SKOKIE, Ill.-U.S. Robotics and Northern Telecom Ltd. agreed to jointly develop wireless data access products for mobile professionals needing wireless access to e-mail, the Internet and other data applications."Digital wireless technology promises faster, higher quality and more reliable data transmission than circuit-switched analog cellular...
NEWBURY, U.K.-Vodafone Group plc and Qualcomm Inc. said they will conduct a field trial in the United Kingdom starting the fourth quarter to demonstrate how Code Division Multiple Access wireless access technology can be integrated into a Global System for Mobile communications network.The companies...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. said they will develop a prototype digital handset for NTT DoCoMo in Japan based on wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology.NTT recently announced it plans to implement wideband CDMA technology by 2000. L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc....
SPOKANE, Wash.-GTE Wireless activated its Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services network in Spokane, Wash."The introduction of this new wireless service in Spokane completes our PCS market launch on schedule," said Mark Feighner, president of GTE Wireless. "As one of the country's leading...
Motorola Inc.'s Integrated Software Products division released its Air Apparent software for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT version 1.1. The product is a general purpose, enterprise-wide wireless messaging software application that integrates paging technology with Windows NT. This allows Windows NT users to send wireless...
WAYNESBORO, Va.-CFW Communications Co. and American Telecasting Inc. will begin testing two-way digital voice and data services over spectrum principally used for wireless cable.An experimental license for the trial, which will be conducted in Waynesboro, Va., was granted by the Federal Communications Commission. The...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. granted a worldwide, royalty-bearing license to Sharp Corp. to manufacture and sell Code Division Multiple Access subscriber products.Sharp is the 16th Japanese manufacturer to receive an Interim Standard 95 CDMA license from Qualcomm. Sharp develops core technology products such as liquid...
Samsung Electronics Co. has sold more than 1 million Any Call digital Code Division Multiple Access phone sets and obtained more than 1.4 million new subscribers in one year. The company said its four CDMA handset models-SCH-100, SCH-100S, SCH-200 and SCH-200F-captured 58 percent of...
Swedish telecommunications giant L.M. Ericsson is promoting the application of wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, and recently announced a partnership with Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp. of Japan to develop commercial uses for W-CDMA.The announcement has raised a few eyebrows for a number...
NEW YORK-South Korea's telecommunications marketplace is in the throes of a gradual but deliberate deregulation that is presenting opportunities and challenges for SK Telecom Co. Ltd., the largest wireless carrier."Korea will be almost wide open with free competition, but Korea is different from the...
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.The company said it's Global System for Mobile communications network, supplied by Northern Telecom Inc.,...
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 deliveries of Qualcomm's new 800 MHz QCP-820 dual-mode CDMA phones during the second half of...
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 profit margins declined.Qualcomm, headquartered in San Diego, reported revenues of $586 million during the...
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 microwave radio system for rural districts of Costa Rica. The other calls for NEC...
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 rollout.Seoul-based SK Telecom, whose stock is listed on the London and Korea stock exchanges,...
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 launched new services to business and retail customers simultaneously," said Julie Dexter Berg, executive vice...
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. "Kokusai will help meet the demand for CDMA products that will result from Japan's...
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 dismissal was issued in an effort to consolidate the companies' claims against each other...
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 $50 million.CFW Communications Co., managing partner for the alliance, will offer personal communications services...
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 stating, suggesting, inferring or otherwise communicating directly or indirectly to Qualcomm's customers, suppliers and prospective...
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 mass deployments (of digital services) come together at a slower pace than they potentially could...
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 by the end of the year, uses Code Division Multiple Access technology.The Martis DXX...
