CDMA

SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung said it increased its involvement in China Unicom’s CDMA network and will provide a test 1x network for the operator, which plans to launch CDMA services next …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, United States—Japanese mobile operator KDDI announced the 10 millionth mobile subscriber on its cdmaOne network. The network, Japan’s first CDMA digital cellular network, and the infrastructure were …

TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced it will launch location services using the global positioning system (GPS) satellite system and motion picture services with 64 kilobits per second …

LOS ANGELES—Qualcomm Inc. said it has committed $266 million of equity financing in support of Vesper, a Brazilian CDMA wireless carrier. “With a footprint of more than 120 million pops …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Japanese mobile operator KDDI announced the 10 millionth mobile subscriber on its cdmaOne network has registered. The network, Japan’s first CDMA digital cellular network, and the infrastructure were …

DENVER, United States—Venezuela’s leading operator, Telecommunicaciones Movilnet, signed a US$150 million contract that will allow Lucent Technologies to build a nationwide third-generation (3G) cdma2000 wireless network to complement its existing …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Lucent Technologies has invested US$5 million in Argentina for new offices, which include a laboratory where Lucent can monitor the functioning of all infrastructure provided by the company …

TOKYO—German vendor Siemens said in a statement that it has agreed to merge its operations with Toshiba’s cell-phone unit. Both companies will combine their research and development expertise and resources …

BEIJING—Qualcomm expects that 4 million to 8 million CDMA-based handsets will be sold in China in 2002. Worldwide, the figure is forecasted to be 85 million to 95 million. A …

TAMPA, Florida, United States—China Unicom signed a contract with Telecommunication Services Incorporated (TSI) to provide international CDMA roaming services, allowing China Unicom customers to roam on a number of CDMA …

MOSCOW—The CDMA technology, which must abandon the 470 MHz to 872 MHz band in Russia by 2010, began to move down to the 450 MHz band, and a second carrier …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has decided to migrate straight to third-generation technology and skip 2.5 generation in its CDMA offerings. “We believe that the future of wireless, …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it rolled out the first samples of its third-generation Mobile Station Modem, or MSM6050, which it claims to be the first baseband integrated circuit on 300mm …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says it has licensed Haier Group to develop, manufacture and sell cdmaOne and cdma2000 1x/1xEV equipment. Haier will pay Qualcomm royalties at the same rate, irrespective of …

TAMPA, Fla.—China Unicom signed a contract with Telecommunication Services Inc. to provide CDMA international roaming services, allowing China Unicom customers to roam on a number of CDMA networks across the …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Motorola Inc.’s global telecom solutions sector has signed a multi-year agreement to license XACCT Technologies’ mobile platform for its Aspira total communications solutions. “This will allow service providers …

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States—Verizon Wireless signed definitive agreements to acquire certain Dobson Communications wireless operations in California, Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee for approximately US$465 million. The Tennessee market, which …

SAN DIEGO—Verizon Wireless and Lucent Technologies demonstrated an over-the-air data call using CDMA 1xEV-DO technology at the CDMA Americas Congress. The companies noted they already completed a field trial of …

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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, United States—Motorola’s 1xEV-DV framework, a stepping stone to third-generation (3G) cdma2000 1x, has been accepted as a standard by the 3G Partnership Project 2 standards body. “Motorola …

NEW DELHI, India—Government-owned fixed-line and GSM operator in New Delhi and Mumbai, MTNL, has launched its wireless local loop (WLL) “limited mobility” service in Delhi. The service has been named …

BEIJING—Japan’s Toshiba is setting up a CDMA handset joint venture in China, together with the Nanjing Postel Telecommunication Company and Hong Kong’s Wong’s International (Holdings). The venture is to be …

BEIJING—On 27 October, Unicom Horizon’s CDMA intelligent network in the southern province of Fujian was cut over, followed two days later by networks in Liaoning and Heilongjiang in China’s Northeast. …

SEOUL, Korea—South Korean mobile-phone makers are considering legal action against Qualcomm over the royalty rates they must pay for Qualcomm’s CDMA patents. The vendors are upset by the more favorable …