Mobile Phones

ATLANTA-A new technological concept, branding campaign and line of products kicked off Sony Electronics Wireless Telecommunications Co.’s vision called D-WAVE for Digital Wireless Audio Visual Entertainment, at the Wireless ’98 show here last week. The company’s goal is to introduce, …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The challenges faced by radio-access network providers have been underlined by the experiences of Ionica, a company established in June 1996 to provide a new wireless telephone service to households and small businesses in the United Kingdom. While its …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Esat Digifone has built a substantial market share since it launched Ireland’s second Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) phone service last March. Global Wireless spoke to Marketing Director Derek Handley to find out about the company’s market strategy …

TOKYO-The Japanese government has begun development work for a 40-billion-yen (US$317 million) futuristic mobile communications system using a geostationary satellite. If the technology is adopted by cellular carriers, handheld satellite mobile phone users in every part of Japan will be …

SINGAPORE-Lost accounts, lost jobs, lost profits, lost confidence: These words have been used to describe Indonesia’s wireless industry, but they may not necessarily be true. Although it is undeniable that wireless telecommunications operators, such as Telkomsel and Satelindo, have been …

DALLAS, United States-U.S.-based DSC Communications Corp.’s cellular infrastructure division, Celcore, has begun work with TELE Greenland A/S to test and evaluate a DSC Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) system in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. Greenland, located far northwest …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Positioning Systems introduced its Cursor Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) location system in February at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The company said Cursor is the first demonstrable system of its kind. Cambridge is …

BEIJING-“Please come in, sir, and have a look. The cheapest prices and the best choice.” No, we have not discovered Beijing’s red-light district, and the time is not midnight. We have come to Xizhimen, an area where narrow streets are …

Moffet, Larson & Johnson Moffet, Larson & Johnson Inc. announced the integration of Comarco Wireless Technologies’ Network Evaluation System tool NES-250 with the PathPro drive-test post-processing module, PathView. The integration provides the capability to transmit data from the GEN II …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Election Commission earlier this month gave Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) the go-ahead to use campaign funds to sue Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) for allegedly leaking politically sensitive contents of an intercepted cell phone call to the news media. …

Cambridge Positioning Systems, a Cambridge, United Kingdom-based company, last week introduced its Cursor Global System for Mobile communications location system at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The company said Cursor is the first demonstrable system of its kind. …

Bulgaria’s Post and Telecommunications Committee announced that the buyer of state-owned Bulgarian Telecommunications Co. will receive a Global System for Mobile communications license. The agency said it hopes to begin negotiations with potential buyers for BTC by the third quarter. …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Susan Ness said last week’s ruling on the marketing of customer information by paging, cellular and telephone companies will benefit Baby Bells and their subsidiaries more than others. The agency’s ruling restricts carriers from using customer …

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 AirCore switching platform has the capability to simultaneously interface between …

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 smart antenna technology to improve network capacity, providing cellular operators …

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NEW YORK-James Bond and his high-tech Nokia mobile phone may be Hollywood’s idea of the real McCoy. But truth, as journalists well know, often is stranger and scarier than fiction. For a gripping, spine-tingling experience, read this newly published book: …

The Strategis Group predicts despite the industry’s hardships to date, the commercial mobile data business can expect a rash of subscribers and revenues in the immediate years to come. In a report titled, “U.S. Mobile Data Marketplace: 1997,” the Washington-based …

SigmaOne Communications Corp. is one of many companies hoping to capitalize on the Federal Communications Commission’s Phase II E911 mandate requiring wireless carriers by 2001 to be able to provide emergency dispatchers with the location of 911 callers accurately within …

ALLEN TELECOM INC. Allen Telecom Inc.’s Antenna Specialists Division introduced a springless option to its line of Mosaic LMR vehicular antennas. Allen said the springless option is designed for applications in less rugged operating environments, and is available in both …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-Amidst complaints from European Union member states about high interconnection tariffs applied between fixed and mobile phone operators, the European Commission announced it has opened an inquiry into the cost of phone calls in Europe. “We see a range …

NEW YORK-Bolstered by strong results in its wireless handset and telecommunications infrastructure businesses, Nokia Corp., Helsinki, reported the highest net sales, profits and earnings per share in its 132-year history. Nokia closed the fiscal year 1997 with net sales of …

WASHINGTON-With technologies converging, telecom giants merging and entrenched networks discouraging new competition, there is growing debate over the role of antitrust law in the Digital Age. In one camp are the Clintonites, lawyers and economists who emphasize the inherent power …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson built the first phase of Cable & Wireless Panama’s digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service network infrastructure as part of a projected five-year investment in that company, said Ericsson. To support the expanding business in Panama, Ericsson has …

ITALY Business customers of Omnitel Pronto Italia now can call from Italy to Europe, the United States and Canada for the same price as local calls, announced Omnitel. “Italian telecommunications is evolving into a hyper-market, with multiple global players and …