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SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has shipped its new high-speed packet data software solution to Japanese and Korean wireless operators that have announced plans to launch high-speed data service before …

NEW YORK-Texas Instruments announced eight of the world’s top 10 producers of third-generation wireless base stations said they plan to use TI’s latest and fastest digital signal processor in their …

Industry executives in February hailed the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue agreement as a major breakthrough in the 3G debate, but today it appears standards bodies have made little progress to pursue …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and U S West Communications Inc. announced a 12-month, $120 million agreement for U S West to purchase Qualcomm Code Division Multiple Access digital personal communications services …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has developed the first in a family of new chipsets and system software solutions to support future cdma2000 products. The new solution will provide wireless …

SAN DIEGO-Canada’s Bell Mobility announced it will begin formally testing the Revolv service from Wireless Knowledge L.L.C., the joint venture created by Microsoft Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. The announcement makes …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the U.S. Justice Department has reviewed L.M. Ericsson’s pending acquisition of the company’s infrastructure division and the two company’s intellectual-property-right settlement. Qualcomm said it expects the …

The buzz phrase of the wireless data industry this year is Internet portal, and AvantGo Inc. hopes to capitalize on this attention by introducing a free interactive Internet service called …

Leveraging its parent company’s strength as a landline and Internet service provider, U S West Wireless said it expects to roll out commercial mobile text-based Internet access during the fourth …

SAN DIEGO (AP)-Disgruntled employees are suing Qualcomm Inc., demanding potentially millions of dollars in stock options. The class-action lawsuit filed last week demands that unvested stock options for workers in …

Working in the fast-paced world of wireless telecommunications is like playing a game of musical chairs-everything moves along smoothly until the music stops. In the silence, many are making a …

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. and Qualcomm Inc. signed an agreement under which Qualcomm will market and deliver the satellite-based trailer tracking system developed by Vantage Tracking Solution, a business unit …

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc., the top American wireless manufacturer, is internally debating whether it can support what appears will be a weak U.S. position on third-generation mobile phone spectrum at the World …

U.S. government officials pressed L.M. Ericsson Chief Executive Sven-Christer Nilsson last week to lobby the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to adopt the tri-mode CDMA third-generation standard framework agreed to at …

NEW YORK-Amid good news about resurging American investments in Latin American mutual funds and the gradual rebound of Brazil’s economy, Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette International announced it has started covering …

If there is any hope second-generation CDMA technology will penetrate Europe, it may be through some struggling NMT 450 operators. The NMT MoU group, consisting of NMT 450 operators from …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has completed the re-auction of 356 PCS licenses in the United States. Licenses had to be re-auctioned after several of the original bidders were unable …

Capping a string of negative developments leading up to its first-quarter earnings report that showed a net loss of US$505 million, Iridium announced Edward Staiano-the company’s vice chairman, chief executive …

Australia The Australian Communications Authority said it will complete its PCS auction of 800 MHz and 1.8 MHz spectrum, with the final 800 MHz lot covering Central Australia to be …

Germany InterDigital Communications Corp., through its subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corp., entered a worldwide, royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany. According to the …

BAL HARBOUR, Fla.-Let the lobbying wars begin. The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium is stepping up efforts to promote Time Division Multiple Access technology around the world following the CDMA Development …

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson said it paid less than $120.8 million net for Qualcomm Inc.’s Code Division Multiple Access wireless infrastructure operations in a deal settled last month. Ericsson spokeswoman Pia Gideon …

WASHINGTON-The re-auction of personal communications services licenses for the C, D, E and F blocks closed last week with participants bidding $412.8 million in 78 rounds, or about $3.60 per …

The world’s carriers are set to meet in Tokyo this week for another round of discussions on converging Code Division Multiple Access-based third-generation technology. The International Telecommunication Union adopted a …

L.M. Ericsson said it supports the third-generation TDMA proposal and a group of 3G CDMA technologies that accommodates three different modes and various chip rates. The statement comes just weeks …