult times" for high-yield bonds, a period characterized by "declining liquidity in the secondary (trading) market."Elizabeth Mackay, investment strategist for Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., called the status of...
LOUISVILLE, Colo.-In a decision released June 9, the Federal Communications Commission sided with AirCell Inc., an air-to-ground communications system provider for the aviation market, in the company's dispute with a group of seven national cellular service carriers.The commissioners denied five Applications for Review and...
