ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced an agreement to cooperate on third-generation technology and research with the Ministry of Information Industry of the People's Republic of China.Under terms of the agreement, Motorola's Network Solutions Sector will cooperate with the Research Institute of Telecommunications Transmission under...
NEW YORK-Judging by their investments during the third quarter, venture capitalists can't seem to get enough of technology companies, including those involved in the wireless communications sector."Investments in sector for the first three quarters of 1999 approached the total amount invested in (it...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector signed an agreement to begin a third-generation trial of Code Division Multiple Access digital wireless technology in the third quarter of next year, the companies announced.The trial is meant to prove the advantages of...
WASHINGTON-The coming of the new millennium may bring with it new products using spread-spectrum technology.The Federal Communications Commission has proposed rules that would increase the width of channels used in spectrum hopping, which would allow ground-breaking applications and increased data rates, according to people...
SpectraSite Holdings Inc. last week signed a definitive agreement to acquire property management firm Apex Site Management Inc.The stock-for-stock transaction, which is expected to close by the end of the year, is valued at $60 million.Terms of the agreement call for Apex to become...
NEW YORK-Stratos Global Corp., Toronto, has begun obtaining presale purchase agreements from customers for its new Inmarsat-M4 service, which will provide Integrated Services Digital Network communications by satellite.Stratos said M4 will fill a gap in existing Inmarsat services, whose equipment lacks the ISDN connectivity...
LONDON-London Underground Ltd. awarded a contract to CityLink Telecommunications Ltd. to replace and manage the radio and transmission services for the London Underground transportation system.Under a private finance initiative known as Connect-worth $1.9 billion over 20 years-London Underground will procure a terrestrial trunked radio...
DENVER-Newly formed UltraRF, the former semiconductor division of Spectrian Corp., announced a new amplifier integration technology, in addition to details of its focus as an autonomous business unit.UltraRF produces laterally diffused metal oxide silicon and bipolar transistors. The company will begin U.S. beta testing...
About 10 years ago Qualcomm Inc. had a goal-to ensure CDMA technology's success by heavily promoting it, investing in companies that would deploy it and entering the equipment supplier business.Now total worldwide Code Division Multiple Access subscribers number more than 43 million, and Qualcomm's...
LAS VEGAS-OmniSky Corp., formerly OpenSky Corp., introduced its first product last week at Comdex-a wireless Internet and e-mail service solution for Palm V users that integrates hardware, software and Internet access from several partner providers.OmniSky is the venture formed in June with funding from...
NEW YORK-A key component of the IMT-2000 global wireless third-generation standard that the International Telecommunication Union evaluated this month comes from the kind of small, entrepreneurial company whose voice is often drowned out in this type of process.Golden Bridge Technology, West Long Branch, N.J.,...
Wireless data and electronic-commerce applications should become increasingly popular in the future, with users trading stocks, comparison shopping and making travel arrangements all via wireless devices.However, for such transactions to be completed, sensitive data such as personal identification information and credit-card numbers must pass...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Northern Ireland is a complex country with an intriguing cellular industry. As part of the United Kingdom, it is covered by the same mobile networks (BT Cellnet, Vodafone AirTouch plc and Orange plc) as the rest of the United Kingdom. Yet those three...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Following up its widely acclaimed NeoPoint 1000 smart phone, NeoPoint Inc. last week at Wireless I.T. introduced a location-based wireless portal called myAladdin.com.The portal is positioned as a smart-information service, with features including driving directions and route guides, ATM Locator, traffic information,...
The term "consolidation" is now applied continually to the wireless telecoms industry. Yet it seems inadequate to describe a situation in which European telecom companies are disappearing at a rate of up to three a week.The dynamics are clear. Europe's former state-owned PTTs and...
The Chinese government announced it will enforce regulations announced last year requiring all foreign-manufactured mobile phones and other telecommunications equipment to carry a government-issued seal indicating authenticity. The government said the move will help it reduce smuggled goods from entering the country. Foreign executives...
SINGAPORE-Mobile data is quickly taking off in many parts of Asia, with growth rates in the region comparing favorably to take-up rates in Europe and the United States, say analysts.Although overall percentages of Asian wireless subscribers that use data services are not available, Steven...
CanadaBell Canada offered to purchase for cash up to 15.8 million of the outstanding common shares of Aliant, the largest telecommunications company in Atlantic Canada, at a price of US$18.40 per share. Such an acquisition would give Bell Canada, which already owns about 41...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Following guidelines laid out during the PCS auctions in Argentina, mobile phone operator Miniphone ended operations on 1 October. Its 800,000 customers were divided between operators Unif
HungaryMotorola Inc. said it is providing Hungarian mobile operator Westel 900 its Mobile Internet Exchange communications platform. The trial is Hungary's first deployment of the Wireless Application Protocol. It will allow mobile users to access Internet content via Internet portals such as Yahoo! and...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Wireless local loop (WLL) is currently the most popular access technology to supply basic voice connectivity to subscribers in the rural areas of many African nations. It is an expensive option and difficult to implement, but offers the most effective way of...
Motorola Inc.'s Wireless Subscriber Systems Group introduced the DSP56690 baseband processor, capable of handling all existing wireless transmission standards, as part of its DigitalDNA+ portfolio for wireless systems.The processor incorporates a DSP core and an M-Core microcontroller. It supports such standards as Code Division...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they plan to test third-generation Code Division Multiple Access 1XRTT in the first half of next year. The trial will take place over Lucent's equipment at the Sprint PCS Technology Center in Lenexa, Kan. The...
In an attempt to position paging devices and services as Internet appliances, as opposed to telephone appliances, PageMart Wireless Inc. said it will change its name to WebLink Wireless Inc., effective Dec. 1, and also introduced a new line of products and services called...
