CDMA

Symbol Technologies Inc. will acquire Matrics Inc., which designs and manufactures electronic product code (EPC)-compliant radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, for $230 million. “The acquisition of Matrics is a significant …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will provide in-building solutions for the new National Grand Theater in China under a contract awarded by Beijing Communication Corp., a subsidiary of China Netcom …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Alvarion Communications Ltd. said it has entered an agreement to acquire InterWave for approximately $56 million in an all-cash deal. InterWave makes compact GSM and CDMA network equipment …

JACKSON, Miss.-Rural wireless provider Cellular South launched BREW-based wireless data services on its CDMA2000 1x network in the Southeast, allowing customers to download wireless applications and services to BREW-enabled handsets. …

Motorola Inc. had its share of ups and downs last week, when news of solid earnings and the launch of three new handsets collided with a software glitch in several …

Market share mayhem A two-way pager. A digital handset. A clamshell phone. A camera phone. All fine devices, and all devices whose introductions-and delays-have the power to change the fortunes …

Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will begin production and systems integration capabilities for CDMA2000 base stations for the 450 MHz band at its facility in Poland. Lucent said it will …

As chips and mobile handsets shrink in size, so do base stations. Major infrastructure vendors believe it is the wave of the future. Nokia Corp. reflected this when it unveiled …

Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. extended its $780 million all-cash offer to purchase wireless rival Microcell Telecommunications Inc. until Aug. 20. The unsolicited offer originally was made on May 13 …

Wireless devices are outgrowing the cradles once used to transmit personal information like datebook reminders and contact lists from portable PDAs to desktop computers. Last week, Verizon Wireless launched PalmOne …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. extended its $780 million all-cash offer to purchase wireless rival Microcell Telecommunications Inc. until Aug. 20. The unsolicited offer originally was made on …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has reasserted itself as one of the wireless industry’s success stories with third-quarter financial results marked with outstanding figures. The proprietor of CDMA technology had a third-quarter …

BYDGOSZCZ, Poland-Lucent Technologies Inc. said Tuesday it will begin production and systems integration capabilities for CDMA2000 base stations for the 450 MHz band at its facility in Poland. Lucent said …

SAN DIEGO-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Qualcomm Inc. said they are the first companies to deploy video-based interface technology that allows mobile phones to convey images. The technology, developed by …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s V810 phone will debut in North America with U.S. Cellular this September. The phone includes an integrated camera with a built-in picture indicator light, advanced multimedia messaging …

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Inc. said it hit record sales in the second quarter of 2004, recording $5.2 million in total sales, representing a 25.2-percent increase from last year’s second …

Motorola Inc. and Verizon Wireless said the Motorola V710 1.23-megapixel camera phone is now shipping and will be available nationwide next month. Earlier this year, a Verizon spokeswoman confirmed that …

SAN DIEGO-Nokia announced its CDMA2000 variable-rate multimode wideband speech codec (VMR-WB), the first wideband speech codec standard developed by 3GPP2/TIA, is ready for large-scale deployment. The codec is fully interoperable …

With cell phones, pagers and even wireless computers nearly ubiquitous, dozens of agencies are working to open the door for airline passengers to be able to use wireless communications at …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. reinforced its CDMA profile and its place in the heart of Verizon Wireless with a whopping $5 billion contract with the biggest wireless carrier in the …

With a customer base of more than 40 million subscribers and nearly 500,000 new customers added each month, Verizon Wireless has firmly established itself as the leading wireless carrier in …

Second-quarter earnings released last week by major handset manufacturers showed Nokia Corp. losing market share, while Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. increased their sales expectations …

A perfect storm of challenges in China, combined with chipset shortages in the United States and one less carrier customer all contributed to lower second-quarter revenues for CellStar Corp. Foremost, …

If Nextel Communications Inc. takes spectrum at 1.9 GHz as part of the plan to solve interference at 800 MHz, the carrier finally might be able to extricate itself from …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. posted $2.71 billion in overall net income for the second quarter of 2004, citing strong sales in its semiconductor, LCD and telecommunications networks businesses, and slight …