CDMA

Like others that seemed out of the wireless range at the outset, the radio-frequency identification technology may not just be about supply chains. Its future efficiency may be derived from using wireless technologies like wireless local area networks and wide …

Although Bluetooth technology gradually is taking hold among the world’s mobile-phone providers, the short-range wireless technology has elicited somewhat differing reactions from U.S. wireless carriers. Most notably, Sprint PCS introduced a separate pricing plan for its first Bluetooth-capable phone, the …

DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. said it has acquired gateway company WaterCove Networks to reinforce its core network portfolio. Watercove makes GPRS gateway support node (GGSN) products, which enhances a network’s capacity to transmit data and charge for services intelligently. “The skill set …

DALLAS-Machine-to-machine (M2M) business applications-distinguished from wireless data services in their ability to automatically and autonomously communicate, control and affect the operation of remote machines or systems in real time-will create significant new revenue opportunities for wireless equipment manufacturers, service providers …

WASHINGTON-Reports of exploding mobile-phone batteries finally hit a high note with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing a voluntary recall of 140,000 of Kyocera Wireless Corp.’s 7135 smart-phone batteries. The federal agency said the faulty batteries can short circuit …

Going by the quarterly reports of major vendors, wireless equipment business is whirring back to favor. Putting panic behind them, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. recorded solid growth, while Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Siemens AG reaffirmed sunny outlooks. …

Most of the world’s top mobile-phone makers celebrated major fourth-quarter victories, with record numbers of shipments and revenues boosted by the holiday season, but those in the industry expect the real action is still yet to come. “There haven’t been …

Reports of exploding mobile-phone batteries finally hit a high note with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announcing a voluntary recall of 140,000 of Kyocera Wireless Corp.’s 7135 smart-phone batteries. The federal agency said the faulty batteries can short circuit …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it beat market expectations in its first-quarter results with a net profit of $352 million, up 21 percent over the last quarter. This represented 43 cents per share, 23-percent higher sequentially. Revenues were $1.2 billion for …

Lucent Technologies Inc. unveiled its second consecutive quarterly profit in its first-quarter results with a net income of $338 million, or 7 cents per diluted share. This builds on the supplier’s fourth-quarter result of a net income of $99 million, …

ICT Technologies Inc. and its operating company EurophoneUSA Inc. said they will partner with Korean mobile phone design company Uroa Tech to sell a range of wireless devices across the world, including an advanced GPRS device running Microsoft Corp.’s Smartphone …

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. last week inked $1.1 billion in contracts with Chinese mobile-phone operators, transactions that come at a time of rising trade tensions between the two countries. In all, $2.3 billion in deals-mostly wireless-were announced here last Tuesday at a …

The rumor mill kicked into high gear last week with published reports claiming a handful of domestic and international wireless carriers are targeting AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as a possible merger partner. The reports began with claims that Cingular Wireless …

China is a land of enormous opportunity for wireless infrastructure makers and the like, no doubt about it. A land with more than 1 billion people can yield a lot of cell-phone users. Motorola Inc. recently scored a $1 billion …

WASHINGTON-GSM, not CDMA, is the choice of rural carriers that plan upgrades this year, according to a survey released Thursday by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association. “Virtually all of the survey respondents who offer wireless to their customers indicated that …

The increasingly competitive push-to-talk space is expected to welcome another player as soon as next week as industry sources claim Alltel Corp. is close to launching its Touch2Talk walkie-talkie service, joining Nextel Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS as …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s popularity as a dance partner has apparently increased as published reports claim a handful of wireless carriers are now targeting the country’s largest publicly traded operator as a possible merger partner, which in the end could …

DALLAS-Marconi Corp.’s wireless business unit has entered a multi-year contract with MetroPCS Inc. to provide a solution to transition the carrier from Phase I to Phase II enhanced 911 services and compliance standards. Under the agreement, Marconi’s E911 professional services …

European-based wireless operator Orange announced plans to launch its Kodiak Networks Inc.-based Talk Now push-to-talk service in 10 countries this year starting with the carrier’s operations in the United Kingdom and France during the second quarter. Orange explained the Talk …

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. today signed deals totaling $1.1 billion with China’s top mobile-phone carriers, and other U.S. wireless firms picked up multimillion contracts in the world’s largest wireless market. The transactions come at a time of rising trade tensions between the …

The latest issue of Consumer Reports, published by nonprofit Consumers Union, comes down hard on the wireless industry in its annual wireless consumer review, referred to facetiously as an “Annual Address on the State of Consumer’s Cell Hell,” by Jim …

LAS VEGAS-As usual, mobile phones formed a major part of the activity at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Audiovox Communications Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics and others showed off their line-ups of advanced mobile phones, …

LAS VEGAS-As usual, mobile phones formed a major part of the ongoings at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics, Audiovox Communications Corp. and others showed off their line-ups of advanced mobile …

Positive stock activity is greeting Verizon Wireless’ announcement to launch its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO in major cities across the country, even though the carrier has not disclosed which companies will supply the equipment for the program. Already, Qualcomm Inc., the …

Audiovox Communications Corp. has pitched into the push-to-talk market by unveiling two new handsets with PTT capabilities, the CDM-8425 and CDM-8475. Top phone makers like Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have promised to roll out more of such phones with …