CDMA

Qualcomm Inc. successfully tested an in-cabin voice communications system using CDMA mobile phones, the company announced Thursday. Passengers, including reporters and government representatives, were able to place and receive phone …

MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell said it has agreed to integrate Qualcomm’s BREW offering into its CDMA system. This will allow the carrier’s customers to access a slew of applications including e-mail, …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp.’s second-quarter financial results reflected declining revenues across all three of its regions. Revenues for the second quarter totaled $345.4 million, down from $415.5 million in the second …

TOKYO-Second-quarter financial earnings released today by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and Audiovox Corp. offered further insight into how 2004 might pan out for wireless handset makers. Sony Ericsson said …

Verizon Wireless began offering PalmOne Inc.’s Treo 600 smart phone earlier this week to its business users, PalmOne confirmed. The device will eventually be offered through Verizon’s consumer-user channel as …

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 United …

DUBLIN, Ireland-An Irish-led team of investors bought Israeli push-to-talk provider Mobile Tornado. The investors have moved the company’s headquarters to Dublin and plan to open two research and development centers …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has declared a two-for-one stock split and approved a 40-percent increase in the company’s quarterly cash dividend. The dividend, which will be payable Sept. 24, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s thorough review of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s $41 billion play for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. represents a new level of merger analysis likely to be applied to …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Broadband wireless access equipment vendors have a head start on standards bodies in developing products ready for market, according to a new report from Probe Group. “Equipment vendors …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The former founders of @Road have announced the first product to emerge from their new business venture, GenX Mobile Inc. The GNX-10 location-based in-vehicle unit provides wireless data …

Motorola Inc. launched its Push-to-talk over Cellular Basic solution, designed to offer small carriers the same functionality and ease-of-use characteristics of the company’s original PoC solution, but requiring minimal configuration …

In a move expected to bolster its spectrum position and coverage in the western United States, Verizon Wireless reported late last week that it had agreed to acquire Qwest Communications …

SAN DIEGO-The Delaware Court of Chancery ruled Texas Instruments Inc.-and not Qualcomm Inc.-was in breach of the companies’ patent portfolio agreement. The case is set to proceed to trial Aug. …

Sun Microsystems Inc. made several announcements at last week’s JavaOne show in San Francisco, including a new version of the Java platform and two carrier partnerships. “Java powers 1.7 billion …

WASHINGTON-As one of its final acts of business before handing over limited authority to an interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority referred to …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Broadband wireless access equipment vendors have a head start on standards bodies in developing products ready for market, according to a new report from Probe Group. “Equipment vendors …

The Delaware Court of Chancery has ruled Texas Instruments Inc., and not Qualcomm Inc., was in breach of the companies’ patent portfolio agreement. The case will proceed to trial Aug. …

SINGAPORE-Lucent Technologies Inc. flexed its muscles at the CommunicAsia trade show with a series of contracts with Indian, Vietnamese and Korean operators. In India, Lucent signed a $30 million contract …

Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based wireless broadband access service, allowing its customers in Alaska to access high-speed wireless data services at speeds up to 2.4 …

SINGAPORE-Lucent Technologies Inc. flexed its muscles at the CommunicAsia trade show with a series of contracts with Indian, Vietnamese and Korean operators. In India, Lucent signed a $30 million contract …

SAN DIEGO-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will offer two new mobile phones through Cingular Wireless, further expanding the company’s push into the GSM market. Cingular will sell LG’s new …

SYDNEY, Australia-Australia’s leading wireless carrier said it will license i-mode technology from NTT DoCoMo Inc. in the Japanese carrier’s ninth partnership for the wireless Internet technology. Telstra is licensing the …

STAMFORD, Conn.-The worldwide market for mobile phones continues to swell, as new research shows handset makers sold 153 million devices in the first quarter. However, market leader Nokia Corp. witnessed …

Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas following upgrades to its CDMA digital network in …