CDMA

No wonder China is postponing its decision on third-generation wireless licenses. They’re almost obsolete, if you believe the rhetoric thrown about these days. OK, slight exaggeration, but new technologies are …

WASHINGTON—The Justice Department said Alltel Corp. agreed to sell wireless assets in several rural Minnesota markets as a condition to antitrust approval of its $1 billion purchase of regional operator …

PARIS-Alcatel Inc. cut a deal with Nortel Networks Ltd. to buy the Canadian supplier’s UMTS radio access business for $320 million. Alcatel says the purchase will strengthen its UMTS market …

Sprint Nextel Corp. last week launched a new program for enterprise customers, hoping to be a “one-stop shop” for a range of needs from fleet dispatch management to mobile device …

PARIS—Alcatel Inc. cut a deal with Nortel Networks Ltd. to buy the Canadian supplier’s UMTS radio access business for $320 million. Alcatel says the purchase will strengthen its UMTS market …

As shareholders of Lucent Technologies Inc. and Alcatel Inc. get set to vote Sept. 7 on the companies’ proposed merger, analyst opinions run the gamut on the infrastructure “merger of …

While Motorola Inc. grabbed the spotlight after posting strong, second-quarter results last month, the American vendor’s success obscured a remarkable surge in shipments by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. Sony …

Wherify Wireless Inc. will retail its Wherifone GPS Locator phones through Toys `R’ Us outlets nationwide starting Oct. 1, after a long delay during which the firm twice re-engineered the …

The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News. Cellular France: Bouygues Telecom selected Nortel Networks as a supplier for …

PARIS—As Alcatel Inc.’s shareholders get set to vote on the issue Sept. 7, analyst opinions run the gamut on the infrastructure “merger of the season” between Alcatel and Lucent Technologies Inc. …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—The worldwide mobile infrastructure market grew 10 percent during the second quarter, but declined 3 percent compared with last year’s second quarter, according to a new study from …

TOKYO—KDDI Corp. said it will invest $1.73 billion over the next three years to upgrade its network to CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology. Japan’s second-largest carrier said the new …

   REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Wherify Wireless Inc. will retail its Wherifone GPS Locator phones through Toys ‘R’ Us outlets nationwide starting Oct. 1, after a long delay during which the firm …

Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate iPCS Inc. has claimed victory in a lawsuit that could force Sprint Nextel to divest its iDEN operations in the affiliate’s territory. Sprint Corp. took …

Sprint Nextel Corp. had a rocky second quarter, with plummeting retail postpaid net customer additions and negative net additions through its wholesalers. Carrier executives acknowledge the problem and blamed it …

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-American consumers spent about $4.4 billion on 67 million mobile phones in the first half of the year, according to The NPD Group. Motorola Inc. captured 32-percent market …

CHICAGO-Boeing Co. grounded its money-losing, in-flight communications offering known as Connexion, saying it plans to “facilitate an orderly phase out” of the service. “Over the last six years, we have …

Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. landed a deal to deliver CDMA2000 network equipment to Leap Wireless International Inc. for market buildouts in Spokane, Wash.,; Boise, Idaho; and Reno, …

TORONTO-Pantech Group continued its march to establish a global brand identity by launching its first Pantech-branded handset-the PN-3200 for young consumers-in Canada. The handset is available through Telus Mobility, Canada’s …

Controversial competing technologies. A spectrum auction that brings in billions of dollars. Am I flashing back to 1995? No, but a few noteworthy announcements in recent weeks are reminiscent of …

SHENZHEN, China—ZTE Corp. said it is entering the North American market via a deal to provide 3G data cards to Canada’s Telus. The Chinese vendor said it already has shipped …

CHICAGO—Boeing Co. grounded its money-losing, in-flight communications offering known as Connexion, saying it plans to “facilitate an orderly phase out” of the service. “Over the last six years, we have …

   TORONTO—Pantech Group continued its march to establish a global brand identity by launching its first Pantech-branded handset—the PN-3200 for young consumers—in Canada. The handset is available through Telus Mobility, …

CHICAGO, Ill.—Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate iPCS Inc. has claimed victory in a lawsuit that could force Sprint Nextel to divest itself of its iDEN operations in the affiliate’s territory. …

RALEIGH, N.C.—Mobile content providers Oasys Mobile Inc. and Moderati announced a contract win with Sprint Nextel Corp. that establishes them as the “agent partners” for the carrier’s CDMA ringers and …