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CANNES, France-CDMA proponents have their voice in the CDMA Development Group. TDMA advocates have their say through the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium. Now the GSM world has its own lobbying …

WASHINGTON-AT&T Corp. head C. Michael Armstrong envisions a global wireless world where Time Division Multiple Access and Global System for Mobile communications converge but TDMA and Code Division Multiple Access …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-The Wireless Information Network Laboratory at Rutgers University is working to set a research agenda that will facilitate deployment of General Packet Radio Service, a new wave in wireless …

U.S. Global System for Mobile communications carriers took a financial beating in 1998, but analysts expect 1999 to look brighter for these carriers as they look to butter up their …

NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium and the GSM North American Alliance announced plans to work to achieve interoperability between TDMA and GSM technology, a move that could facilitate national …

NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, which represents the interests of Time Division Multiple Access technology proponents, demonstrated interoperability between 850 MHz and 1900 MHz networks at the Cellular Telecommunications …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-PrairieComm Inc. announced Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. selected PrairieComm’s Time Division Multiple Access chipset for use in MWCI’s recently announced T200 tri-mode TDMA handset. PrairieComm said its two-device …

NEW ORLEANS-International Telecommunication Union members did not reach any consensus in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, on harmonizing the various radio transmission technology proposals received by the ITU for third-generation technology. The …

NEW ORLEANS-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced at Wireless ’99 two new wireless intelligent network applications-Calling Name caller ID and a short messaging solution that allows originated transmissions on handsets, for Time …

At CTIA’s Wireless ’99: The Jambala Wireless Application Protocol Gateway, which will allow operators to improve and expand wireless data services to their customers, said the company. An open-application platform, …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton’s renewal last week of a potent trade weapon-known as Super 301-could become a vehicle for prying open markets closed to U.S. wireless technologies. Super 301, a multistep process …

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Isotel Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of DSP Communications Inc., announced it was awarded a contract to supply IS-130A/IS-135 software to Lucent Technologies Inc. Lucent will incorporate the …

JACKSON, Miss.-Cellular South said it launched a digital wireless network in Jackson, Miss., to complement its existing wireless system serving other areas in Mississippi. Cellular South said it is leveraging …

Motorola Inc. said it expects to meet Wall Street’s earnings expectations for the first quarter, though it remains cautious in light of last week’s currency devaluation in Brazil and the …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commissioner Susan Ness last week added her voice to the growing drumbeat of U.S. opposition to European Union moves that could block the import of third-generation mobile phone …

The State Department late last month urged the European Commission to allow U.S. third-generation wireless equipment and service providers a fair opportunity to compete in Europe. In a letter sent …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Iridium L.L.C. launched its global mobile satellite service last November, and demand for the service reportedly is high, but so far largely unfulfilled. Shortage of handsets is being …

Cellcom Israel completed a trial using Nortel Networks’ multi-beam antenna and array processing technology aimed at reducing the per-subscriber cost of mobile radio access infrastructure by increasing base station capacity. …

The International Telecommunication Union’s 31 December deadline passed without resolution in the intellectual-property-right stand-off over third-generation technology, but the ITU has indicated it may push ahead anyway. The ITU warned …

SEATTLE-Go to any trade show where mobile phone operators congregate, and you will hear grumbling about how AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Digital One Rate pricing plan has wreaked havoc on …

“Consumers of third-generation wireless technology will be better served by marketplace competition than by a single government-mandated standard, according to a new economic white paper released today by the North …

DALLAS-Dobson Cellular Systems said it will install Nortel Networks’ digital infrastructure equipment in Maryland, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania under a three-year, $30-million contract. Nortel will supply radio and switching …

L.M. Ericsson Brazil. With Telet S.A. to construct a TDMA network. Value: US$140 million China. With Chongqing Telecommunications Administration to expand its GSM network. Value: US$138 million China. With Hebei …

Wireless local loop (WLL), originally defined as providing a local loop facility without wires, over the past few years has become synonymous with the term “fixed cellular,” technology used to …

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian communications industry has applauded Telstra Corp.’s decision to build its second national mobile phone network using CDMA technology. Industry groups, including the Australian Telecommunications Users Group and …