New ZealandNokia Corp. will integrate its General Packet Radio Service core network solution into Vodafone New Zealand's network, providing mobile Internet access to Vodafone's subscribers. Vodafone plans to launch commercial GPRS service during the fourth quarter.TaiwanNokia will deliver its General Packet Radio Service core...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-Prepaid wireless services provider Pre-Cell Solutions Inc. said it will provide Web-enabled CDMA digital handsets for the U.S. prepaid market by the end of October.The handsets will incorporate technology developed by USIntellicom providing over-the-air profiling, allowing data to be stored in the handset...
Motorola and Mercedes-Benz have teamed to offer an integrated version of Motorola's Timeport digital phone in all model-year 2001 Mercedes-Benz vehicles, the companies said. The CDMA phone is equipped with an Internet mini-browser and on most Mercedes-Benz vehicles, a voice-recognition feature also is available....
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. began shipments of its Mobile Station Modem 3300 chipset samples and system software, and its IFR3300 chip, an intermediate frequency-to-baseband receiver enabling integration of a GPS-band radio without additional external radio frequency or IF chips.Qualcomm said the MSM3300 chipset and system...
Analog DevicesAnalog Devices Inc. introduced the AD9226, a 12-bit, 65 MSPS analog-to-digital converter designed to increase data rates and enable direct intermediate frequency-sampling architectures for communications applications, including next-generation cellular base station and software radio applications. Analog Devices said the key to the AD9226...
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 Xtreme Developer's Conference, some 300 developers met with Motorola and other industry personnel during 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 area.Two wireless companies are trying to alleviate the local pricing discrepancies by offering unlimited...
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 wireless systems based on Qualcomm Inc.'s CDMA High Data Rate technology.Motorola said the technology...
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 Galleon's new Outdoor Unit radio transceiver, network integrators will be able to deploy less-expensive...
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 how low carriers can keep subsidies.The days of 1-cent handsets tied in with contracts...
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. carriers, according to a report in the Aug. 17 edition of the Financial Times.The...
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.BGV PCS Acquisition Co. L.L.C. has acquired PCS licenses in Chicago and Cincinnati from Verizon...
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 Internet services to an audience with little or no knowledge of wireless outside voice.Everyone-from...
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 once operators begin delivering streaming media at reasonable prices. Our research shows that CDMA-based air...
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 handheld computing products will become wirelessly enabled and Qualcomm's CDMA technology provides a great path...
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 dual-band, wireless Internet-enabled phone is the first CDMA handset featuring Sanyo's Interactive Voice Package, which...
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 laid out the standardization details ETSI must follow. It wants technical preparatory work done before...
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 for residential alarm systems when the wireline connection is severed.The company's MicroBurst technology enables short...
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 from CDMA technology.Qualcomm started out this way. It developed CDMA technology for mobile systems, patented...
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, retained his post in the new government formed after President Vladimir Putin took office...
InterWaveWireless 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 with dispersed populations. The company said the solution is ideally suited for network expansion where...
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 look at the global economy in a new perspective.Reminding everyone to play fair is much...
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 and sell subscriber equipment for all modes of the third-generation CDMA standard.In return for...
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 road and develop a technology rooted in data.Flarion is developing flash-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing,...
