Handsets

The Federal Communications Commission once again must address rules surrounding the now-defunct pioneer’s preference process, a program riddled with controversy throughout this decade. Omnipoint Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. last …

CDMA handsets were the No. 1 selling handset in the United States during the first quarter of this year, with sales of 3.2 million units, according to Dataquest Inc., a …

Alcatel’s recollection of 1995, the year of the last Telecom show, was of GSM coverage being patchy in most European countries, with network designers basing their plans on handsets with …

U.S. TDMA operators must make some critical decisions about competing in the wireless data market during the next year as they witness their CDMA counterparts begin to launch circuit-switched data …

NEW YORK-Cellular terminals have come a long way in the quarter century since Motorola introduced its handheld Dyna TAC mobile phone, a clunky device that weighed nearly 0.9 kilograms and …

DUBLIN, Ireland-There has been much debate over the future of satellite-based communications. Indeed, regular readers of the financial press might wonder if it has any future in the new millennium …

NMT 450 operators are to decide by early October whether to push forward with three digital mobile-phone standards that include CDMA technology, which could give cdmaOne technology its first entrance …

REDMOND, Washington, United States-AT&T Wireless introduced new pricing plans that could build on the success of the carrier’s Digital One Rate plan by adding more phones into the home. Bell …

SHENZHEN, China-Konka Group Co. Ltd. of China and Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group announced a five-year agreement under which Konka will use Lucent’s Global System for Mobile communications technology platform …

NEW ORLEANS-Qualcomm Inc. said its tri-mode Code Division Multiple Access satellite handsets for use with the Globalstar system are available. The tri-mode portable phone operates with the Globalstar system as …

NEW ORLEANS-BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced it will begin a Wireless Application Protocol trial with customers in some of its Global System for Mobile communications markets next month in a partnership …

NEW YORK-AirGate PCS Inc., a Sprint PCS affiliate headquartered in Atlanta, last week was hoping to raise about $100 million in an initial public offering of 6.3 million shares at …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-AudioVox Communications Corp. introduced a new line of “clamshell” style cellular handsets. The line will debut with the PCX-3500XL. Made exclusively for PrimeCo Communications L.P., the phone has a …

Moving on its promise to step up promotion of Time Division Multiple Access technology worldwide, the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium said it recently met with Chinese government officials to promote …

Qualcomm Inc. last week asked the Federal Communications Commission to deny Omnipoint Corp.’s request to transfer its New York personal communications services license to VoiceStream Wireless Corp., a move that …

A number of Internet sites have popped up in recent months offering side-by-side wireless services pricing comparison and purchasing. But some are evolving to become much more. The wireless industry …

The U.S. cellular adoption level is fast approaching 30 percent-not bad. However, it’s also a long way from the penetration rates we see in Europe, particularly in the benchmark countries …

Cupertino, Calif.-based chip manufacturer DSP Communications Inc. today plans to introduce two new products for current and future Code Division Multiple Access handsets. Immediately available is DSPC’s new CDMA Manufacturers …

The need to add a wireless play in global telecommunications alliances became clearer last week as AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications plc announced a strategic alliance designed to create seamless …

Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 MHz operators will decide by early October whether to push forward with three digital mobile-phone standards that include Code Division Multiple Access technology, which could give …

Analog Devices Inc. plans to introduce today a radio chipset that it calls the Holy Grail of radio receiver architectures. Called Othello, the chipset features an open market Global System …

NEW YORK-Even amid the rapidly expanding parade of venture capital investments, the telecommunications/wireless sector of American industry stands head and shoulders above the crowd. Venture capital investments in this sector …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected this week to consider rules for the deployment of enhanced 911 automatic location identification technologies. The rules will come at an FCC Open Meeting …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Someone is just settling into a film or play, conversing intimately in a restaurant or addressing the ball at the first hole-and a mobile phone ring interrupts. While usually …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Esat Digifone, an Irish Global System for Mobile communications carrier, announced the first service in Ireland that allows customers to access Internet information via mobile phones. The service, called …