Qualcomm

After 101 rounds and $16.85 billion, the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of 422 personal communications services licenses ended last Friday. The auction, which began Dec. 12, broke the previous record …

Qualcomm Inc. said it is reviewing the need for and timing of its proposed initial public offering of Qualcomm Spinco Inc., the company’s semiconductor business, which it plans to spin …

After more than a month of silence, Glenayre Technologies Inc. came out last week with guns blazing and announced three new deals to push its @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module-proof …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-SnapTrack Inc. was awarded a patent that describes methods for remotely locating or tracking a wireless device via client-server systems that use a computer network or Web browser …

Aether Aether Systems Inc. introduced version 1.1 of its ScoutWeb software component of the ScoutWare product suite. The new version supports SSL encryption as well as various other levels of …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. made the move to invest in the infrastructure services necessary to comply with the Federal Communications Commission’s Phase II E-911 mandate with a multi-year agreement with …

Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. took a bold, albeit peculiar, step last week, announcing it is suspending indefinitely principal and interest payments on all its funded debt, including its credit facility, vendor …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan chipset designer VIA Technologies has neither confirmed nor denied a report that the world’s CDMA leader, Qualcomm Inc., has settled a deal to buy a five-percent share of …

TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest carrier in Japan, has decided to launch its third-generation (3G) services based on High Data Rate (HDR) technology. KDDI will launch its HDR services initially using the …

HONG KONG-“Third-generation services are here,” proclaimed the advertisements from Qualcomm at International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom Asia 2000. “The wait is over.” Korea’s SK Telecom was the first operator to …

HONG KONG-“This time it’s for real,” stated Robert Mao, president of Nortel Networks China. But Irwin Jacobs, chairman of Qualcomm, was rather more sanguine. “I’ve gone from being cautiously optimistic,” …

Wall Street investors punished Sawtek Inc. late last month, sending the company’s stock down $11.25 to $53.75 per share after Qualcomm Inc. announced it had designed a new technology that …

Multiplier Industries Multiplier Industries Corp. released its new line of rechargeable replacement batteries for Motorola radios. The line, which features polycarbonate plastic material with greater impact strength, includes the 1,400 …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. completed a test of CDMA network equipment with data applications such as Web browsing, streaming video and e-mail at the highest transmission …

Globalstar USA, in desperate need of some debt relief, announced it launched Globalstar Data Services, which will provide 9,600 bit per-second Internet connectivity for the same per-minute rate as voice …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc.’s financial expectations from its CDMA technology fell on account of the ruling by the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce that it share …

The great wall between China and the deployment of CDMA technology may finally fall. And soon. After a year-long soap opera with Qualcomm Inc. over proliferating the technology in the …

With a new venture fund and optimistic forecast extension, Nokia set out last week to fortify its already strong position in the wireless communications industry. Its venture arm, Nokia Venture …

SAN DIEGO-Putting even more money toward pushing its CDMA technology, Qualcomm Inc. formed a $60 million venture partnership to invest in Korean start-up companies looking to create CDMA products. Qualcomm’s …

Horizon PCS, the largest Sprint PCS affiliate in terms of population covered, withdrew its planned initial public offering Dec. 4, citing “unfavorable market conditions.” The Chillicothe, Ohio, carrier had registered …

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 …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-SnapTrack Inc., a Qualcomm Inc. subsidiary, announced a year-long test of its position-location technology is over and the results are positive. The tests of SnapTrack’s Wireless Assisted global …

For a new company looking to succeed in business, producing wireless handsets would seem to be one of the tougher markets to crack. Beyond the big three producers, Nokia, Motorola …

Kyocera Wireless Corp. hopes to reach two fast-growing markets with its QCP 6035 Smartphone, combining the functionality of a tri-mode CDMA phone with a personal digital assistant incorporating Palm Inc.’s …

Qualcomm Inc. announced it will form a venture arm to invest in start-up companies in an effort to proliferate the use of CDMA technology. Qualcomm is making a $500 million …