TOKYO-Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a digital chipset and system software solution that it said facilitates development of Code Division Multiple Access handheld devices suitable for wireless Internet services and applications.The Mobile Station Processor 1000 solution is a microprocessor system designed to perform the functions associated...
The term wireless application service provider has been tossed around a lot lately. But what exactly is a wireless ASP and why is it so popular at this stage of the wireless Internet industry?A traditional ASP model is the implementation of an application that...
WASHINGTON-Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, has begun preparing for the likelihood that many mobile-phone carriers will not meet upcoming deadlines governing location-based 911 wireless emergency service rules.Meanwhile, Sugrue and his staff are mired in other prickly 911 policy issues dealing...
NEW YORK-Korea Telecom Freetel, the second-largest wireless provider in South Korea, is leaning toward deploying new technology in the third-generation license band.As recently as late June, Y.D. Hong, KT Freetel's chief financial officer, told securities analysts at a public forum in New York that...
Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. introduced the latest version of its WorkStyle Server, version 3.0, which the company says completes its vision of allowing any device on any network to access a user's corporate data on a mobile basis.Release 3.0 adds support for Palm devices, Pocket...
It's been a wild roller-coaster ride for Qualcomm Inc.'s stock this year.The former Wall Street angel is fighting a public-relations battle that says a move to wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology is a move away from Qualcomm.Such is the story in South Korea,...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported it was laying off approximately 200 workers, or roughly 3 percent of the company's 7,000 employees, in what Qualcomm said is a companywide employee adjustment.Diana Baldwin, a Qualcomm spokeswoman, said the move was part of an ongoing company adjustment to...
Motorola Inc. plans to divest its interests in more than a dozen international wireless operators to free itself from potential conflicts with customers.The new wholly owned subsidiary, Propel Inc., filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week for an initial...
Stripped to its essence, you have to wonder whether euro pride had anything to do with European Commission antitrust chief Mario Monti's heartburn over the WorldCom-Sprint merger he helped kill. You couldn't blame him if it did, seeing that the U.S. is the world's...
Analysts these days are seeing rays of hope for Nokia Mobile Phone's dismal market share in the CDMA handset business.The world's largest mobile-phone manufacturer dominates the global Time Division Multiple Access and Global System for Mobile communications handset markets, but its market share in...
Due to an anticipated decrease in domestic South Korean sales related to the elimination of phone subsidies, Qualcomm Inc. expects lower order levels for its Code Division Multiple Access chipsets in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2000. Qualcomm said it did not expect the...
The CDMA industry recently chose to standardize Qualcomm Inc.'s High Data Rate technology, but industry analysts wonder when carriers will see a big enough business case to deploy the data-only megabit-speed technology and what type of applications are in store for it in the...
BEIJING-China is still set to enter the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the end of the year. Upon accession, foreign operators will be permitted a 25-percent share of Chinese mobile phone operators, increasing to 49 percent three years after accession. The long wait will...
TORONTO-The major Canadian carriers are cautiously laying the groundwork for third-generation (3G) wireless networks. But true, full-blown 3G in Canada is at least three to four years away."Canadian mobile operators are unlikely to reach the promised land of mobile data services in one single...
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block the US$129 billion merger between WorldCom and Sprint, the second- and third-largest U.S. long-distance telecom carriers, respectively. The lawsuit, combined with European Union opposition, effectively killed the deal.ICO-Teledesic Global, a holding company controlling Craig McCaw's...
NEW YORK-Where wireless data is concerned, Dennis F. Strigl, president and chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless, has assumed the enthusiasm of a recent convert."I was not bullish on data five years ago ... but we are finally seeing some real numbers in data,"...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. agreed to purchase Qualcomm Inc.'s Code Division Multiple Access module business, including its module inventory, manufacturing and customer commitments. In addition, Sierra signed a supply agreement for CDMA modules and extended its existing license agreement with Qualcomm.The agreement calls...
LOS ANGELES-Qualcomm Inc. stock continued its quick rebound Friday from last weeks slump on speculation that the company might be ripe for a takeover by Nokia Corp.As of midday Friday, Qualcomm stock was up $2.25 to $70.50 per share, following up a $3.75 per...
DENVER-Mobile location services will be an essential element of the mobile Internet revolution, but the industry's success teeters on its ability to ensure privacy to the end user.Application service providers and carriers emphasized this and other points during IBC USA Conferences Inc.'s "Mobile Location...
After months of inconsistent and negative reports that it was slipping further into financial trouble, Globalstar L.P. released a statement clarifying its future funding requirements.Globalstar previously stated that, without giving effect to any revenue and assuming that a $250 million bank credit is allowed...
WASHINGTON-A group of wireless and telecommunications executives are planning to roll out a new service they hope will lead to residential wireless broadband service with what could be megabit data rates.The market for Burst Wireless Inc. are those customers that cannot get access to...
Lucent Technologies Inc. and Sprint PCS announced they will conduct a joint trial of 1XEvolution technology, a third-generation technology based on High Data Rate technology.The trial will begin over the Sprint PCS network in the first half of 2001 and involves testing and verification...
Amid a flurry of speculation it might spin off its microelectronics group, Lucent Technologies Inc. won a contract to be the primary network infrastructure supplier to Verizon Wireless.The deal, estimated at $1.5 billion, will allow Verizon Wireless to increase its coverage and capacity in...
HONG KONG-U.S. mobile-phone vendors are gearing up for cdmaOne sales in China despite uncertainty whether the technology will be deployed there.While China Unicom told reporters here last week it still is interested in the technology, it remained unclear when and if the company would...
