CDMA

In an effort to make up for a history of poor communication with application developers, Motorola Inc. held its first Application Developer Conference last week in San Diego. Dubbed the …

One of the knocks against conventional wireless service plans is that customers are charged the same amount for airtime whether they are calling across the street or across their service …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector outlined plans for supplying cdma2000 1x Evolution-Data Only, the next generation of cdma2000 technology, as the next step in the evolution of third-generation …

New local multipoint distribution services equipment manufacturer Galleon Wireless Broadband believes a lack of affordable equipment is hampering the widespread deployment of wireless broadband services, but with the introduction of …

Handset subsidies are falling as digital mobile phones gain huge volumes, but as carriers begin targeting new segments and a new cycle of data-enabled handsets come to market, analysts wonder …

TOKYO-Japan’s dominant wireless carrier, NTT DoCoMo, is in talks with SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. about taking a minority stake in the combined mobile venture between the two U.S. …

A long list of investors led by J.P. Morgan Capital Corp., FirstCall Telephone Corp. and the management team from former operator Triton Cellular Partners have formed a new wireless carrier. …

The realm of wireless data is uncharted territory for most consumers, but carriers also are feeling their way through the darkness, searching for the best way to market data and …

CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-CDMA-based wireless services will enable hundreds of millions of people to access multimedia content wirelessly, according to a study by Datacomm Research Co. “The wireless Internet market will explode …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported a royalty-bearing CDMA agreement granting Handspring Inc. a license to develop wireless solutions for handheld computers using Qualcomm’s CDMA air-interface technologies and patents. “Over time, all …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Sanyo Fisher Co. unveiled the Sprint PCS Phone SCP-4500 by Sanyo, featuring a built-in speaker phone with one-touch access for hands-free communication. Sprint said the …

Work is under way at the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to ensure that all International Telecommunication Union-accepted third-generation standards can receive type approval in Europe. The European Commission last month …

NEW YORK-To catch a thief, at least two companies are turning to wireless technology. The first out of the box is Aeris.net, San Jose, Calif., which provides back-up wireless messaging …

Qualcomm Inc.’s transformation is complete. The CDMA innovator last week announced it intends to spin off its chipset and software business, leaving the company as primarily one that collects royalties …

MOSCOW-CDMA technology has been battling for a spot in Russia’s mobile market for two years, but it lost the war as Communications Minister Leonid Reiman, an opponent of the technology, …

InterWave Wireless networking provider InterWave Communications International Ltd. introduced TurboMax, a macro network product offering wireless community network service providers extended coverage capabilities to meet the needs of community networks …

Sen. Ernest Hollings has opened a can of wireless worms. Hollings’ efforts to block foreign-government-owned companies from taking too large a stake in U.S. telecom businesses is forcing me to …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported an addition to Sanyo’s existing Code Division Multiple Access subscriber unit license agreement granting Sanyo a license under Qualcomm’s essential CDMA patent portfolio to develop, manufacture …

The road to higher data speeds for wireless networks is rooted in voice technology, but Flarion Technologies, a new venture company formed by Lucent Technologies Inc., hopes to bypass that …

Qualcomm Inc.’s financial results came in line with consensus estimates last week, but the company expects falling chip sales because of slower handset sales anticipated in South Korea. Marc Cabi, …

TOKYO-Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a digital chipset and system software solution that it said facilitates development of Code Division Multiple Access handheld devices suitable for wireless Internet services and applications. The …

Amid weeks of speculation and analyst prodding, Lucent Technologies Inc. announced plans to spin off its $4 billion microelectronics business. The company is planning an initial public offering for up …

WASHINGTON-Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, has begun preparing for the likelihood that many mobile-phone carriers will not meet upcoming deadlines governing location-based 911 wireless emergency service …

Nigeria Motorola Inc. was awarded a $21 million expansion contract from Intercellular Nigeria Ltd. to supply and deploy a Code Division Multiple Access fixed wireless loop network in Nigeria. Motorola’s …

NEW YORK-Korea Telecom Freetel, the second-largest wireless provider in South Korea, is leaning toward deploying new technology in the third-generation license band. As recently as late June, Y.D. Hong, KT …