CDMA

The wireless industry should not hold its breath for the coming of CDMA2000 EV-DV technology. Both Qualcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. said they are focusing their immediate attention elsewhere. …

Sprint jump-started its EV-DO network efforts with the release of an EV-DO-capable PC card from Sierra Wireless Inc. The card is also compatible with Sprint’s current CDMA 1xRTT network. The …

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 …

SAN FRANCISCO-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 …

Numbers show that the worldwide mobile-phone market increased to 674 million units in 2004, a 30-percent increase from sales in 2003. The research comes from Gartner Inc. and mirrors similar …

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 …

While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has introduced a UMTS play into the picture: Enter UMTS450 technology. The company describes UMTS450 as a …

TORONTO-The Virgin Mobile Group is reportedly set to launch a mobile virtual network operator-based wireless service in Canada March 1 using Bell Canada’s CDMA network. The service is expected to …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson improved its CDMA profile with two contracts, one for CDMA2000 1x and the other for CDMA2000 450 MHz technology. The vendor said it has signed frame agreements …

TORONTO-The Virgin Mobile Group is reportedly set to launch a mobile virtual network operator-based wireless service in Canada March 1 using Bell Canada’s CDMA network. The service is expected to …

SUWON, Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. jumped into the push-to-do-everything arena with the company’s demonstration of what it calls its PTA (push-to-all) solution. Samsung said the technology combines existing push-to-talk one-to-multi-user …

Sprint said it will begin selling a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. phone that will work on both CDMA and GSM networks. Verizon Wireless already sells a similar device. Sprint said …

ST. LOUIS-U.S. wireless operators will slowly migrate from CDMA networks to Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing technology as they move from third generation to fourth generation, according to a report from …

While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has brought UMTS technology into the spectrum battle. Enter UMTS450 technology. The company describes it as a …

In the juggling act between GSM and W-CDMA, dilemma is beautiful. But it is a terrible kind of beauty because both vendors and carriers must decide how much of their …

Nokia Corp.’s longtime stranglehold on the U.S. mobile-phone market appears to be broken-at least for now-by a major surge in sales from Motorola Inc. “Motorola products are really just more …

CANNES, France-Following through on its fourth-quarter promises, Openwave Systems Inc. announced a deal with Qualcomm Inc. to include Openwave’s WAP browser on Qualcomm’s MSM chips. “This phone solution streamlines development …

TBILISI, Georgia-The Georgian National Communications Commission began a tender process for a new nationwide mobile license in the 800 MHz band, further opening the door to CDMA in Europe outside …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Cricket Communications Inc. announced it will sell the CDM-8910 camera phone from UTStarcom Inc. for $200. “Given its cool form factor and wide range of features from a built-in …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Sprint PCS said it has chosen Harris Corp. to provide its network with point-to-point microwave technology. The carrier signed a four-year deal to receive Harris’ next-generation microwave …

CANNES, France-Following through on its fourth-quarter promises, Openwave Systems Inc. announced a deal with Qualcomm Inc. to include Openwave’s WAP browser on Qualcomm’s MSM chips. “We are pleased to work …

Although it once looked like local Chinese handset players would be able to defend their home turf and control the world’s largest wireless handset market, now it appears that size …

CANNES, France-Nokia Corp. today released the third version of its Series 60 software platform for mobile phones. The platform, based on the Symbian operating system, features Nokia’s user interface and …

Building the network for a single-service protocol provided its own challenges. GSM, despite its worldwide acceptance, had to work out a profitable model. That compelled carriers to determine what kind …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has entered into CDMA2000 agreements with two companies, while a carrier has launched CDMA2000 EV-DO technology in Venezuela. The CDMA proprietor said it entered separate …