Despite increasing competition expected from wireless phone services, the Chinese paging market will continue to grow at a rate of 17.7 percent during the...
ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. launched its new customer-care and billing software, "Targys-the millennium series," for the global telecommunications industry.Targys easily can be integrated with other...
COLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore said it plans to deploy its AirCore platform prepaid solution in Nigeria for cellular operator Bourdex Telecommunications.The Tecore system will connect to...
VIENNA, Va.-Teligent said it launched SmartWave, its local, long-distance, high-speed data and Internet service for small- to medium-sized businesses in New Orleans, bringing its...
WASHINGTON-Personal communications services subscribers use their phones more than cellular subscribers, said the Telecommunications Industry Association last week.PCS subscribers use their phones for 300...
SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France-VLSI Technology Inc. said it and debis Systemhaus of Germany have jointly ported Global System for Mobile communications stack software to VLSI's OneC...
The Wireless Application Protocol effort gained momentum last week at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, with several Global System for Mobile communications...
CHICAGO-Practical Sales Tools Inc. introduced its UnwiredContact wireless data interface for use between contact-management programs and portable devices. The product works with ACT! and...
CANNES, France-RangeStar International revealed its first dual-band embedded antenna for wireless handsets that operates in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz personal communications services...
WASHINGTON-Omnipoint Corp., Leap Wireless International Inc. and Cook Inlet/VoiceStream PCS could be among the top bidders for the March 23 re-auction of 356 C-,...
WASHINGTON-Two members of the House Judiciary Committee last week re-introduced legislation to relax export restrictions on encryption products. The bill, known as the Security...
STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said it signed a $65 million contract with Etisalat of the United Arab Emirates for a microcell expansion of Etisalat's Global System...
HYANNIS, Mass.-Excel Switching Corp. announced it has enhanced its open programmable switching platform to include an open subscriber-based service layer that enables carriers and...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week pulled an item from the public meeting agenda that was expected to propose the auction of private wireless...
SYDNEY, Australia-Formus Communications Inc. formed a joint venture with Bell Canada International Inc. to seek broadband wireless local multipoint distribution services spectrum in the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week adopted proposed rules that should make it easier for users of global mobile phones and pagers to cross...
UkraineOrbcomm Global L.P. announced it has signed a service license agreement with Transexpo Corp. to provide its satellite data services to the Ukraine. According...
EAST FISHKILL, N.Y.-A new chip technology developed by IBM Corp. could lead to smaller electronic devices, including cellular phones and personal computers, said the...
CANNES, France-InterWave Communications International Ltd. introduced its new packet-switched networking capability that provides interoperability between Global System for Mobile communications wireless and Internet protocol...
STAMFORD, Conn.-International Telecommunication Data Systems Inc., a provider of customer-care and billing services to wireless carriers and resellers, formed a strategic business alliance with...
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service has changed to stable from negative its outlook on $279 million in Ba1-rated debt securities issued by SK Telecom Co....
SAN DIEGO-Pegaso PCS, the Mexican operating company of Leap Wireless International Inc., last week launched its first market in Tijuana, Mexico.The company plans to...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced it changed the accounting for its acquisition of Coral Systems Inc. in November 1997. The restatement results in an increase...
TOKYO-Anticipating the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU's) scheduled March decision regarding key characteristics for the third-generation cellular, IMT-2000, Japanese carriers are mounting efforts to be...
Sources close to International Telecommunication Union activity on third-generation technology say standards likely will not be set during the 31 March meeting in Brazil.The...
