InterDigital Technology Corp. made another move in a long-running patent dispute with Ericsson Radio Systems AB.The company's parent, InterDigital Communications Corp., announced ITC has sought a further stay of its patent litigation with Ericsson in federal court, requesting a re-examination by the U.S. Patent...
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...
DETROIT-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its Time Division Multiple Access personal communications services network in Detroit, using infrastructure equipment supplied and installed by Lucent Technologies Inc.The new system has advanced services including caller ID, paging, e-mail, and voice mail messaging, as well as traditional...
A new company led by former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. executive Michael Buhrmann has developed a client-server operating platform designed to let wireless carriers segment their customer base by offering lower-cost specialized services."The new entrants that have come to market have been concerned about...
Another wireless carrier has jumped on the Time Division Multiple Access bandwagon with help from AT&T Wireless Services Inc.Oklahoma City-based Dobson Communications Corp., a cellular carrier with about 100,000 customers, has signed an operating agreement with AT&T Wireless to become part of the cellular...
ST. CLOUD, Minn.-Wireless carrier CMS St. Cloud said it will become one of the first operators in the United States to offer customers a choice of Code Division Multiple Access, Time Division Multiple Access and analog wireless service using a network solution from Northern...
PARIS-Sony Corp. joined the UMTS Alliance in support of its proposed next generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications System wireless standard, which combines key elements of Time Division Multiple Access and Code Division Multiple Access technologies, said the company.To date, the alliance is comprised of Alcatel,...
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...
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Philips Consumer Communications L.P. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said that Philips will provide AT&T with multifunction, digital wireless handsets under an agreement previously entered into with Lucent Technologies Inc.Philips Consumer Communications is a joint venture of Lucent and Philips Electronics N.V. that...
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Philips Consumer Communications L.P. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said that Philips will provide AT&T with multifunction, digital wireless handsets under an agreement previously entered into with Lucent Technologies Inc.Philips Consumer Communications is a joint venture of Lucent and Philips Electronics N.V. that...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced plans to work with Siemens AG and other Global System for Mobile communications equipment manufacturers to develop a next-generation wireless standard that combines elements of Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access technologies.Motorola said it joins Alcatel,...
PanaVise Products Inc. introduced a combination mounting kit designed to keep cellular phones secure while driving, but quickly release the phone for easy removal from the vehicle. The PortaGrip 2000 cellular phone holder can be used alone to prevent a phone from sliding around...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. announced its new Time Division Multiple Access IS-136 wireless handset, called the Nokia 2160i, will be equipped with a Nokia-developed enhanced full rate vocoder.The EFR ACELP vocoder delivers enhanced digital voice quality, the company said, and has been chosen as the...
The consolidation of C-block personal communications services license holders has begun earlier than expected as five licensees have combined to form one partnership.Aer Force Communications L.P., Fortunet Wireless Communications L.P., High Country Communications L.P., New England Wireless Communications L.P. and Southeast Wireless, which together...
HERNDON, Va.-Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. and Comsat RSI Plexsys Wireless Systems formed a purchase agreement and product development alliance.Terms of the agreement call for Hyundai to purchase nearly $5 million of Plexsys' PlexCell series of Code Division Multiple Access switches, which Hyundai will...
Now that many personal communications services providers are operating in several cities, most are advertising better call clarity than users received with cellular analog service. But will call clarity remain an issue once cellular carriers begin to aggressively market the same digital features?If customers...
Southern California's emergence as a burgeoning wireless hub was reinforced when yet another new telecom company, Kokusai Communications Systems Inc., opened its world headquarters last month in San Diego.Kokusai Communications is the newest subsidiary of Kokusai Electric Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based manufacturer of wireless...
SKOKIE, Ill.-U.S. Robotics and Northern Telecom Ltd. agreed to jointly develop wireless data access products for mobile professionals needing wireless access to e-mail, the Internet and other data applications."Digital wireless technology promises faster, higher quality and more reliable data transmission than circuit-switched analog cellular...
TULSA, Okla.-Southwestern Bell Wireless launched its 1900 MHz Time Division Multiple Access network in Tulsa, Okla., the first time TDMA has been commercially available at 1900 MHz in the United States, the company said. The company is calling the service Digital PCS.The handsets offered...
Motorola Inc.'s Integrated Software Products division released its Air Apparent software for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT version 1.1. The product is a general purpose, enterprise-wide wireless messaging software application that integrates paging technology with Windows NT. This allows Windows NT users to send wireless...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. only now is receiving the dual-band handsets necessary to make its vision of a Digital PCS nationwide network a reality."Things will start happening pretty quickly," said AT&T Wireless spokesman Ken Woo. AT&T has not launched any of its 1900 MHz...
This week Southwestern Bell telephone company will be the first company to launch a Time Division Multiple Access network at 1900 MHz when it turns on service in Tulsa, Okla.The nation's other TDMA proponent, AT&T Wireless Services Inc., has not launched its 1900 MHz...
Tough competition from other operators has led to increased costs for cellular carrier Palmer Wireless Inc., fueling speculation that the carrier is up for sale.Fort Myers, Fla.-based Palmer won't comment on what it calls "a market rumor" that it is looking for a buyer....
For a cellular carrier competing in a growing marketplace, value-added services translate into more revenue. A small Silicon Valley development firm plans to deliver on that concept.San Jose, Calif.-based Aeris Communications Inc., formerly known as Axion Logistics Corp., plans to position itself as a...
