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 less traveled instead the one the taken by the rest of the wireless herd,...
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 communications services technologies.The court said there was disparate treatment of Omnipoint Corp., which received...
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 the Phoenix launch was the 13th using its CDMA equipment.The contract for the CDMA system...
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 phone and a cordless phone. Features of the ACT-900 include 120 minutes of talk...
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 $293 million.The deal resulted from a memorandum of understanding signed by the companies in...
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 networks. Allen Telecom values the contract at more than $9 million. The expansion will...
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 Access wireless network.Lucent said it was chosen by the Communications Authority of Thailand for...
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 was that it was not commercially available. That changed in 1996 as both cellular and...
JANUARY7-8 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 Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference, by the Pacific Telecommunications Council. Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii. (808) 941-3789.22-23 Local...
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, serving around 90 percent of the populated areas."We are pleased to supply Cellular One with...
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 and establish operations to sell Globalstar service in Indonesia. AirTouch said it plans to...
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 picks for the Top 20 stories of 1996.1. Jan. 29Omnipoint nets $112M in IPONEW...
WASHINGTON-Sprint Spectrum L.P., which began offering personal communications service in Washington a year ago through partner American Personal Communications, has converted its marketing from a big-bang effort to one resembling a continuous rumble.During the last 13 months, the carrier has attracted more than 100,000...
Sprint PCS service is available in six cities, and just two days remain for Sprint Spectrum L.P. to meet its goal of launching 1900 MHz personal comm-unications services in two more of its 29 A- and B-block markets.Sprint's Code Division Multiple Access service is...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. signed a letter of intent with Asahi Kasei Microsystems to provide a triple-mode chipset for the Code Division Multiple Access market in Japan.Qualcomm said its CDMA digital baseband technology will be integrated with AKM's analog baseband technology for the Japanese...
LOS ANGELES-Code Division Multiple Access achieved the fastest early adoption of any new digital wireless technology, according to Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDMA Development Group. CDMA was adopted by hundreds of thousands of new subscribers this year in the United States and...
LOS ANGELES-The CDMA Development Group has said it wants to create a single name for the Code Division Multiple Access family of products.
Wireless local loop, cellular and personal communications services are based on the same specification, said Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG....
Qualcomm Inc. has made a double-barrel response to claims by L.M. Ericsson that Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access products infringe on Ericsson technology patents.Both Qualcomm and Ericsson hold CDMA U.S. patents. Qualcomm has designed and is building commercial CDMA infrastructure and handset equipment for...
LOS ANGELES-Ever since PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched service in 11 markets last month, many Code Division Multiple Access proponents believe the technology has passed its first test-widespread deployment. Now the challenge, most say, will be for carriers to maintain high voice quality while...
Oki Telecom Inc. says it expects to be first to market with a tri-mode wireless phone based on Code Division Multiple Access technology, a move in line with the company's selection of CDMA as its product niche for the U.S. market.The year 1996 has...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s International Cellular Infrastructure Group said it won a contract to supply a Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop network to Yemen's Public Telecommunications Corp.The system will be deployed in three phases, with the first phase scheduled to be operational...
DECEMBER9-10 Wireless in the Local Loop, by IBC USA Conferences Inc. The Grand Hyatt, San Francisco. (508) 481-6400.9-10 Universal Service, by IBC USA Conferences Inc. Hyatt Regency, Bethesda, Md. (508) 481-6400.10 Wireless Messaging Integration, by Motorola Inc.'s Integrated Software Products. Dallas Medallion, Dallas. (800)...
LOS ANGELES-AirTouch Cellular has turned on its complete Code Division Multiple Access network in Los Angeles, having overcome software problems in the Motorola Inc.-supplied system.The company launched a small portion of the system in May, then only covering 3,500 square miles in northern Los...
