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 a Qualcomm Inc. MSM5200 chipset-based handset using SIM technology from the J-Phone network, and completed...
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 Hunt will immediately begin deploying OmniExress units, which provide real-time, two-way communications and vehicle position...
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 MSM3300 chip, which is included in the handset. The chip then provides all location technology,...
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 a Qualcomm Inc. MSM5200 chipset-based handset using SIM technology from the J-Phone network, and completed...
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 offer high-speed packet data at 153 kilobits per second (kbps).In the first phase, Zapp...
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 93000 significantly reduces test time, thereby driving down the cost of test, by supporting both...
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 bring EutelTRACS mobile communications system (the European version of Qualcomm's OmniTRACS) to fleet managers...
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 agreement will allow us to accelerate the development of CDMA subscriber unit equipment and meet...
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 software."This demonstration of a public wireless voice call on a UMTS-compliant handset, powered by...
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 than a few CDMA fixed-wireless networks, mainly in Russia and other parts of Eastern...
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 launch of BREW service comes less than a year after Qualcomm introduced the platform. Qualcomm...
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 covering over 70 percent of the country, including the three largest cities, Sao Paulo, Rio...
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 was licensed to build a CDMA 400 MHz network in the country.The St. Petersburg-based...
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 similar deals with Mexican carrier Iusacell, toy maker Mattel, the World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc....
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 for Wireless-enabled devices."As a result, users worldwide will get a next-generation user experience—one that...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it rolled out the first samples of its third-generation Mobile Station Modem, or MSM6050, which it claims to be the first baseband integrated circuit on 300mm wafers.The company produced the device in collaboration with the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.The...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says it has licensed Haier Group to develop, manufacture and sell cdmaOne and cdma2000 1x/1xEV equipment.Haier will pay Qualcomm royalties at the same rate, irrespective of the licensed CDMA standard it implements.
SEOUL, Korea—South Korean mobile-phone makers are considering legal action against Qualcomm over the royalty rates they must pay for Qualcomm's CDMA patents. The vendors are upset by the more favorable royalty rates Qualcomm has given to Chinese CDMA manufacturers.Telson Electronics and six other vendors...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The likelihood of Qualcomm's cdma2000 technology being deployed in Europe has encountered a fresh hurdle after the U.K. Radiocommunications Agency (RA) claimed that a consultation paper concerning any change of spectrum use would need to be circulated to interested government ministers.These moves...
Qualcomm 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 than a few CDMA fixed-wireless networks, mainly in Russia and other parts of Eastern Europe.The...
TORONTO-As the handset manufacturing business gets tougher because of declining demand, more phone makers are looking at joint ventures as their economic salvation and perhaps their best strategy to catch number-one handset supplier Nokia. In October, after much fanfare, Ericsson and Sony launched a...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The bankrupt Dolphin Telecom is being positioned as a vehicle for Qualcomm to enter the European market. The U.S.-based equipment developer is the major backer of U.K.-based Inquam that is bidding to acquire the Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) radio spectrum owned by...
BEIJING—Qualcomm Inc. said it signed an agreement to allow KT Freetel to launch its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless to end users in South Korea on cdma2000 Ix networks.Both companies signed the agreement at the PT/Wireless &Networks Comm Beijing 2001 conference.
