ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed agreements to expand Global System for Mobile communications networks for two carriers in China. An agreement with Jiangxi Post and Telecommunications Administration China calls for Nokia …
MONTREAL-Users of Microcell Solutions Inc.’s personal communication service, Fido, can now roam in France, England, Switzerland, Germany and Hong Kong, said the company. Fido customers in these countries can use …
SINGAPORE-Motorola Inc.’s Asia-Pacific Paging Networks Division announced it signed a paging infrastructure contract with Liaoning Province Mobile Communications Ltd. in China. The contract, valued at $14 million, is for a …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group said Aliant Cellular Inc. awarded it a contract to replace an analog cellular network and deploy Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service and Code …
TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. announced it received an additional $1.5 million order for infrastructure in Caracas, Venezuela, to upgrade the existing AVL system there. According to Nexus, the …
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. reported continuing net losses for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, despite significant increases in revenues. Net loss for the quarter was $53.7 million, or 87 …
SAN DIEGO-Intelligent Technologies announced it purchased HM Electronics Inc.’s Battery Systems Division. Intelligent Technologies, or iTECH, supplies custom-designed and private-label battery systems, to companies including Federal Express and Motorola Inc., …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-MobileMinutes, Bell Atlantic Mobile’s prepaid wireless service, now is available in the New York metropolitan and Philadelphia areas. The prepaid service has no monthly fees and does not require …
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Wi-LAN Inc. signed an agreement with Hutton Communications Inc. calling for Hutton to distribute Wi-LAN’s Hopper wireless modems and Hopper Plus wireless Ethernet bridges in the United States, …
Dataradio introduced T-Base, a transparent integrated radio modem base/repeater unit. It features vir-tually no bit dribble and is compatible with most protocols, including Modbus binary, and also is capable of …
Italy’s award of a third mobile phone tender has hit another snag. The country’s Post and Telecommunications Ministry delayed once again the long-awaited process until February due to an October …
The International Mobile Telecommunications Association announced it is launching a campaign to oppose the regulations proposed by the cellular and personal communications services industries worldwide to restrict the commercial trunked …
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced it will not offer 2.5 million shares of its common stock for sale to the public. Lightbridge had previously announced its intention to file a registration …
Jato Communications Corp., a small Denver-based company, has big plans in the Local Multipoint Distribution Services market. “We think that there is going to be a bandwidth scarcity and LMDS …
ATLANTA-Scientific-Atlanta Inc. announced it sold its Microwave Instrumentation business to a private group of investors called Microwave Instrumentation Technologies L.L.C. “The sale of the microwave business completes our transition from …
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. announced it expanded its Ricochet line of products, which provide unlimited wireless access to the Internet, intranets, e-mail and other online services. The Ricochet SX modem …
Corsair Communications Inc. released a follow-on product to its PhonePrint fraud product designed to target subscriber handset problems that could lead to churn. Called PhoneCheck, the product pulls data from …
WASHINGTON-Public-safety wireless advocates have urged federal regulators not to license additional digital TV stations using frequencies that Congress this year reserved for police, fire and emergency medical service providers. The …
SINGAPORE-Motorola Inc.’s Asia Pacific Paging Networks Division announced it signed a paging infrastructure contract with Express Telecommunications Co., a regional paging carrier in the central region of Taiwan. The contract, …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sony Corp.’s digital CM-Z100 personal communications service phone is now available at Sprint Spectrum L.P.’s Sprint PCS and Radio Shack stores nationwide. The phone is based on Code …
