MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. announced its majority-owned subsidiary, Geotek Argentina S.A., was awarded a nationwide license to build a digital Frequency Hopping Multiple Access network in Argentina. The subsidiary holds …
NEW YORK-Powertel Inc., a personal communications services carrier based in West Point, Ga., announced Oct. 20 it joined forces with Gemplus Corp. and CyberMark in a four-month trial of prototype …
NEW YORK-The New York City Investment Fund and Ericsson Inc. announced plans to establish CyberLab East, the first collaborative laboratory for testing the commercial potential of ideas conceived by the …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed agreements with voice processing specialists Brite Voice Systems Inc. and Vocalis Group plc to integrate voice-activated dialing services into Ericsson’s total solutions for its …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced plans to expand its existing production plant in Brazil to manufacture base stations for analog and digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service networks. The $11 million investment …
If you don’t believe in the new global economy, you probably aren’t in the market. Last week’s free fall in Hong Kong stock prices triggered a ripple effect worldwide. The …
LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. announced it has activated service in 32 more markets, bringing to 80 the number of U.S. markets in which the company provides specialized mobile radio …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications deployed its PhonePrint cellular fraud prevention system in Puerto Rico for Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico Inc., announced the company. The system covers the carrier’s properties …
BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. said its new satellite-based tool will offer service providers access to advanced networking technologies normally associated with sophisticated wireline networks. The product, called Link One, is scheduled …
ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies Inc. said it signed a product development agreement with Niigata Seimitsu, a telecom manufacturing company in Japan. Under the agreement, Niigata will use CommQuest’s Global System for …
WASHINGTON-With all its internal struggles regarding the proposed new Federal Communications Commissioners reportedly solved, Congress was poised at press time to vote on the leaders of a new regime at …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-China’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications launched its FLEX-based Nationwide High Speed Paging Network in 11 provincial capital cities. The system uses high-speed paging systems from Glenayre Technologies Inc., …
TORONTO-Northern Telecom Ltd. reported a 37-percent increase in net earnings to $153 million, or 59 cents per share, compared with $112 million, or 43 cents per share, reported last year …
CTIA clarifies role in standardization Dear Editor: As initiator of the CTIA Ad-Hoc Group on Phone-to-Vehicle Interfaces (VIF), I was disturbed to read in your Sept. 22 edition that CTIA …
NEW YORK-In what its chief executive, Gordon Kaiser, is calling a first, Cue Network Corp., Irvine, Calif., announced it will offer voice paging over FM subcarrier channels by mid-1998. Another …
Customers of two-way paging devices using WolfeTech Corp.’s PocketGenie software now will have access to the information services provided by InfoSpace, according to a strategic partnership announced between the two. …
NEW YORK-NEC Corp. announced China’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications awarded it a contract for a Synchronous Digital Hierarchy microwave system through the Chinese company Marubeni Corp. The contract, valued …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced plans to work with Siemens AG and other Global System for Mobile communications equipment manufacturers to develop a next-generation wireless standard that combines elements of …
LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it was awarded an integrated Global System for Mobile communications 900/Digital Cellular System 1800 license in Luxembourg, becoming the country’s second mobile operator. Millicom will …
MANILA, Philippines-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it deployed a Global System for Mobile communications network at 1800 MHz in the Philippines. The network, which is expected to cover areas of Makati …
