NEW YORK-For status-conscious Americans, Nokia Corp. plans to debut by late summer its Nokia 8800 series phone, carrying a suggested retail price of "under $1,000," the company said May 10.The Nokia 8800 series includes the 8860 tri-mode phone that supports Advanced Mobile Phone Service,...
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson and Telular Corp. formalized an agreement for worldwide product development and marketing of the Telular Time Division Multiple Access fixed cellular terminals.Under terms of the agreement, Ericsson plans to incorporate Telular's FCTs into its product portfolio, offering the SX4e FCT when proposing...
The U.S. Commerce Department says it provided support to CDMA vendors wanting to sell their products in China, but did not discriminate against Time Division Multiple Access technology when it encouraged China to expand Code Division Multiple Access networks during visits there in March."We've...
Lucent Technologies announced three technical initiatives designed to increase capacity in TDMA equipment. The company announced a series of software enhancements developed by Bell Laboratories to increase frequency re-use; as well as new PCS Minicell growth hardware designed to provide higher capacity for traffic-intensive...
DENVER, United States-For mobile phone operators around the world, one key question remains unanswered: What will be the demand for mobile data services?Mobile phone carriers today are attempting to answer this question as they consider what investments to make to transition to third-generation data-centric networks."The...
HONG KONG-Mobile number portability (MNP) has been in effect in Hong Kong since 1 March, but there is no sign yet of a switching spree among cellular customers in the territory.Offers of free handsets, free airtime, cash rewards and free services for a couple...
NEW YORK-Microcell Tele-communications Inc. is hoping Canadian regulators will follow the lead of the United Kingdom and Hong Kong in granting customers mobile number portability (MNP) as they change carriers.The Montreal, Canada-based company is the parent of a personal communications services provider with a...
EricssonBrazil. With Tele Norte Celular for upgrade and new TDMA.Value: US$50 millionChile. With Entel PCS for GSM 1900 equipment.Value: UndisclosedChina. With Liaoning Post & Telecommunications Administration for its GSM network.Value: US$150 millionCroatia. With VIP-Net to supply base station subsystems for its new GSM network.Value: UndisclosedUkraine. With Digital Cellular...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Chile, which became the first country in Latin America in 1998 to implement PCS, has just felt the tremor of three new events in its market that could impact growth and market positioning.Calling party pays (CPP) was introduced 23 February, BellSouth bought...
GermanyInterDigital Communications Corp., through its subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corp., entered a worldwide, royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany. According to the agreement, InterDigital granted Bosch the license under its TDMA patent portfolio to sell telecommunications equipment...
BAL HARBOUR, Fla.-Let the lobbying wars begin. The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium is stepping up efforts to promote Time Division Multiple Access technology around the world following the CDMA Development Group's success in working to open up the Chinese market to Code Division Multiple...
L.M. Ericsson said it supports the third-generation TDMA proposal and a group of 3G CDMA technologies that accommodates three different modes and various chip rates.The statement comes just weeks after ending the deadlock with Qualcomm Inc. over rights to CDMA-based technologies. Ericsson and Qualcomm...
Some Telecommunications Industry Association members and U.S. carriers were angered last week by comments attributed to a TIA senior executive by the French Press Agency. The incident illustrates the continuing technology holy wars and brings to surface concerns a few large members have about...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it signed a four-year agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to provide an expected $1 billion in equipment and services for the next phase of its Time Division Multiple Access DigitalPCS network buildout in the 1900 MHz and...
WASHINGTON-Personal communications services 1900 MHz networks using Code Division Multiple Access technology lead in terms of radio-frequency footprint, according statistics released by The Strategis Group.As of March, CDMA systems covered 10.4 percent of the U.S. geography, followed by Global System for Mobile communications systems...
The future looks bright for Latin American cellular and personal communications services operators, according to a recent study conducted by The Strategis Group.The report, "Latin America Cellular/PCS Markets: 1999," states the area's 20 million cellular and PCS subscribers will grow to nearly 80 million by...
It was an unprecedented event. Qualcomm Inc., the biggest defender of CDMA technology, and L.M.
Ericsson, the largest naysayer of the technology, embraced last week, ending more than 10 years of open hostilities
between the two.
"It's wonderful to be together," said Dr. Irwin Jacobs, chairman and...
Although Qualcomm Inc. and L.M. Ericsson announced resolutions to Code Division Multiple
Access disputes and the standoff over third-generation intellectual property rights, the companies didn't resolve key
technical differences 3G parties have tried to resolve for more than a year.
Qualcomm and Ericsson announced last
week they resolved...
HANNOVER, Germany-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced a wireless platform that will enable TIme Division Multiple Access network operators to offer third-generation services such as seamless global roaming and converged voice, video and data applications.The platform is part of Lucent's Flexent product line and includes development...
Tensions ran high at the International Telecommunication Union two-week meeting on third-generation technology in Fortaleza, Brazil, as the industry waits for an agreement between Qualcomm Inc. and L.M. Ericsson on cdmaOne patents.Qualcomm and Ericsson won't comment on progress made in negotiating a settlement over...
NEW YORK-Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless Inc. has wandered far from its home base and original paging strategy as it pursues emerging opportunities in developed and developing markets in Europe, Latin America and Asia."We like to say that only crazy people never change their minds,"...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-The TR45.3 technical committee of the Telecommunications Industry Association completed an updated version of the ANSI-136 Time Division Multiple Access standard.This represents the culmination of the second phase of the UWC-136 third-generation proposal, which was submitted to the International Telecommunication Union in 1998."The...
HANNOVER, Germany-From the CeBIT '99 show in Germany, L.M. Ericsson made several announcements. Ericsson unveiled the R380 dual-band mobile phone with built-in personal digital assistant functionality including address book, calendar, voice note recorder and notepad. It also features hand writing recognition, voice dialing and...
NASHUA, N.H.-CMG announced its short message service is available for Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access networks. SMS transmits limited text or data from networks to mobile phones."In addition to the North American market, CDMA and TDMA products will be important...
