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...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Telecommunications Sdn Bhd received an order to expand Mutiara Telecommunications Sdn Bhd's nationwide personal communications network in Malaysia. Ericsson values the contract at $130 million.Mutiara's order consists of switching, radio base stations and transmission equipment."We currently have 130,000 subscribers on the Mutiara...
Xypoint Corp. named Jim Thornton chief financial officer with responsibility for all accounting, administration, human resources, risk management and treasury functions. Prior to joining the company, Thornton was president and chief executive officer of Ventana Corp. Before that he was president of finance and...
Smith Micro Software Inc. introduced HotPage 2.0, a wireless messaging software that provides message management and transmission to alphanumeric and numeric pagers. The new version supports Windows 95 and Windows NT personal computers that run Exchange, Windows Messaging or Microsoft Outlook platforms.When subscribers to...
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. acquired a broadband fixed radio license consisting of 168 MHz of frequency within the 3.6 GHz to 4.2 GHz range from Great Universal American Industries Inc.The company also announced Jonathan Solomon will lead the development of Tele 2 Ltd.,...
NEW YORK-A happy marriage of convenience is taking place among billboard companies and wireless communications carriers looking for antenna sites."It's something that just seems to be coming around the pike," said James M. Marsh, an equities research analyst for Prudential Securities Inc., New York,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's adoption of long-awaited rules for digital television service also buoyed up hope that additional spectrum for public safety and other wireless services via reallocation of channels 60-69 may become a reality sooner rather than later.According to a new table of...
DENVER-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. issued a special offer to members of the media covering the Oklahoma City bombing trial, which is set to begin in Denver this week.The company is offering a Nokia Corp. 2160 cellular phone for $150, a monthly access charge of...
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. acquired Cellular Infrastructure Supply Inc., a Burr Ridge, Ill.-based provider of equipment and related design, installation and technical support services to cellular, personal communications services and other wireless service industries.According to a merger agreement, CIS shareholders will receive $7.1 million, approximately...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. signed a letter of intent with Worldwide Wireless Inc. to trial its TrueLink broadband Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop product in Worldwide Wireless' service territory.Worldwide Wireless holds licenses covering portions of Vermont, New York and New...
Like many wireless technologies, the motivation behind FLEX was to make more possible in less bandwidth. Such is the mastery of Bob Schwendeman, a career Motorola man who is proclaimed the "father of FLEX."The FLEX promise is one of improved speed, capacity and efficiency,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Digital Microwave Corp. received $4 million in orders from Avantel for microwave radios and related services in Mexico. The company said it has received a total of $10 million in orders from Avantel since July 1996.Digital Microwave will provide digital microwave radio...
Brazil is in the wireless spotlight. Demand is high, penetration is low and growth in all sectors is being fueled by deregulation and a stronger economy.Brazil's current annual cellular growth rate is about 70 percent. The number of subscribers totaled 2.7 million last year,...
RIGA, Latvia-Baltel Ltd., the second national mobile operator in Latvia, launched its Global System for Mobile communications network with switching, radio, transmission and microwave equipment provided by Northern Telecom Ltd.The network serves Latvia's capital city of Riga and its suburbs. Baltel will expand the...
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. will acquire Cellular Infrastructure Supply Inc. for a combination of cash and stock, according to a letter of intent.The transaction is subject to completion of a due diligence investigation of CIS and execution of a definitive agreement by March 28. World...
E.F. Johnson Co. and Motorola Inc.'s Land Mobile Products sector said they will submit a proposal to build a new digital, trunked 800 MHz public safety radio system for the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. E.F. Johnson said the Metropolitan Radio Board, a group of public...
Siemens Components Inc. introduced its Model CMY210, a GaAs MMIC that can be used for designing cellular or personal communications services handsets based on Time Division Multiple Access or Code Division Multiple Access standards. The company said it functions as an up/down converter for...
Nokia Corp. signed an agreement with Beijing Telecommunications Administration to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in Beijing. Nokia values the agreement at $50 million. Nokia said it will provide its DX 200 mobile switching centers, base station controllers, base stations and...
As buildout battles blossom across the nation, many industry leaders are coming to recognize that success in site acquisition requires a comprehensive strategy for maintaining good relations with communities.The smart money is betting that front-end investments in community outreach always yield far greater dividends...
What began as a Craig McCaw idea became a definitive project for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last week when the company announced plans to deploy a proprietary fixed wireless technology that could effectively cut into local home telephone service.The idea of bypassing the Bell...
MEXICO CITY, Mexico- The Mexican government plans to resume auctioning of radio spectrum this year after defining frequency blocks for services that include personal communications services.According to the Mexican Government Gazette, 1850 MHz to 1990 MHz will be allocated for fixed or mobile wireless...
ESSEX, Vt.-Huber+Suhner AG realigned its Radio Transmission Product division to focus on personal communications services, cellular, wireless local loop, wireless data and other wireless access markets.The wireless division will be headed by Eugen Buchmann.A similar wireless division has been formed to focus on North...
WASHINGTON-Formulating future spectrum policy not only is a hot topic for those who must handle the regulatory and legislative aspects of parceling out channels, those that need more frequencies and those that want to hold onto what they've got also are making their opinions...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group signed an agreement with Alcatel Telecom that allows the companies to distribute each other's telecommunications equipment including Code Division Multiple Access cellular and fixed access radio systems, mobile switching centers and transmission solutions.The agreement gives Alcatel access...
