CDMA

BEIJING-The number of China Unicom’s CDMA subscribers broke the 2 million mark on 15 August, according to the company. On 10 June, Unicom counted 1 million CDMA users, showing a …

ROME-The Open Mobile Alliance-a massive, overarching wireless standards group formed in June-released its first set of technical specifications for public review, covering the increasingly popular area of content downloading. In …

WALL, N.J.-Centennial Communications Corp. sold its 51-percent interest in its Jamaica wireless business Centennial Digital Jamaica Ltd. to partner Oceanic Digital Communications Inc. The Jamaica business includes an 800 MHz …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. announced it will partner with PCTEL Inc. to offer PCTEL’s Wi-Fi Roaming Clients as an option with all Novatel GPRS and CDMA 1x Merlin PC Card …

BEIJING-China Unicom said its CDMA subscriber base has reached the 2 million mark, explaining that the service has passed a “strategic pass.” “The scale of subscribers is now growing rapidly, …

BEIJING, China-China United Telecommunications said its CDMA subscriber base has reached the 2 million mark, explaining that the service has passed a “strategic pass.” “The scale of subscribers is now …

GARDEN GROVE, Calif.-Disposable phone manufacturer Hop-On announced it selected Infea L.L.C. for prepaid airtime and replenishments. Under the non-exclusive agreement, Infea’s distribution subsidiary will provide airtime, fulfillment, number management and …

DENVER, United States-The world is watching to see which standard-GSM or CDMA-will succeed as the third-generation (3G) battle revs up in the United States, said Probe Research, but the seemingly …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Indonesia’s wireless market faces two opposite trends from the implementation of CDMA technology. Four analog and CDMA operators, Komselindo, Mobisel, Metrosel, and Telesera, counted a 20.06-percent decrease in growth …

TOKYO-Access, a Tokyo-based venture, announced it concluded an agreement with China Unicom to provide multimedia messaging service (MMS) software to China’s second-largest mobile operator. Based on the agreement, Access is …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-The whole world is watching to see which standard-GSM or CDMA-will succeed as the 3G battle revs up in the United States, said Probe Research Inc., but the …

BOSTON-Strategy Analytics Inc.’s “Global Handset Market: 2Q 2002 Handset Market Share Update” found 96.7 million handsets were shipped in the second quarter, and it estimates 417 million handsets will be …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-The Intelligent Network-based “Prepaid Solution” of Comverse has secured approval for interoperability with Nortel Networks’ IS-41P, a proprietary IN signaling protocol for CDMA and TDMA mobile switches. Comverse, a …

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Canadian wireless provider Telus Mobility said it expanded its CDMA digital coverage across Atlantic Canada through reciprocal roaming and resale agreements with Aliant Telecom Wireless and Bell Mobility. The …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced the launch of the 3G Today Web site, www.3Gtoday.com, which highlights commercial third-generation CDMA wireless services and products. The site features a wireless device database that …

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. announced it will ship five components to a top-tier handset manufacturer for use in a high-volume TDMA handset. “These production shipments expand our long-standing relationship …

TOKYO-Hitachi, a leading telecom vendor in Japan, is going to provide cdma2000 1x EV-DO base stations to KDDI, Hitachi announced on Thursday. KDDI is planning to launch experimental 1x EV-DO …

NEW DELHI, India-Two consortia led by United Communications Industry (Ucom) and Lucent Technologies have been short listed at the end of the first round of bidding for the 15 billion …

LONDON-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and Boca Raton, Fla.-based Chapman Technologies signed a $142 million agreement to develop an in-vehicle services platform. The platform will be based on Sony Ericsson’s CDMA …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it signed an agreement with AirWalk Communications Inc. under which AirWalk will license Qualcomm’s CDMA patent portfolio to develop, manufacture and sell wireless infrastructure equipment for …

BEIJING-South Korean vendor LG Group plans to build a copy of its Seoul headquarters along Beijing’s Chang’an Avenue, which also passes Tiananmen Square. Investment in the twin towers would amount …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it has completed its $1.9 billion purchase of local telephone properties in Kentucky from Verizon Communications Inc. and its $1.6 billion dollar purchase of CenturyTel …

BEIJING-Expansion of China’s PHS network called Little Smart in the suburbs of Beijing and Tianjin has been put on hold by the Ministry of Information Industry (MII), which fears a …

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom said it signed a contract with South Korean mobile-phone manufacturer Everkom Industrial Co. Ltd. to supply Wismo Quik Q2403B modules for Everkom’s new MGD-100 GSM/GPRS mobile phones and …

BEIJING-Chinese companies may get a bigger slice of the contracts for the upgrade of China Unicom’s CDMA network when bidding starts later this year. Foreign companies Motorola, Nortel, Ericsson and …