CDMA

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced that Dr. Andrew Viterbi, co-founder and vice chairman of the company, will retire next month. Dr. Viterbi, who will remain as a member of Qualcomm’s board …

Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. introduced a number of new test-solution products and made improvements to others. The Agilent 84000 RFIC series model A20E is a low-cost test solution developed …

SYDNEY, Australia-Lucent Technologies Inc. unveiled two contracts-one with AAPT in Australia and the other with Telecom New Zealand-to build wireless mobile phone networks using Code Division Multiple Access technology. The …

Public skirmishes over third-generation technology died last year when the wireless industry embraced a harmonized CDMA-based standard, but old feelings between camps die hard it seems. The CDMA Development Group, …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and L.M. Ericsson said they have agreed to jointly develop and market a wireless technology solution supporting both Code Division Multiple Access and Bluetooth standards. According to …

SAN DIEGO-China United Telecommunications Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. announced an agreement outlining guidelines for Chinese manufacturers to license Qualcomm’s intellectual property to manufacture and sell Code Division Multiple Access wireless …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it shipped on time chip samples and system software for the MSM5000 Mobile Station Modem. The company said this product is the world’s first third-generation 1x …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Third-Generation Partnership Project 2, a group created to speed the development of global 3G wireless standards, announced it expanded its organization to include the CDMA Development Group as …

Qualcomm Inc. shares dropped 16 percent last Wednesday after the cdmaOne innovator warned of slower chip sales this quarter. This warning eclipsed Qualcomm’s higher-than-expected first fiscal quarter earnings. Merrill Lynch …

SAN DIEGO-PacketVideo Corp., a provider of wireless multimedia communication software and service for mobile applications, announced it will provide NTT DoCoMo with a software test bench that verifies the newly …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless announced it signed a multi-year, $24 million contract with Sprint PCS to supply Code Division Multiple Access data products to the operator. The deal calls for …

Qualcomm Inc. took a major step last week to expand its patent and technology portfolio to include mobile location-based services and wireless Internet systems, announcing it acquired San Jose, Calif.-based …

NEW YORK-Smart cards must overcome a chicken-and-egg problem before they can expand their use in wireless devices beyond their established role as subscriber identification modules in Global System for Mobile …

SBC Communications Inc. said it will convert the remaining Ameritech Corp. wireless properties it owns from Code Division Multiple Access technology to Time Division Multiple Access technology. SBC and Ameritech …

Handsets from Nokia Corp. and Code Division Multiple Access technology dominated the U.S. cellular and personal communications services industry in 1999, while international powerhouse L.M. Ericsson struggled to keep its …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the Korean Industrial Property Office, Korea’s patent agency, upheld the validity of 46 of 49 claims of Qualcomm’s patent to CDMA technology. The patent describes Qualcomm’s …

SWINDON, England-Motorola Inc. received a $122 million contract from Pele-Phone Communications to supply and deploy infrastructure equipment to expand Pele-Phone’s Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular network. The new infrastructure …

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. announced the use of its base station antenna products and services to expand Beijing Telecom Greatwall Mobile Communications Ltd.’s Code Division Multiple Access network in Beijing, …

The business case for cdmaOne operators to migrate to 1XRTT technology is a no-brainer since carriers will have the luxury of doubling their voice capacity and experimenting with high-speed data …

The Operators Harmonization Group maintains its informal status as members continue to discuss the possibility of becoming an official group. OHG, which began work more than a year ago as …

There is a chink in Nokia Mobile Phones’ armor, and it is the vendor’s market share in the cdmaOne handset business. While Nokia sells the most popular handsets in the …

LAS VEGAS-Last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas saw Motorola Inc. introduce a number of wireless products, including a satellite phone and devices to make accessing the Internet easier, …

Brazil’s spectrum choice in auctioning new personal communications services licenses could be an important decision for the GSM community as it struggles to gain inroads into Latin America. The Brazilian …

Kyocera Corp. hopes to do what no Japanese handset manufacturer has been able to do to date. It wants to become a dominate global vendor. To do that, Kyocera needs …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. has selected Qualcomm CDMA Technologies’ sixth-generation MSM3100 chipset and system software for its Code Division Multiple Access handsets. The MSM3100 chipset and …