CDMA

Motorola Inc. released a trio of new phones featuring digital music players, although the company’s long-anticipated iTunes-capable device was not in attendance. Motorola executives have said the company will unveil …

Alcatel Alsthom said it is embarking on its quarterly road show to showcase its corporate strategy and offerings for both the wireless and fixed market to investors and financial analysts. …

Alcatel Althsom may not be the first names in the CDMA business, but the French vendor aims for a robust market share in the space. Barely a month after inking …

NEW ORLEANS-VeriSign Inc. said its push-to-talk service is now available for evaluation by North American and Latin American CDMA operators. “Consumers and enterprise users are demanding instant and secure access …

NEW ORLEANS-Several infrastructure suppliers announced third-generation contract wins. L.M. Ericsson said Swedish 3G operator Svenska UMTS-Nät AB, the joint venture between Tele2 and TeliaSonera, awarded it a new three-year frame …

NEW ORLEANS-Sprint Corp. said business customers will be eligible for a credit of 10 percent of their monthly wireless data bills if service quality falls below certain levels. Sprint said …

NEW ORLEANS-CellStar and Sybase entered a strategic partnership to incorporate Sybase’s mFolio Content Services Solution into CellStar’s existing wireless communications portfolio of products and services. CellStar said it will seamlessly …

NEW ORLEANS-Several infrastructure suppliers announced third-generation contract wins. L.M. Ericsson said Swedish 3G operator Svenska UMTS-Nät AB, the joint venture between Tele2 and TeliaSonera, awarded it a new three-year frame …

David Steinberg stands as an example of the surplus of opportunity within wireless. As chief executive officer of Internet activation company InPhonic Inc., Steinberg has overseen the growth of the …

Wireless carriers’ spectrum positions have changed radically during the past six months due to industry consolidation, spectrum auctions and other spectrum deals. These changes have been driven mostly by the …

News that Paul Jacobs is succeeding his father, Irwin, as chief executive officer at Qualcomm is not surprising. It’s part of a long history in wireless telephony. To name a …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it has demonstrated live Internet Protocol multimedia applications over a commercial CDMA2000 network. The announcement underlines Nokia’s commitment to CDMA technology. The vendor has been known …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it is partnering with L.M. Ericsson to support CDMA technical trials in South Africa, covering residential neighborhoods, business parks and locations with limited wireless access. The …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint jump-started its EV-DO network efforts by releasing an EV-DO-capable PC card from Sierra Wireless Inc. The card is compatible with Sprint’s CDMA 1x network. The move is …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless distributor CellStar Corp. said its Latin American operations have adopted a new strategy that focuses on GSM product distribution in the region. “In the past, we have primarily …

The Rural Telecommunications Group trade association, which represents small wireless operators in rural markets, filed a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny Alltel Corp.’s pending acquisition of Western …

Motient Communications Inc. announced it will shut down the rural sections of its network, reducing its DataTAC network coverage from 200 million people to 137 million. The move is not …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it has demonstrated live Internet Protocol multimedia applications over a commercial CDMA2000 network. The announcement underlines Nokia’s commitment to CDMA technology. The vendor has been known …

Kodiak Network’s rapidly expanding Real-Time Exchange System and accompanying Advanced Voice Services applications received another set of updates, which the company said further advances the platform beyond a push-to-talk offering. …

Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has reached what it described as a milestone in a demonstration of OFDM and MIMO technologies, with speeds that transcend current third-generation capabilities. The company …

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Wireless networking company Helicomm announced it acquired WirelessPlug, which makes wireless machine-to-machine modems working over GPRS, GSM and CDMA technologies for the Asian market. Terms of the deal were …

Qualcomm Inc. has appointed Paul E. Jacobs as its new chief executive officer. He succeeds his father, Irwin Jacobs, who will retain his position as chairman of the wireless company. …

Sprint Corp. Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer said the company plans to hold some cash in reserve following its pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. to help fund additional requirements …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA subscriber base in India has increased more than 500 percent to 14 million users since December 2002, according to the CDMA Development Group. CDMA market share …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson improved its CDMA profile with two contracts, one for CDMA2000 1x in India and the other for CDMA2000 450 MHz technology. Ericsson signed with Shyam Telecom in …