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DENVER-Personal communications services operator Western Wireless Corp. launched its VoiceStream service last Thursday in Denver, promising rates at least 20 percent lower than AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s digital cellular rates. …

BEIJING-Qualcomm Inc. signed a four-year agreement to supply Code Division Multiple Access phones to an affiliate of Telecom Great Wall Development Co. of Beijing. Telecom Great Wall will begin taking …

NEW YORK-With production of handsets now hitting the current 300,000 capacity mark during some weeks, Qualcomm Inc. announced second-quarter earnings and revenues April 21 that showed dramatic growth, while gross …

NEC Corp. won contracts for two transmission projects in Costa Rica in conjunction with Intituto Costarricense de Electricidad. One project calls for NEC to supply a 2 GHz/8 Mbps digital …

NEW YORK-SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea’s primary cellular and paging carrier, sold $230 million in Yankee notes April 24, partly to finance its Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular …

DENVER-In concert with the company’s previous digital cellular launches, AirTouch Cellular announced it is offering its high-end business users in Denver and Detroit Powerband service. “In the past, we have …

Qualcomm Inc. signed a royalty bearing license agreement giving Kokusai Electric Co. Ltd. of Japan a patent and technical license to manufacture and sell Code Division Multiple Access subscriber equipment. …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California dismissed a lawsuit filed against it by Qualcomm Inc. in December. However, Qualcomm said the …

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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division signed a contract to supply Code Division Multiple Access equipment to Virginia PCS Alliance L.C. The companies value the contract at …

The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California has granted Qualcomm Inc.’s request for a temporary restraining order against Motorola Inc. Qualcomm said the order prohibits Motorola from …

The lack of certain infrastructure testing equipment will slow the rate at which many digital wireless telecommunications providers roll out service, says a Maryland-based test equipment manufacturer. “We’ll probably see …

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs will supply its Martis DXX managed access and transport network system to the Beijing Telecom Great Wall Mobile Network. The network, which is expected to be commercially deployed …

EATONTOWN, N.J.-Telecom Analysis Systems Inc. said the CDMA Development Group accepted its application to become a member of the consortium that focuses on Code Division Multiple Access technology. Telecom Analysis …

The technology wars aren’t over until the new universal, third generation worldwide standard is developed. Two prominent institutions are pushing the development of such a standard-the International Telecommunication Union in …

For a cellular carrier competing in a growing marketplace, value-added services translate into more revenue. A small Silicon Valley development firm plans to deliver on that concept. San Jose, Calif.-based …

Company Technology Wquipment Provider 21st Century Telesis Inc. PACS/DCTU Siemens AG NEC Corp. Hughes Electronics Corp. Bellcore ACC-PCS Inc. N/A N/A Aer Force Communications L.P. N/A N/A American Portable Telecommunications …

WARREN, N.J.-Anadigics Inc. said it has shipped more than 1 million gallium arsenide integrated circuits for use in personal communications services handsets for the 1900 MHz Code Division Multiple Access …

NEW YORK-A happy marriage of convenience is taking place among billboard companies and wireless communications carriers looking for antenna sites. “It’s something that just seems to be coming around the …

WASHINGTON-The worldwide market for cellular and personal communications services will reach more than 500 million subscribers by 2002, predicted The Strategis Group in its “World Cellular and PCS Markets: 1997” …

If you look at maps of the United States that depict the 1900 MHz coverage for the nation’s three primary digital standards, it appears each standard will cover a great …

QUEBEC CITY-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. will activate its personal communications services network April 3 in Quebec City, which initially will provide service in 23 municipalities of the greater metropolitan area, said …

Motorola Inc. has won what it calls the largest cellular infrastructure contract in the world to date. The company’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced Japanese carriers DDI Corp. and Nippon Idou …

WASHINGTON-The worldwide market for cellular and personal communications services will reach more than 500 million subscribers by 2002, predicted The Strategis Group in its “World Cellular and PCS Markets: 1997” …