Mobile Phones

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Group and Radiomensaje, an Argentina-based national and regional paging service provider, signed an agreement to expand Radiomensaje’s FLEX protocol-based infrastructure network. The new channel will be launched this month in Argentina, Motorola said. “The …

Uniden Corp. said its San Diego Research and Development Center entered into a licensing agreement to use Unwired Planet Inc.’s wireless communications software platform that includes an Internet/intranet browser, server and mark-up language. Uniden said it plans to debut its …

The full-size SIM card may lend itself more easily to future services, said Powertel Inc., a U.S. wireless operator that has contracted to buy handsets from one of two manufacturers offering the feature. Two sizes of Subscriber Identity Modules are …

Olivetti SpA is seeking to sell part of its stake in Omnitel Pronto Italia, Italy’s privately owned Global System for Mobile communications cellular carrier that is experiencing rapid subscriber growth rates. Omnitel Pronto Italia said Olivetti has been negotiating with …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Telecomunicacoes do Ceara S.A., a Brazilian cellular provider, chose Motorola Inc.’s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division to supply its Advanced Mobile Phone Service network in the state of Ceara. Teleceara serves 120,000 subscribers and plans to launch its …

Glenayre Technologies Inc. installed its Modular Voice Processing system for PennSel Communication Services, a division of R.F. Communications. PennSel will offer MVP services to its customers in Pennsylvania and the Northeast, the company said. The MVP system provides paging users …

MobileMedia Corp. marked the end of the third quarter with poor earnings, anticipated bank covenant violations, increased churn, a decrease in net new subscribers and potential trouble with the Federal Communications Commission. The grim news sent MobileMedia’s stock for a …

The Micro Digital M75 is a Time Division Multiple Access digital phone from Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Subscriber Group. The Flip Phone meets the Telecommunications Industry Association IS-136 standard for North American TDMA digital cellular service. The dual mode phone automatically …

Northern Telecom Ltd. announced Telemig, a Brazilian telecommunications provider, has signed two contracts valued at $95 million to purchase Nortel cellular network infrastructure equipment. According to the first contract, Telemig will buy DMS-MTX SuperNode switching, cell site equipment and voice …

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp. is offering a new product for Code Division Multiple Access networks that can expand the coverage of cell sites. The Metawave Echo CDMA Enhancer allows operators of personal communications services to increase system capacity and extend …

Sagem SA, a French manufacturer, plans to supply Global System for Mobile communications handsets to Omnipoint Communications Inc., a personal communications services operator. According to the contract, valued at $10 million, Omnipoint will offer two models of Sagem SA’s GSM …

Polska Telefonica Cyfrowa of Poland started its “Era GSM” Global System for Mobile communications service, offered at rates lower than those of existing operator Centertel, announced U S West Media Group. Elektrim SA is lead partner in PTC, while U …

InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it has signed a contract valued at $43 million to provide UltraPhone Time Division Multiple Access digital wireless loop systems to the Pakistan Telecommunications Co. Ltd. It is the single largest order of the UltraPhone to …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division has signed a network upgrade agreement with Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile. The arrangement, valued at $53 million, will include the deployment of Code Division Multiple Access technology in Phoenix and Charlotte, …

Italy plans to issue a tender for a third mobile phone operator this fall, announced the government, which recently passed a bill establishing the guidelines for the tender. A license is expected to be issued by the end of the …

THATCHAM, England-Paragon Software Ltd. announced a new version of its FoneMail software that supports short messaging service across Global System for Mobile communications networks. FoneMail provides two-way messaging capability for any personal computer running Windows 95 software, the company said. …

REDMOND, Wash.-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium has been formed to champion Interim Standard 136 Time Division Multiple Access and IS-41 wireless intelligent network technologies. “The UWCC was designed as a cooperative decision-making business entity with the express goal of promoting …

Orange plc, one of the United Kingdom’s two 1800 MHz personal communications providers, announced it established a roaming agreement with the Swiss Post, Telephone and Telegraph. Concurrently, Colin Tucker, group technical and operations director, said he believes dual band phones, …

TAMPA, Fla.-Nokia Inc., which originated color cellular phones, now offers the Nokia 239, an Advanced Mobile Phone Service cellular phone with a keypad cover. The 239 has several features including a 16-character display with permanent signal and battery strength indicators, …

The equipment arm of Geotek Communications Inc. has signed a supply contract with Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. designed to strengthen the New Jersey-based company’s position in Korea. Hyundai will build infrastructure equipment based on Geotek’s proprietary Frequency Hopping Multiple …

Open standards must be developed so smart cards can integrate with personal computers, according to a group of PC manufacturers and smart card developers that have banded together to make sure that happens. “Standards will drive the development of the …

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas-Allgon Enterprises Inc. and Teledyne Electronic Technologies have teamed up to develop and manufacture plastic technology for certain key wireless communications applications. The Allgon Enterprises and Teledyne Electronic Technologies alliance will develop and produce plastic/dielectric filters and duplexers …

While AirNet Communications Corp. is busy this week demonstrating its PCS 1900 base station system at PCS ’96, the company’s new Korean joint venture, AirCom, is busy demonstrating AirNet’s software driven and protocol independent base station technology in Korea. Communications …

This paper will show that wireless local loop systems provide more capacity than mobile cellular systems. Code Division Multiple Access technology has proven to have higher capacity than other multiple access schemes. Industrial countries require quality and service features from …

Some Personal Communications Services contenders are looking to differentiate themselves in the new age of wireless competition with data services based on the established Global System for Mobile communications standard. “We see this as a strong differentiator for us and …