MONTREAL-Mitec Telecom Inc. announced it received an order to supply 1.9 GHz Code Division Multiple Access amplifiers for "personal communications services-over-cable" wireless application from Sanders Corp.Mitec also said it received a follow-on order from Northern Telecom Inc. to supply Time Division Multiple Access tower-top...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. entered into a multimillion-dollar, royalty-bearing Code Division Multiple Access subscriber license agreement with Casio Computer Co. Ltd. of Japan.Qualcomm will grant Casio a license to manufacture and sell wireless subscriber products based on its Interim Standard-95 CDMA standard for cellular, personal...
The CDMA Development Group said wideband cdmaOne technology is ready to be submitted to the International Telecommunications Union after gaining approval from groups within the Telecommunications Industry Association.The CDG said the TIA TR 45 Committee, the TIA Wireless Communications Division, the TIA Ad Hoc...
BOSTON-Sprint Spectrum L.P. said it launched Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services in Washington, D.C./Baltimore alongside the company's Global System for Mobile communications network.Customers can trade in their existing GSM handsets for $25 credit toward a CDMA handset, said Sprint PCS. The company...
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 cellular telephone customers in Brazil could increase during the next five years to 23 million...
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 license to the Telia-led Tess consortium and swift movement by the Ministry of Communications...
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 filed last year seeking a judicial determination that certain features of its products do not...
Site AdvantageSite 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 area to prevent unexpected pull outs. Indented fingers support corrugated coax cables. The ergonomically-designed hanger...
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 university is a major center for training scientists and technicians, said Qualcomm. In the 40...
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 25, is endorsed by China's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and sponsored locally by the...
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 first market to be implemented, with commercial service scheduled to be available later this year,...
SwedenOrtel 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 the underground rapid transit system that connects Stockholm, Sweden to the airport. "Arlanda Airport required...
March 23-25The CDMA Development Group. The China World Hotel, Beijing.(888) 800-2362; outside the United States call (714) 545-5211.WorldTelecommunicationDevelopment ConferenceMarch 23-April 1The International Telecommunication Union. Velletta, Malta.+356 356 356.The Global TelecomGame: The PlayersMarch 25, 3 to 5 p.m. ESTPBS The Business Channel and Bellcore. The program...
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.The announcement is a blow to Motorola Inc., which was in discussions with PrimeCo in...
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.The situation is as political as ever as vendors, carriers and interest groups work within...
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 been testing the process for providing receive diversity and are working together to develop and...
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 Systems Group and Components Group have been significantly impacted by lack of demand in Asia...
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 the Yankee Group, "Global Trends of Cellular/PCS Markets."In 1995, global mobile telephony subscribers stood...
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, is the solution to network capacity expansion in areas where high customer use warrants...
Ericsson forms office mobility unitATLANTA-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 new unit will provide a wireless office solution based on the Interim Standard-136 Time Division Multiple...
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 Code Division Multiple Access technology."When we rolled out our DigitalChoice CDMA service last year,...
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, announced Nortel.The deal includes CDMA digital networks for seven F-band PCS markets in Wisconsin...
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 concerned about the fragmented versions of the technology that could be adopted around the...
