CDMA

REDMOND, Wash.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Metawave Communications Corp. announced an alliance to increase the capacity of CDMA and CDMA2000 wireless networks. The joint solution, designed for the 850 MHz frequency …

BEIJING—The Japanese electronics company Kyocera and China Zhenhua (Group) Technologies signed an agreement to set up a joint venture to produce mobile-phone handsets in China’s southwestern Guizhou province. Registered capital …

NIEUWEGEIN, China—China Unicom selected CMG Wireless Data Solutions to provide its end-to-end messaging solution in seven provincial branches. Thirty percent of the CDMA subscribers will send their messages via CMG’s …

IRVINE, Calif.—Toshiba Corp. said it has introduced a family of chips it calls Silicon Germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor for cellular phones and other wireless devices with wideband CDMA and wireless …

HONG KONG—The Hong Kong telecom regulator announced the initial results of the first phase of its third-generation (3G) license auction. The successful bidders are Hong Kong CSL, a company jointly …

RALEIGH, N.C.—High Speed Net Solutions Inc. said it has demonstrated its Bluefuel Image module designed to enable image applications on mobile phones and other wireless devices, featuring full-color sports images …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has a mobile station modem chipset and software solution for third-generation cdma2000 1x voice and short message service handsets for prepaid subscribers. “Leveraging existing MSM5105 …

IRVINE, Calif.—Toshiba America Electronic Components said it has developed a family of 64 megabit Pseudo Static Random Access Memories for higher-density memory in the next generation of wireless devices.The company …

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BEIJING—Datang Telecom obtained the first CDMA handset manufacturing license issued in China. The company also produces network equipment. Together with Germany’s Siemens, Datang has developed the TD-SCDMA 3G standard.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group announced two major content distribution deals-moves that came just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.-proof Walt Disney …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. announced new features and services for its Go.Web corporate mobile Internet service, and for the first time the company released its Go.Web application-programming interface to the general …

BEIJING, China-China’s state Development Planning Commission said it has approved 19 firms to make CDMA handsets to cater to part of its 120.6 million cellular phone subscribers. Some of the …

SEOUL, Korea—Personal digital assistant (PDA) maker Handspring scored a major deal with GrandTech Korea and LG TeleCom to distribute Handspring PDAs working on LG’s wireless network to Korean customers. Wireless …

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 …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, United States—Walt Disney Internet Group today announced two major content distribution deals—moves that come just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular …

SUNNYVALE, California, United States—Repeater Technologies was granted a Network Industry License by China’s Ministry of Information Industry, allowing its OA850C network repeater to be used in China Unicom’s CDMA network. …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Days after receiving approval from the Chinese government for its CDMA repeater technology, Repeater Technologies Inc. received an $11 million order to provide its OA850C Network Repeaters to Capitel …

SEOUL, Korea—Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. scored a major deal with GrandTech Korea and LG TeleCom to distribute Handspring PDAs working over LG’s wireless network to Korean customers. Wireless …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Repeater Technologies Inc. was granted a Network Industry License by China’s Ministry of Information Industry, allowing its OA850C Network Repeater to be used in China Unicom’s CDMA network. The …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group today announced two major content distribution deals-moves that come just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.-proof Walt …

BEIJING, China-Amid slowing subscriber growth worldwide, China still shows a healthy increase in mobile-phone users. The country’s two mobile-phone operators are each offering new services-one General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), …

HONG KONG-On the face of it, Hutchison Whampoa is a great success story. The company is among the leading international wireless operators and part of the giant Cheung Kong (Holdings), …

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 …

So Paulo, Brazil-Telesp Celular announced that as soon as October it will begin commercially operating a network based on the CDMA 1x technology. The operator, controlled by Portugal Telecom and …