TOKYO-Qualcomm Inc. announced VectorOne, an integrated hardware and software solution that provides directional information for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies' Mobile Station Modem family of integrated circuits, beginning with the MSM3300 solution.AP One systems Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, which provides electronic sensor technology, will provide geomagnetic...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm has developed an integrated circuit and software solution that it said will allow CDMA handsets to compete with the price of GSM handsets."The MSM6000 radioOne-based integrated circuit and system software will assist manufacturers in offering equal or lower pricing of third-generation cdma2000...
NEW DELHI, India- Tata Teleservices has become the first private basic service operator in India to provide limited mobility services using CDMA technology. The company operates in the Andhra Pradesh telecom circle and is one of six private operators licensed in six circles two...
BEIJING-Li Xiangping, vice-president of Ericsson (China), told reporters his company plans to increase its investment in China to $5.1 billion during the next five years, refuting speculation that Ericsson would withdraw from China following the January announcement that it would outsource mobile-phone production.Exports by...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Throughout the 1990s, NMT analog wireless systems became somewhat obsolete, particularly with the advent of GSM technology. Digital GSM systems, which offer users services such as short message service, caller ID, group calls and data transmissions, are widespread throughout Europe and have outperformed...
The path to third-generation services for many wireless operators appears to be anything but smooth. While Asian carriers seem to be taking the high-speed approach, European carriers recently have seen their paths clogged by uncertainty. For U.S. carriers, 3G plans are being dictated by...
SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. reported it is voluntarily replacing approximately 11,000 of its QCP 3035 wireless handsets sold to Qwest Wireless customers in 12 states since December. Kyocera said it found under certain circumstances some of the phones, when used in analog mode on...
With a commercial launch in full gear in South Korea, Samsung Inc. may be the John the Baptist of 3G as the first manufacturer to streak out of the uncertain cloud hovering over migration to the technology.Already eyeing the United States' market with trials...
SAN DIEGO, United States-Samsung Electronics selected Qualcomm's MSM5200 Mobile Station Modem integrated circuit and system software solution for use in its new handsets. The handsets will meet the IMT-2000 wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) mode for third-generation (3G) services.According to Qualcomm, with the features offered by the...
BUCHAREST, Romania-At the end of February, ONE began offering GPRS service throughout Austria. Billing is based on the data volume transferred. The handsets for the network are the GPRS-enabled Motorola Inc. Timeport 260 handsets."Our customers merely have to pay for the data volumes actually...
TOKYO-Citing a delay in hardware development, Japan Telecom Co. Ltd. said it would delay the deployment of third generation services from this December until summer 2002. The delay will place Japan's third-largest operator more than a year behind market leader NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s 3G...
AudiovoxAudiovox Communications Corp. announced it would start shipping the newest version of its flagship handset, the CDMA-9100 tri-mode Web-browsing cellular phone. The company said the phone operates on the 800 MHz AMPS/CDMA, 1900 MHz AMPS/CDMA and 1900 MHz personal communications services frequencies. The new...
SAN DIEGO-Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. has selected Qualcomm CDMA Technologies' MSM5200 Mobile Station Modem integrated circuit and system software solution for Sanyo handsets to meet the IMT-2000 Wideband-CDMA mode for the third-generation UMTS."The highly integrated feature set of the MSM5200 integrated circuit and system...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo released a new Java-enabled handset, which is manufactured by NEC. The handset will be put into the market on 3 March. The NEC handset will be the third handset for NTT DoCoMo's Java-based services called iAppli.NTT DoCoMo launched Java-based services on 26...
NEW YORK-Some recent developments have brightened the longer-term prospects for smart cards in North American wireless communications, although the picture gets cloudier when framed as an immediate prospect.Opportunity is knocking for expansion of their use in provisioning of telecommunications services. Beyond that deployment, smart-card...
In France, the country where they offer calorie-laden pain au chocolats and croissants for breakfast, keeping one's weight under control does not seem to be a problem-probably because the locals walk the region's hilly terrain to the bus stop or train station rather than...
Leap Wireless International Inc. launched its Cricket Comfortable Wireless service in Wichita, Kan., where consumers can take advantage of Leap's unlimited local calling plans for $30 per month. AT&T Wireless Services Inc. began offering service to customers on the island of Hawaii, expanding its...
JACKSON, Fla.-ParkerVision Inc. is partnering with PrairieComm Inc. to develop advanced chipsets and reference designs for cellular handsets and other wireless devices.The deal will combine PrairieComm's baseband IC platforms with ParkerVision's Direct2Data direct conversion radio technology."Our partnership with ParkerVision will lead to innovative wireless...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Barbados has identified wireless and the Internet as the first segments of its telecommunications market to be opened to competition. A three-phase timetable announced by the government anticipates full liberalization by 2002.Minister of International Business Reginald Farley, who has responsibility for telecommunications, tabled...
TOKYO-Matsushita Communications Industrial, the leading cellular vendor in Japan, is putting the final touches on its new third-generation (3G) mobile terminals for NTT DoCoMo. NTT DoCoMo, Japan's leading mobile carrier, is scheduled to launch its 3G services by the end of May, earlier than...
Mobile phones are an effective comfort blanket for many people. The knowledge that help and support is just a phone call away no matter where you are is incredibly reassuring. Help and support is not limited to the owner of the phone, of course....
BEIJING-While China's mobile-phone subscribers nearly doubled to 85.26 million last year, the country's paging manufacturers and operators fought a rearguard battle. With continuing price drops in handsets and mobile services, more pager users are switching to mobile phones.The number of subscribers at China's major...
BEIJING-Huawei Technologies, based in China's southern boomtown of Shenzhen, is poised to become a global player in the telecommunications field. Already China's largest producer of telephone switches, the company is now branching out into the mobile field and aggressively moving abroad. While privately owned,...
What is the future of the TDMA wireless interface? The issue is far from trivial. TDMA serves more than 60 million digital and 15 million analog customers and stands as the number-one technology in terms of subscribers, operators and coverage in the Americas. Moreover,...
