Southern California's emergence as a burgeoning wireless hub was reinforced when yet another new telecom company, Kokusai Communications Systems Inc., opened its world headquarters last month in San Diego.Kokusai Communications is the newest subsidiary of Kokusai Electric Co. Ltd., a Tokyo-based manufacturer of wireless...
SINGAPORE-An air of triumph permeated last week's second annual CDMA World Congress as the supporters of Code Division Multiple Access celebrated the past year's network launches, announced a unified branding plan and prepared to enter the next millennium with a platform for advanced wireless...
TORONTO-Qualcomm Inc. said it signed an 18-month contract to supply Code Division Multiple Access digital handsets to Bell Mobility, a Canadian wireless services provider. Qualcomm values the agreement at $70 million.The agreement includes Qualcomm's QCP-2700, a digital dual-band, dual-mode phone. Bell Mobility will use...
NEW YORK-Competition from personal communications services companies in the United States is proving to be good news for wireless carriers and their stocks, David A. Freedman, managing director of Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., New York, said June 4."If you look at a graph...
New lawsuit filed on Motorola patentsMotorola Inc. last week filed a new patent infringement lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. in San Diego federal court, claiming all of Qualcomm's wireless phones violate Motorola patents.The infringement claims are against Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access Q phone, five...
Qualcomm Personal Electronics, a division of Qualcomm Inc. and Sony Electronics Inc., reduced its temporary work force in response to a planned transition to new product lines, automated production methods and lowered seasonal demand.About 600 temporary workers are affected by the downsizing. The workers...
Globalstar L.P. announced at a signing ceremony it has placed purchase orders by the partners that comprise Globalstar's limited partnership for 35 Globalstar gateways to be installed around the world. The contracts, totaling approximately $275 million, represent a further commitment by the Globalstar partners...
SAN DIEGO-The OmniTracs division of Qualcomm Inc. announced the sale of its Decision Support Software, Trucking Operation System Local Area Network and TL2000 software products to Sabre Decision Technologies, ITS and TMW Systems, respectively.Terms of the contracts were not disclosed."The purchase of the these...
A new company has been formed to specialize in applying Code Division Multiple Access digital technology to product innovations. Digital Line Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., will focus on developing wireless equipment and accessories for manufacturers and wireless carriers, the company said. Digital...
NEWBURY, U.K.-Vodafone Group plc and Qualcomm Inc. said they will conduct a field trial in the United Kingdom starting the fourth quarter to demonstrate how Code Division Multiple Access wireless access technology can be integrated into a Global System for Mobile communications network.The companies...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. last week dedicated Qualcomm Stadium, which is home to the San Diego Chargers, San Diego Padres and San Diego State University Aztecs.Qualcomm paid the city of San Diego $18 million to complete the second phase of the stadium expansion in exchange...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in San Diego seeking a judicial determination that Qualcomm does not infringe on three patents held by U.S. Philips Corp.The complaint says a dispute arose from Philips' contention that the three patents cover...
WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry is preparing to mount a fierce lobbying campaign to support renewing most-favored-nation trade status for China.The debate on China MFN, which has become a ritual this time every year, takes on added significance in light of allegations being probed by the...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. has dismissed its chief executive officer, Gregory Webb, after only seven months in the position.Prior to joining InterDigital, Webb was corporate vice president of Qualcomm Inc., where he was responsible for marketing, sales and strategic business relationships.During the...
Metawave Communications Corp. named Tom Crawford director of product marketing and business development. He will be responsible for maintaining strategic partnerships that provide new sales and marketing opportunities for Metawave's multibeam antenna systems. Prior to joining the company, Crawford was director of strategic accounts...
Swedish telecommunications giant L.M. Ericsson is promoting the application of wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, and recently announced a partnership with Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp. of Japan to develop commercial uses for W-CDMA.The announcement has raised a few eyebrows for a number...
DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. said it placed more than 80 percent of its customer financing commitments to North American personal communications services operators with a group of more than 20 major financial institutions. The three transactions amounted to about $1.7 billion.The placements include $1.2 billion...
NEW YORK-With production of handsets now hitting the current 300,000 capacity mark during some weeks, Qualcomm Inc. announced second-quarter earnings and revenues April 21 that showed dramatic growth, while gross profit margins declined.Qualcomm, headquartered in San Diego, reported revenues of $586 million during the...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. acquired a 49 percent equity interest in Corporacion Nacional de Radiodeterminacion, a Mexican company that has been the exclusive operator and distributor of Qualcomm's OmniTracs two-way mobile satellite communications and tracking system in Mexico since 1992."Consistent with the increased traffic crossing...
Qualcomm Inc. announced the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California has lifted a temporary restraining order that barred the company from commercially producing and selling its Q phone.The court also denied a preliminary injunction requested by Motorola Inc. which has claimed...
The Federal Communications Commission announced three appointments in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. David Horowitz was named chief of the Private Wireless Division of the Bureau, which he joined in 1995 as deputy chief. He joined the commission in 1998 as a staff attorney with...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. announced that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California dismissed a lawsuit filed against it by Qualcomm Inc. in December. However, Qualcomm said the dismissal was issued in an effort to consolidate the companies' claims against each other...
The U.S. District Court in the Southern District of California has granted Qualcomm Inc.'s request for a temporary restraining order against Motorola Inc.Qualcomm said the order prohibits Motorola from stating, suggesting, inferring or otherwise communicating directly or indirectly to Qualcomm's customers, suppliers and prospective...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California has granted Motorola Inc. a temporary restraining order against Qualcomm Inc. preventing further production, sales or marketing of its Q phone.Motorola said the court's order was based, in part, on a finding that...
