CDMA

Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer’s conference last week. The CDMA technology pioneer joined carriers, handset makers, technology vendors …

With competitors cannibalizing and usurping its once unique position in the wireless industry, Leap Wireless International Inc. said it plans to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection later this year …

High-profile nationwide carriers and niche-focused mobile virtual network operators are not the only wireless service providers that stand to benefit from specific marketing geared toward the highly desirable youth market. …

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 …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it has completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas to go along with upgrades to …

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 a …

OSLO, Norway-CDMA 450 technology is making headway in various global markets, with Norway awarding a 450 MHz license in that country, and trials of the technology concluding in Brazil. The …

The new wireless gizmos may be humming with new applications, but promises keep outweighing results. CDMA, the technology leading the march toward a full third-generation era, continues to confront challenges. …

North Korea has apparently banned the use of mobile phones, according to international news reports. Details on the secretive country’s ban were unclear. The country banned the use of mobile …

In preparation for its developer’s conference this week in San Diego, Qualcomm Inc. today announced it has broadened the scope of its BREW technology far beyond the confines of games, …

WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said Thursday that it had turned down Qualcomm Inc.’s extension request to use the remaining 5 percent of its auction discount voucher. “We do not …

DALLAS-Two marquee chipmakers Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics said they are sampling what they describe as the first standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution. The chips will be embedded in cell phones, …

North Korea has apparently banned the use of mobile phones, according to international news reports. Details on the secretive country’s ban were unclear. The country banned the use of mobile …

Two marquee chipmakers Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics said they are sampling what they describe as the first standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution. The chips will be embedded in cell phones, …

WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said Thursday that it had turned down Qualcomm Inc.’s extension request to use the remaining 5 percent of its auction discount voucher. “We do not …

Motorola said it will sell its first megapixel camera phone in the United States starting this summer. The company also said it has teamed with Hollywood director Scott Sanders to …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced a $50 million contract with Indosat in Indonesia to enhance GSM service coverage and capacity in East Java. The first phase of the project has been …

SAN DIEGO-Indian carrier Tata Teleservices is the first operator to launch a push-to-talk service based on Qualcomm Inc.’s BREWChat solution. The technology enables person-to-person and person-to-group communication between subscribers at …

Camera phones are the most rapidly accepted consumer electronics device in history. Yet it appears that wireless carriers-a group many assumed would reap the rewards of a camera-phone revolution-are sitting …

GOTHENBURG, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has sold its wireless data division known as Mobitex to a U.K. investment group. The major investors include two former executives of U.K Mobitex network operator Transcomm …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. The announcement comes against the background of an industry search for …

CellStar Corp. warned today that it expects its second-quarter revenues to be lower than those garnered in last year’s second quarter. The company’s stock plummeted more than 11 percent, or …

CALGARY-CSI Wireless Inc. announced product details and shipping plans for its new 410 series of GSM/GPRS fixed wireless telephones. CSI said product shipments are scheduled to begin in the third …

Wireless users will soon have several new gadgets to play with, as Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and others announced the release of new devices. First up is Samsung Electronics …

KARACHI, Pakistan, and RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. made two CDMA2000 1x-related announcements. In Brazil, Lucent said VIVO, the country’s largest wireless carrier, will launch a 1x EV-DO network …