CDMA

FEBRUARY 19 Auctions ’97, by the Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Communications Business Opportunities and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C. Call Kim Sescoe at (202) 546-4356. …

BURNABY, B.C.-BC TEL Mobility announced plans to launch digital 800 MHz service based on Code Division Multiple Access technology in British Columbia, Canada, early next month. The company completed field …

Vodafone Group plc agreed to purchase Data Bank of Greece S.A. through its subsidiary Vodafone Europe Holdings Ltd. Vodafone said the principal asset of Data Bank is a 10 percent …

RCR missed boat on NextWave story Dear Editor: RCR is a respected wireless trade publication known for its journalistic standards. It inexplicably departed from those standards in its Jan. 13 …

Simmonds Capital Ltd. said its wholly owned subsidiary, Midland International Corp., sold an 80 percent controlling interest in its European business to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction includes a license …

ATLANTA-World Access Inc. reported a 478 percent increase in net income in 1996 compared to 1995 figures. World Access develops, manufactures and markets wireless and wireline switching, transmission and access …

DSP Communications Inc. expects to see continued growth in 1997 and 1998, when the company may reap rewards from its new product, a wireless branch exchange system. The company reported …

Some news announcements in this industry have become very low on facts and high on bombastic marketing language. The launch of competing networks throughout the country has led to a …

The hefty number of strong, new competitors entering the handset market doesn’t intimidate longtime terminal supplier Audiovox Communications Corp. “Look how many have exited in recent years, like Clarion, Sharp, …

SEATTLE-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced large business customers in western Washington now have access to Code Division Multiple Access cellular service. “In the past, we have launched new services to business …

Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. introduced its SCH-1011, a personal communications services handset using Code Division Multiple Access technology, and SCH-110, a cellular dual-mode CDMA handset. The products include menu-driven interfaces …

Israel’s two cellular operators are working hard to sign up as many customers as possible while the government continues to ponder details for licensing a third cellular operator. “The (technology) …

While Old Man Winter dumps mercilessly on everyone else, the sun shines brighter than ever these days on Irwin Jacobs. A big target for skeptics ever since taking the road …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court last week overturned the Federal Communications Commission’s rejection of Qualcomm Inc.’s pioneer’s preference application, saying the agency was inconsistent in awarding licenses for innovative broadband personal …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group provided the Code Division Multiple Access system used in Cellular One’s Jan. 1 launch of digital service in Phoenix. Motorola said …

Audiovox Communications Corp. will introduce three new phones at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. Its 800/900 MHz combination phone, the ACT-900, acts as both a cellular …

TORONTO-Northern Telecom Ltd. has signed an agreement with Bell Mobility to supply equipment for Bell Mobility’s cellular and personal communications services networks. Nortel said it values the agreement at approximately …

The Guangdong Machinery and Export Corp. of China awarded Allen Telecom Group’s Decibel Products division a contract to expand its Global System for Mobile communications and Digital Cellular System 1800 …

As the new year rolled in, RCR took a look at what is hip and what is gauche in the wireless industry. Out In PDAs wireless Internet access Andrew Barrett …

BANGKOK, Thailand-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it has signed a multimillion dollar contract with Thailand’s Total Access Communication Company Ltd. to supply and install the country’s first commercial Code Division Multiple …

Editor’s Note: No other debate has ignited the wireless telecommunications industry like the one that rages between TDMA and CDMA technology. For several years, the greatest argument against CDMA technology …

JANUARY 7-8 Telecommunications Business Environment Conference, by the International Telecommunications Group. Denver. (303) 779-4141. 9-12 Consumer Electronics Show ’97, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Las Vegas. (703) 907-7674. 19-22 19th …

SAN DIEGO-Cellular One launched Arizona’s first Code Division Multiple Access digital service in the Phoenix area using Qualcomm Personal Electronics’ handsets. The system covers most of the Phoenix metropolitan area, …

AirTouch Communications Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Intidaya Sistelindomitra to offer wireless services in Indonesia using the Globalstar satellite-based communications system. The companies will pursue a license …

As 1996 drew to a close, we took a look back at some of the most impacting and industry- defining stories of the year. Here are the RCR editorial department’s …