CDMA

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will sell its SCH-a890 CDMA EV-DO phone through Verizon Wireless starting next month. The phone will support Verizon’s recently announced Vcast streaming video …

BEIJING-ZTE announced a new CDMA 450 MHz contract win in Russia. The Chinese vendor said the port of Murmansk in northern Russia, the world’s largest city north of the Arctic …

ALGERIA Chinese vendor ZTE Corp. said it will supply CDMA gear for a network covering the three provinces of Tizi Ouzou, Bouira and Bejaia in northern Algeria. The contract value …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Centennial Communications Corp. said it selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to replace and upgrade its existing wireless networks in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with CDMA2000 1x …

Merger-mania trickled down the food chain last week as super-regional operator Alltel Corp. said it had reached an agreement to buy rural operator Western Wireless Corp. for approximately $6 billion …

Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced it will move its mobile-phone and telemetry manufacturing operations from its headquarters in San Diego across the border to Tijuana, Mexico. The company said it would …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless announced plans for a new embedded module for CDMA 1x-EV-DO networks that will be delivered in the second quarter. The Sierra Wireless EM5625 will be the …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Centennial Communications Corp. said it selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to replace and upgrade its existing wireless networks in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands with CDMA2000 1x …

The U.S. carrier market appears to be headed for further constriction on news that regional carrier Alltel Corp. is in advanced negotiations to buy Western Wireless Corp. for $4 billion. …

LAS VEGAS-Below is a quick rundown of some of the numerous new gadgets announced at the Consumer Electronics Show: c Kodak announced a new digital camera with Wi-Fi capability for …

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. made headlines last week by announcing it was part of an effort to develop standards for a new mobile-phone technology that would transfer data more …

WASHINGTON-The telecom industry is still scratching its head about what potential impact a directive regarding the U.S. global positioning system signed by President Bush Dec. 8 could have on its …

BEIJING-Chinese vendor ZTE Corp. said it will supply CDMA gear for a network covering the three provinces of Tizi Ouzou, Bouira and Bejaia in northern Algeria. The contract value was …

LAS VEGAS-In conjunction with the Consumer Electronics Show, Motorola Inc. announced a series of new, advanced wireless handsets, as well as new Bluetooth products and automotive gadgets. “Motorola is bringing …

The U.S. carrier market appears to be headed for further constriction on news that regional carrier Alltel Corp. is in advanced negotiations to buy Western Wireless Corp. for $4 billion. …

Voice over Internet Protocol phone carrier Vonage announced several new devices to support its service, including a portable Wi-Fi phone from wireless handset and infrastructure provider UTStarcom Inc. Vonage sells …

Even as it begins serious deployments of third-generation technologies, the wireless industry is hedging its bets on next-generation technology. Since W-CDMA and CDMA2000 someday may reach their tethers, some industry …

As usual, the wireless industry plans to come out in force during this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, running Thursday through Sunday in Las Vegas. Among the expected announcements: c LG …

WASHINGTON-Predicting the future is not as difficult as you might think. To predict the future is to know the present in cold, sober terms. You can read what the experts …

Pantech&Curitel, a South Korean manufacturing company comprising the mobile-phone operations of Curitel Communications Inc. and Pantech Group, announced ambitious plans to sell 10 million Pantech-branded mobile phones in the United …

Provigent Inc., which makes system-on-chip solutions for broadband wireless, said its PVG310 single-chip modem is now generally available. The company said the modem uses cross-polarization interface cancellation technology to increase …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it will meet the high end of its first-quarter 2005 estimates with revenues of about $1.4 billion, excluding the Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives segment. The company expects …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it will meet the high end of its first-quarter 2005 estimates with revenues of about $1.4 billion, excluding the Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives segment. The company expects …

Many in the industry peg iDEN handset vendor Motorola Inc. as a major winner following the merger between Sprint and Nextel Communications Inc. Motorola’s position is enviable as the company …

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