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TeleCorp PCS TeleCorp PCS Inc. hired Raul Burgos as vice president and general manager of its Puerto Rican operations. He most recently served as general manager and vice president of …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Qualcomm Inc. signed an agreement valued at about $400 million calling for Sprint to purchase Qualcomm’s new Internet-capable Thin Phone and pdQ smart phone. Shipments …

Apparently irritated over a dispute that has lasted more than two years, Qualcomm Inc. is suing Motorola Inc., asking the court to terminate Code Division Multiple Access licenses granted to …

Leap gains FCC OK on license transfers SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. announced the Federal Communications Commission issued a Memorandum Opinion and Order, which conditionally grants Leap’s applications to transfer …

A U.S. Court of Appeals Friday ordered the Federal Communications Commission to grant Qualcomm Inc. a pioneer’s preference license, ending the seven-year battle between the commission and the cdmaOne innovator. …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. released second-quarter earnings results for the period ended June 30, reporting a $1.25 loss per share and subscriber additions of 617,000 in its Sprint PCS Group. …

Two weeks after the ouster of L.M. Ericsson’s President and Chief Executive Officer Sven-Christer Nilsson, the company revealed in its second quarter earnings report some of the financial factors contributing …

NEW YORK-Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, recently registered to sell a 4 million share secondary equity offering, which could increase its available capital by at least $550 million, based on its …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Code Division Multiple Access handsets were the No. 1 selling handset in the United States during the first quarter with sales of 3.2 million units, said Dataquest Inc., …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced an agreement to jointly develop and promote standardization of a technology for locating the point of origin of an emergency wireless phone …

GTE Wireless Inc. is taking Qualcomm Inc. to federal court, claiming the handset manufacturer violated its patent by incorporating certain roaming technology in mobile phones. In a lawsuit filed in …

U S West Wireless recently completed field tests of Qualcomm Inc.’s High Data Rate product, saying it was impressed with the solution, but didn’t indicate plans to deploy the technology …

The wireless handset market has proven that a strong brand name doesn’t guarantee success. Sony Electronics Inc. announced last week it is pulling out of the North American handset business …

The Gartner Group’s Dataquest reports that Interim Standard-95 Code Division Multiple Access-based handsets are the top-selling handset in the U.S. market. As such, Qualcomm Inc., powered by a lead in …

WASHINGTON-An International Telecommunication Union task group in June in Beijing approved a carrier-crafted plan to harmonize competing U.S. and European CDMA technologies for Internet-friendly third-generation mobile phones, paving the way …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigeria has the potential of more than 5 million wireless subscribers and shows all the signs of becoming another wireless phenomenon in Africa. Looking at hard facts, this …

L.M. Ericsson wants the industry to know it plans to become a formidable contender in the cdmaOne infrastructure business. It’s been more than a month since the company completed its …

WASHINGTON-David Aaron, undersecretary of Commerce for international trade, told wireless executives last week the Clinton administration intends to press the European Union to affirm a carrier compromise on harmonizing competing …

Last week proved a significantly productive one for wireless data service bureau provider Saraide.com as the company acquired a value-added service provider in Europe and received a $5.5 million investment …

Now that the Federal Communications Commission has completed the re-auction of 365 C-, D-, E- and F-block personal communications services licenses, it still could be months or even years before …

WASHINGTON-An International Telecommunication Union task group in Beijing last week approved a carrier-crafted plan to harmonize competing U.S. and European Code Division Multiple Access technologies for Internet-friendly third-generation mobile phones, …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced its chairman and chief executive officer, Dr. Irwin Mark Jacobs, has been named the 1999 recipient of the Computerworld Smithsonian Program’s Ernst & Young Leadership Award …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Globalstar L.P. announced its fixed telephone terminal was approved for use throughout the European Union, which the company said will speed the certification process for the phone in …

Another U.S. mobile phone carrier has announced definitive plans to commercially launch Internet access during the fourth quarter. Code Division Multiple Access operator Sprint PCS said it has signed an …

WASHINGTON-While the Federal Communications Commission’s implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has been upheld for the most part, the agency has wound up lately on the wrong end of …