CDMA

BEIJING—The Hong Kong-listed arm of China Unicom posted first-quarter revenue of 8.35 billion yuan (US$1 billion), while China Mobile reported 23.35 billion yuan (US$2.82 billion). Revenue from China Unicom’s mobile …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB said it expanded its original CDMA equipment and services agreement with China Unicom under a $55 million contract. The contract covers seven provinces in China, including Jiangsu, …

CHICAGO—Cambia Networks, which provided high-end data networking infrastructure products for wireless carriers, shut down late last month. Cambia officials could not immediately be reached for comment. The company launched in …

BEIJING—Peter Borger, president of Siemens Shanghai Mobile Communications, told the South China Morning Post he expects the Chinese government to issue two more licenses to fixed-line carriers to start building …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Canadian wireless operator Bell Mobility announced the commercial availability of Sierra Wireless’ AirCard 555 Wireless Network Card on the carriers 1x network. Sierra Wireless said the device will …

SEOUL, South Korea—CDMA operators LG Telecom of South Korea and Japan’s KDDI Corp. said they have set up a “worldwide CDMA belt” through a technology and marketing cooperation.Under the plan, …

BEIJING—Following a three-month trial period, China Unicom launched commercial services on its CDMA network on 8 April. The trial period went less smoothly than the company had hoped, as it …

NEW DELHI, India—Tata Teleservices, a basic services provider, will launch its “limited mobility” service using wireless local loop (WLL) technology in five circles, or service areas, in the second half …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. unveiled details of its Mobile Station Modem solution, the MSM6100, it hopes to ship in the second half of 2002, saying that the third-generation chipset and system …

MOSCOW—The Russian Ministry for Anti-Monopolist Policy (MAP) ruled in April that the decision of the Communications Ministry to oust U.S.-developed CDMA and AMPS carriers from the 800 MHz band by …

NEW DELHI, India—Handset manufacturers worried about the disturbing trend of low sales in European and U.S. markets can take comfort from emerging trends in the Asia-Pacific region. All research findings …

SYDNEY, Australia—Telstra has won a tender from the Australian government to provide mobile coverage for towns in Australia with populations of 500 or more. The tender is part of a …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Problems with Qualcomm Inc. CDMA chipsets and delays in carrier approvals of new handsets led to a disappointing first fiscal quarter for Audiovox Corp. The company reported net sales …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Network infrastructure company Tahoe Networks Inc. has announced partnerships with two companies to provide mobile data services for wireless operators. The two companies are Kabira Technologies Inc. and …

MOSCOW—The Russian Anti-Monopoly Ministry (MAP) is going to consider on 8 April the legality of the decision of the Communications Ministry to oust U.S.-developed CDMA and AMPS carriers from the …

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. continued to expand its network coverage by adding VoiceStream Wireless’ GPRS network to its long lineup of wireless access technologies. GoAmerica announced it will offer its Go.Web …

BEIJING—China Unicom’s CDMA network registered 448,000 subscribers at the end of February. Only a paltry 9,000 users signed up in February. The vast majority of CDMA users were transferred from …

NEW DELHI, India—The Thai government on 19 March gave formal approval to the state-owned Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) to go ahead with a soft launch of its new GSM …

ORLANDO, Florida, United States—Lucent Technologies and Verizon Wireless will begin a Washington, D.C., area trial next month of a data-optimized, cdma2000 network. The network, also known as 1xEV-DO, will provide …

AUSTIN, Texas—SchlumbergerSema announced it expects North American sales of its Simera Java-enabled subscriber identity module smart card to surpass 10 million early this year. “With the recent introduction of Removable …

HACKENSACK, N.J.—GoAmerica Inc. announced it will team with Verizon Wireless to offer the Verizon Wireless Express Network, which is based on 1xRTT CDMA technology, to its corporate customers. According to …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has shipped 600 million chips of all types, of which the company’s mobile station modem chipsets and system software accounted for more than 200 million. …

MADRID, Spain—Spanish telecom operator Telef

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Telef

OTTAWA—Sprint PCS and Nortel Networks completed trials using Nortel’s CDMA smart antenna technology, which Nortel said is designed to provide double the voice capacity of Sprint’s current antenna technology using …