Yearly Archives: 1997

PROLIFIC PHILIPS GROUP SHOWS CONSUMING FOCUS

After a year of sweeping talented executives away from competing companies and setting the stage for strongly anticipated success, Philips Consumer Communications doesn't blink...

PANASONIC POOLS CORDLESS, CELLULAR STRENGTH TO CREATE TELENIUM

When a large company like the Matsushita Electric Corp. pools its creative resources, it can produce revolutionary products like the new Telenium product.Telenium is...

NOKIA PREMIERES WIRELESS PAY PHONE

SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. introduced a small, integrated wireless pay phone for Global System for Mobile communications networks in the United States.The Nokia...

PRODUCTS

Siemens Components Inc. introduced its Model CMY210, a GaAs MMIC that can be used for designing cellular or personal communications services handsets based on...

DATAQUEST STUDY SHOWS SHAKEUP IN HANDSET RANK

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The digital handset market saw significant growth in 1996, an indication that this market is developing into a formidable one, says a...

STATES STUDY DRIVING AND DIALING BILLS

NEW YORK-Dialing and talking while driving are getting a closer look in state capitols lately, as legislatures in at least three states-California, Illinois and...

DSP FORMS ALLIANCE WITH SIEMENS BCS

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. and Siemens Wireless Terminals, a division of Siemens Business Communications Systems Inc., announced they have signed a worldwide strategic agreement...

EDS PRODUCT STOPS ROAMING OVER-BILLS

WALTHAM, Mass.-EDS Personal Communications said Century Cellunet Inc. and Radiofone Inc. will be the first U.S. carriers to use new enhancements of EDS' core...

ICO GLOBAL DEAL GOES TO ERICSSON, HUGHES, NEC

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-ICO Global Communications, a global mobile satellite communications company, awarded a contract to a consortium consisting of L.M. Ericsson, Hughes Network Systems Inc....

FARQUHAR’S EXIT FROM WIRELESS BUREAU LEADS TO RESHUFFLING AT FCC

WASHINGTON-Major reshuffling at the Federal Communications Commission last week has Dan Phythyon succeeding Michele Farquhar next month as chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau...

SAFCO TO PURCHASE TEC CELLULAR ASSETS

SAN FRANCISCO-Gilbert Associates Inc. said it will purchase the stock of TEC Cellular Inc.Melbourne, Fla.-based TEC, a provider of Windows-based wireless system design software...

SCT ANNOUNCES PRODUCT DELIVERY

SAN FRANCISCO-Superconducting Core Technologies Inc. announced its REACH Receiver Front End System has been sold domestically and internationally as a result of its field...

INDUSTRY LEADERS AGREE, DIFFERENTIATION IS KEY TO MARKET SUCCESS

SAN FRANCISCO-Market segmentation and minimizing costs are critical success factors for wireless operators, and as countering forces, these topics were hot conversation at this...

THE SHOW KEEPS GROWING

SAN FRANCISCO-More than 230,000 square feet of exhibit space already has been leased for next year's Wireless '98 industry trade show-hosted by the Cellular...

TETRA CHAIRMAN GETS SIMOCO DEMO

CAMBRIDGE, England-During a visit to Simoco International Ltd., Ole Lauridsen, chairman of the TETRA MoU, was given a demonstration of Simoco's Trans European Trunked...

WIRELESS CARRIERS SWARMED BY CUSTOMER CARE SYSTEMS VENDORS

NEW YORK-With at least several hundred billing and customer care systems providers out there today, wireless carriers, especially new players, are suffering an embarrassment...

HUNDT ADAMANT ABOUT GAINING MARKET-DRIVEN SPECTRUM POLICY

WASHINGTON-Despite being overruled by his fellow commissioners, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt has signaled his intention to campaign aggressively for a highly deregulatory,...

SURVEY SHOWS: TWO DIFFERENT WIRELESS USERS

SAN FRANCISCO-Results from a recent survey of wireless phone users showed personal communications services users are more likely younger, male professionals, while cellular users...

VIEWPOINT

More than 20,000 people with more than 20,000 different views. And yet, I kept hearing one recurring theme at CTIA Wireless '97 last week....

FCC PITCHES WCS AS EXCITING WIRELESS OPPORTUNITY, BUT NOT RISK-FREE

WASHINGTON-"This is an exciting wireless opportunity for businesses with clear vision and a good business plan," commented Michele Farquhar, chief of the Federal Communications...

LUCENT DEVELOPS TESTING CENTER TO GROW AUTOPLEX CAPABILITIES

SAN FRANCISCO-Lucent Technologies Inc. is introducing a design, development and interoperability testing facility designed to speed new applications for wireless carriers to market.Lucent's Wireless...

QUALCOMM SEEKS LICENSE FOR MIAMI VIA PREFERENCE

Qualcomm Inc. has asked the Federal Communications Commission for the Miami pioneer's preference personal communications services license the company was denied three years ago.The...

20 RESELLERS SIGN TO SELL MTEL SERVICE

JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp.'s wholesale division, Destineer, signed 20 reseller agreements for its messaging services. The agreements allow resellers to market Mtel's interactive...

MULTIPLIER ENTERS DISTRIBUTION DEAL

SAN FRANCISCO-Multiplier Industries Corp. and Hutton Communications completed agreements to distribute the Multiplier Plus line of cellular and personal communications services accessories through Hutton's...

NW, JRC TO PARTNER FOR PREPAID PHONES

WILSONVILLE, Ore.-Wireless reseller NW Communications announced a partnership with Japan Radio Corp. Ltd., a JRC unit that manufacturers prepaid equipment. Together the companies are...
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