CDMA

Alcatel Paris. With Orascom Telecom for the supply and installation of GSM solutions in the Middle East and Africa. Value: Undisclosed. Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800/GPRS network in …

A U.S. federal appeals court rejected a Federal Communications Commission filing asking that it not be required to return personal communications services licenses to bankrupt carrier NextWave Telecom Inc. NextWave, …

Handsets/devices Toshiba Toshiba plans to launch its first personal digital assistant (PDA) in Japan next month and in the United States the fourth quarter of this year. The Genio PDA …

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Jamaica’s cellular market could be engaged in a fierce competition for the consumer soon. A new provider, Centennial Digital Jamaica Ltd., is set to become the third operator by …

SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm Inc. said it has shipped its 500 millionth CDMA chip for wireless communication.“Our latest generation of Internet-ready, multimedia chipsets and system software continues the tradition of …

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan—The Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan is going to launch commercial operation of a CDMA network this year to mark the 10th anniversary of independence after the collapse of …

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 …

BEIJING—The English-language China Daily newspaper published a list of 19 licensed CDMA handset producers in its 31 August edition. The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) indicated it would not issue …

WAYNESBORO, Virginia, United States—VoiceStream Wireless signed a definitive purchase agreement with Ntelos and Conestoga Enterprises to purchase their GSM network in central Pennsylvania. The deal, valued at US$60 million, will …

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 approved …

STOCKHOLM—Ericsson said it intends to claim 20 percent of the CDMA market by 2004, even as it identified five carriers as its major customer focus. The carriers include Vodafone Group …

BEIJING—Chinese mobile telecom equipment supplier Eastern Communications reported a 28-percent fall in profits to CNY131.21 million (US$15.87 million) in the first half of the year, despite a 53-percent surge in …

COSTA MESA, California, United States—The CDMA Development Group said the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has recognized CDMA 1xEV-DO as a 3G IMT-2000 standard, adding that it will be submitted to …

BEIJING—China’s Ministry of Information Industry (MII) issued the first network connection certificate for CDMA wireless intelligent network equipment to Zhongxing Telecom for its ZXC10-IN wireless IN-offering.The network equipment has been …

Japan Toshiba Corp. said it would slash production of its domestic dynamic random access memory chip by 60 percent as part of its response to a flagging economy. The company …

Standard and Poor’s has downgraded U.K. telecom equipment maker Marconi to “BBB-” from “BBB+”, just on the edge of junk bond status. The credit ratings agency said it could downgrade …

According to new reports from two major analyst firms, wireless data will be a huge business in the future, but not before software vendors, systems integrators and-especially-wireless carriers get in …

A handful of wireless affiliates and regional cellular operators reported mixed results last week, showing the economic slowdown has not entirely missed wireless operators. Heading the list of mixed results, …

TORONTO-Bell Canada and Nortel Networks have signed a deal valued at $117 million to expand Bell Mobility’s PCS networks to Alberta and British Columbia, using the CDMA 2000 1xRTT technology. …

BEIJING—Motorola (China) and China Unicom recently signed a long-term cooperation agreement. Both companies want to cooperate on data communications, network optimization and unified management of the GSM and CDMA networks. …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—In what appears to have been a politically motivated decision, the France Telecom-owned mobile operator Orange has dropped handsets developed by Ericsson and Siemens while retaining cell phones …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless start-up PC-EPhone Inc. today released its new integrated personal digital assistant/CDMA phone, a device the company said was two years in the making. The PC-EPhone initially will be …

SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm said it has signed an agreement with Gemplus to roll out hardware and software solutions to enable cdmaOne and cdma2000 with removable user identity modules (R-UIM).“Rolling …

SEOUL, Korea—Samsung said Brazilian operator Telesp Celular recently chose Samsung as the best among its handset suppliers. The carrier assessed all its supplier companies, including handset manufacturers and advertising agencies, …

The nation’s largest wireless carrier created another plot twist in the ongoing E911 saga, filing a waiver petition with the Federal Communications Commission last Wednesday asking to change its location …