STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a $200 million framework agreement with Telecommunicaciones Movilnet in Venezuela to expand its wireless network using Time Division Multiple Access Interim-136 technology. Movilnet is the only …
NEW YORK-Venture capital investments in the telecommunications and wireless sector nearly doubled during the fourth quarter of 1997, increasing to $456 million from $233 million during the same period of …
GERMANTOWN, Md.-Telecommunications Techniques Corp. plans this quarter to release new test software that is client/server-based, enabling carriers to test their entire network from the network operators center. The product is …
SEATTLE-AirTouch Communications Inc. said Seattle police arrested two local residents for possession of stolen property and a third resident on suspicion of cellular fraud during a routine traffic stop. AirTouch …
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association early this year published a new interim standard that details the fundamental capabilities for interfacing a personal communications switching center with one or more radio …
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. signed an agreement to supply Qualcomm Inc. with its patented interface card for Qualcomm’s fixed wireless terminals. Telular’s Borscht Daughter Card will enable Qualcomm’s fixed wireless …
NEW YORK-Australian telecommunications giant Telstra Corp. Ltd. announced Feb. 18 that its net profits for the six months ended Dec. 31 rose by 117 percent from the same period a …
Tellabs Inc. said it will acquire Coherent Communications Systems Corp. in a deal valued at $670 million. Coherent makes echo-cancellation and conferencing products for international telecom companies and cellular and …
COLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore Inc. announced plans to introduce its multiprotocol platform designed for smaller and rural networks at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Wireless ’98 convention in Atlanta this week. The …
HERMOSA BEACH, Calif.-308 Systems recently introduced Tac
PHOENIX-Novatel Wireless Inc. plans to exhibit at the Wireless ’98 show in Atlanta a handheld personal computer with a built-in Cellular Digital Packet Data wireless and landline modem. This is …
For several years, there has been an international mission to create a modernized, global satellite navigation and location system distinctly for civilian use. Such a system could bring massive improvements …
Multinational Automated Clearing House U.S.A. said it signed agreements to provide roamer call data clearing services to Global System for Mobile service providers American Personal Communications, Powertel Inc., Microcell Connexions …
Metawave Communications Corp. has introduced SpotLight 2000, a dual-mode spectrum management system for Code Division Multiple Access, Advanced Mobile Phone service, and Narrowband AMPS networks. The SpotLight 2000 system uses …
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. and its retail partner Direct To Retail Associates L.P. announced the launch of a program to provide prepaid cellular phones through major retailers. DTR is …
EUREKA, Calif.-United States Cellular Wireless Communications announced it implemented a new emergency phone number to allow operators of fishing vessels and other boats to report weather conditions along the Pacific …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to install a 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications system for Tatarian-American Investment in Finance, a mobile operator in Tatarstan, Russia. Ericsson values …
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. announced a definitive agreement to acquire the operations and related assets of Atlantic Cellular’s Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and Massachusetts cellular telephone licenses. The cellular …
Winter Olympian Elvis Stojko, the Canadian silver medalist in the men’s figure-skating event, is one of dozens of North Americans using GTE Telecommunications Services Inc.’s GlobalRoam technology in Nagano, Japan. …
CLAREMONT, Calif.-WolfeTech Corp. and MovieLink announced a strategic alliance to bring nationwide movie listings to two-way paging subscribers. Under the agreement, users of the Research in Motion Inter@ctive pager and …
