Wireless rivalry heats up, as networks get push by Bells-AirTouch, NextWave
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A venture between AirTouch Communications and three RBOCs, jointly known as PrimeCo Personal Communications, will soon provide several major US cities with wireless PCS services. The venture, combined with services planned by NextWave Telecom, are expected to bring competition to the wireless market, lowering prices and expanding service choices in the process. PrimeCo is bringing PCS communications to 16 cities, including Chicago, Dallas, Houston and Miami. Omnipoint Corp plans to offer PCS to New York users in the immediate future, Sprint Corp and AT&T are also planning to offer PCS services by early 1997. American Personal Communications and Western Wireless have already introduced PCS services. They charge 20% to 25% less than cellular services and customers do not have to sign long-term contracts. It may take 18 months before a national PCS network is completed, which means PCS use will limited to selected cities.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1996
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M-commerce: mobile and multiplying; overseas, mobile phones work like electronic wallets; bank, buy wine, pay rent
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Because in Europe and Japan, telecom providers adopted GSM as their wireless network standard, consumers can access the Internet from their cell phone. Secondly, consumers quickly adopted cell phones because the cost was comparable to existing land service, and they were more convenient. Now mobile phone users can complete electronic transactions, using their phones to order and pay for goods and services. Telecom companies are partnering with banks, Internet companies, and retailers to create a seamless shopping experience suitable to the small screen on today's mobile handset. Currently, there are 44,000 users of these services in Europe, a number expected to grow to over 30 mil by 2004. The U.S. market trails at about 50% of that, because mobile digital networks there are a generation behind Europe and Japan.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 2000
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Ericsson is talking to networking firms in the U.S. about possible acquisition
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Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson is looking to acquire networking companies in the U.S. Ericsson is in negotiations with three companies each worth $100 million. Ericsson's negotiations were triggered by a shift in the telecommunications industry. Traditional phone systems are becoming obsolete, because they cannot handle data traffic as well as Internet technology. The volume of data traffic is expected to be more than 20 times the volume of voice calls by the year 2005.
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Looking to acquire U.S. networking companies
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1998
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