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NEW YORK-In late March, the logjam finally broke on the long-stalled liberalization of the Brazilian telecommunications market through the introduction of second wireless carriers. One forecast predicted the number of …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-The pace of liberalization in the Brazilian wireless markets has taken on new speed in the past two weeks following a judicial ruling grant-ing the region 2 B-band …

Qualcomm Inc. and Philips Consumer Communications L.P. entered into a royalty-bearing, cross-license agreement for Code Division Multiple Access technology and products, said Qualcomm. The deal “amicably settles litigation” that Qualcomm …

Site Advantage Site Advantage Inc. introduced a snap-in cable hanger for coax cables. Features include a nose that provides holding strength while remaining easy to insert and a large gripping …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it will engage in a joint research program with Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, which will focus on Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access technology. The …

BEIJING-Northern Telecom Ltd. said its focus at the 1998 Second China CDMA International Summit will be on third-generation wireless services. The summit, which opened March 23 and continued through March …

DALLAS-United States Cellular Corp. selected Northern Telecom Inc. to build new Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access networks in its markets, said Nortel. Milwaukee will be the …

Sweden Ortel Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Avitec AB, announced its MirrorCell family of products are being used in the Arlanda AB International Airport to provide wireless service in …

March 23-25 The CDMA Development Group. The China World Hotel, Beijing. (888) 800-2362; outside the United States call (714) 545-5211. World Telecommunication Development Conference March 23-April 1 The International Telecommunication …

PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. awarded Lucent Technologies Inc. a $500 million three-year exclusive contract to supply personal communications services equipment and services for the next phase of its network development. …

Vendors and carriers have renewed hope that the world could have one standard in place for third-generation systems, but Europe holds one of the keys in making it a reality. …

Qualcomm Inc. and Ortel Corp. said they demonstrated measurable performance improvements in receive diversity in Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services repeaters. Ortel, a repeater manufacturer, and Qualcomm have …

Blaming weakened Asian currencies, Motorola Inc. warned investors that its first-quarter earnings will be well below expectations. The largest shortfall will come from the company’s semiconductor business, where the Consumer …

Worldwide mobile telephony subscriber numbers will climb at triple the compound annual growth rate expected from the landline side between 1996 and 2002, according to a recently published report from …

NEW YORK-Although his company recently completed field trials with Qualcomm Inc., Vodafone Group plc Chief Executive Officer Chris Gent believes next-generation wireless technology, rather than Code Division Multiple Access technology, …

Ericsson forms office mobility unit ATLANTA-Ericsson Inc. announced the formation of the Wireless Services unit in response to the increasing need for wireless communications in the workplace. Ericsson said the …

Entelec 98 March 1-4 Entelec. San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio. (888) 503-8700. Build-to-Suit and Purchase/Leaseback Tower Programs March 2-3 Shorecliff Communications International. Wyndham Emerald Plaza Hotel, San Diego. (800) …

ATLANTA-Bell Atlantic Mobile said it attributes its 74-percent decrease in home and roaming cellular fraud losses to continued deployment of authentication and radio-frequency fingerprinting technologies and the company’s launch of …

ATLANTA-Cellcom of Wisconsin selected Northern Telecom Inc. to supply Code Division Multiple Access cellular and personal communications services network infrastructure equipment and services under a five-year, $42 million supply agreement, …

ATLANTA-While it’s evident most of the world’s standards bodies will adopt some form of Code Division Multiple Access technology for next- generation systems, the CDMA Development Group said it is …

ATLANTA-PrairieComm Inc. last week introduced itself to the wireless industry with a big splash by announcing agreements with two industry heavyweights-Qualcomm Inc. and Motorola Inc. The three-year-old company, which has …

Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group is struggling to keep PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. from giving future contracts to another vendor for more personal communications services equipment. PrimeCo reportedly is dissatisfied …

ATLANTA-A new technological concept, branding campaign and line of products kicked off Sony Electronics Wireless Telecommunications Co.’s vision called D-WAVE for Digital Wireless Audio Visual Entertainment, at the Wireless ’98 …

DENVER, United States-Determined to penetrate Europe with the Interim Standard-95 (IS-95) protocol, U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. announced in February its United Kingdom trial of a cdmaOne/GSM hybrid network was a success. …

Further developments in the B-band auction for cellular licenses in Brazil continue to be stymied, while the June privatization auction date set for government-owned Telebr