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 does not seem feasible. With a population of 100 million people, the country has only...
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 purchase of Qualcomm Inc.'s fledgling infrastructure division and licensed intellectual property rights to cdmaOne technology...
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 Code Division Multiple Access standards for third-generation mobile phones.Aaron, according to a participant at...
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 from L.M. Ericsson.The week also marked the first time the company's various satellite offices...
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 service in many of the markets is deployed.All the winners had met their payment...
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, paving the way for the compromise to be translated into a new, global-roaming standard...
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 for Global Integration.In 1985, Jacobs was a founder of Qualcomm and has served as...
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 other countries and quicken similar approval for its mobile handsets.EU certification for the fixed...
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 agreement with Yahoo! Inc. to deliver Web content and services to Sprint PCS customers in...
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 tounge lashings by federal court judges.The FCC and its representatives, have had arguments called...
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 the end of the year."Our MSM3000 system software enables our customers to develop new...
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 designs.Texas Instruments would not identify the eight companies, instead supplying Dataquest rankings of the...
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 this framework, and political infighting among the 3G players remains.Executives in February agreed to...
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 phones.US West will purchase and distribute a variety of Qualcomm handsets, including the new...
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 manufacturers and operators with an enhanced platform to launch cdma2000 handsets and infrastructure products."Leveraging...
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 Bell Mobility the first carrier to begin testing Revolv, the first service offering from Wireless...
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 transaction with Ericsson to be completed on or about May 24.Qualcomm said about 94...
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 AvantGo.com.The service compiles a set of popular Internet sites where users may go for...
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 quarter."Our service will be different than what our wireless competitors are deploying," said Jamey...
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 Qualcomm's infrastructure division be immediately vested. The lawsuit also seeks unspecified damages. The total figure...
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 mad dash to get their seat in the circle only to find it has...
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 of Orbcomm.Orbcomm also announced Schneider National Inc., one of North America's largest transportation and...
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 Radiocommunication Conference next year.Motorola, according to sources, is distressed over what it regards as...
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 a TransAtlantic Business Dialogue meeting months ago.Government officials are concerned over statements Ericsson made...
