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Philips Consumer Communications introduced its Fizz analog mobile phone at the Consumer Electronics Show. The Fizz phone offers 40 hours of standby time and 220 minutes of talk time with the extended battery option. It has a 26-character, three-line display, a notebook to store...

Marconi Instruments Inc. intends to offer products specifically for the U.S. market this year, beginning with a new a multisource signal generator that offers multiple radio frequency outputs in a single unit.The company calls the Model 2026 "a world first" because the unit combines...

NEW YORK-In its inaugural quarterly teleconference with the investment community, Omnipoint Corp. announced Jan. 31 the second straight year of losses but also numerous milestones passed en route to deployment of its personal communications services network.The Arlington, Va., company, which went public last year,...

WASHINGTON-Global System for Mobile communications technology now has a national footprint in the United States, according to analysis by GSM North America following the D-, E-and F-block auctions.GSM North America said GSM coverage will total more than 260 million people or 98 percent of...

The European Commission said it has given the Spanish government three months to inform the EC on the steps it will take to create a level playing field for the Global System for Mobile communications operators in its market.The EC wants to know how...

Some news announcements in this industry have become very low on facts and high on bombastic marketing language.The launch of competing networks throughout the country has led to a marketing war. With technology decisions behind them and buildout underway, wireless carriers are focused on...

Asia Pacific Cable Network, a submarine telecommunications cable network, began its link up to nine Asian countries. The project, valued at $580 million, is a joint investment of 51 telecommunications entities worldwide. Companies that initiated the venture include Cellular Communication Network of Malaysia, Communication...

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said it will provide its Access S&E roaming administration service to BellSouth Mobility DCS. The service provides settlement and exchange of roamer billing information among personal communications services providers in North America, Latin America and Europe.GTE TSI will serve...

InterCel Inc. wants to learn if cellular customers who are familiar with rate plans will behave differently when let loose on a 1900 MHz system for a flat $50 a month."We'll be able to analyze usage in an unlimited threshold," said Ed Horner, chief...

California Microwave Inc.'s Microwave Network Systems division won a contract from Cellcom Israel Ltd. to expand its Time Division Multiple Access cellular network. California Microwave said it values the contract at $2 million. Cellcom previously purchased 300 links of 34 Mbit/s, 8 GHz, 18...

JANUARY16-17 Expanding and Enhancing Wireless Emergency Services, by AIC Conferences. Vista Hotel, Washington, D.C. (800) 409-4AIC.19-22 19th Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference, by the Pacific Telecommunications Council. Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii. (808) 941-3789.22-23 Local Service Resale-Creating Optimum Operational Readiness for Local Markets, by ICM...

NEW YORK-As 1996 drew to a close, the impact of the Internet on wireless communications manifested itself in a flurry of announcements from an array of providers."It's all about making the Internet easier to use. The customers coming on line today are not information...

NEW YORK-"There's gold in them thar hills," according to Justin Dudley, vice president of engineering for Telecel International Ltd., which has staked its claim to cellular service provision in Sub-Saharan Africa.The mining industry is the mother lode in these countries, which are better known...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson is enhancing its Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular phones with Enhanced Full Rate technology. The technology will be installed in the CH388 digital flip phone soon to debut in the United States.EFR allows faster data throughput from the analog...

PARIS-France Telecom Mobiles announced it will activate roaming with American Personal Communications this quarter.The company announced in June its intent to deploy roaming functionality between APC's PCS 1900 network and its own cellular Global System for Mobile communications network.The accord allows France Telecom's Itineris...

Poland's Minister of Telecommunications announced plans to issue a tender for a personal communications network license at 1.8 GHz. In separate news, international arbitration between Ameritech International and the government of Poland has ceased since Ameritech sold its shares in cellular operator Centertel to...

Pocket Communications Inc. has completed $646 million in financing agreements with three equipment vendors to build network clusters that will make Pocket the nation's sixth largest personal communications services operator in terms of population.Washington, D.C.-based Pocket received its 43 C-block licenses last month after...

Sprint PCS service is available in six cities, and just two days remain for Sprint Spectrum L.P. to meet its goal of launching 1900 MHz personal comm-unications services in two more of its 29 A- and B-block markets.Sprint's Code Division Multiple Access service is...

WASHINGTON-Sprint Spectrum L.P., which began offering personal communications service in Washington a year ago through partner American Personal Communications, has converted its marketing from a big-bang effort to one resembling a continuous rumble.During the last 13 months, the carrier has attracted more than 100,000...

JANUARY7-8 Telecommunications Business Environment Conference, by the International Telecommunications Group. Denver. (303) 779-4141.9-12 Consumer Electronics Show '97, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Las Vegas. (703) 907-7674.19-22 19th Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference, by the Pacific Telecommunications Council. Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii. (808) 941-3789.22-23 Local...

Editor's Note: No other debate has ignited the wireless telecommunications industry like the one that rages between TDMA and CDMA technology. For several years, the greatest argument against CDMA technology was that it was not commercially available. That changed in 1996 as both cellular and...

Pocket Communications Inc. named three new executives to its corporate management team.John A. Hoffman is the new chief operating officer. He has been given responsibility for the day-to-day activities of the company's operations in each of its markets including local personnel, sales and marketing....

As European countries progressively open and grow their wireless markets, the contest for licenses is hot. But in Germany, only one group entered a bid for a second personal communications network license by deadline, which leaves questions as to the viability of launching a...

Northern Telecom Ltd. signed a three-year agreement to supply equipment to Mobility Canada for its 800 MHz cellular network. "Our enhanced 800 MHz cellular platform will allow Mobility Canada to offer advanced voice and data services complementary to those services being proposed for (personal...