SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced a $70 million contract with African Telecommunications Inc. to supply a wireless local loop system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) based on Code Division Multiple Access technology. Qualcomm plans to begin deployment of the cdmaOne WLL system...
European Telecommunications Standards Institute members last week reached a consensus agreement for a third-generation mobile phone standard, incorporating two major proposals that were on the table. The agreement came after members failed the day before to reach the 71-percent consensus vote required to approve...
SINGAPORE-The Asia-Pacific currency crisis has taken its toll on the Personal Communications Industry Association's first venture into the international trade-show arena. Wireless Showcase Asia, held here last week and touted as the first all-wireless show in the region, drew only limited attendance from outside...
Samsung is not a household name in the United States, but the consumer electronics giant is hoping its $10 million brand promotion campaign introduced in the fourth quarter and its aggressive strategy to grab a 40-percent share of the U.S.CDMA handset market will do...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said Interim Standard-707 packet data, circuit-switched data and digital fax capabilities are now available on its Code Division Multiple Access infrastructure equipment. The company said it offers wireless providers an end-to-end solution for data services."Operators in Chile, India, Russia and Ukraine...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has completed a six-month field trial with Vodafone Ltd. demonstrating the compatibility of a Code Division Multiple Access base station in an existing Global System for Mobile communications network.The trial proved the technical feasibility through integrating an unmodified GSM...
While not everything is rosy in the PCS world-what with a couple bankruptcies, some layoffs, downgraded and stagnant rollout plans-the industry, in general, has made terrific inroads in a short time. A strong economy and cheap pricing plans certainly have contributed to how quickly...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc. announced it won a $900,000 order to supply Qualcomm Inc. with amplifiers for its Code Division Multiple Access cellular communications system base stations.The company expects the base stations to be used to upgrade existing cellular infrastructure from analog to...
SAN DIEGO-Kubtelecom of Krasnodar, Russian Federation, awarded Qualcomm Inc. a $10 million contract to supply an 800 MHz Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop system in the Krasnodar region, Qualcomm announced. Deployment of the cdmaOne WLL system is expected to begin in February,...
WASHINGTON-State Department officials last week told Qualcomm Inc. that Russian authorities will not require technician Richard Bliss to return to Russia to face espionage charges.Bliss, who was arrested Nov. 25 while working on a wireless local loop system in the southern Russian city of...
SAN DIEGO-Continental Express Inc. signed a multimillion dollar contract to purchase 750 OmniTracs satellite mobile communications systems from Qualcomm Inc. over the next five years, Qualcomm announced.Continental Express, an irregular route general commodity common carrier, plans to equip its entire fleet of trucks with...
As 1998 begins and a new century beckons, the wireless industry finds itself riding the wave of landmark free trade agreements that will open telecom and information technology markets and force countries to address the far-reaching implications of the Digital Age.What worldly thinkers have...
Qualcomm Inc. field technician Richard Bliss, who had been detained in Rostov, Russia, since his arrest Nov. 25 for spying, reportedly was released to return to the United States Dec. 23 following an agreement between his company, Russian security services and himself.According to the...
African Continental Telecommunications Ltd. said it will invest $835 million in a two-phase deal to establish an advanced satellite telecommunications network in Africa. Phase one of the network, which includes repositioning of a geo-stationary satellite leased from American Mobile Satellite Corp., will be completed...
SAN DIEGO-Nigerian Starcomms Ltd., a privately licensed wireless local loop operator, has agreed to provide service to the Lagos area of Nigeria using a $40 million cdmaOne system supplied by Qualcomm Inc., announced Qualcomm.Deployment of the 1900 MHz Code Division Multiple Access system is...
WASHINGTON-Russian authorities were expected to drop espionage charges against Qualcomm Inc.'s Richard Bliss over the weekend and free the 29-year-old field technician to return to the United States.Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Diane Feinstein, according to press aides, spoke last week with Russia's Ambassador...
WASHINGTON-Russia, over U.S. objections, was expected to charge Qualcomm Inc.'s Richard Bliss with espionage on Friday amid new revelations that the 29-year-old field technician reportedly admitted to illegally bringing satellite receivers into the country.Nikolai Kovalev, head of the Federal Security Service, said Bliss has...
While PCS carriers aren't slashing airtime rates for the holidays, handset prices are dropping to ranges that may persuade the reluctant customer to make a purchase.Omnipoint Communications Services in New York is pushing Ericsson Inc.'s 388 Global System for Mobile communications handset for $50,...
Qualcomm Inc. announced it promoted Dr. Mark Epstein to senior vice president of development. Epstein will lead Qualcomm's international standards activities and develop corporate relationships to support the company's next-generation wireless products. With more than 30 years in the communications industry, Epstein joined Qualcomm...
NEW YORK-Telecom Analysis Systems, Eatontown, N.J., said Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, has implemented the TAS Code Division Multiple Access Automatic Test System for testing software in its cellular and personal communications services phones.A turnkey hardware and software solution, the TAS CDMA ATS automatically tests...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a contract with wireline operator Philippines Telegraph & Telephone Corp. to deploy a Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop network next month in southern Luzon.The geography and demography of the Philippines is well suited to wireless telephony, due to...
SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea's largest cellular operator, has completed test trials of third-generation services, which it expects to offer to the public at the 2002 World Cup in Seoul.Believing IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunications) is crucial to its success, the Code Division Multiple...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has acquired Now Software, a pioneer in cross-platform, personal productivity software.With the purchase, Qualcomm gains Now's range of advanced scheduling and "calendaring" software products that meet a growing demand for individual and enterprise collaboration for both office and mobile users, said...
ITASCA, Ill.-Shieldmate Robotics Inc. said it has been dismissed from a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Motorola Inc. against Shieldmate and Qualcomm Inc.Motorola filed a lawsuit in federal court in March against the two companies, claiming Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access-based Q phone infringed...
