Qualcomm has been looking for a European opening for its CDMA technology for some time. But so far, the technology has been effectively shut out in the region, other than a few CDMA fixed-wireless networks, mainly in Russia and other parts of Eastern Europe.The...
Editor's Note: Since 1993, RCR Wireless News has chosen one person who most impacted the wireless industry that year. As part of our celebration of 20 years of covering the wireless industry, here is a look at past inductees:1993
MOSCOW—The CDMA Association, uniting Russian carriers operating CDMA technology, reported a record growth in the number of subscribers this year, clearly aiming to convince the Communications Ministry that the U.S.-developed IS-95 standard should be preserved in the country.The association said the subscriber figure nearly...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. says it has reached an agreement with Nokia to increase funding of the Wideband CDMA technology development program, which was initiated in 1999."The program will include the delivery of a test platform that will enable InterDigital and its...
NEW DEHLI, India—The Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) will call for fresh bids for its CDMA mobile-phone expansion project next month, following withdrawal by SBP Holding, the sole bidder in the last round.The state-owned mobile operator is also planning to reduce the size of...
KIEV, Ukraine-Ukraine has witnessed a wireless market boom during the past 18 months, with the number of subscribers jumping from 300,000 to 1.35 million and GSM taking a firm lead among other technologies. The country's wireless penetration during the past six months increased from...
BOSTON, United States—The Yankee Group said CDMA technology is secure in China with a projected 55 million subscribers by the end of 2005 and China Unicom being the flagship operator of the technology.However, there will be challenges."As the only major operator in the world...
Editor's Note: As Leap Wireless International Inc. prepares to launch its Cricket wireless service in RCR Wireless News' home market in Denver, we thought we would use the opportunity to take a closer look at what's involved in launching service in a new market.Setting up...
WASHINGTON-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld last week told lawmakers no decision has been reached on future military spectrum requirements, a response starkly at odds with top brass and one that comes as Rep. Chip Pickering (R-Miss.) moves closer to introducing legislation to force the Pentagon...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration came under pressure from key Senate Democrats last week to require the Department of Defense to surrender spectrum sought by mobile-phone firms for third-generation wireless systems, a development with heavy political overtones and a sense of urgency that could further isolate...
WASHINGTON-China, the world's largest potential wireless export market, is on the verge of entering the World Trade Organization as officials wrap up negotiations to culminate a process that has been 15 years in the making.WTO officials last week said talks on China's application for...
While large wireless operators are more than happy to discuss their plans for next-generation wireless services, some of the small- to mid-sized carriers seem to have let the idea of high-speed networks fall through the cracks of providing services to their customers. Even though...
In technology as in life, the last protocol on stage is the hero. While time will serve as jury in due course, for now the CDMA operators and manufacturers seem to be gloating, sometimes quietly and sometimes on rooftops, that they are a few...
The digital technology wars that marked the launch of second-generation services in the United States is one of the most storied and significant events in the industry's short history. In its infancy, the U.S. wireless industry adhered to a common analog standard-AMPS. The...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Mobile communications are vital to Israel. The permanent tension, caused by terrorist attacks, compels everyone to be in constant communication. Despite its conflicts and small population, Israel has been able to excel in wireless communications.Similar to several other countries around the world,...
Timing is everything. As European wireless markets face saturation, the rollout of next-generation services becomes even more essential to the continued growth of the industry. "Ultimately, the potential is there, the question is, can the handset manufacturers come out with the handsets and can...
A few years back RCR Wireless News ran a story that said AT&T Corp. was exploring-just studying the possibility, mind you-of implementing a CDMA overlay onto its TDMA network, and we incurred the wrath of AT&T CEO John Zeglis.My, how times have changed.Today carriers...
HONG KONG-Not even torrential rains around portions of Hong Kong could dampen the spirits of CDMA supporters at the 3G World Congress. Even with the lack of sunshine outside, to go along with the lack of CDMA coverage for roaming, most attendees seemed bright...
HONG KONG-Repeater Technologies Inc. announced at the 3G World Congress in Hong Kong receiving type acceptance for its Over-the-Air 850C Network Repeater from China's Ministry of Information Industry's State Regulatory Commission, a move coinciding with China Unicom's decision to implement CDMA technology on part...
Trying to pin down Nextel Communications Inc. into a specific category is not an easy chore. By definition, Nextel is a specialized mobile radio operator, yet most analysts compare it with the other nationwide carriers when looking at its quarterly results and spectrum holdings.When...
With four big CDMA infrastructure contracts ramped up last week by China Unicom, the country's second-largest operator, the Asian nation is on pace to race past the United States as the biggest wireless market in the world.The contracts, penned with Lucent Technologies Inc., L.M....
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau on Thursday denied a request from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to keep confidential test results showing some enhanced 911 Phase II technologies won't work for the carrier."We find that the public interest requires that these materials be made available...
NEW DELHI, India-The Indian wireless market, so far a preserve of GSM, has been opened to the competing CDMA technology in a big way. CDMA growth is expected to pick up in all segments of the telecom market-rural telephony, urban fixed wireless services and...
MOSCOW-CDMA carriers continue to operate in Russia, working to recoup costs and hoping for a possible replacement of Communications Minister Leonid Reiman, who warned last year that the U.S.-developed IS-95 standard is doomed in the country."I continue to believe that the standard has absolutely...
