ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it won a contract to supply a Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop network in Kuwait.Commercial service to more than 2,300 subscribers in the northern and southern regions of Kuwait is scheduled to begin in...
ST. CLOUD, Minn.-Wireless carrier CMS St. Cloud said it will become one of the first operators in the United States to offer customers a choice of Code Division Multiple Access, Time Division Multiple Access and analog wireless service using a network solution from Northern...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Put four analysts up on a podium, ask them what they think and while their answers don't always agree on specifics, their big picture themes often seem similar.That's what happened at the recent 1997 CDMA North American Regional Congress when four wireless market...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced two Code Division Multiple Access microcellular base stations.The SC 614 and SC 614T base transceiver stations support operators in both the 800 MHz and 1.9 GHz frequency bands.The SC 614 has a 20-watt linear power amplifier,...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. introduced its first Code Division Multiple Access-based 1900 MHz digital phone for the Americas. Nokia's research and development center in San Diego developed the Nokia 2170, which is scheduled to be available in commercial volumes during the first quarter.The phone supports...
Holiday shoppers this year will be faced with a variety of choices when it comes to selecting a wireless service, and the average consumer probably will have a difficult time wading through all the alphabet soup.According to a survey commissioned by Ameritech Corp. and...
WARREN, N.J.-AirTouch Cellular plans to replace its wireless network infrastructure in seven U.S. markets with Lucent Technologies Inc.'s digital wireless platform, announced the companies.AirTouch said it will install Lucent's Code Division Multiple Access technology in Albuquerque, N.M.; Des Moines, Iowa; Spokane, Wash.; Duluth, Minn.;...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Code Division Multiple Access-based service was a promise a year ago, but it has begun to deliver in a big way today, speakers at the 1997 CDMA North American Regional Congress said last week.As 1997 draws to a close, the CDMA Development Group,...
RCR has some good little elves and once again, they managed to redirect some mail sent to Santa from executives in the wireless industry. Rest assured, no felonious acts of mail fraud were committed to get these documents.Dear Santa,First of all, thank-you for the...
PARIS-Sony Corp. joined the UMTS Alliance in support of its proposed next generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications System wireless standard, which combines key elements of Time Division Multiple Access and Code Division Multiple Access technologies, said the company.To date, the alliance is comprised of Alcatel,...
NEW YORK-For handset manufacturers, next year likely will be a transition period as new entrants gear up to enter the rapidly expanding wireless marketplace, said Jeffrey Schlesinger, wireless technology analyst for UBS Securities L.L.C.Brightpoint Inc. projects that sales of new handsets in North America...
As the Global System for Mobile communications community celebrates the inroads the technology has made throughout the world, the GSM MoU Association said it will continue to promote the technology worldwide and make sure third-generation technology incorporates a GSM platform and open interface.As of...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. said its dual-mode Nokia 2180 phone that uses Code Division Multiple Access technology is available in the San Diego market.Developed at Nokia's research center in San Diego, the 800 MHz phone, which provides up to 210 minutes of talk time and...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group last week said it completed a new Code Division Multiple Access system for China's first CDMA operator, Beijing Telecom Greatwall Mobile Communications Co. Ltd.Motorola said it is the only system supplier for the Beijing network, which has...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced that Japanese cellular service providers DDI Corp. and IDO Corp. will use cdmaOne as the brand name for their joint Code Division Multiple Access cellular phone service.The two companies, which are members of the CDG, plan to...
NEW YORK-Telecom Analysis Systems, Eatontown, N.J., said Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, has implemented the TAS Code Division Multiple Access Automatic Test System for testing software in its cellular and personal communications services phones.A turnkey hardware and software solution, the TAS CDMA ATS automatically tests...
NOVEMBER29-3 Asia-Pacific Telecom '97, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Jakarta Fairgrounds Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia. 62 21 4204300.DECEMBER1-2 Wireless Business Telephone Systems Seminar, by Alexander Resources. Phoenix Inn, Phoenix. Call Carole Kaufman at (972) 818-8225.2-3 Second Annual Latin America Wireless Summit, by...
Dataradio introduced T-Base, a transparent integrated radio modem base/repeater unit. It features vir-tually no bit dribble and is compatible with most protocols, including Modbus binary, and also is capable of continuous duty transmit operation, said the company. The T-Base has remote online radio-frequency network...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sony Corp.'s digital CM-Z100 personal communications service phone is now available at Sprint Spectrum L.P.'s Sprint PCS and Radio Shack stores nationwide. The phone is based on Code Division Multiple Access technology.The Z100 weighs less than 5.3 ounces with the battery pack...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a contract with wireline operator Philippines Telegraph & Telephone Corp. to deploy a Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop network next month in southern Luzon.The geography and demography of the Philippines is well suited to wireless telephony, due to...
As wireless industry leaders continue to tout convergence as the next frontier for the industry, one Southeastern carrier has quietly pulled itself ahead of the game.Alltel Communications Inc. significantly increased its wireless footprint as a result of the D-, E-and F-block personal communications services...
SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea's largest cellular operator, has completed test trials of third-generation services, which it expects to offer to the public at the 2002 World Cup in Seoul.Believing IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunications) is crucial to its success, the Code Division Multiple...
NOVEMBER10-11 Channel Development for Wireless Distribution and Retail, by AIC Conferences. The Hotel Monaco, San Francisco. (800) 409-4AIC.10-12 Intele-CardNews Expo of the Americas: A Global Partnership, by Intele-CardNews. Fontainebleau Hilton Resort & Spa, Miami Beach, Fla. Call Clare Parsons at (281) 298-1431, ext. 105.10-12 Impact...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced three South Korean wireless communications equipment manufacturers are including Lucent's digital signal processor-based compression and decompression (codec) technology in their Code Division Multiple Access wireless handsets and base stations.Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. and...
