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SWINDON, U.K.—Lucent Technologies and Qualcomm said they have collaborated to place a series of voice calls employing Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) technology in compliance with the 3G Partnership Program …

SWINDON, U.K.—Lucent Technologies Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. said they have collaborated to place a series of voice calls employing UMTS technology in compliance with the 3G Partnership Program. “Lucent tested …

WASHINGTON—Qualcomm Inc. today told the Federal Communications Commission that new tests show ultra-wideband devices operated near GPS-enabled wireless phones will hinder the location of callers who make 911 emergency calls, …

RESTON, Virginia, United State—Nextel Communications entered a licensing agreement with Qualcomm for the further development and deployment of Qualcomm’s QChat software, which is designed to provide push-to-talk functionality on CDMA …

MUMBAI, India—Qualcomm Inc. said it has invested $200 million to support the introduction of CDMA wireless technology for Reliance Communications Ltd. to provide basic telephone services, wireless local loop and …

NEW DELHI, India—The U.S.-based CDMA developer Qualcomm finalized a deal with Mumbai-based Reliance Group to buy a minority stake in its basic service operations based on wireless technology. Reliance Group …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said CDMA operators in North America have started receiving volume shipments of its cdma2000 1x products. The company said such companies as AirPrime, GTRAN, Kyocera, LG, Novatel …

The personal digital assistant and wireless data device markets shook last week under a series of major announcements that served to puzzle, jar and-in most cases-hearten Wall Street and the …

WASHINGTON-2002 offers the wayward wireless industry a chance to begin to redeem and redefine itself. But it won’t be easy, and survival skills will be essential. Indeed, with economic sluggishness …

MADRID, Spain-Vodafone Group plc completed live international roaming calls using the UMTS 3GPP wireless standard between Vodafone’s operations in Madrid, Spain, and J-Phone in Tokyo. The calls were made with …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said JB Hunt Transport, a truckload carrier out of Lowell, Ark., selected Qualcomm’s OmniExpress mobile communications system for its intermodal fleet. Under terms of the agreement, JB …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. announced it will launch gpsOne-enabled handsets and their associated position location service plans from KDDI Corp. in Japan this month. Qualcomm’s gpsOne technology is integrated on its …

MADRID, Spain—Vodafone Group plc completed live international roaming calls using the UMTS 3GPP wireless standard between Vodafone’s operations in Madrid, Spain and J-Phone in Tokyo. The calls were made with …

BUCHAREST, Romania—Romania’s NMT operator, Telemobil, plans to commercially launch Zapp Mobile services on 7 December using cdma2000 technology. The new digital service, estimated at a cost of US$350 million, will …

PALO ALTO, Calif.—Agilent Technologies Inc. said Qualcomm Inc. has selected two of its 93000 SOC Series test systems to characterize and test-develop next-generation cellular baseband processor integrated circuit devices. “The …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc.’s Qualcomm Wireless Business Solutions Europe and satellite provider Eutelsat have signed a five-year agreement to implement fleet management solutions in the European marketplace. The companies plan to …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says it has licensed its CDMA technology to TCL Holdings Co. Ltd. in China to to develop, manufacture and sell cdmaOne and cdma2000 1x/1xEV subscriber equipment. “This …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has successfully demonstrated a wireless voice call via a third-generation UMTS-compliant handset equipped with Qualcomm CDMA Technologies’ MSM5200 Mobile Station Modem W-CDMA chipset and system …

Qualcomm Inc. has been looking for a European opening for its CDMA technology for some time. But so far, the technology has been effectively shut out in the region, other …

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SAN DIEGO, United States—Korean carrier KTF, formerly known as Korean Telecom Freetel, has commercially launched Qualcomm’s data applications services based on the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW). The premiere …

LOS ANGELES—Qualcomm Inc. said it has committed $266 million of equity financing in support of Vesper, a Brazilian CDMA wireless carrier. “With a footprint of more than 120 million pops …

MOSCOW—The CDMA technology, which must abandon the 470 MHz to 872 MHz band in Russia by 2010, began to move down to the 450 MHz band, and a second carrier …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with handset vendor Sanyo to develop new handsets based on the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless. Qualcomm also signed …

WOODBURY, N.Y.—Comverse Technology Inc. said it will collaborate with Qualcomm Inc. to bring enhanced wireless services, such as multimedia messaging, voice solutions and mobile Internet solutions, to Binary Runtime Environment …