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 commitment to the new venture company, Qualcomm Ventures."The convergence of wireless technology and the Internet...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it accepted an associate membership in the Bluetooth 1.2 special interest group, which will give the company early access to Bluetooth specifications and allow it to provide input during the development of the technology.The company also said it hopes the...
WASHINGTON-Carriers last week overwhelmingly warned the Federal Communications Commission that while they will make their best efforts to meet implementation deadlines for enhanced 911 Phase II, they are concerned that solutions-whether they be handset, network or hybrid-will meet the time lines or accuracy requirements...
NEW YORK-Seeking to become a dominant player in the emerging lithium-ion polymer battery field, Valence Technology Inc. plans to buy all rights to this technology that now are held by Telcordia Technologies Inc., formerly Bellcore.Valence, with facilities in Henderson, Nev., and Mallusk, Northern Ireland,...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported that its High Data Rate technology will be the basis for the Telecommunications Industry Association's third-generation CDMA 1xEV standard, to be published as TIA/EIA/IS-856 "CDMA2000 High Rate Packet Data Air Interface Specifications."The standard is expected to support peak data rates...
Qualcomm released its fourth-quarter financial results ending Sept. 30 after the stock market closed last Thursday, showing a 10-percent increase in net income for the quarter compared with the fourth quarter of 1999, and just beating out analysts' lowered expectations for returns per share...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. completed an over-the-air CDMA position location demonstration on a commercial network using a small-form-factor handset with the company's gpsOne and SnapTrack position location technology.The demonstration, which took place at the CDMA Development Group Americas Congress in San Diego, was designed to...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it is delaying the initial public offering of Spinco common stock until January due to unfavorable market conditions.The Internal Revenue Service ruled that Qualcomm Inc.'s proposed spinoff of Qualcomm Spinco, its integrated circuits and system software business, should be a...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported an amendment to Kyocera Corp.'s existing CDMA license agreement with Qualcomm to include the development, manufacture and sale of subscriber equipment for third-generation CDMA technologies, wireless local loop and CDMA modem card products. The previous agreement covered only complete mobile...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. released its new OmniExpress mobile communications system, a fleet management system with real-time, two-way communications and vehicle position reporting.Qualcomm said the OmniExpress features an automatic vehicle tracking program, which uses integrated GPS, two-way data communications and store-and-forward messaging. The OmniExpress also...
The satellite-based telecommunications market made headlines again last week as Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. released disappointing financial results and bankrupt provider Iridium L.L.C. endorsed a $25 million buyout bid from former airline executive Dan Colussy.Globalstar's results were based on what it called "unacceptably slow" subscriber...
WASHINGTON-As the FCC's Enforcement Bureau prepared to celebrate its one-year anniversary, the agency fined Qualcomm Inc. $25,000 for not complying with the 911 strongest-signal rules.The fine, which was agreed to as part of a consent decree, was the second one the Federal Communications Commission...
SAN DIEGO-While many at the CDMA's Development Group's Americas Congress reminisced about how far the technology had come in such a short period of time, the big buzz on the show floor was about CDMA's future.And what better place to talk about that future...
BEIJING-Zhang Fan, head of mobile communications at China Unicom, this week said his company would definitely build narrowband networks based on the CDMA standard.After Qualcomm Chairman Irwin Jacobs recently met Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and China Unicom Chairman Yang Xianzu in Beijing, China's second...
WASHINGTON-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. fully expects to meet the extended deadlines the Federal Communications Commission set out for it to implement enhanced 911, said the GSM carrier recently."All of VoiceStream's infrastructure vendors have confirmed that they will have products available incorporating location solution by...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it amended Sharp's existing CDMA subscriber unit license agreement, expanding the licenses to include the development, manufacture and sale of subscriber equipment for third-generation CDMA and High Data Rate products.Prior to the amendment, Sharp's CDMA license covered only cdmaOne applications....
BETHESDA, Md.-Qualcomm Inc. became a shareholder and limited partner in low earth orbit satellite operator SkyBridge L.P., the companies said. Financial details were not disclosed."SkyBridge will now have access to important Qualcomm intellectual property and can benefit from the company's satellite telecommunications experience," said...
SAN FRANCISCO-Globalstar USA introduced the "Time or Money" promotional pricing offer, where customers who purchase either a handheld or fixed satellite phone and sign up for Globalstar service receive a rebate coupon for either 300 minutes of satellite airtime (valued at $500) or $300...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported a multimillion dollar amendment extending Advantest Corp.'s existing CDMA test equipment license agreement to include the use of certain Qualcomm patents to manufacture and supply test products for current and third-generation CDMA and 1xEV applications.In addition, the amendment allows Advantest...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. entered a subscriber unit research and development agreement with Chungwha Telecom Labs, the technology development group of the state-owned telecommunications operator in Taiwan.The agreement calls for Chungwha to develop and evaluate prototype subscriber units based on Qualcomm's third-generation cdma2000 1x technology.The...
Flarion TechnologiesFlarion Technologies, a new company formed to commercialize a wireless data technology for Internet mobility market, announced that Matthew J. Desch has been appointed to a new seat on the company's board of directors. Desch is chairman of Airspan Networks Inc. and former...
SAN DIEGO-Nextel Communications Inc., Wireless Knowledge Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. have agreed to co-market and sell an enterprise solution enabling business customers to access business information on their Nextel Internet-capable phones.The alliance will allow Nextel customers to use Wireless Knowledge's Workstyle Server to securely...
NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. said five of its founding partners are purchasing 5.2 million shares of GTL common stock for $56 million.Loral Space & Communications, Vodafone, Qualcomm Inc., Elsacom and TE.SA.M agreed to purchase the stock for $10.71 per share. Loral is purchasing $12...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Agilent Technologies Inc. entered a CDMA test equipment license agreement allowing Agilent to use certain Qualcomm patents and software, as well as purchase chipsets and system software to manufacture and supply test equipment products for current and third-generation CDMA and...
