CDMA

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Palm Inc. have agreed to market and sell CDMA wireless solutions for personal digital assistants using the Palm OS platform and Sprint PCS’ digital voice …

Location technology and services provider Cell-Loc Inc. pulled in the reins on its hopes for a national takeover and announced it will restructure its business plan, streamline its operations and …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-2000 marked the year GSM fully made its way into the Latin American market. The first cellular networks were installed in Latin America during the late 1980s, with …

NEW DELHI, India-Several leading GSM operators in the Asian region have announced plans for migration to 2.5-generation (2.5G) services during 2001. Many of them hope to roll out commercial General …

Only a year ago, prospects for the GSM standard in Latin America seemed dim. At that time, Chile’s Entel PCS and Venezuela’s rural operator Infonet were the only operators offering …

LISBON, Portugal-Portugal Telecom (PT) announced its Brazilian cellular subsidiary, Telesp Celular Participacoes (TCP), acquired 49 percent of the common shares and 100 percent of the preferred shares of mobile operator …

HONG KONG-“Third-generation services are here,” proclaimed the advertisements from Qualcomm at International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom Asia 2000. “The wait is over.” Korea’s SK Telecom was the first operator to …

GENEVA-Europe is set to witness an explosion in the number of mobile base stations, as operators gear up for the imminent launch of third-generation (3G) services in early 2002. A …

HONG KONG-“This time it’s for real,” stated Robert Mao, president of Nortel Networks China. But Irwin Jacobs, chairman of Qualcomm, was rather more sanguine. “I’ve gone from being cautiously optimistic,” …

AirNet United States. With MBO for a GPRS system. Value: Undisclosed Alcatel Gambia. With Gamtel for a turnkey GSM network to be installed in the greater Banjul area. Value: Undisclosed …

Wall Street investors punished Sawtek Inc. late last month, sending the company’s stock down $11.25 to $53.75 per share after Qualcomm Inc. announced it had designed a new technology that …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it will license its CDMA technology to Research In Motion Ltd., which will develop CDMA and 1xEV data-centric wireless devices. RIM products include the BlackBerry wireless …

Alltel Corp. awarded Motorola Inc. a third-generation CDMA 2000 1X contract for its Phoenix market, which is scheduled for commercial launch next year. The financial details of the standards-based hardware …

BEIJING-China’s mobile communications market made big strides forward during 2000. The number of GSM subscribers leapt to more than 70 million, with a penetration rate of 5.5 percent. China Unicom …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has signed an equipment and software agreement to expand Sprint PCS’ network coverage and capacity in its Michigan, Indiana and Kentucky markets. The $50 million deal, …

At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the new events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting …

Multiplier Industries Multiplier Industries Corp. released its new line of rechargeable replacement batteries for Motorola radios. The line, which features polycarbonate plastic material with greater impact strength, includes the 1,400 …

Band-X Stephen Beynon was hired as Band-X’s new chief executive officer. He was previously in a management position in the data and business services division of Cable & Wireless Optus. …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. completed a test of CDMA network equipment with data applications such as Web browsing, streaming video and e-mail at the highest transmission …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced it gained 18 new members, including BellSouth International, Novatel Wireless and Pixo. “We are pleased with the CDG’s robust growth, which underscores CDMA …

WASHINGTON-2001: A Space Odyssey? Perhaps if you’re working on the international space station or developing a Star Wars defense. But for wireless, it will be a year the industry comes …

At its annual PalmSource conference for developers, Palm Inc. further embraced the ongoing wireless enablement of its devices by incorporating a broad array of wireless-related hardware and software innovations designed …

Extolling them as “wings of light,” Nortel Networks hopes to illumine the wireless Internet space with four new initiatives. Basking in a 55-percent third-quarter growth, the Internet and communications company …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc.’s financial expectations from its CDMA technology fell on account of the ruling by the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce that it share …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems further staked its position in the wireless technology market by buying Exi0 Communications for $155 million in stock. The deal which is Cisco’s 22nd this year …