SAN DIEGO-Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. has selected Qualcomm CDMA Technologies' MSM5200 Mobile Station Modem integrated circuit and system software solution for Sanyo handsets to meet the IMT-2000 Wideband-CDMA mode for the third-generation UMTS."The highly integrated feature set of the MSM5200 integrated circuit and system...
Dear Editor,As the third employee of AT&T's cellular subsidiary AMPS (I was director of engineering) and as the first President/COO of MetroMobile CTS (an aggressive nonwireline carrier of the mid-1980s), I have found your articles on the early days of cellular bringing back many...
Fines. Permit denials. Tower removal. These drastic measures could be lurking in the fine print of hundreds of local government zoning regulations around the country. Tower companies, and the wireless carriers that lease space from them, need to be aware of "status-changing" events that...
ATLANTA-i2Go Inc. announced it formed the i2Go telematics and mobile technologies division, created to provide greater focus on emerging connectivity technologies and speed the delivery of the ConnectedCar, which allows users to access Internet information in an audio format.The telematics division designs, develops and...
Of the 387 people who work for Parthus Technologies plc, more than 300 are engineers. This, company executives say, is one of the main reasons Parthus is able to offer such a diverse range of products and technologies, and eventually will position the company...
NEW YORK-The story of NTELOS Inc. and Citizens Communications Inc., as told at Legg Mason Wood Walker's recent "Future of Rural Telecommunications" conference, demonstrates the wireless opportunity's expansion well beyond urban centers."We've done this so quietly we haven't shown up yet on the tables...
As the wireless industry in the United States moves ahead at a staggering and frantic pace-with new technology introduced practically every day-some Americans can't image surviving without their mobile phones, e-mail accounts and personal digital assistants.But while technology continues to march on, there are...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Harris said that during the second half of 2000, it supplied microwave systems and products totaling $6.9 million to Americel, a Brazilian mobile operator.The equipment is part of Americel's program to expand its network and improve services, Harris said. Installation of the...
REDMOND, Washington, United States-Metawave Communications said it received an estimated $22 million order from Grupo Iusacell, Mexico's second-largest mobile carrier.Under the terms of the agreement, Metawave will supply Iusacell with additional CDMA smart antenna systems, including installation and optimization, to increase the capacity and...
LONDON-Sema Telecoms announced a contract to install a convergent billing and customer care solution for Telemig Celular Participacoes S.A. and Tele Norte Celular Participacoes S.A. in Brazil. Sema said its solution will consolidate the two existing installations into one centralized data center in an...
Chilean regulator Subtel announced it will award three national PCS licenses through a beauty contest in the second quarter of 2001. The 10 megahertz blocks will be available only to operators that currently hold less than 30 megahertz in the 1900 MHz band, eliminating...
ATHENS, Greece-Greece plans to determine the number of third-generation licenses to be auctioned and the appropriate spectrum for the services in late March. The country began a public consultation period regarding 3G licenses on Feb. 23.Following the consultation period, the government will publish its...
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia-Mobilkom Austria acquired a 49-percent stake in Si.mobile, a GSM operator in Slovenia, according to international press reports. An additional 26 percent plus one share will be acquired by Teleimpuls, a Slovenian company in which Mobilkom owns 49 percent.The remaining shares in Si.mobile...
NONTHABURI, Thailand-Shin Satellite of Thailand and BayCom of Malaysia announced they signed a national service operator agreement for Malaysia in advance of the launch of iPSTAR-1 in 2003. The agreement is valued at US$60 million for two-way bandwidth capacity over the entire 12-year lifespan...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo released a new Java-enabled handset, which is manufactured by NEC. The handset will be put into the market on 3 March. The NEC handset will be the third handset for NTT DoCoMo's Java-based services called iAppli.NTT DoCoMo launched Java-based services on 26...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the second-largest mobile carrier in the world, plans to issue 20 billion yen (US$170 million) in corporate bonds as early as next week. It will mark DoCoMo's first corporate bond issue, as well as the biggest amount of corporate bonds to be...
In a marriage of convenience, carriers are signing temporary dotted lines to outsource their network management to vendors as they migrate to the next generation of wireless technology.The trend, which concedes to vendors a pivotal role in positioning carriers for the new technologies, moves...
LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz.-Amid the scorched desert ground abutting the lush greens of golf courses, the future of the wireless Internet was the topic of discussion in the small community of Litchfield Park, Ariz., where industry consultant Andrew Seybold held his 2001 Summit 4Mobility. And...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week proposed to delay key spectrum auctions and to phase out programs designed to bridge the Digital Divide, components of the president's $1.96 trillion budget that signals the White House's desire to improve spectrum management and its intention to end...
Controversy is brewing in the Texas state House of Representatives over a far-reaching bill that could give individual counties the authority to regulate tower siting, even requiring those with whip antennas on their cars or a home satellite dish to obtain a permit from...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry last week received the strongest indication to date that securing third-generation mobile-phone spectrum will be difficult if not impossible, as an eclectic mix of military, educational, religious and fixed wireless licensees voiced serious reservations about leaving their frequencies to make room...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia has been chosen by several companies to provide its third-generation network solution. Nokia said its 3G infrastructure is based on open standards, platforms and interfaces critical for evolution to commercial 3G services in a multivendor network.Nokia will deliver its 3G Wideband-CDMA Radio...
Telefonica takes control of four Mexican companiesTelefonica Moviles announced it will take management control of Bajacel, Movitel, Norcel and Cedetel, four of Motorola Inc.'s operating companies in Northern Mexico.As a result of this agreement, Telefonica Moviles said it will have a total of 25...
FREMONT, Calif.-ClickServices presented a wireless software platform for global business that it said overcomes barriers posed by the competing wireless networks and various wireless devices.According to the company, ClickServices is interoperable between TDMA, CDMA and GSM, as well as company network systems. It also...
