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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (19506)	12/10/1998 3:12:00 PM
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Is CABI On The List, Lets hope So> (updated Thursday, Dec. 10, 2 p.m. EST) Compiled from staff reports, press releases and wire services. Top Of The News • Ericsson Inc. says it could cut some 10,000 additional employees from its worldwide work force because of slowing business conditions. The company's CEO, Sven-Christer Nilsson, said continuing repercussions from the Asian economic crisis were affecting global demand for telecom products, with direct results for Ericsson's sales and profit. The trend will prompt "substantial reductions" in Ericsson job rolls, which Nilsson told a Stockholm conference might be roughly 10 percent of its 100,000 employees. Nilsson said the company's fourth-quarter results would be below analyst expectations, news that triggered a nearly 20 percent drop in Ericsson's stock in European and early U.S. trading today. The actual job cuts will be detailed Jan. 28, when Ericsson releases its annual report. The company would not disclose the business units likely to be affected. Nilsson noted that despite weakening operating income in the mobile phones business, due to high demand for low-margin entry-level handsets, Ericsson continued to expect strong growth and demand in wireless. He also said that slowing demand due to global financial conditions had affected the company's Public Networks business in particular. -By Bill Menezes, Business Editor Cellular • New research by International Data Corp. shows that in areas where churn is most prevalent, price was the primary reason customers switched service providers. No longer needing the service accounted for most disconnections. • BellSouth Mobility Inc. opened operations in the Florida markets of Gainesville, Ocala, and Panama City. Tallahassee will come online early next year. PCS • Triton PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, has selected Technocel to supply a line of after-market wireless accessories. Paging • SkyTel Communications Inc. launched its new Text-To-Voice service for two-way messaging subscribers, allowing customers to send messages from their pagers to any landline or cellular phone in the United States. • OmniBrowse Inc. announced the formal launch of its Web-based wireless information services, allowing anyone with an alphanumeric pager or PCS phone to receive news, weather and other information. Users can sign up for an account at omnibrowse.com. Technology • Qualcomm Inc. issued a statement saying it believes Dataquest "significantly underestimated" the size and growth of the CDMA market in a recent report. Qualcomm said it sold about 1.8 million of its branded and co-branded phones from January through September, and the company claims its market share should be higher than reported. International • Despite the currency crisis in Asia, total cellular and PCS subscribership in Southeast Asia will grow from more than 8.5 million in 1998 to more than 19.8 million in 2003, according to Wireless Markets and Strategies in Southeast Asia, a new study by Pyramid Research in Cambridge, Mass. Business • AirTouch Communications announced the appointment of Bill Keever as president of AirTouch International. He previously was executive vice president of AirTouch International. • AG Communication Systems in Phoenix named Charlie Schulz as vice president and general manager of its Intelligent Network & Wireless Group. • CommNet Cellular Inc. reported fourth-quarter consolidated net income of $6.3 million or 28 cents per share, compared to income of $5.9 million or 9 cents per share in the same quarter a year ago. Other News • Joining the fray over third-generation harmonization, the CDMA Development Group released a statement saying it was frustrated that Ericsson Inc. says it wants to compromise but insists on a 3.84 megabit-per-second chip rate that is incompatible with the cdma2000 proposal. Earlier this week, the International Telecommunication Union warned that CDMA-based proposals could be excluded from further consideration if intellectual property rights issues were not resolved by the end of this year. To locate companies mentioned in news@2, please check out the Wireless Week Directory of Industry Web Sites. Return to top of page This week's archive Copyright © 1998 Wireless Week. All rights reserved. If referenced or used in any form by another publication, proper attribution to Wireless Week is required. \| Home Page \| Site Map \| Search Archive \| PowerSearch \| \| International \| Wireless Web Sites \| Hot Stories \| Please send comments and suggestions on this Web site to jcollins@chilton.net Wireless Week, 600 S. Cherry St., #400, Denver, CO 80246 Voice: 303-393-7449, Fax: 303-399-2034 Published by Cahners Business Information © Copyright 1998. All rights reserved.