WASHINGTON—Broadcom Corp. filed an antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc., a move closely following the company’s patent infringement complaint against the San Diego-based firm in what appears to signify a strategic move by Broadcom to aggressively pursue entry into the CDMA wireless space.Qualcomm said the...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported the successful completion of W-CDMA interoperability testing on Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s 3GPP W-CDMA-compliant FOMA network. The testing was initiated last June using Qualcomm's MSM6250 chipset and software solution and included network performance, standby time and talk-time evaluations.Qualcomm...
Wireless carriers' spectrum positions have changed radically during the past six months due to industry consolidation, spectrum auctions and other spectrum deals. These changes have been driven mostly by the country's larger operators, which-in addition to supporting an increasing number of wireless subscribers-are being...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it has demonstrated live Internet Protocol multimedia applications over a commercial CDMA2000 network. The announcement underlines Nokia's commitment to CDMA technology. The vendor has been known mainly for its GSM offerings, and the company is not involved in the radio-access...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it has demonstrated live Internet Protocol multimedia applications over a commercial CDMA2000 network.The announcement underlines Nokia's commitment to CDMA technology. The vendor has been known mainly for its GSM offerings, and the company is not involved in the radio-access part...
While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has introduced a UMTS play into the picture: Enter UMTS450 technology. The company describes UMTS450 as a complete high-speed packet-based data and voice solution designed for UMTS operators with access to...
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Motient Corp. announced it will up its stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures to 49 percent, just under what it needs to control the company. Motient's stock was up more than 10 percent on the news to about $32.35 per share.Motient said it closed...
With carriers focusing on network efficiency, tower companies are not expected to yield any immediate benefits from the anticipated merger between Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc., according to analysts. In a few years, however, SpectraSite Inc. may reap some financial gains if and...
Struggling wireless data carrier Motient Corp. appears to be returning to the industry from which it originally sprang-satellite communications. The company last week raised $126.4 million in a private stock placement to increase its stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures from 29.5 percent to 38.6...
Struggling wireless data carrier Motient Corp. appears to be returning to the industry from which it originally sprang-satellite communications.The company last week raised $126.4 million in a private stock placement to increase its stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures from 29.5 percent to 38.6 percent,...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-CDMA2000 subscribers surpassed 127 million in September, and the technology's subscriber base is growing by 5 million users per month, according to The CDMA Development Group.CDMA technology as a whole now has 227 million subscribers, said CDG.Asia Pacific remains the largest region...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has reasserted itself as one of the wireless industry's success stories with third-quarter financial results marked with outstanding figures.The proprietor of CDMA technology had a third-quarter net income of $486 million, representing a 154-percent leap over the same period last year,...
SAN DIEGO-Nokia announced its CDMA2000 variable-rate multimode wideband speech codec (VMR-WB), the first wideband speech codec standard developed by 3GPP2/TIA, is ready for large-scale deployment. The codec is fully interoperable with 3GPP/AMR-WB, the standard in GSM and W-CDMA networks, which is "a significant leap...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has declared a two-for-one stock split and approved a 40-percent increase in the company's quarterly cash dividend.The dividend, which will be payable Sept. 24, will rise from 10 cents to 14 cents per share of common stock, pre-split, or...
WASHINGTON-As one of its final acts of business before handing over limited authority to an interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority referred to Iraq's independent telecom regulator allegations of corruption in mobile-phone licensing in the war-battered country...
Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference last week. The CDMA technology pioneer joined carriers, handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing forward the BREW platform with it annual event, this...
The new wireless gizmos may be humming with new applications, but promises keep outweighing results. CDMA, the technology leading the march toward a full third-generation era, continues to confront challenges. Data services have been unfurled, but adoption is still in its infancy. Enterprise players...
While there may be a lack of visual similarities, John Stanton's career in the wireless industry has nearly mirrored John Travolta's stardom in Hollywood. Both came out of nowhere at an early age to make an enormous impact-Travolta with "Saturday Night Fever" in the...
Both Qualcomm Inc. and Motorola made announcements related to the lucrative Chinese wireless market.Qualcomm announced it will invest in Chinese wireless handset design company Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. as part of the company's efforts to spur the development of CDMA technology in China....
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration hit the trifecta on wireless trade last week, winning concessions from China and South Korea on Wi-Fi, third-generation wireless and mobile Internet services that advance U.S. business opportunities in the booming Asian region. The wireless trade disputes with China and South...
Maxim Integrated Products Inc. said it has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. for misusing its dominance in the CDMA market to snuff out the competition."Maxim's claim states that Qualcomm has violated U.S. antitrust laws and has misused its patents in maintaining dominance in...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week identified exclusionary wireless standards and high mobile-phone interconnection fees as barriers to telecom trade in a new report, and did not rule out bringing complaints against China and South Korea at the World Trade Organization if disputes over standards...
Neither edgy nor solitary, Nokia Corp. has all the hallmarks of a conservative company. As a leading player in both the handset and infrastructure businesses, the Finnish vendor always has worked with industry associations and marquee players to push products and enhance its markets...
WASHINGTON-The stakes have been raised in the U.S.-China wireless trade dispute, with the Bush administration last week issuing a veiled threat about seeking redress at the World Trade Organization, and Intel Corp.-the world's top chip-maker-declaring it will not back the Asian giant's Wi-Fi standard."While...
