ORLANDO, United States-Both the TDMA and CDMA camps released their most recent subscriber numbers at the PCS '98 show in September in the United States.The CDMA Development Group (CDG) announced that cdmaOne subscribers now number 16 million globally as of 30 September, with Asia...
The International Telecommunication Union has yet to decide on the air interface for third-generation mobile phone technology, but many vendors are pushing ahead anyway with GSM-based wideband CDMA technology.The Geneva-based international standards body is mulling through 15 different proposals, the majority based on CDMA...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Carriers in the Asia-Pacific are beginning to re-evaluate their choice of digital technology, opening a new door for Interim Standard-136 Time Division Multiple Access in the region, said officials and members of the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium last week.The group held a press...
Recent developments in Japan suggest standards leaders there realize they must deal with the cdma2000 third-generation proposal.
Japan's standards body, the Association of Radio Businesses (ARIB), recently concluded that both W-CDMA, based on the GSM platform, and cdma2000 third-generation proposals are valid proposals and meet...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced it opened a new office in Costa Mesa to serve as its global headquarters.The organization, which promotes Code Division Multiple Access technology and the cdmaOne third-generation standard, also recently hired Dawn Brodman as marketing director and Sam...
Chances are slim to none that U.S. mobile phone operators will agree on one standard for the next generation of mobile phone services.Already fragmented with three different digital standards-cdmaOne, TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) and GSM (Global System for Mobile communications)-the United States is...
The CDMA Development Group formed an interest group within the CDG that will focus on Latin America. The CDG said the interest group builds on the success of similar organizations within the CDG. Other interest groups focus on the Asia Pacific region and wireless...
VLSIVLSI Technology Inc. said its president and chief operating officer, Richard M. Beyer, left the company for personal reasons. "We have a very solid team that can weather the current semiconductor industry downturn while we continue to invest in the strategic technologies that position...
Qualcomm Inc. said it has clarified its stance with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute on intellectual property rights it claims to own for W-CDMA technology.In January, ETSI chose W-CDMA technology, based on a Global System for Mobile communications platform, as a third-generation technology choice...
Some U.S. GSM and TDMA operators are irked at Qualcomm Inc. and its lobbying efforts within the U.S. government to frame the third-generation issue as a trade issue with Europe.They say that while Qualcomm is urging the State Department to take action against Europe...
The CDMA Development Group announced it plans to conduct trials of location technologies as part of an initiative to meet Federal Communications Commission wireless enhanced 911 requirements.Phase II of the FCC's E911 mandate requires wireless carriers to be able to provide to public-safety answering...
Though most are based on some form of wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, the proposals submitted to the International Telecommunication Union last month suggest a tough road toward achieving the family of systems concept to allow for global roaming, let alone convergence of...
CDMA Development GroupSINGAPORE-The CDMA Development Group said cdmaOne networks today serve more than 12 million subscribers worldwide, putting the technology on track to reach 18 million subscribers by December.The CDG's progress report shows more than 64 cdmaOne licensees, 11 handset vendors and 96 operators...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced it plans to deploy cdmaOne technology in Mexico's personal communications services and wireless local loop markets.The group hopes to bring Code Division Multiple Access technology to Mexico's population of 94 million by the first quarter of 1999....
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute may be at a crossroads now that Qualcomm Inc. has outlined the terms under which it will grant intellectual property rights to wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology.ETSI in January chose W-CDMA technology, based on a Global System for...
Brightpoint Inc. announced it extended for three years its agreement with Esat Digifone, a Global System for Mobile communications operator based in Dublin, Ireland. Brightpoint supplies Esat fulfillment and distribution services and wireless handsets and accessories from its new Dublin facility, said the company.The...
As standards bodies around the world study the possibility of harmonizing third-generation technology, the prospect has taken an ugly turn in the United States.While GSM-based wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology will be a key element in almost all proposals that will be submitted...
The CDMA Development Group said wideband cdmaOne technology is ready to be submitted to the International Telecommunications Union after gaining approval from groups within the Telecommunications Industry Association.The CDG said the TIA TR 45 Committee, the TIA Wireless Communications Division, the TIA Ad Hoc...
Ericsson forms office mobility unitATLANTA-Ericsson Inc. announced the formation of the Wireless Services unit in response to the increasing need for wireless communications in the workplace.Ericsson said the new unit will provide a wireless office solution based on the Interim Standard-136 Time Division Multiple...
ATLANTA-While it's evident most of the world's standards bodies will adopt some form of Code Division Multiple Access technology for next- generation systems, the CDMA Development Group said it is concerned about the fragmented versions of the technology that could be adopted around the...
DENVER, United States-Competition in the world's cdmaOne handset markets is expected to heat up this year as more countries deploy commercial systems and manufacturers battle it out for market share.Ray Jodoin, senior analyst with InStat in Scottsdale, Arizona, expects some 8.9 million cdmaOne cellular...
ATLANTA, United States-The CDMA Development Group (CDG) said it formed cdmaConnect, a program providing an end-to-end Interim Standard-41 roaming solution to CDG-member operators outside North America and new personal communications services (PCS) operators in the United States.Developed in conjunction with GTE Telecommunications Services Inc....
ORLANDO, Fla.-Code Division Multiple Access-based service was a promise a year ago, but it has begun to deliver in a big way today, speakers at the 1997 CDMA North American Regional Congress said last week.As 1997 draws to a close, the CDMA Development Group,...
As the Global System for Mobile communications community celebrates the inroads the technology has made throughout the world, the GSM MoU Association said it will continue to promote the technology worldwide and make sure third-generation technology incorporates a GSM platform and open interface.As of...
