ALAMEDA, Calif.-In a cash transaction valued at $100 million, UTStarcom Inc. will purchase some of the assets of the CommWorks division of 3Com Corp., Santa Clara, Calif.The deal, which the companies expect to close within 120 days, calls for UTStarcom to acquire contracts, agreements,...
BEIJING-Fixed-line carrier China Netcom plans to launch its Little Smart or 'xiaolingtong' service in selected areas of China's capital Beijing in May, using UTStarcom equipment.Netcom plans to install 30 base stations in Beijing. Until recently, the Little Smart service had been confined to inland...
China's homegrown technology known as TD-SCDMA is creeping up from the industry's subconscious as it attracts more resources and quiet maneuvers from major players.The Chinese government recently allocated the 2.3 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands to Time Division Duplex, where TD-SCDMA is expected to...
ALAMEDA, California, United States-UTStarcom said it signed contracts worth US$80 million with China Telecom Guangdong Province for new deployments of its PAS equipment. The equipment allows China Telecom to offer a limited mobility service.The new contracts support four major cities in the province, Dongguan,...
BEIJING-China's number-two fixed-line carrier, China Netcom Communications Group, has ordered US$114 million worth of PHS equipment from California-based UTStarcom to expand its Little Smart or Xiaolingtong service in the provinces of Hebei, Shandong and Liaoning.Although the Ministry of Information Industry (MII) is trying to...
BEIJING-China's largest telecom equipment vendor China Putian Corporation, plans to build a 500 million yuan (US$60.41 million) plant to produce Xiaolintong wireless handsets to be used on China Telecom's and China Netcom's fixed-line networks.The China Putian Group had revenues of 64.2 billion yuan (US$7.76...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-U.S.-based PHS vendor UTStarcom signed a strategic partnership with Chinese vendor Datang Mobile to jointly develop and promote the TD-SCDMA third-generation standard. The companies said they will provide a complete TD-SCDMA solution using UTStarcom's Internet Protocol-based core network and Datang's base stations and...
BEIJING-California based UTStarcom has signed three deals during the last month to provide its Xiaolingtong PHS mobile system to two fixed-line Chinese carriers.It signed a US$35 million contract with China Netcom for Heilongjiang province, a US$22.7 million contract with China Telecom for Zhejiang province...
NEW DELHI, India—U.S.-based vendor UTStarCom will soon begin trials of its wireless local loop (WLL) technology called PHS in the Indian capital. The government-controlled telecom company, MTNL, operating in the New Delhi metro area, has allowed the U.S. firm to showcase the wireless technology...
BEIJING—U.S.-based UTStarcom has signed an agreement with fixed-line carrier China Telecom to provide personal wireless access (PAS) equipment in Luoyang city in China's Henan province. China Telecom is offering PAS services in 184 small and medium-sized cities in China in direct competition with mobile...
BEIJING—UTStarcom has signed a contract worth US$11 million with fixed-line operator China Telecom to expand a local wireless network in Henan province.China Telecom does not have a wireless operator license, but offers local wireless services based on PHS technology. The service is cheaper than...
TOKYO—Matsushita Communications Industrial tied up with UTStarcom for third-generation (3G) technology. Based on the bilateral agreement, both firms will jointly develop and provide total network systems based on wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) targeting the world market, including China.Matsushita will provide base transceiver stations (BTSs) and handsets,...
ALAMEDA, California, United States—UTStarcom announced that its PAS contract bookings and subscriber base numbers have achieved near-record increases during the third quarter.The company has received more than US$170 million in new and expansion PAS contracts within mainland China since the beginning of the third...
BRAZILTranscrypt International Inc.'s subsidiary, EFJohnson Co., has been awarded a $2 million contract to supply its LTR-Net communication system to the State of Santa Catarina Police Department in Brazil, linking the majority of Brazil's large metropolitan areas.IRELANDThe offer that UBS Warburg Ltd. made on...
NEW DELHI, India-HFCL, a basic service provider in the Punjab circle, has entered into a strategic alliance with U.S.-based UTStarcom to deploy India's first PHS system.Announcing the tie-up, HFCL managing director Mahendra Nahata said the association with UTStarcom would help develop a world-class telecom...
After a month-long review, the Chinese government said in June that PHS will continue to be allowed in China's county-level cities and counties. However, new PHS deployments will not be allowed in large and medium-sized cities. Hong Lu, president and chief executive officer of...
SINGAPORE-Several wireless companies have formed the PHS Forum in an effort to promote the benefits of PHS (Personal Handyphone System) technology in the Americas.Charter members ADC Wireless Systems, ArrayComm Inc., Kyocera Corp., Market Tel 48 C.A., Nichimen, Nippon Motorola, UTStarcom and Zetwx all have...
SINGAPORE-Several wireless companies have formed the PHS Forum in an effort to promote the benefits of Personal Handyphone System technology in the Americas.Charter members ADC Wireless Systems, ArrayComm Inc., Kyocera Corp., Market Tel 48 C.A., Nichimen, Nippon Motorola, UTStarcom and Zetwx all have PHS...
L.M. Ericsson announced it will deliver a Global System for Mobile communications network, valued at $77 million, to the Indian cellular operator Birla Communications Ltd. Birla Communications is a joint venture between AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and the Indian company A.V. Birla Group. Its...
