Semiconductor

CINCINNATI-GTE Wireless launched its personal communications services network in the Cincinnati major trading area, which covers greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky. The network uses Code Division Multiple Access technology. GTE won the PCS license for Cincinnati during the Federal Communications …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Motorola Inc.’s Semiconductor Products Sector said it is volume shipping its 68175 FLEX chip paging protocol IC worldwide. The FLEX chip IC processes information that has been received and demodulated from a FLEX radio paging channel, selects messages …

Aerial Communications Inc. appointed John Foster and Thomas Wilson Jr. to its board of directors. Foster and Wilson both will serve on Aerial’s audit committee and on its stock option compensation committee. Foster is president and founder of Vedra International …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Semiconductor sales increased by less than 1 percent in North and South America and in Asia-Pacific markets in December, while sales declined 2 percent in Europe and Japan, according to research conducted by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics …

SEAL BEACH, Calif.-Rockwell International Corp. signed an agreement to acquire the assets of the Wireless Semiconductor Products group of Pacific Communications Sciences Inc. from parent company, Cirrus Logic Inc. Rockwell will pay $18.1 million for the group, which will become …

The latest radio acquisition by Harris Corp. puts the company in the position to compete for a multimillion dollar government contract upgrading airport radio systems. Harris is buying the Digital Radio Technology Inc. unit of California Microwave Inc. The Digital …

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and NEC Corp. have teamed up to develop a core process for manufacturing integrated circuits with features as small as 0.18 microns. The current standard in the semiconductor industry is 0.5-micron features. The smaller features …

NEW YORK-As expected from its advance warning last month, Motorola Inc. last week reported lower sales and earnings for the third quarter of 1996 when compared with the same period last year. Motorola said its sales for the quarter, which …

Wireless Access Inc.-recently licensed to incorporate the ReFLEX protocol in its integrated circuit chipset-is guided by a twofold business philosophy, said Tim Williams, founder and chief technical officer of the company. “You build better equipment by having better silicon and …

SAN FRANCISCO-Philips Electronics NV of the Netherlands and Motorola Inc. announced a cross-licensing agreement giving Philips access to the FLEX family of messaging technologies, including the FLEX one-way, ReFLEX two-way and InFLEXion voice messaging protocols. In addition, Philips Semiconductor Division, …

NEW YORK-Glenayre Technologies Inc. recently issued an advance warning that it expects its third-quarter net income to be “significantly below” results posted in the same period last year. According to unaudited financial statements available on Glenayre’s World Wide Web site, …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc.’s unusual advance warning last week of poor third-quarter expectations raised eyebrows and at least two questions. Is Motorola still the bellwether company, giving early notice of stormy weather ahead for the entire industry? Or are its problems …

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 …

Allen Telecom Group’s Telecom Systems Division introduced NanoLite, a fiber optic microcell system the company said allows service providers to select locations for optimum cell site coverage while reducing site-related costs. The NanoLite remote unit can be mounted on utility …

WASHINGTON-The United States and Asia-Pacific nations are progressing toward an accord to eliminate tariffs on wireless telecommunications equipment and information technology products by 2000. U.S. trade officials met with their counterparts from 17 other member nations of the Asia Pacific …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Group has appointed Paul Strzelecki vice president and general manager of Motorola’s European Cellular Infrastructure Division. Strzelecki will be responsible for ECID’s overall business development in the digital and analog cellular communications systems …

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BERKELEY, Calif.-TCSI Corp. announced it has successfully completed development and testing of software for the Japanese Personal Digital Cellular standard’s newest Revision C. The company said this milestone is the result of a 1996 award of more than $1 million …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. reported disappointing second-quarter earnings July 9. The industry giant cited competition’s effect on cellular handset and semiconductor prices, which offset increases in cellular infrastructure and paging revenues. Second quarter sales totaled $6.83 billion, compared with $6.88 billion …

WASHINGTON-The United States and China last week averted a high-profile trade war over intellectual property rights that threatened to cut into wireless telecommunications commerce between the two countries. The U.S.-Sino accord was reached just hours after the Clinton administration-imposed June …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-AKM Semiconductor Inc. said it has introduced a third-generation chipset for wireless telephones and other communications devices that is less than half the size of current chipsets. The new chipset delivers up to 100 hours of call-waiting time …

WASHINGTON-The United States and China are on the verge of a trade war that could hurt the wireless telecommunications industry’s ability to expand into one of the world’s fastest growing-and potentially one of its biggest-markets. Acting U.S. Trade Representative Charlene …

Another handset manufacturer saw its company stock drop then slowly rise again following the release of a quarterly report with stagnant earnings. It’s the continuation of a process that began last year when the drop in handset prices began to …

VIENNA, Va.-Cable & Wireless Inc. has reached an agreement with MobileComm that will allow CWI to introduce CWI-branded paging service to its long-distance customers during this second quarter. CWI focuses on business customers in the United States, offering a combined …