CDMA

Schlumberger Ltd. spent close to $6 billion across three technology acquisitions last week, proof the oil services giant is serious about moving into the technology sector, with special emphasis on …

Streaming content onto wireless devices seems like a perfect match of technology. Without the hard drive space required to download and save large files, streaming content to wireless devices is …

Telcom Global Chris Carter was appointed Telcom Global Solutions Inc.’s senior director for engineering services. In his new position, Carter will be responsible for planning and managing the company’s global …

TheRightSize TheRightSize Inc. released its new Rosetta Stone wireless software for the Palm family of personal digital assistants, which the company said uses information from online retailers to help shoppers …

In an attempt to expand their customer bases, some wireless operators have taken to rolling out wireless local loop-type services allowing customers to pay a pre-set amount for unlimited wireless …

WASHINGTON-The battle over automatic roaming crystallized between entrenched carriers and their would-be competitors as parties recently filed reply comments in a proceeding that could change the rules by which carriers …

SYDNEY, Australia-The Australian Minister for Communications, Information Technology announced that more than $2.8 million had been allocated through the $233 million Networking the Nation (NTN) program for 25 terrestrial mobile …

Banking giant Wells Fargo & Co. announced it launched its Wells Wireless mobile banking service, which is powered by 724 Solutions Inc.’s financial services platform. Wells Fargo customers will have …

BEIJING-The listed vehicle of China United Telecommunications (China Unicom) is making plans to lease a Code Division Multiple Access network its parent has recently acquired. Terms of the original plan …

In a move to transform itself into the chief platform enabler among software developers and carriers, Qualcomm Inc. has developed an open, CDMA-based technology that will allow third-party users to …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it expanded United Computer and Telecommunications Inc.’s CDMA license to include the design and marketing of third-generation CDMA-cdma2000, cdma2000 1xEV, TD-SCDMA, W-CDMA. UCT previously had a …

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp. announced its smart antenna technology has been deployed in 13 of the top 20 wireless markets, as ranked by RCR Wireless News. To date, the company …

Aether Aether Systems Inc. introduced version 1.1 of its ScoutWeb software component of the ScoutWare product suite. The new version supports SSL encryption as well as various other levels of …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. made the move to invest in the infrastructure services necessary to comply with the Federal Communications Commission’s Phase II E-911 mandate with a multi-year agreement with …

Finally, a glass of champagne. Nortel Networks toasted its fourth quarter with a result that matched market expectations and a robust promise for the future. Nortel, a leader in communications …

By tweaking network technology, user behavior, business models and industry structure, Cisco Systems Inc. is flexing its muscles in the wireless Internet space. The company, known for its end-to-end network …

LISBON, Portugal-Portugal Telecom announced its Brazilian cellular subsidiary, Telesp Celular Participacoes S.A., acquired 49 percent of the common shares and 100 percent of the preferred shares of mobile operator Global …

TORONTO-To the relief of the wireless industry, the Canadian government raised the four-year-old spectrum cap that limits the amount of radio spectrum each PCS provider may operate. Wireless carriers in …

SINGAPORE-Four years after it was first introduced in Japan, PHS technology finally has made some headway in the international telecommunications arena. Taiwanese paging operator First International Telecom (Fitel) recently was …

MELBOURNE, Australia-In a part of the world that still relies on word of mouth as a means to keep in touch, cellular communications-both digital and analog-is continuing to spread through …

Canada Ericsson announced trials for Wireless Application Protocol technology over a TDMA network with Rogers Cantel, a Canadian wireless provider. The announcement is the first WAP 1.1 system on a …

BUCHAREST, Romania-Eastern and Central European countries began to improve and modernize their telecommunications networks more than a decade ago, after the fall of communism. A great deal of work needed …

NEW YORK-Bell Mobility, Toronto, plans a series of initiatives this year to expand its data and Internet services and move toward third-generation wireless, Pierre Blouin, president and chief executive officer …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Sprint PCS have agreed to a commercial network infrastructure agreement, providing CDMA equipment via Interoperability Specifications and third-generation cdma2000 1x high-speed packet data to certain …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan chipset designer VIA Technologies has neither confirmed nor denied a report that the world’s CDMA leader, Qualcomm Inc., has settled a deal to buy a five-percent share of …