NEW YORK-Managistics Group Inc., Rockville, Md., announced Nokia Corp. selected it to optimize Nokia's global supply chain operations.Nokia's goal is to increase customer service while gaining significant efficiencies along the supply chain in the areas of manufacturing planning and scheduling, supply planning, inventory management...
It's one thing to have lofty ambitions within the safe confines of executive boardrooms, but it's quite another to let the world in on them.That's what Philips Consumer Communications, a joint venture of Philips Electronics N.V. and Lucent Technologies Inc., did when it said...
Wideband cdmaOne will play a small part in the proposal Japan's standards body will submit to the International Telecommunications Union as a third-generation technology choice.The Association of Radio Businesses and Industries, ARIB, has been trying to converge wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, based...
SAN DIEGO-Sony Corp. launched a $10 million advertising campaign this month in an effort to build awareness of the new wireless handsets created by Sony Personal Mobile Communications of America.The national campaign for the Digital Wireless Audio Visual Entertainment phones began with print ads...
NEW YORK-Led by dramatic expansion of television, mobile telephony and multimedia services, global satellite industry revenues will skyrocket to $171 billion in 2007 from $38 billion in 1997, according to projections by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., New York.Within the next year...
Qualcomm Inc. and Philips Consumer Communications L.P. entered into a royalty-bearing, cross-license agreement for CDMA technology and products, said Qualcomm. Philips granted Qualcomm a license under its patents for its own use and for sale of CDMA products. Qualcomm granted Philips a license under...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. announced the latest addition to its line of digital phones, the Sony CM-S110SPR, which is manufactured by Qualcomm Personal Electronics.The single-band phone has a suggested retail price of $149 and is packaged with a standard lithium ion battery and...
MENLO PARK, Calif.-The Infiniti Communicator, an in-vehicle communications system now available in the 1998 Infiniti Q45 and I30 luxury sedans, will use mapping tools and technology from Etak Inc., announced Etak.The system, co-developed by Infiniti and Protection One Mobile Services Group (formerly Westar), is...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced it acquired Wavetech Ltd., a United Kingdom-based company that distributes wireless handsets.Wavetech, which reported sales of $64 million last year, has distribution agreements with L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp., Siemens AG, Panasonic and Sony Corp.Kevin Brummitt, a former officer, director and owner...
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...
BEIJING-"Please come in, sir, and have a look. The cheapest prices and the best choice."No, we have not discovered Beijing's red-light district, and the time is not midnight. We have come to Xizhimen, an area where narrow streets are lined by small "mom-and-pop" stores,...
NEW YORK-It keeps going and going and going, but it isn't a rabbit or a battery.It's a miniature version of the methanol-powered fuel cells used to run rocket ships. Robert G. Hockaday, inventor of the patented Hockaday Micro-Fuel Cell, promises it will give wireless...
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...
United States Cellular Corp. appointed Paul Henri Denuit to a special committee of the board of directors that will consider how the company should respond to a proposal from its parent organization, Telephone and Data Systems Inc. He has been on the board of...
European Telecommunications Standards Institute members last week reached a consensus agreement for a third-generation mobile phone standard, incorporating two major proposals that were on the table. The agreement came after members failed the day before to reach the 71-percent consensus vote required to approve...
SINGAPORE-The Asia-Pacific currency crisis has taken its toll on the Personal Communications Industry Association's first venture into the international trade-show arena. Wireless Showcase Asia, held here last week and touted as the first all-wireless show in the region, drew only limited attendance from outside...
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...
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute cast a preliminary vote last week in Madrid, Spain, in favor of a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access third-generation technology proposal backed by Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson.The W-CDMA proposal allows for migration from Global System for Mobile communications networks...
DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched its PrimeTravel service, which allows subscribers to roam throughout the nation using dual-mode/dual-band handsets manufactured by Sony Corp.The company also announced it has implemented over-the-air activation.PrimeCo has signed roaming agreements with its parent companies-AirTouch Communications Inc., Bell Atlantic Corp....
'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...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sony Corp.'s digital CM-Z100 personal communications service phone is now available at Sprint Spectrum L.P.'s Sprint PCS and Radio Shack stores nationwide. The phone is based on Code Division Multiple Access technology.The Z100 weighs less than 5.3 ounces with the battery pack...
KANSAS CITY-Sprint Spectrum L.P. announced the availability of dual-band phones to customers nationwide. The new phones will allow customers to roam on analog cellular networks where Sprint PCS lacks 1900 MHz Code Division Multiple Access coverage.Sprint PCS is offering three phones, each priced around...
TORONTO- Bell Mobility launched its PCS Plus personal communications services network in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City.Subscribers can use dual-mode analog/digital phones, by Sony Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. The operator deployed Code Division Multiple Access technology on its 1.9 GHz PCS Plus system."Clearly...
BATON ROUGE, La.-C-block license holder Meretel Communications L.P. is expected this week to launch personal communications services in Baton Rouge, La., using dual-mode, dual-band Code Division Multiple Access handsets.Eatel Inc., one of Meretel's owners, is introducing the CDMA service under the Eatel name. The...
