CDMA

It’s the morning after. The reporter arrives at 10: 15 a.m. at the historic Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., (conveniently across 14th Street from the National Press Building) to interview …

Large markets in Latin America are serving as test beds for a range of digital cellular and personal communications services standards, according to a study from Pyramid Research Inc. The …

North American Wireless Inc. announced NextWave Personal Communications Inc. is joining the NAWI team of companies planning to build a nationwide personal communications services network using Code Division Multiple Access …

GREENVILLE, S.C.-The recognition of a $95.8 million after-tax gain on the sale of Dial Page Inc.’s paging operation accounted for a $38.7 million, or $1.83 per share, net income for …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Qualcomm Inc., through its Brazilian subsidiary, Qualcomm do Brasil, and NEC do Brasil plan to deliver digital cellular systems based on Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access technology to …

WASHINGTON-The future is here. Vice President Al Gore, father of the information superhighway, christened the broadband personal communications services industry with a call to Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke Nov. 15 …

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-AT&T Network Systems Inc. said it is able to interface its Cellular Digital Packet Data and Code Division Multiple Access systems using a common interface. The company said it …

Datum Inc.’s Timing Division announced the release of a small high-performance Global Positioning Satellite system receiver. Datum said the StarTime GPS Clock is designed for applications that require not only …

Several companies are moving into the network planning business, ready to offer computer-based design expertise to new wireless operators and existing operators faced with increasing competition in the cellular and …

Cellular One said it introduced FreedomLink Personal Communications System to businesses in western New York. The system operates as an extension to an existing office phone system by using very …

DALLAS-PCS PrimeCo L.P. announced it has made the world’s first wireless phone call on a carrier-based personal communications services system using Code Division Multiple Access digital technology at 1900 MHz. …

Short forms are due today for designated entities, marking a giant and-finally-tangible step toward the Federal Communications Commission’s C-block auction of nearly 500 personal communications services licenses set for Dec. …

While the personal communications services industry in general remains locked in a three-way split over an airlink standard for systems deployment, cable TV operators in the PCS business so far …

As the entrepreneurial block auctions for broadband personal communications services get underway this December, the first broadband PCS services also are scheduled to become reality. But a later rollout schedule …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has formed the ASIC Products business unit to provide Application Specific Integrated Circuits for products based on Code Division Multiple Access technology. The unit will be under …

Wireless operators continue to line up behind one of the seven technologies that will be used for personal communications services, solidifying the formation of PCS technology camps and leading to …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Wireless activity in Indonesia is heating up as two more telecommunications giants jump into the market. L. M. Ericsson and Indonesian partner PT Erindo Utama received a contract from …

WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry told the Federal Communications Commission it will work with the hearing-impaired community, hearing aid manufacturers and audiologists during the next six months to develop short-term and …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Hutchison Telephone Co. Ltd. launched what it says is the world’s first commercial Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular phone system in Hong Kong. Hutchison plans to migrate …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt directed the wireless telecommunications industry to develop a plan by next week to address interference from European-designed digital pocket telephones to hearing aids. Hundt, …

BATON ROUGE, La.-Eatelcorp Inc. will partner with Mercury Cellular and Paging of Lake Charles, La., and contract assistance from Louisiana State University to conduct a trial of AT&T Network Systems …

AT&T Network Systems Inc. installed a digital wireless data communications system on Tele2000’s wireless network in Lima, Peru. Tele2000 said it was the first to bring cellular telephone service to …

GENEVA-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has signed a worldwide, royalty-bearing infrastructure license agreement with Fujitsu Ltd. to use Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access technology. The multimillion dollar agreement follows the recent …

Nearly half of the 20 companies holding licenses for broadband personal communications services have made firm technology decisions, but others continue the difficult task of weighing options. “It is like …

On a recent trip across Europe to visit some of the major operators and manufacturers of the blossoming cellular industry there, I was asked to describe the state of the …