Yearly Archives: 1998

GEOTEK SHUTS DOWN

Count one less player in the U.S. trunked radio game. As of 18 October, Geotek Communications Inc. will be but a memory of yet...

CDMA FAR OUTNUMBERS TDMA IN ASIA; TDMA MAINTAINS HOLD IN AMERICAS

ORLANDO, United States-Both the TDMA and CDMA camps released their most recent subscriber numbers at the PCS '98 show in September in the United...

ERICSSON INTRODUCES OPEN WIN PLATFORM

ORLANDO, Fla.-L.M. Ericsson launched an open wireless intelligent network platform, called Jambala, initially available to Time Division Multiple Access Interim Standard 136 providers.Jambala is...

LOCATION, TIMING JUDGE INVESTMENT RETURNS

WASHINGTON-The old adage maintains it's all about location, that the success of an investment depends on locale. And Latin America has been the locale...

CLAENDAR

SLIDE TOWARD MONOPOLY

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam-While other countries in the region continue to liberalize their mobile phone markets, Vietnam will return to a status of...

SECOND GSM OPERATOR CLICK GSM SET TO LAUNCH IN EGYPT

LONDON-The GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) market in Egypt took a positive turn at the beginning of the year with an invitation for...

CELLULAR BRIEFS

Nippon Ido Tsushin Corp. (IDO) announced it will stop its analog cellular service based on the NTT standard as of the end of March...

JAMMING DEVICES TO BE ALLOWED UNDER JAPANESE EXPERIMENT

TOKYO-Some public-use halls in Japan next year will be allowed to use jamming devices-an illegal practice under present laws-to shut out noisy beeps, electronic...

LICENSES/TENDERS

The Argentine government, in an attempt to proceed with the PCS auctions currently in judicial limbo, is considering selling two PCS licenses each for...

INDUSTRY PLAYERS MOVE AHEAD WITH W-CDMA DESPITE UNCERTAINTIES

The International Telecommunication Union has yet to decide on the air interface for third-generation mobile phone technology, but many vendors are pushing ahead anyway...

MALAYSIAN OPERATORS SHARE INFRASTRUCTURE

SINGAPORE-Malaysia has launched a common antenna system in its newly opened Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), paving the way for future cooperation among cellular...

JAPAN RELEASES FIXED WIRELESS RULES

Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications recently released the basic guidelines for fixed wireless access systems. The MPT expects new common carriers (NCCs) that...

CARIBBEAN OFFICIALS TRY TO REDUCE C&W HOLD

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Caribbean governments appear more serious recently about breaking the monopoly stranglehold Cable & Wireless plc has on more than a dozen countries in...

E2 NETWORK LAUNCHES IN GERMANY

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The game of musical chairs between telecom operators vying for a stake in the lucrative German market seems to have slowed down....

ISRAEL, PA’S CELLULAR MAPS TAKE SHAPE

NABLUS, West Bank-Many who conduct business in this often-troubled region say peace would come much more quickly if they took over the responsibility from...

TIW BUYS S3RP

Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Montreal, announced its French subsidiary, Regiocom S.A., has acquired S3RP, the trunked-radio operations of Bouygues Telecom marketed under the brand...

DAVID 2, GOLIATH 1: THE DEBATE OVER PHONE SAFETY CONTINUES

OXFORD, United Kingdom-"Mobile Phones-Is There A Health Risk?" was the title of a conference held mid-October in London. "Mobile phones-Is there a health risk?"...

VOICE PAGER TO BE MARKETED IN U.S., LATER IN JAPAN

TOKYO-As part of its effort to break through the stagnant pager market, Japanese pager maker Oi Electronic Co. Ltd. is developing a voice pager...

NEWS BRIEFS

EDI Telecom Ltd. and Tadiran Telecommunications Ltd. announced they signed an agreement under which the two will merge in a stock-for-stock transaction.Mobile Systems International,...

TELSTRA TRIALS CELL BROADCASTING

MELBOURNE, Australia-I am window shopping when my mobile phone alerts me I have a message. Reading it, I learn the store I am standing...

CORRECTION

The incorrect ownership structure of Hungary's Pannon GSM was printed in the July-August issue. The correct ownership structure is KPN Telecom B.V. (26.79%), Telenor...

IRIDIUM LAUNCHES

After US$5 billion worth of effort, the Iridium L.L.C. global satellite phone and cellular roaming service became a reality 1 November when the company...

RELIANCE ON OTHER NETWORKS REMAINS POTENTIAL Y2K PROBLEM

NEW YORK-If telecommunications companies worked in a vacuum, they would probably be well fortified against the Year 2000 electronics bug that threatens to hobble...

SINGAPORE: HUTCHISON INTRAPAGE PUT UP FOR SALE

SINGAPORE-One of Singapore's four paging operators has been put up for sale, but there so far have been no takers due to poor growth...
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