Phone.com Inc.'s Unwired Universe conference attracted about 1,100 attendees from 29 countries, twice the number expected by conference planners.The conference was designed to act as a meeting point for vendors, carriers and application developers interested in Wireless Application Protocol technology. Several WAP-related announcements were...
Having made partners of most wireless handset OEMs with its T9 Text Input technology, Tegic Communications Inc. said it plans to make customers of wireless carriers with a new instant messaging application, as yet unnamed.The current desktop version of Tegic's instant messaging notifies Internet...
WASHINGTON-The European Commission said it supports industry efforts to harmonize third-generation mobile phone standards, but refused to retreat from plans to deploy home-grown technology for a pan-European 3G network and suggested U.S. policy will discriminate against foreign manufacturers seeking to sell advanced wireless products...
Bell Atlantic Mobile has ventured into a collaborative effort with Phone.com Inc. and Motorola Inc. to use Wireless Application Protocol technology to enable over-the-air provisioning on Code Division Multiple Access phones.The combined effort aims to extend the functionality of Phone.com's UP.Link Server Suite technology,...
Apparently irritated over a dispute that has lasted more than two years, Qualcomm Inc. is suing Motorola Inc., asking the court to terminate Code Division Multiple Access licenses granted to Motorola under a patent license agreement."While we have still not yet had adequate time...
Two weeks after the ouster of L.M. Ericsson's President and Chief Executive Officer Sven-Christer Nilsson, the company revealed in its second quarter earnings report some of the financial factors contributing to Nilsson's dismissal.Meanwhile, competitors Nokia Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. chalked up strong quarters...
NEW YORK-Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, recently registered to sell a 4 million share secondary equity offering, which could increase its available capital by at least $550 million, based on its recent stock price.Following Qualcomm's registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Standard & Poor's...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Code Division Multiple Access handsets were the No. 1 selling handset in the United States during the first quarter with sales of 3.2 million units, said Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Group Inc.First-quarter sales of CDMA handsets surpassed the more established...
Third-generation technology standards groups say they accept the tri-mode Code Division Multiple Access standard recommended by mobile-phone operators worldwide.The 3G Partnership Project 2, a standards group established in North America, last week said it agreed to accept the recommendations of the Operators Harmonization Group...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced an agreement to jointly develop and promote standardization of a technology for locating the point of origin of an emergency wireless phone call.The technique is based on Qualcomm's advancements in Code Division Multiple Access handsets and...
ELite Logistic ServicesElite Logistic Services Inc. introduced its PageTrack control module, a wireless automotive security, control and monitoring solution. The system uses SkyTel Communications Inc.'s two-way ReFLEX network, the ReFLEX CreataLink 2 XT two-way data transceiver from Motorola Inc. and global positioning system technology....
NEW YORK-In a move apparently intended to get ahead of the crowd, Hutchison Telecommunications Australia Ltd., Sydney, announced July 12 it plans to sell 29.5 percent of the company in a $215 million initial public offering next month.The Australian branch of Hong Kong-based Hutchison...
The wireless handset market has proven that a strong brand name doesn't guarantee success.
Sony Electronics Inc. announced last week it is pulling out of the North American handset business and terminating 200 jobs in San Diego. The well-known consumer electronics giant is one of...
The Gartner Group's Dataquest reports that Interim Standard-95 Code Division Multiple Access-based handsets are the top-selling handset in the U.S. market. As such, Qualcomm Inc., powered by a lead in the CDMA market, has leapfrogged L.M. Ericsson in terms of market share. Ericsson, Motorola...
Qwest Communications International is pursuing an acquisition of U S West in competition with another bidder, Global Crossing.Microsoft announced in mid-May a US$600 million investment in Nextel Communications, the leading trunked radio operator in the United States. The deal is to give Nextel customers...
WASHINGTON-The United States and South Korea posted the strongest gains in cellular and PCS net subscribers during the first three months of 1999, according to quarterly results from "Strategis dataBank: World Cellular/PCS Subscribers and Operators," compiled by research firm The Strategis Group.The United States posted...
MIAMI-The market opportunity for international roaming is clear, present and growing, but domestic U.S. carriers so far have been focused on tapping the large and more immediate potential posed by the burgeoning data traffic at home."Many of the U.S. carriers I follow have not...
HandsetsKyoceraKyocera plans to begin marketing at the end of July in Japan its VP-210 VisualPhone, a PHS phone with a built-in camera that can transmit and receive images in real time at a rate of two frames per second. The handset incorporates a CMOS...
One of the special sections in this issue includes a large carrier chart listing the cellular and PCS operators of the world. Take a look, and you'll see the phenomenal inroads wireless has made into every region of the world.The growth has been phenomenal....
AlcatelAustria. With Tele.ring for its new GSM 1800 network.Value: US$298 millionEricssonBrazil. With Telecom Italia Mobile to expand its TDMA network.Value: US$100 millionChina. With China Telecom (Hong Kong) Ltd. for GSM equipment to expand its network in Guangdong province.Value: US$290 millionFinland. With Sonera for a GPRS system.Value: UndisclosedJapan. With...
BEIJING-China's telecom scene is in flux. China Telecom is to split into four parts, which will compete in two year's time. China Unicom took over four experimental CDMA networks from China Telecom Great Wall and is making aggressive plans to roll out a 10-million-subscriber...
MEXICO CITY-Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. They're some of the smallest countries in the world, but at the same time, they're actively participating in the Latin American region's momentum for telecommunications development and growth. Indeed, the countries that make up...
TORONTO-You could call it short-term pain for long-term gain. At least that's what the Canadian wireless carriers must be hoping. They're rapidly winning new customers, but at a cost to their bottom line.Bell Mobility announced in May it's shedding 10 percent of its work...
WASHINGTON-An International Telecommunication Union task group in June in Beijing approved a carrier-crafted plan to harmonize competing U.S. and European CDMA technologies for Internet-friendly third-generation mobile phones, paving the way for the compromise to be translated into a new, global-roaming standard by year's end.ITU...
