SAN FRANCISCO-A Code Division Multiple Access digital/analog dual-mode, dual-band telephone has been introduced by Qualcomm Inc., along with two other new CDMA portable phones in its QCP series.The manufacturer expects the three phones will be commercially available this summer: the QCP-2700 800 MHz MHz dual-band...
E.F. Johnson Co. and Motorola Inc.'s Land Mobile Products sector said they will submit a proposal to build a new digital, trunked 800 MHz public safety radio system for the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. E.F. Johnson said the Metropolitan Radio Board, a group of public...
Qualcomm Inc. has asked the Federal Communications Commission for the Miami pioneer's preference personal communications services license the company was denied three years ago.The request comes after the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology asked for comment from Qualcomm as to what action the...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The digital handset market saw significant growth in 1996, an indication that this market is developing into a formidable one, says a study by Dataquest.The digital handset market grew 73 percent in 1996, said the company. L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Corp. were...
Motorola Inc. said it intends to file a patent infringement lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc., claiming Qualcomm's new Code Division Multiple Access "Q" phone copies the basic look and functions as well as marketing literature of Motorola's StarTac wearable phone.Qualcomm in turn has filed a...
NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile expanded its offering of DigitalChoice to the Philadelphia area.There is no activation fee for DigitalChoice, which employs 13-kilobit per second CDMA technology. Pricing plans start at $25 per month. Bell Atlantic Nynex said it is selling dual-mode phones for...
USCI Inc. named Albert Bodamer senior vice president of Ameritel Communications Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of USCI. He will be responsible for all operational aspects of Ameritel. Bodamer previously served as vice president and general manager for PriCellular Corp.'s southern New York region....
Qualcomm Personal Electronics reported it has shipped more than 1 million Code Division Multiple Access portable phones. Qualcomm Personal Electronics, a joint venture of Qualcomm Inc. and Sony Electronics Inc., manufactures the Qualcomm QCP-800 cellular and QCP-1900 PCS phones, and the Sony CM-D500 cellular...
SAN DIEGO-Sony/Qualcomm CDMA Sales, a division of Qualcomm Personal Electronics, will provide Code Division Multiple Access handsets to U S West Communications Inc. Sony/Qualcomm values the contract at $80 million.The Qualcomm QCP-1900 and Sony CM-D600 personal communications services phones initially will be available in...
The Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is close to officially introducing Code Division Multiple Access technology as a pocket telephone standard.The indication comes after the Japanese standardization body, the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses, adopted and modified Interim Standard 95 for the...
Cellular offsets PCS costs for TDSCHICAGO-Telephone and Data Systems Inc. said strong cellular performance was offset by personal communications services development costs to produce a decline in net income for the fourth quarter 1996. Net income was $10.9 million, or 18 cents per share,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's Office of Engineering and Technology has requested comments from Qualcomm Inc. as to what action the OET should recommend to the commission concerning the FCC's denial of Qualcomm's pioneer's preference application.Last month, a federal appeals court overturned the FCC's rejection...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. finalized terms of its proposed placement of 5.75 percent Trust convertible preferred securities. The offering has been increased from $450 million to $550 million in gross proceeds (See related story on Page 20).The securities represent an undivided beneficial interest in Qualcomm...
NEW YORK-Qualcomm Financial Trust I, wholly owned by Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, plans to sell a $450 million issue of convertible preferred stock due 2012 to help finance the parent company's expansion.In an announcement Feb. 18, Moody's Investors Service Inc., New York, assigned a...
Several low-earth-orbit satellite systems will have initial launches this year, marking the beginning of services that a Washington, D.C., consulting firm says "will fill the gaps other wireless systems don't cover."Big LEOs and medium earth orbit systems will not only be viable but will...
If demand for dual-band handsets can be measured by vendor contracts, carriers must only now be finalizing plans for multi-frequency roaming.The industry's most prolific terminal manufacturers have yet to announce volume contracts for these expensive new phones, although some expect to have agreements in...
NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. plans additional financing to help build and launch 56 low-earth-orbit satellites for digital wireless voice and data service covering most of the world by mid-to-late 1998.Headquartered in New York, Globalstar is a limited partnership led by Loral Space & Communications...
BURNABY, B.C.-BC TEL Mobility announced plans to launch digital 800 MHz service based on Code Division Multiple Access technology in British Columbia, Canada, early next month.The company completed field trials of Northern Telecom Ltd.'s network in September. Nortel has a five-year $80 million agreement...
WASHINGTON-According to company spokeswoman Jennifer Walsh, NextWave Telecom Inc. plans to amend its current S-1 filing at the Securities and Exchange Commission soon to get its stalled initial public offering off the ground. On Jan. 20, news agency Reuters America Inc. quoted a source...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile launched its DigitalChoice cellular phone service in Washington/Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Charlotte, N.C. DigitalChoice uses 13-kilobit Code Division Multiple Access technology.The DigitalChoice service includes caller ID, voice mail with message indicator, free first minute on incoming calls, TalkDial, call waiting,...
SEATTLE-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced large business customers in western Washington now have access to Code Division Multiple Access cellular service."In the past, we have launched new services to business and retail customers simultaneously," said Julie Dexter Berg, executive vice president and general manager for...
While Old Man Winter dumps mercilessly on everyone else, the sun shines brighter than ever these days on Irwin Jacobs. A big target for skeptics ever since taking the road less traveled instead the one the taken by the rest of the wireless herd,...
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court last week overturned the Federal Communications Commission's rejection of Qualcomm Inc.'s pioneer's preference application, saying the agency was inconsistent in awarding licenses for innovative broadband personal communications services technologies.The court said there was disparate treatment of Omnipoint Corp., which received...
Metawave Communications Corp. appointed Kathryn Surace-Smith general counsel for the company. She will provide legal support for Metawave's business development activities including customer contracts, licensing agreements, strategic partnerships and financial, operational and corporate matters. Previously, Surace-Smith was international counsel for Alcatel Telecom.Glenayre Technologies Inc....
