CDMA

SAN DIEGO-CDMA subscribers for the third quarter of this year totaled more than 71 million, which is a 73 percent increase from the previous year, according to the CDMA Development …

Cross Country Automotive Services, a 28-year-old company responsible for much of the behind-the-scenes work for several car manufacturers’ roadside assistance programs, announced last week it is partnering with WirelessCar to …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. has begun carrier trials of its first Bluetooth-capable wireless phone, the Timeport 270, and expects to begin shipping the CDMA handsets by year-end. Depending on “carrier testing …

Noting the importance of wireless Internet and data services to wireless service providers, along with Goldman Sachs findings that more than 50 percent of all Web access will be delivered …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it amended Sharp’s existing CDMA subscriber unit license agreement, expanding the licenses to include the development, manufacture and sale of subscriber equipment for third-generation CDMA and …

TOKYO-KDDI, the newly formed telecom group in Japan, said it is talking to several foreign carriers regarding alliances, international press reports said. A possible alliance could include an equity investment, …

BETHESDA, Md.-Qualcomm Inc. became a shareholder and limited partner in low earth orbit satellite operator SkyBridge L.P., the companies said. Financial details were not disclosed. “SkyBridge will now have access …

BEIJING-Qualcomm Inc. may be back in China after that country’s second-largest wireless provider, China Unicom, said it would build a mobile-phone network using Qualcomm’s CDMA technology. China Unicom also indicated …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Communications Corp. signed a 2-year agreement with Standard Telecom Co. Ltd. to market CDMA digital phones marketed under the Audiovox brand name throughout North and South America. The …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported a multimillion dollar amendment extending Advantest Corp.’s existing CDMA test equipment license agreement to include the use of certain Qualcomm patents to manufacture and supply test …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. entered a subscriber unit research and development agreement with Chungwha Telecom Labs, the technology development group of the state-owned telecommunications operator in Taiwan. The agreement calls for …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-The Gartner Group predicts Brazil will have about 600,000 WAP users at the end of the year. The market research company said handset suppliers did not accomplish their …

SEOUL, Korea-SK Telecom has begun commercial service of the first cdma2000 1XRTT wireless data and voice network. 3Com Corp. and Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. supplied the equipment. In the initial …

Endwave Endwave Corp. said its ultra-high performance WavShapr base station antenna is now available for local multipoint distribution services bands. The antenna incorporates characteristics from earlier versions form the 24 …

WASHINGTON-As President Clinton was signing the China trade bill into law last Tuesday on the south lawn of the White House, events were unfolding overseas that threaten wireless investment and …

TOKYO-A three-hour bus ride from Tokyo will get you to Kakegawa, the leading production area of two popular Japanese items: green tea (ocha) and Panasonic wireless phones. But just like …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Sanyo Fisher Co., a division of Sanyo North America Corp., reported plans for an alliance to accelerate commercialization of mobile Internet services over Lucent …

NEW YORK-As wireless and wireline carriers and Internet content providers seek to drive revenues through value-added services, the concept of presence has taken on new importance. Presence is shorthand for …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS released the first two new models of Internet-ready phones provided by LG InfoComm as part of the company’s $150 million agreement with LG. The TP3000, at …

NEW YORK-Some 27 years after he placed the first “public portable cellular call,” from Midtown Manhattan to Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, Martin Cooper said he is unsure “if we, …

NEW YORK-As carriers’ capital expenditures race ahead of revenues, existing wide area and new local area data networks are poised to capture a good chunk of the market for corporate …

CHICAGO-Video content may be the new show to watch on the wireless Internet. Content is the name of the game in the wireless Internet evolution going forward. And while it …

CHICAGO-One of the first commercial deployments of EDGE technology could be in Mexico next year based on presentations and interviews at the PCIA GlobalXchange event. Mexico’s largest wireless carrier, Telcel, …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. reported that its NewNet OTSserver TDMA application and NewNet SMserver application were approved through the Nortel Network Wireless Interoperability Testing program, gaining the Nortel Networks Compatible Product …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. introduced two Bluetooth products, a Timeport 270 wireless phone and a Bluetooth Smart Module accessory, that when combined with the company’s previously released Bluetooth PC card, provide …