COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group said the Telecommunications Industry Association will approve the Code Division Multiple Access Subscriber Identity Module standard, Removable-User Identity Module for publication.According to the CDG, this standardization represents a major step in the development of worldwide roaming as CDMA...
The Operators Harmonization Group-which began work more than a year ago as a loosely tied consortium of four operators trying to end the global debate over third-generation technology standards-is now an official organization.Earlier this month, 26 operators from around the world approved an international...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Third-Generation Partnership Project 2, a group created to speed the development of global 3G wireless standards, announced it expanded its organization to include the CDMA Development Group as the first market representation partner.CDG has been participating in 3G activities since January 1999...
Brazil's spectrum choice in auctioning new personal communications services licenses could be an important decision for the GSM community as it struggles to gain inroads into Latin America.The Brazilian telecom regulatory authority, Anatel, plans to auction new PCS licenses as early as this year,...
The Operators Harmonization Group began work more than a year ago as a loosely tied group of four operators trying to end the world's heated battle over third-generation technology standards. Today this ad hoc group, which now numbers 40 operators from around the world,...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced the number of cdmaOne subscribers reached 13 million in North America, with a worldwide total of 43 million at the end of September.Asia continues to lead in subscriber numbers with 25 million. Latin America reached more than...
HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group announced it expanded automatic roaming services throughout Asia.Code Division Multiple Access operators Hutchison Telecom in Hong Kong, Japan's DDI Corp. and IDO and Shinsegi Telecomm in South Korea have signed agreements to provide comprehensive automatic roaming service for subscribers...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group said cdmaOne subscriber growth increased 171 percent from June 1998 to June 1999, reaching nearly 35 million global subscribers."cdmaOne experienced significant worldwide growth during the first six months of 1999, giving cdmaOne presence on virtually every continent," said...
One of the special sections in this issue includes a large carrier chart listing the cellular and PCS operators of the world. Take a look, and you'll see the phenomenal inroads wireless has made into every region of the world.The growth has been phenomenal....
HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group said Ericsson Inc. has joined the association as a member."The CDG welcomes the addition of Ericsson into the organization and looks forward to their participation as on of the many CDMA equipment manufacturers," said Perry LaForge, executive director of...
HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group announced cdmaOne technology has gained significant momentum in Japan as a result of the recent cdmaOne nationwide service launch by DDI Corp. and IDO Corp.Six new cdmaOne handsets also were launched to complement the service expansion."The CDG believes that...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced worldwide cdmaOne subscribers totaled 28.5 million at the end of March, a one-year increase of 309 percent.The North American Code Division Multiple Access subscriber base is 8.8 million. The Asia-Pacific region showed a net increase of 3.1...
U.S. government officials pressed L.M. Ericsson Chief Executive Sven-Christer Nilsson last week to lobby the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to adopt the tri-mode CDMA third-generation standard framework agreed to at a TransAtlantic Business Dialogue meeting months ago.Government officials are concerned over statements Ericsson made...
It was an unprecedented event. Qualcomm Inc., the biggest defender of CDMA technology, and L.M.
Ericsson, the largest naysayer of the technology, embraced last week, ending more than 10 years of open hostilities
between the two.
"It's wonderful to be together," said Dr. Irwin Jacobs, chairman and...
NEW YORK-The promises of wireless voice communications as a landline replacement and of mobile data as a significant wireless revenue generator are moving closer to fulfillment but remain a few years away, chief technology officers of three carriers said at a recent seminar.On the...
Word broke last week that Qualcomm Inc. and L.M. Ericsson are negotiating a settlement over CDMA Interim Standard 95 patents at issue in a Texas court. The leak came during a key pre-trial hearing over the matter and continued rumblings of U.S. trade action...
The CDMA Development Group and Qualcomm Inc. are in the minority in asking the International Telecommunication Union to stop work on third-generation technology development because of the intellectual-property-right standstill between Qualcomm and L.M. Ericsson.ITU members met Saturday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to obtain industry...
NEW ORLEANS-The CDMA Development Group reported close to 23 million global Code Division Multiple Access technology subscribers for 1998 after adding about 15 million customers during the year.In North America, cdmaOne customers now total 6.8 million, growing 453 percent in the last year and...
LOS ANGELES-The CDMA Development Group announced it has posted a report on the Web, authored by the International Telecommunications Standards User Group, on "Global System for Mobile communications Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing Issues."The ITSUG report indicates IPR is an issue associated with entrants...
A group of cdmaOne operators are making another push to harmonize third-generation technology and avoid a potential deadlock within the International Telecommunication Union over intellectual property rights.The CDMA Development Group last week released a proposal based on technical work done within U.S. standards group...
The International Telecommunication Union said it may look for a way to work around the
intellectual-property-right stalemate caused by Qualcomm Inc. and L.M. Ericsson over third-generation
technology.
Fabio Leite, counselor in the Radiocommunications Bureau of Geneva-based ITU, said for now Code
Division Multiple Access proposals that have unresolved...
LOS ANGELES-Bell Atlantic Mobile announced it will begin phased introduction of high-speed wireless data capabilities over its existing cdmaOne network in 1999.The next-generation wireless services are based on cdma2000 third-generation enhancements provided by Lucent Technologies Inc."With Lucent as our technology partner, we intend to...
China has been considered a mountain of opportunity for mobile phone infrastructure vendors, but signs today indicate a bleaker outlook as Chinese officials seem to have soured on cdmaOne technology and have banned certain foreign joint ventures in telecommunications projects.Vendors say China presents a...
Frustrated by the lack of cooperation in Europe over convergence of third-generation technology, some U.S. cdmaOne operators have vowed to push ahead aggressively with cdma2000 technology."Negotiations have gone on long enough," said Keith Paglusch, senior vice president of technical services and network operations with...
