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Cook Inlet Region Inc. will roll out personal communications services this week in Tulsa, Okla.,-just the second C-block player to launch commercial PCS operations. Airadigm Communications Inc., another C-block licensee, …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications signed a contract with Mobilix, a subsidiary of the France Telecom Group, to supply a new Digital Cellular System 1800 MHz network in Denmark. Mobilix won a …

Lodestar Towers Inc., a developer and manager of multi-use transmission sites, broke ground on its Mt. Harvard facility in Southern California. Lodestar said the facility is the nation’s first multi-use …

TAMPA-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. signed a contract to provide its Access Services clearinghouse system to PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. GTE also will provide its RoamerXchange database management system to PrimeCo, …

SKOKIE, Ill.-U.S. Robotics and Northern Telecom Ltd. agreed to jointly develop wireless data access products for mobile professionals needing wireless access to e-mail, the Internet and other data applications. “Digital …

Using tracking technology developed almost a decade ago for the financial community, ProNet Inc. is marketing a security tracking service for college students and employees. CampusTrac works the opposite from …

WARREN, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is supplying its GlobeView-2000 asynchronous transfer mode switch to the Communications Authority of Thailand and Indonesia’s P.T. Komunikasi Selular Indonesia. ATM is a switching …

Cushcraft Corp. introduced a personal communications services dual polarized single patch antenna. The S2407HVP provides for reception and transmission of both vertically and horizontally polarized signals in the 2400-2500 MHz …

DALLAS-While admitting the growth of wireless communications is unbridled, challenges still lie ahead for the industry, particularly when it comes to marketing. Speaking at the recent Wireless Marketing Summit, co-sponsored …

TORRANCE, Calif.-Intek Diversified Corp.’s subsidiary Roamer One signed an agreement to provide voice communication and computer aided dispatch to Time Warner Inc. for its cable television fleet operating in northern …

Swedish telecommunications giant L.M. Ericsson is promoting the application of wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, and recently announced a partnership with Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp. of Japan to …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. and the University of Texas at Dallas will jointly develop curriculum for electrical engineers specifically for the wireless telecommunications industry. Stephen Gibbs, an Ericsson employee of seven …

More than a year after the Internet burst into the wireless space, the big story in mobile data continues to be how the industry is responding to this communications phenomenon. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-BT Mobile awarded a contract to Ericsson Ltd. to upgrade BT’s wide area paging network. The project, scheduled for completion this year, will add features and increase network capacity. …

NEC Corp. won contracts for two transmission projects in Costa Rica in conjunction with Intituto Costarricense de Electricidad. One project calls for NEC to supply a 2 GHz/8 Mbps digital …

TULSA, Okla.-Enhanced Messaging Systems and SpaceCom Systems teamed up to provide an integrated satellite link and transmission control system for the paging industry. The system, HyperNet, provides reductions in satellite …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to supply and install an analog Nordic Mobile Telephone cellular network in Murmansk, Russia, for AOZT Tele-North. Nokia will provide equipment including a DX …

Tough competition from other operators has led to increased costs for cellular carrier Palmer Wireless Inc., fueling speculation that the carrier is up for sale. Fort Myers, Fla.-based Palmer won’t …

ATLANTA, Ga.-Digital Transmission Systems Inc. will provide its FlexSentry network management control product to PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P., said the company. DTS said its equipment at cell sites and at …

Advanced network performance is a key factor for wireless carriers trying to pull ahead of the competition, says a Westford, Mass., producer of transmission equipment. Intraplex Corp. said it has …

NEW YORK-Amid an expanding arsenal of competing fraud detection and prevention options, just two radio frequency fingerprinting companies have staked out a potentially lucrative niche in the analog cellular arena. …

RF Connectors, a division of RF Industries, released several BNC, N and UHF connectors for use with RG-8/U type plenum cable having .108 solid center conductors and .355 outer jacket …

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet, a consortium of telecommunications companies formed to take advantage of volume buying prices, signed an agreement with Harris Corp.’s Farinon Division, a provider of microwave radio equipment and …

For a cellular carrier competing in a growing marketplace, value-added services translate into more revenue. A small Silicon Valley development firm plans to deliver on that concept. San Jose, Calif.-based …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Telecommunications Sdn Bhd received an order to expand Mutiara Telecommunications Sdn Bhd’s nationwide personal communications network in Malaysia. Ericsson values the contract at $130 million. Mutiara’s order consists …