ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Chinese electronics maker TCL Mobile Communication used technology from Wavecom SA as the basis for its new S320 and S500 mobile phones, a move Wavecom said shows the company is one of TCL's preferred wireless technology suppliers."As a key technology partner for TCL,...
NEW ORLEANS-Multi-Tech Systems Inc., a data communications technology company, announced its first cellular modems at CTIA Wireless 2003. The new products include embedded and external modem models using both GSM/GPRS and CDMA technologies.The company announced a partnership with Wavecom Inc., which calls for the...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA has signed a contract with Korean handset vendor Curitel Communications Inc.Under the contract, Curitel will integrate Wavecom's WISMO modules into its new GSM/GPRS multimedia mobile phones, to be launched in the Chinese and U.S. markets in the third quarter 2003.
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA and Korean handset manufacturer Telson Electronics have entered a contract under which Wavecom will supply its quadband WISMO modules for Telson's new TDG7050 line of mobile phones.The clamshell phones, equipped with digital cameras and MP3function, color screens, polyphonic ring tones and...
NEW YORK-Shares of Wavecom S.A. fell more than 53 percent in Friday trading after the company announced its largest customer, China's TCL Mobile, cancelled orders, affecting Wavecom's fourth quarter revenue.Wavecom now anticipates fourth quarter revenues to be between $133 million and $141 million, down...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA released its new tri-mode CDMA WISMO Quik module-the WISMO Quik Q2438 at this week's CDMA Americas Congress.The module incorporates CDMA digital 800 MHz, CDMA 1900 MHz and AMPS 800 MHz, making it usable in several markets."By shifting the burden of building...
In today's soft economy, the benefits of outsourcing are becoming clearer to many manufacturers.Since the outsourcing trend intensified in the past few years, companies have said it has enhanced economies of scale, time to market and what one industry expert described as design to...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Chinese mobile phone maker TCL Mobile Communications will offer color LCD display phones using modules from wireless module provider Wavecom."The flexibility of the WISMO module and Wavecom's best-in-class integration support allows us to focus on design and marketing and to adapt our offering...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom has opened a representative office in China, the largest single market in its largest region. The new office is in the Zhongguancun district of Beijing, known as a hub of technology operations. Six people currently staff the office and Haibo Zhu, chief...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wireless modules maker Wavecom SA said it has signed an agreement to allow Elcoteq to manufacture its WISMO Quik Q2400 modules at its plant in Beijing, China."By using third-party manufacturers, Wavecom gains access to up-to-date facilities and processes without significant capital outlay and...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA signed a contract with Wonu Telecom Co. Ltd. in South Korea to supply its Wismo Pac P3200 series modules and support their integration into Wonu's new WGM-1891 GPRS mobile phone.The phones are to be launched in China in the fourth quarter...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom said it signed a contract with South Korean mobile-phone manufacturer Everkom Industrial Co. Ltd. to supply Wismo Quik Q2403B modules for Everkom's new MGD-100 GSM/GPRS mobile phones and provide all necessary integration support.The contract calls for an initial order of 200,000 units.Wismo...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wireless solution provider Wavecom SA recently reported second-quarter results that include an increase in revenues. The company said its total revenues were $135.5 million, up 84 percent compared with the $73.5 million it reported in the year-ago quarter and up 25 percent from...
BEIJING—Datang Telecom has cut the price of its CDMA handsets by 20 percent to 1,980 yuan (US$239.22). They are the first CDMA handsets in China priced below 2,000 yuan (US$241.63).China Unicom Vice President Lu Jianguo predicted the CDMA service will start to boom when...
SAN DIEGO—Digital wireless standard modules developer Wavecom Inc., subsidiary of Wavecom SA of France, announced DCInextech will be the new distributor for its GSM/GPRS modems in North America."We are committed to building partnerships with companies that will expand new GSM/GPRS wireless applications in the...
MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA, which develops digital wireless standard modules announced that Sewon Telecom Co. Ltd., a Korean telecommunications company, has placed its second order for WISMO modules, this time for 550,000 units."The WISMO solution allowed us to introduce two new models at the right...
PARIS-Wavecom S.A., a developer of digital Wireless Standard Modules, reported a decrease in revenue and an increase in net loss compared with the same quarter last year.For the second quarter, Wavecom reported revenue of $10.74 million, compared with $10.75 million last year. Reported net...
NEW YORK-Wavecom S.A., a French provider of digital wireless standard modules, went public June 9 with a 3.3 million share offering at 13.50 euro per share and $14 per American Depository Receipt.Credit Suisse First Boston was lead underwriter for the initial public offering. Wavecom's...
CANNES, France-CDMA proponents have their voice in the CDMA Development Group. TDMA advocates have their say through the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium. Now the GSM world has its own lobbying force with the formation of the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).The GSA, comprising only...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. and Wavecom S.A. said Swiss manufacturer Ascom is the first manufacturer to launch a handset based on the VLSI/Wavecom Global System for Mobile communications GTI2000 concept.GTI2000 integrates VLSI's silicon GSM baseband chipset with Wavecom's first generation GSM system design,...
