WASHINGTON-In addition to new litigation alleging that mobile phones cause brain cancer, the wireless industry also faces possible Supreme Court litigation over government exposure standards and a class-action lawsuit in New Orleans that claims manufacturers failed to take steps to minimize consumer exposure to...
Bluetooth seemed like a simple idea when introduced in 1998 as a low-cost, cable-replacement technology designed to be embedded in wireless devices. Early forecasts had Bluetooth-enabled products on the market as early as mid-1999.Those early predictions seemed believable at the time. Who would not...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. entered a High Data Rate infrastructure, royalty-bearing equipment license agreement with Korea's Kisan Telecom Co. Ltd., granting Kisan a license to develop, manufacture and sell wireless HDR infrastructure equipment using Qualcomm proprietary technology.
SEOUL, South Korea-The South Korean Ministry of Information and Communication has extended the deadline for third-generation mobile licenses until the end of October, one month later than its original deadline.The postponement is due to a dispute over technology standards, Reuters reported.The country's three expected...
The Federal Communications Commission late Friday substantially changed its implementation rules for enhanced 911 Phase II handset deployment and granted a waiver to VoiceStream Wireless Corp. that will permit it to offer its hybrid solution on a different schedule.Public-safety officials regretted that the FCC...
WASHINGTON-Prospects are improving for increased wireless trade with the world's two most populous nations as Congress prepares this week to approve landmark China trade legislation and diplomatic relations between the United States and India warm.The Senate last week began debate on a bill to...
There is a great disconnect in the wireless industry. Whether it's mismanagement, industry hype, flawed law, Wall Street greed-or some combination of the above-is unclear. But it doesn't matter. The losers will be consumers, rank-and-file investors and pension funds.To illustrate this disconnect, take a...
The second handset vendor Nextel Communications Inc. was counting on to make an iDEN phone by this year has decided to pursue other technology avenues.Japanese vendor Kyocera Corp. and Nextel late last year signed a letter of intent calling for the vendor to produce...
DENVER, United States-As wireless Internet services gain subscribers around the globe, wireless application service providers (WASPs) will become even more important. A traditional ASP model is the implementation of an application that can be repeated across multiple customers with little customization needed. This cookie-cutter...
DENVER, United States-Qualcomm and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop and deliver wireless mobility and information services to cars and trucks, and give Qualcomm a means to main line new...
U.K. wireless handset manufacturer Sendo announced a global strategic partnership with Virgin Mobile. Virgin Mobile will be the first operator to offer Sendo's phones to consumers later this year. Virgin Mobile initially plans to introduce two Sendo phones, which will be marketed as Virgin...
New ZealandNokia Corp. will integrate its General Packet Radio Service core network solution into Vodafone New Zealand's network, providing mobile Internet access to Vodafone's subscribers. Vodafone plans to launch commercial GPRS service during the fourth quarter.TaiwanNokia will deliver its General Packet Radio Service core...
PathnetPathnet Telecommunications named Ken Rowen vice president of sales, focusing on competitive local access carriers. Rowen will lead a team responsible for integrating CLECs, regional bell operating companies and independent telephone companies into the Pathnet network in under-served regions of the country. Rowen developed...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector outlined plans for supplying cdma2000 1x Evolution-Data Only, the next generation of cdma2000 technology, as the next step in the evolution of third-generation wireless systems based on Qualcomm Inc.'s CDMA High Data Rate technology.Motorola said the technology...
The Personal Communications Industry Association made another move designed to evolve the association into one that serves the global mobile Internet market.PCIA last week announced the PCIA Global Initiative, a new PCIA division designed to provide consumer and market data for the mobile Internet...
Qualcomm Inc. and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility last week, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop and deliver wireless mobility and information services to cars and trucks, and give Qualcomm a means to main-line new...
Qualcomm Inc.'s transformation is complete.The CDMA innovator last week announced it intends to spin off its chipset and software business, leaving the company as primarily one that collects royalties from CDMA technology.Qualcomm started out this way. It developed CDMA technology for mobile systems, patented...
InterWaveWireless networking provider InterWave Communications International Ltd. introduced TurboMax, a macro network product offering wireless community network service providers extended coverage capabilities to meet the needs of community networks with dispersed populations. The company said the solution is ideally suited for network expansion where...
WirelessNorthPersonal communications services carrier WirelessNorth named David Charles president of the company. Charles served as director of operations with Montana Power Co., where he was responsible for 120 employees serving 110,000 electric and natural gas customers in the Missoula division, covering Western Montana. In...
WASHINGTON-A coalition of government agencies including the Coast Guard, the Federal Highway Administration and the Air Force are in the process of building a system that will increase the accuracy of the global positioning system from 50 meters to one to three meters, said...
While still slow to be adopted by wireless operators, wireless location service providers have accelerated their efforts to deliver effective technologies that can determine a wireless user's position within the network.SignalSoft Corp., a platform and applications developer, formed an agreement with Telcordia Technologies Inc....
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported an addition to Sanyo's existing Code Division Multiple Access subscriber unit license agreement granting Sanyo a license under Qualcomm's essential CDMA patent portfolio to develop, manufacture and sell subscriber equipment for all modes of the third-generation CDMA standard.In return for...
NEW YORK-Struggling satellite communications provider Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. said it billed more than twice the number of minutes in the second quarter than in the first, and reported net revenues for the quarter of $708,000.However, the company reported a net loss of $216.7 million,...
Qualcomm Inc.'s financial results came in line with consensus estimates last week, but the company expects falling chip sales because of slower handset sales anticipated in South Korea.Marc Cabi, managing director with Credit Suisse First Boston, downgraded Qualcomm to a "hold" rating, and reduced...
