UMTS

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Unseemly and ongoing disputes over intellectual property rights seem to have hijacked the current debate about third-generation (3G) cellular. Posturing by radio manufacturers continues to dominate the news …

Qualcomm Inc. said it has clarified its stance with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute on intellectual property rights it claims to own for W-CDMA technology. In January, ETSI chose W-CDMA …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-For a while it looked as if the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) original vision of a single global standard for third-generation mobile networks could be possible. Everyone was …

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TOKYO-NEC Corp. and United Kingdom-based ERA Technology Ltd. signed a joint-venture agreement to design and develop next-generation wireless network infrastructure based on the UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) standard, said …

Vendors and carriers have renewed hope that the world could have one standard in place for third-generation systems, but Europe holds one of the keys in making it a reality. …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The challenges faced by radio-access network providers have been underlined by the experiences of Ionica, a company established in June 1996 to provide a new wireless telephone service to …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission said it adopted a proposal for the coordinated introduction of third-generation, or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology, in Europe. EC said the proposal responds to concerns …

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 …

PARIS-Sony Corp. joined the UMTS Alliance in support of its proposed next generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications System wireless standard, which combines key elements of Time Division Multiple Access and Code …

LONDON-Code Division Multiple Access technology is playing a key role in several leading technology contenders for third-generation wireless networks in Europe, but back-to-back industry shows held here last week underlined …

The introduction of new digital cellular and personal communications services standards in the United States and global markets has brought to bear the issue of multimode and multiband wireless handsets. …