Mobile Phones

AirNet Communications Corp. entered an agreement with the Thomsen Group of Denmark, appointing Thomsen as AirNet’s authorized business representative in Denmark and certain Far Eastern countries. Thomsen will distribute AirNet’s wireless broadband software-based infrastructure equipment, base stations and systems for …

NEW YORK-Vimpel-Communications, a Russian wireless telecommunications company, went public on the New York Stock Exchange Nov. 15 with an offering of 5.4 million American Depository Shares priced at $20.50 each. Each ADS equals three-quarters of a share of common stock. …

SmarTrunk Systems Inc. announced its ST-865KW2 SmarTrunk II trunking logic board, which offers advanced trunking features for Kenwood’s latest portable and mobile conventional radio models. The logic board enables radios to share a common pool of frequencies for individual calls, …

The Romanian Ministry of Communications awarded two 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications licenses to the consortia of Mobil Rom, led by France Telecom International Mobiles, and to MobiFon, led by Montreal-based Telesystem International Wireless Services. AirTouch Communications Inc. …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. will acquire the infrastructure equipment group of Pacific Communication Sciences Inc., according to a definitive agreement. ADC said it will purchase the group in a cash deal valued at $23 million. “To realize our goal of expanding …

Using the existing Ardis two-way data network, ConectUS Wireless Communications of Thousand Oaks, Calif., plans to launch two-way nationwide messaging services next month, initially targeting business users. ConectUS is a subsidiary of Executive Page, which is an Ardis master reseller …

Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group licensed its FLEX technology to paging infrastructure manufacturers EcoSoft GTCO and Tecnomen Oy. EcoSoft said it will use the technology to make inexpensive paging terminal equipment for Russian and Commonwealth of Independent States markets. …

HELSINKI, Finland-The Nokia Group said increased sales in the Nokia Telecommunications division, and strong growth in the Nokia Mobile Phones division, led to strong third quarter results. Nokia Telecommunications reported a 26 percent increase in net sales for the third …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Dr. Nils Rydbeck, manager of Mobile Telephony research and development at Ericsson in the United States, was awarded the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences’ Gold Medal for an outstanding contribution in the development of mobile telephones. The medal …

NEW YORK-Russia’s largest cellular carrier, Vimpel-Communications, plans to go public with an international offering that will make it the first Russian company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Through an underwriting syndicate led by Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities …

Plantronics Inc. has taken one small step by expanding its existing headset business into the wireless market. The company first introduced communications headsets in 1962. Initially designed for airline pilots, the headsets have been adopted for other applications including operator …

California Microwave Inc. added $5 million to a satellite communications network project with Sudatel, a telecommunications service provider in Sudan. The contract, originally awarded during the second quarter of this year, is now valued at $10 million. The system, which …

Deutsche Telekom AG said it made its mobile arm an economically independent subsidiary three years ago in anticipation of the upcoming public offering of the Deutsche Telekom Group’s stock. As one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies moves slowly from …

Nextel Communications Inc. charted a new frontier in its acquisition strategy with plans to buy most of Wireless Ventures of Brazil Inc., owner of Brazil’s only nationwide specialized mobile radio license. Nextel of McLean, Va., said it reached definitive agreements …

JV Digital Cellular Communications of Ukraine Ltd. placed an order, valued at $30 million, for L.M. Ericsson’s fixed Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service/AMPS cellular network. Under the contract, Ericsson will install the network in Kiev, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Charkiv, Odessa and …

The introduction of new digital cellular and personal communications services standards in the United States and global markets has brought to bear the issue of multimode and multiband wireless handsets. Shying away from the continuing and unproductive debate between the …

SAN DIEGO-Pacific Communication Sciences Inc. will provide its Personal Access Link smart phone to TranSettlements Network Services for use in its Tracker Transportation Information System. TranSettlements provides value-added electronic data interchange services to the transportation industry. The cellular phone has …

Sixteen wireless operators have made the cut to be considered possible partners for Greece’s government telephone company. Watching the success of the country’s two private cellular providers, the government has awarded a third mobile license to its own landline entity, …

Motorola Inc.’s Asia Pacific Cellular Infrastructure Group has signed a contract valued at more than $100 million to deploy a fixed wireless telephone network in the Philippines. Motorola said the network will supply service in the southern and western Mindanao …

Ericsson Inc. introduced a lightweight, palm-sized cellular phone which delivers up to 90 minutes of talk time and 24 hours of standby time, the company said. The phone, named AF 738, uses Advanced Mobile Phone Service. Features of the new …

Powertel, a wholly owned subsidiary of InterCel Inc., launched its personal communications services network in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and plans to launch service by Oct. 30 in Memphis, Tenn. PCS service began in Montgomery, Ala., and Jacksonville Fla., earlier this month, …

Toshiba Corp. will throw its bowler into Europe’s GSM ring. The company’s subsidiary, Toshiba Information Systems UK Ltd., announced it will introduce its first cellular handset to operate on Global System for Mobile communications networks this fall in Europe. Toshiba …

MILPITAS, Calif.-LSI Logic announced a new microchip architecture that offers Global System for Mobile communications baseband processing capabilities in a single-chip system. The single-chip architecture will allow manufacturers to develop a GSM mobile phone with enhanced features and significantly extended …

Concurrent with the bidding deadline to operate a fourth wireless phone network in Germany, cellular operators DeTeMobil and Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH have announced extensive rate cuts. The American Embassy in Bonn, Germany, reported two consortia, a partnership of Viag and …

SAINT-QUENTIN, France-Three prominent European companies are forging a partnership that will bid to operate the telecommunications system of the French railway. The Bouygues Group of France will own 51 percent of the unnamed new venture; Bouygues Telecom operates a DCS-1800 …