Mobile Phones

Motorola Inc. said the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium elevated its Cellular Subscriber Sector from general member to board member of the organization. UWCC represents 106 telecommunications carriers and vendors to promote the use Time Division Multiple Access technology and UWC-136 …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it continues to be the primary vendor of digital Advanced Mobile Phone System network infrastructure and services to Rogers Cantel Inc. of Canada, after the companies signed a 3-year purchase agreement valued at $210 million.

WASHINGTON-In the midst of such weighty issues as antenna siting, taxes and digital wiretap implementation, the cellular lobby has chosen to lock onto a lesser-known-albeit important-matter involving a proposal to steer 911 calls from analog phones to the strongest signal. …

The Western European cellular service market will grow from $31 billion in 1997 at an annual growth rate of 7.6 percent to become a $52 billion industry by 2002, according to a new forecast from International Data Corp. “The cellular …

WASHINGTON-In two unrelated developments that could reignite the debate over whether wireless technology poses health risks, a new Swedish survey has found possible links between mobile phones and illness symptoms, while a female executive with a brain tumor has retained …

NEW YORK-Instead of viewing paging as a dying industry, wireless telephony providers should recognize it as a service enhancement and growth catalyst, said Andrew Weisheit, vice president of the carrier service division of PageMart Wireless Inc., Dallas. “Many folks we …

Corsair Communications Inc. said it completed installing its PhonePrint system for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in its Pittsburgh market. AT&T Wireless already had the fraud-prevention system installed in its New York-New Jersey; Las Vegas; and Santa Barbara, and Oxnard-Ventura, Calif., …

Several leading telecommunications and computer industry companies last week announced a technology platform that would allow all types of mobile devices to communicate with each other without cable connections. Companies including Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Toshiba Corp., Nokia Corp. and …

A manufacturer of mobile phone shield devices said business has been booming following the release of a Swedish study that linked mobile phone use with headaches, fatigue and tingling and heat sensations on the ear and skin. “We’ve been inundated …

ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies Inc. won a multimillion-dollar contract to design and supply chipsets for SOS Wireless Communications Inc.’s emergency 3-button phone, after it completed the design of the printed circuit board in eight weeks, the company said. SOS targets consumers …

For the cellular industry, it’s the morning after. Sort of. The industry was deregulated significantly in 1993, a high mark for the powerful cellular lobby in Washington, D.C. Life was good. Congress had put states out to pasture. Growth was …

The bigger-than-life presence of Jim Brady at last week’s press briefing was unexpected but oh so welcomed, this enduring symbol of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity. Why was he here? The briefing was coordinated by House telecom …

Brightpoint Inc. announced it extended for three years its agreement with Esat Digifone, a Global System for Mobile communications operator based in Dublin, Ireland. Brightpoint supplies Esat fulfillment and distribution services and wireless handsets and accessories from its new Dublin …

1921 Detroit Police Department begins first mobile telephone service. 1928 Edwin Armstrong invents Frequency Modulation. 1946 The Bell System introduces first Public Land Mobile Communications System service in St. Louis at 150 MHz (FM). 1948 Bell Labs invents transistors. 1956 …

SAN DIEGO-Sony Corp. launched a $10 million advertising campaign this month in an effort to build awareness of the new wireless handsets created by Sony Personal Mobile Communications of America. The national campaign for the Digital Wireless Audio Visual Entertainment …

WASHINGTON-The Republican congressional leadership plans hearings to investigate Clinton-administration approval of commercial satellite technology transfers from U.S. wireless firms to China that Pentagon and intelligence officials say were converted to improve Beijing’s long-range nuclear missile capability. House Speaker Newt Gingrich …

NEW YORK-“The Asian crisis is overstated; the real problem is Japan,” said Joseph W. Duncan, chief economic adviser to The Dun & Bradstreet Corp., Murray Hill, N.J. “The other countries (in the region) have currency and stock-market weakness, but they …

NEW YORK-Compania De Radiocomunicaciones Moviles S.A., one of two cellular carriers serving the greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area, received a BBB-debt rating from Standard & Poor’s Corp. The New York-based rating agency May 4 assigned the low-tier investment grade rating …

SINGAPORE-What was to have been one of the most glorious moments in Singapore’s telecommunications history turned out to be a major fiasco when one of the contenders for the nation’s mobile phone license, GTE Corp., said it wanted no part …

WARSAW, Poland-The GSM MoU Association and Japan’s largest wireless communications operator, NTT DoCoMo, have signed an agreement regarding the development of third-generation mobile phone technology. The GSM MoU believes the agreement underlines the global scale of unification behind an evolved …

NEW YORK-Orange plc outshined the other major mobile network providers in the United Kingdom, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 1998 U.K. Mobile Customer Satisfaction Study. Orange’s overall satisfaction rankings were fueled by top scores in key areas, including …

China L.M. Ericsson signed four Global System for Mobile communications contracts in China, which the company values at a total of $756 million. Ericsson will expand existing GSM networks in Shandong, Liaoning and Heilongjiang. The fourth contract calls for the …

Globalstar L.P.’s original service providers have until the end of today to decide if they want to take up Loral Space & Communications’ recent offer to buy a portion of their holdings in the satellite partnership. In a series of …

BANGKOK, Thailand-Cellular and PCS operators in the Asia-Pacific region have doubled from 56 in 1993 to the current 113, according to the Yankee Group’s recently released “Asia-Pacific Wireless Series.” The research firm expects the region will house 184 million users …

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian government has called an urgent review to end speculation about the future of analog mobile phone coverage in regional and remote areas of the country. The analog system, based on the AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Service) standard, …