CDMA

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it licensed IP Header Compression from Stockholm, Sweden-based Effnet AB. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Qualcomm plans to use the technology in its future …

LUANDA, Angola-Movicel, an African CDMA provider, has selected Nortel to upgrade its wireless broadband network to CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology in Angola. Movicel has 350,000 subscribers and expects the upgrade …

Qualcomm Inc. positioned itself squarely in the race to fourth-generation technology with the acquisition of OFDM technology startup Flarion Technologies Inc. Qualcomm said it will pay about $600 million for …

LG Electronics Co. Ltd. appears to be joining the likes of Enfora L.P., Firefly Mobile Inc. and Wherify Wireless Inc. in selling mobile phones to children. According to documents filed …

Rural telecommunications provider and Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. said it has entered into a forbearance agreement with Sprint related to Sprint’s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. …

GENEVA, Switzerland-In-flight communications company OnAir Inc. said it is working with software developer TriaGnoSys GmbH and server provider Miltope Corp. to build a GSM-only mobile-phone offering for use onboard jetliners. …

Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. posted 14,600 net customer additions during the second quarter, short of the 16,900 subscribers the carrier added during the second quarter of 2004 and …

Handset sales continue to show strength as the industry enters the third quarter, according to an investor update from Piper Jaffray, with Motorola Inc. furthering its lead in the U.S. …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. staged a minor coup last week as the industry’s largest operator signed a 10-year deal to replace smaller, but faster-growing rival Verizon Wireless at RadioShack Corp.’s more …

Sprint Corp. received an important endorsement for its pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. as the Federal Communications Commission granted its approval for the deal, which will solidify the new …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. closed on its $6.5 billion acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. Alltel reported it would issue 54.3 million shares of common stock and pay $933.4 million in …

WASHINGTON-Online wireless retailer and mobile virtual network operator InPhonic Inc. reported a 63-percent jump in revenues during the second quarter from $50.1 million in 2004 to $81.6 million this year. …

Sprint Corp. wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said it has entered into a forebearance agreement with Sprint that will halt UbiquiTel’s attempts to seek injunctive or equitable relief from Sprint in …

The frenzy of consolidation sweeping the wireless industry may not be over as an industry research firm recommended that some nationwide operators could see both long- and short-term benefits by …

Ahhh, China. It’s sort of like the black sheep of the global wireless family. It plays by its own rules, it doesn’t conform and it certainly doesn’t make things easy …

When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launches high-speed data packet access-based service en masse in the United States later this year, the protocol is expected to double the carrier’s reach, making a …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group said its Global Handset Requirements for CDMA team has developed and published common requirements for different classes of CDMA2000 handsets to reduce cost and …

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. used its annual analyst meeting here to paint a portrait of itself as a sleek, lean, high-tech firm with plans to sit alongside such well-known consumer brands as …

Novatel Wireless Inc. strengthened its position as the No. 1 supplier of PC cards in the United States in the second quarter, finally beating long-time rival Sierra Wireless Inc. Sierra …

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands-Telecommunications company Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. signed an agreement to add Commnet Wireless L.L.C. to its line-up of telecommunications holdings in a cash deal worth $59 million. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it will partner with Access Co. Ltd. to make the Japanese mobile content delivery firm’s i-mode Global Profile offering available on select W-CDMA MSM chipsets from …

CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. released a new high-end Microsoft Windows mobile device targeted squarely at the BlackBerry and Treo enterprise market at the outset of its analyst conference here, but there was …

Although Qualcomm Inc. lowered its expectations for W-CDMA and CDMA handset shipments, the company still managed to post results ahead of expectations. The company’s stock was up more than 6 …

BURNABY, British Columbia-Unity Wireless Corp., which develops coverage enhancement solutions, subsystems and power amplifiers, said it sold and delivered wireless subsystems to a top-tier North American customer. The deal was …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it integrated enhanced navigation technology into its line of chipsets for CDMA and W-CDMA phones. The company said the new offering will reduce the costs for …