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Editor’s Note: No other debate has ignited the wireless telecommunications industry like the one that rages between TDMA and CDMA technology. For several years, the greatest argument against CDMA technology …

SAN DIEGO-Cellular One launched Arizona’s first Code Division Multiple Access digital service in the Phoenix area using Qualcomm Personal Electronics’ handsets. The system covers most of the Phoenix metropolitan area, …

Sprint PCS service is available in six cities, and just two days remain for Sprint Spectrum L.P. to meet its goal of launching 1900 MHz personal comm-unications services in two …

WASHINGTON-C-block personal communications services bidders Antigone Communications L.P. and PCS Devco Inc. continued to put NextWave Personal Communications Inc.’s feet into the fire regarding its pending C-block licenses. This time …

Qualcomm Inc. has made a double-barrel response to claims by L.M. Ericsson that Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access products infringe on Ericsson technology patents. Both Qualcomm and Ericsson hold CDMA …

NEW YORK-Although Ericsson Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. for alleged patent infringement, Ericsson said it believes the two manufacturers will work out their differences without the threat …

Sprint PCS said software problems by one of its two equipment vendors will delay the launch of personal communications service in some markets by year’s end, but the company still …

Lucent Technologies Inc. has agreed to finance infrastructure equipment for NextWave Telecom Inc., in a deal the companies value at $200 million for the first two years. Lucent will not …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Personal Communications Inc. categorically denied it surpassed the federal rules regarding foreign ownership caps and outside control in a letter answering questions regarding its fitness to become a personal …

SAN DIEGO-Sony/Qualcomm CDMA sales, a division of Qualcomm Personal Electronics, will supply Sony CM-D500 handsets for GTE Inc.’s launch of Code Division Multiple Access digital service in Austin, Texas. The …

NEW YORK-Qualcomm Inc. announced Nov. 18 a drop in net income for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year, accompanied by a sharp increase in revenues for the same period. …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Personal Communications Inc. has responded to detailed questions put forth by the Federal Communications Commission Nov. 15 regarding that agency’s investigation of the C-block winner’s fitness to be a …

“The debate on CDMA is over, folks,” declared Jerry Butters, an executive with Lucent Technologies Inc., last week when PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched 1900 MHz service in 11 major …

SAN JUAN, P.R.-In a move that could become a role model for other pocket phone carriers struggling to activate their cell sites, Centennial Cellular Corp. has executed an end-run around …

Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group licensed its FLEX technology to paging infrastructure manufacturers EcoSoft GTCO and Tecnomen Oy. EcoSoft said it will use the technology to make inexpensive paging …

ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet has launched its first commercial Code Division Multiple Access cellular service in Austin, Texas. The company is offering a dual-mode Sony-branded handset, the CM-D500, manufactured by Qualcomm Personal …

Hughes Network Systems Inc. aspires to accomplish a great deal more than just to supply $1 billion of network equipment to NextWave Telecom Inc. “This goes beyond equipment supply. That’s …

CINCINNATI-GTE Mobilnet Inc. initiated the first call on its personal communications services network to Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls in her office at Cincinnati City Hall. The inaugural call represented the …

When Pacific Bell Mobile Services launches commercial GSM-based personal communications services this Friday in San Diego, it will do so alongside a quiet competitor. AirTouch Communications Inc. said it will …

WASHINGTON-A conservative watchdog group convinced a federal judge to force the Commerce Department to turn over documents of former Secretary Ron Brown in connection with allegations that trade missions-some with …

J.D. Power and Associates appointed Joanne Codella its new manager of wireless services. Her responsibilities will include managing syndicated and proprietary customer satisfaction studies in the wireless industry. Codella worked …

Korean telephone service provider Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. awarded Lucent Technologies Inc. a contract to supply and install a Code Division Multiple Access-technology based cellular network in the southern cities of …

Uniden Corp. said its San Diego Research and Development Center entered into a licensing agreement to use Unwired Planet Inc.’s wireless communications software platform that includes an Internet/intranet browser, server …

Editor: Quentin Hardy’s article, “Jacobs’ Patter,” in the Sept. 6 edition of The Wall Street Journal claims that “some of the biggest names in telecommunications” have invested perhaps $20 billion …

The Micro Digital M75 is a Time Division Multiple Access digital phone from Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Subscriber Group. The Flip Phone meets the Telecommunications Industry Association IS-136 standard for North …