SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said some top device manufacturers, a game developer and a Canadian carrier have signed memoranda of understanding to join its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless Platform.The companies include Japanese phone manufacturers Hitachi Ltd., Panasonic and Toshiba, game developer Sega Corp., Canadian...
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BEIJING—China's second-largest mobile operator, China Unicom, plans to put its CDMA network in commercial use early next year. So far, 24 million yuan (US$2.9 million) has been invested to build more than 14,000 base stations.Motorola, Lucent, Nortel, Ericsson and Qualcomm recently demonstrated their CDMA...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says it has begun production shipment of its MSM5100 third-generation cdma2000 1x chipset and system software."The MSM5100 chipset and system software is pin-compatible with the proven MSM3300 chipset, decreasing time-to-market for handset manufacturers, and is designed with the flexibility to support...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says it has developed the first Bluetooth version 1.1-compliant cdma2000 1x commercial chipset with baseband Link Manager Protocol, Logic Link Control and Adaptation Protocol, Serial Port Profile, Service Discovery Protocol and Generic Access Profile."Our MSM5100 chipset and system software solution with...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. says customers around the world are implementing more than 43 designs of its cdma2000 1x handsets and personal computer cards based on its MSM5105 chipset."By working closely with our partners in North America and around the world, we have ensured that...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Air Prime Inc. said it raised $40 million in a series C round of equity financing.The investment was led by RBC Capital Partners Telecom Fund and includes investments from Qualcomm Inc., GE Equity, LibertyView Equity Partners, NB Capital Venture Partners, Omninet Capital,...
SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm said that Korea Telecom Freetel is the first carrier worldwide to introduce data application services based on its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) mobile Internet platform."KTF expects to roll out commercial BREW-enabled applications and services to subscribers in November...
TOKYO—Qualcomm Inc.'s Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless application platform received a boost through the company's deal with video game giant Sega Corp., which announced it will release its video game content and gaming technology to various wireless devices using the platform.Users could see mobile...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said it has a mobile station modem chipset and software solution for third-generation cdma2000 1x voice and short message service handsets for prepaid subscribers."Leveraging existing MSM5105 voice and data-capable terminal designs, handset manufacturers and operators will be able to address new...
IRVINE, Calif.—Toshiba America Electronic Components said it has developed a family of 64 megabit Pseudo Static Random Access Memories for higher-density memory in the next generation of wireless devices.The company said its PSRAM devices support access times of 80 or 85 nanoseconds and are...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. reported it demonstrated video streaming through a cdma2000 1x/Bluetooth connection at the recently held Cellular Telecommunication & Internet Association I.T. show.Using a 1x handset with the company's MSM5100 Mobile Station Modem chipset and system software connected through a laptop via a...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—By the end of 2003, Chris Gent, the chief executive officer of Vodafone, expects 3G handsets to be available that will enable its customers to seamlessly roam between the two main 3G standards. The company is reported to have requested handset manufacturers...
SAN DIEGO—Amid the horror of yesterday's terrorist attacks in New York City and the nation's capital, CTIA's Wireless I.T. conference in San Diego is continuing, even as the show's participants individually try to grasp the fallout from the disaster.Today's keynote address has been cancelled...
Even as vendors grab news pages with reports of successful live calls over their third-generation networks, one piece is often left out: behind every live call is a test. And tests are not always pretty.Major phone makers and builders of networks like Nokia Corp.,...
SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm Inc. said it has shipped its 500 millionth CDMA chip for wireless communication."Our latest generation of Internet-ready, multimedia chipsets and system software continues the tradition of leadership by enabling the most advanced CDMA handsets, products and services available," said Don...
TOKYO—Kyocera Corp., a leading mobile handset manufacturer, plans to cut 10,000 jobs by the end of December 2001 in its overseas operations, Yasuo Nishiguchi, president of Kyocera said on 30 August. In its domestic operation, the firm will eliminate all of the contract employees,...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. and Nortel Networks said they have successfully conducted an end-to-end, live third-generation cdma2000 1x mobile Internet Protocol call in Nortel's lab in Richardson, Texas."This call demonstrated the expanded data capabilities of 3G wireless networks and the ability for wireless data users...
RALEIGH, N.C.-High Speed Net Solutions (d/b/a Summus), developer of mobile multimedia solutions, announced a new video solution that runs applications on cellular handsets enabled by Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW technology.High Speed Net Solutions' BlueFuel Video software features an Efficiency Engine, BlueFuel applications, BlueFuel Create content...
Two of the world's leading chip makers last week announced deals they said would lead to the creation of faster and more efficient processors for 2.5- and third-generation mobile devices.Texas Instruments Inc. and Intel Corp. separately said they would license microprocessing technology from ARM...
SAN DIEGO, United States—Qualcomm said it has signed an agreement with Gemplus to roll out hardware and software solutions to enable cdmaOne and cdma2000 with removable user identity modules (R-UIM)."Rolling out qualified R-UIM system solutions for Gemplus R-UIM smart cards on our MSM products...
Analysts wonder whether Motorola Inc. can reconcile its handset and semiconductor businesses in light of its announcement to sell its semiconductor technology to other manufacturers, including its rivals."That's where the confusion comes in," noted Jane Zweig, chief executive officer of The Shostek Group, adding...
