CDMA

Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer’s conference last week. The CDMA technology pioneer joined carriers, handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing forward the BREW platform with …

With competitors cannibalizing and usurping its once unique position in the wireless industry, Leap Wireless International Inc. said it plans to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection later this year with new offerings and services that the carrier said it …

High-profile nationwide carriers and niche-focused mobile virtual network operators are not the only wireless service providers that stand to benefit from specific marketing geared toward the highly desirable youth market. A survey released last week by the National Telecommunications Cooperative …

SYDNEY, Australia-Australia’s leading wireless carrier said it will license i-mode technology from NTT DoCoMo Inc. in the Japanese carrier’s ninth partnership for the wireless Internet technology. Telstra is licensing the i-mode brand, technology and patents. Financial details were not disclosed. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. subsidiary Cellular One said it has completed the expansion of its CDMA 1x network upgrades in Arkansas, Nevada and Texas to go along with upgrades to its CDMA digital network in Kansas and Nebraska last year …

The worldwide market for mobile phones continues to swell, as new research shows handset makers sold 153 million devices in the first quarter. However, market leader Nokia Corp. witnessed a significant drop in its market share, despite managing to increase …

OSLO, Norway-CDMA 450 technology is making headway in various global markets, with Norway awarding a 450 MHz license in that country, and trials of the technology concluding in Brazil. The Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority said it received a $161,000 …

The new wireless gizmos may be humming with new applications, but promises keep outweighing results. CDMA, the technology leading the march toward a full third-generation era, continues to confront challenges. Data services have been unfurled, but adoption is still in …

North Korea has apparently banned the use of mobile phones, according to international news reports. Details on the secretive country’s ban were unclear. The country banned the use of mobile phones in late May, according to reports quoting a North …

In preparation for its developer’s conference this week in San Diego, Qualcomm Inc. today announced it has broadened the scope of its BREW technology far beyond the confines of games, ring tones and other simple applications. Under the company’s new …

WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said Thursday that it had turned down Qualcomm Inc.’s extension request to use the remaining 5 percent of its auction discount voucher. “We do not agree with Qualcomm’s representation that it has had limited opportunity …

DALLAS-Two marquee chipmakers Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics said they are sampling what they describe as the first standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution. The chips will be embedded in cell phones, personal digital assistants and other mobile devices. EV-DV technology is …

North Korea has apparently banned the use of mobile phones, according to international news reports. Details on the secretive country’s ban were unclear. The country banned the use of mobile phones in late May, according to reports quoting a North …

Two marquee chipmakers Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics said they are sampling what they describe as the first standard CDMA2000 1x EV-DV solution. The chips will be embedded in cell phones, personal digital assistants and other mobile devices. EV-DV technology is …

WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau said Thursday that it had turned down Qualcomm Inc.’s extension request to use the remaining 5 percent of its auction discount voucher. “We do not agree with Qualcomm’s representation that it has had limited opportunity …

Motorola said it will sell its first megapixel camera phone in the United States starting this summer. The company also said it has teamed with Hollywood director Scott Sanders to develop an online “advertainment” film promoting the phone. “By finding …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced a $50 million contract with Indosat in Indonesia to enhance GSM service coverage and capacity in East Java. The first phase of the project has been completed, and phase two is under way. The Nokia contract …

SAN DIEGO-Indian carrier Tata Teleservices is the first operator to launch a push-to-talk service based on Qualcomm Inc.’s BREWChat solution. The technology enables person-to-person and person-to-group communication between subscribers at the push of a button, said Qualcomm. “Offering a BREWChat-powered …

Camera phones are the most rapidly accepted consumer electronics device in history. Yet it appears that wireless carriers-a group many assumed would reap the rewards of a camera-phone revolution-are sitting on the sidelines of this mass adoption, watching and waiting. …

GOTHENBURG, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has sold its wireless data division known as Mobitex to a U.K. investment group. The major investors include two former executives of U.K Mobitex network operator Transcomm plc. The executives include Andrew C. Fitton, its former chief …

Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. The announcement comes against the background of an industry search for a common standard for PoC even as the major players …

CellStar Corp. warned today that it expects its second-quarter revenues to be lower than those garnered in last year’s second quarter. The company’s stock plummeted more than 11 percent, or 68 cents, to trade at $5.33 per share following the …

CALGARY-CSI Wireless Inc. announced product details and shipping plans for its new 410 series of GSM/GPRS fixed wireless telephones. CSI said product shipments are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of this year, and the phones will likely be …

Wireless users will soon have several new gadgets to play with, as Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA Inc. and others announced the release of new devices. First up is Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s new SCH-a650 for Verizon Wireless. The device features …

KARACHI, Pakistan, and RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. made two CDMA2000 1x-related announcements. In Brazil, Lucent said VIVO, the country’s largest wireless carrier, will launch a 1x EV-DO network trial in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo using Lucent …