CDMA

NEW YORK-While other cellular carriers are going national and international, Three-sixty Communications Co. sees advantages in taking the road less traveled, through clustered regional markets in the United States. “We …

MAY 6 The Emerging Market for Wireless Location-based Products and Services, by Telestrategies Inc. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Va. (703) 734-7050. 6-9 Inside Washington: Business and Public Policy Focus …

Depending on who is doing the talking, Code Division Multiple Access technology either is venerated or vilified. While several major A-, B-and C-block personal communications services operators have committed to …

NORMAN, Okla.-The first phase of University of Oklahoma research has concluded that different digital phone technologies can interfere with hearing aids, but researchers have yet to settle on how to …

NEW YORK-With the advent of a personal communications services overlay onto the nation’s traditional cellular landscape, 1996 also will mark the debut of the dual-mode wireless phone as a consumer …

Cable television infrastructure is making a comeback as a solution to help companies mix-and-match architectures to deliver personal communications services in the face of community resistance to tower build-outs. Cox …

APRIL 28-1 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference ’96, by IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The Westin Peach-tree Plaza, Atlanta. (908) 562-3870. 30 The Telecom Act of 1996: Myths and Markets, by Creamer …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications said it will announce in May plans to launch Code Division Multiple Access service on a limited basis to some existing customers. The cellular operator built out …

Expenses were significant for Qualcomm Inc. in the second quarter, deeply affecting its earnings and sending its stock down 10 points. The San Diego company said it expects to build …

Rapid progress to market for Canada’s personal communications services licensees is marked by Industry Canada’s recent release of license conditions and Bell Mobility’s announcement to use Code Division Multiple Access …

Analysts no longer are betting when the C-block broadband personal communications services auction will end. Each time they do, it causes a bidding surge. As of Round 108, NextWave Personal …

APRIL 14-16 Technology Forecasting for the Telecom Industry, by Technology Futures Inc. Grand Kempinski, Dallas. Call David Solomon at (800) 835-3887. 16-18 Universal Wireless Communications International Conference, Singapore International Convention …

“The Internet is the killer app!” declared futurist George Gilder at the Wireless Apps ’95 show hosted by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last fall in Las Vegas. He was …

Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. is open for CDMA business in South Korea. AirTouch Communications Inc., 11 percent owner and lead technical partner in Shinsegi, said the cellular venture launched Code Division …

AirTouch Communications Inc. said there are several reasons why it is able to launch a Code Division Multiple Access system commercially in Korea, but it hesitates to deploy the CDMA …

BEDMINISTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile will launch its Code Division Multiple Access service using the 13 kilobit-per-second vocoder for advanced voice quality. A great deal of CDMA testing in the …

Pacific Bell Mobile Services survived what it called “a political hit” when the San Diego City Council approved 12 PCS antenna permits previously suspended due to health complaints from a …

I’ve got a scoop! I think I now know how President Clinton plans to balance the budget. By selling the budget-all five volumes of the fiscal ’97 spending plan for …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced its cast of wireless applications that enable cellular phone users to access information directly from the Internet. Motorola Wireless Internet Services will …

Telex Communications Inc. has introduced a lightweight headset specifically for cellular phones and other mobile applications. The company said its Telex Nomad Headset is a lightweight, ear-worn device with an …

Subscriber Identity Module cards are making their debut in the United States as important tools to help personal communications service carriers penetrate the market. SIM cards contain all the subscriber-related …

MARCH 25-27 Wireless ’96, by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Dallas Convention Center, Dallas. Call Mary Claire Murphy at (202) 785-0081. 25-29 Third Annual Portable by Design Conference and Exposition. …

Although I promised myself a break from any columns that have to do with CDMA vs. GSM technology and hearing aid interference, I’m breaking the rule-because something positive happened and, …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. announced a contract with Russian telecommunications company IV Telecom to provide equipment for a digital cellular phone system using Code Division Multiple Access technology. Samsung …

WASHINGTON-Consumer and industry groups are not expected to offer a clear cut fix to hearing aid interference from digital pocket telephones in the report they submit to Federal Communications Commission …