In a move that said much about Nokia Corp.'s new leadership as well as the fragmented global market for CDMA handsets, the global leader in mobile phones said it would dissolve its joint venture with Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. and instead pursue CDMA in...
SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa—Local telecommunications provider Long Lines L.L.C. will launch wireless service later this summer to customers in northeast Nebraska, southeast South Dakota and western Iowa. The company in December acquired two small wireless providers, Great Lakes of Iowa Inc. and Siouxland PCS, which...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...
ESPOO, Finland—What a difference four months can make, especially in the hyper-competitive pursuit of global domination in a burgeoning business. Nokia Corp. and Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. announced they will not proceed with the joint venture for CDMA phones they announced in February. In...
SINGAPORE—Motorola Inc. has decided to turn up the volume—the volume of handsets it sells, that is—by releasing five new, entry-level handsets in pursuit of the proverbial "next billion" subscribers in emerging markets. The American handset maker made the announcement today at the opening day...
SINGAPORE—Lucent Technologies Inc., L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and other wireless vendors announced a range of contract wins at the CommunicAsia trade show taking place this week in Singapore. First up, Lucent announced a new $10 million deal with Telecom New Zealand to upgrade the...
SINGAPORE—Nokia Corp. introduced five new handsets that will hit the market later this year, including two Nokia-made devices for the United States market. The phones feature the company’s traditional candy-bar form factor. Nokia’s new CDMA models the 6275 and 2875 are interesting because they...
TAMPA, Fla.—Syniverse Technologies Inc. purchased Hong Kong-based Interactive Technology Holdings Ltd. for $45 million, the company announced. ITHL sells prepaid, messaging, video and number portability services to carriers in the Asia Pacific region and has nine regional offices in locations such as Singapore, Malaysia...
The news late last month that Qualcomm Inc. had initiated another lawsuit against Nokia Corp.-this time over GSM-related patents and before the United States' International Trade Commission-produced mutual salvos and plenty of noise and smoke in the wireless industry. Both companies, after initial broadsides...
WASHINGTON-Could a small wireless deal in an age of blockbuster mobile-phone mergers be a threat to national security? The Federal Communications Commissions will make the call as it considers Japan's NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s proposed $72 million purchase of Guam Cellular & Paging Inc. and...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Research In Motion Ltd. announced they would make the BlackBerry 7130c device and service offering available at prices aimed at consumers-prices that exactly match the new price point established by Motorola Inc. and Verizon Wireless for the Motorola Q smart...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. last week upped the ante in its long-running patent dispute with Nokia Corp. by filing a third lawsuit against the Finnish handset vendor, this time with the United States International Trade Commission, seeking to bar imports and sales of Nokia’s GSM...
BOSTON—More than 100 million people worldwide now use W-CDMA and CDMA2000 1x EV-DO third-generation technology on their cell phones, according to ongoing research by Strategy Analytics. After reaching the 100 million milestone early this month, the firm said the number should grow to 106...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Research In Motion Ltd. announced they would make the BlackBerry 7130c device and service offering available at prices aimed at consumers—prices that exactly match the new price point established by Motorola Inc. and Verizon Wireless for the Motorola Q smart...
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. lost its chance to block several class-action lawsuits in California as the U.S. Supreme Court opted to allow the suits to proceed in state court. The Supreme Court on Monday denied Cingular’s request that it hear the case. The suits...
India's government is reportedly working overtime to get much-needed spectrum into the hands of GSM-based operators by the end of the year so they can deploy third-generation services. But until it does, it's not allowing CDMA operators to launch 3G networks either. According to...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it will shell out $192 million to acquire TTP Communications plc, a U.K.-based mobile software developer and chipmaker. TTPCom is a 575-employee holding company with substantial stakes in a handset certification business, and also sells software for GSM and GPRS...
The news that India's government plans to delay the launch of 3G services in that country is probably grabbing attention in the executive suites of the world's most ambitious handset vendors; India's market potential is enormous and among the fastest growing on the planet....
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.—Motorola Inc. said it will shell out $192 million to acquire TTP Communications Plc, a U.K.-based mobile software developer and chipmaker. TTPCom is a 575-employee holding company with substantial stakes in a handset certification business, and also sells software for GSM and GPRS...
The upcoming AWS auction of 1700 MHz and 2100 MHz spectrum, now slated for August, raises the question of how many frequency bands might be jammed onto a handset and whether that poses technical challenges for component and handset vendors. The answer, at least...
Further glimpses at Nokia Corp.'s strategy for addressing the CDMA market that has largely eluded its global grasp came to light recently as several phones surfaced, rebranded for the Finnish handset giant. Web-based reports revealed last week the existence of a CDMA2000 1x EV-DO...
Qualcomm Inc. sent yet another shot across Nokia Corp.'s bow, filing a lawsuit last week in the United Kingdom against the Finnish handset maker for alleged violations of two of Qualcomm's GSM-related patents focusing on GPRS/EDGE handsets. In typical Nordic fashion, Nokia shrugged off...
Siemens AG is the latest in a series of vendors to announce new contracts in China, signs that the country continues to stand as a major opportunity for infrastructure makers. Siemens announced two deals with mobile operators for GSM equipment and an order for...
