MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG said its earnings for the fiscal first quarter increased from the fiscal fourth quarter of 2001, and its handset division returned a profitSiemens will officially report earnings next week, at which time the company is expected to announce it reached its...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pennsylvania, United States—InterDigital Technology Corporation (ITC), subsidiary of InterDigital Communications, is expanding its patent license that includes CDMA and third-generation (3G) products.The agreement with Japan Radio expands ITC's patent license coverage to include wireless devices and infrastructure equipment designed for GSM,...
Once upon a time, a technology called pACT had a life, savored some love and then disappeared into oblivion. Another one called B-CDMA rocked the eaves of wireless, had an echo and became silent.Like a wordsmith, the wireless industry had lots of acronyms-B-CDMA,...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. says it has reached an agreement with Nokia to increase funding of the Wideband CDMA technology development program, which was initiated in 1999."The program will include the delivery of a test platform that will enable InterDigital and its...
The digital technology wars that marked the launch of second-generation services in the United States is one of the most storied and significant events in the industry's short history. In its infancy, the U.S. wireless industry adhered to a common analog standard-AMPS. The...
JAPANJapanese electronics giant Sony Corp. has decided to upgrade its cellular phone handset operations into a full division with emphasis on mobile computing products. Sony also wants to delve into broadband access.Matsushita Communications Industrial Co. Ltd. has signed a CDMA patent licensing agreement with...
MUNICH, Germany-Infineon Technologies AG and InterDigital Communications Corp. announced a long-term partnership to develop enabling software for third-generation mobile products.The software they create will be incorporated into Infineon's standard 3G System-on-a-Chip Integrated Circuits for mobile terminals. In addition, InterDigital will design and sell custom...
InfowaveThomas U. Koll was appointed Infowave Software Inc.'s new chief executive officer. He previously was vice president of Microsoft's Network Solutions Group and was responsible for the company's worldwide business with telecommunications companies in wireline and wireless markets. Koll also served as general manager...
Band-XStephen Beynon was hired as Band-X's new chief executive officer. He was previously in a management position in the data and business services division of Cable & Wireless Optus.ElectrofuelPatrick R. McCool was appointed the vice president of sales for Electrofuel Inc. He was previously...
NEW YORK-In this year's RCR Wireless News Major Players Vendors listing, Nokia Corp. and Ericsson Inc. each moved up a notch, rising to first and second place respectively among equipment vendors that are net income leaders.Lucent Technologies Inc., which had previously topped the charts...
InterWaveWireless networking provider InterWave Communications International Ltd. introduced TurboMax, a macro network product offering wireless community network service providers extended coverage capabilities to meet the needs of community networks with dispersed populations. The company said the solution is ideally suited for network expansion where...
IPmobileWireless communications infrastructure company IPmobile Inc. hired Louis Wooldridge as its vice president of sales in Asia, and Chuck Derrick as its vice president of product development. Wooldridge will spearhead the company's initiative to secure and capitalize on the growing wireless data market opportunity...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced its subsidiary, InterDigital Technology Corp., entered into a royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Japan Radio Co. Ltd.Under terms of the agreement, ITC has received an upfront payment from JRC covering the equipment manufacturer's...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said William A. Doyle resigned from his positions as president and member of the board of directors.The company said it is continuing its search for a chief executive officer.Howard E. Goldberg, president of InterDigital Technology Corp. and previous...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it expects to surpass the current estimates by the financial community for earnings per share in fiscal 1999.The current estimate is 25 cents per share, and InterDigital believes its earnings per share will be at least 40...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $35.1 million, a significant increase from the $10.1 million in revenues reported for first-quarter 1998.Net income for the quarter was $21.2 million, or 43 cents per share, compared...
GermanyInterDigital Communications Corp., through its subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corp., entered a worldwide, royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany. According to the agreement, InterDigital granted Bosch the license under its TDMA patent portfolio to sell telecommunications equipment...
With vendors putting their time and energy into the three main U.S. digital standards and into developing standards for third-generation technology, there hardly seems room for commercialization of the more obscure technologies touted years ago."You need volume production and vendor financing behind it," said...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said Siemens AG of Germany intends to withdraw from InterDigital's B-CDMA Alliance."We are obviously disappointed with Siemens decision," said William Doyle, InterDigital president. "However, we have been informed by Siemens that its decision is a result of a...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. and Nokia Corp. announced a long-term cooperation agreement involving the development of new technology for third-generation wireless telecommunications products designed for high data rate applications, such as Internet access.According to the multiyear agreement, InterDigital will deliver technology building...
INTERDIGITALGerard Pepenella was hired by InterDigital Communications Corp. as vice president and general manager of broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. He will collaborate with Gary Lomp, chief technology officer, on growth and enhancement of the company's technology and products. Pepenella joined InterDigital with...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.'s board of directors approved the repurchase of up to 1.5 million shares of the company's outstanding common stock, the company said."We believe that InterDigital's stock is undervalued at current price ranges and does not reflect our potential," said...
I need your help.The next few weeks at RCR and everywhere else in the wireless industry are going to be crazy. It's too late to try to clean off my desk, but I'd like to be able to file away some questions that keep...
The Federal Communications Commission affirmed a 1997 decision to move Teligent Inc. wireless local loop licenses from the 18 GHz band to the 24 GHz band. Laurence Harris, senior vice president at Teligent, applauded the decision. "Teligent continues to move forward with construction of...
