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ROCHESTER, Minn.-Rural wireless operator Midwest Wireless launched CDMA2000 EV-DO services in Olmsted County, Minn., providing customers with the only EV-DO service available in the state. The carrier said the service provides network speeds of between 300 kilobits per second and …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration went into retreat last week after the White House confirmed a report on the removal of four members from a U.S. telecom delegation in Guatemala City because of their campaign contributions to Democrats. The White House refused …

WASHINGTON-A Bush administration spokesman is quoted as defending the removal of at least four members from the U.S. delegation participating in this week’s Inter-American Telecommunication Commission in Guatemala City because they contributed to the 2004 presidential campaign of Sen. John …

Rural wireless provider Midwest Wireless reported a pair of BREW-hosting agreements with California-based Golden State Cellular and Tennessee-based Eloqui Wireless. The agreements call for Midwest to share its existing BREW systems and servers with Golden State and Eloqui so the …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle Mobile Media will use technology from Microsoft Corp. to deliver and manage content for its live mobile TV service, the companies announced yesterday. The subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp. said it has selected Windows Media Audio, Windows …

Qualcomm Inc. reported revenues of $1.37 billion for its fiscal second quarter, which is up 12 percent from revenues of $1.2 billion during the second quarter of last year but down 2 percent sequentially. Net income was $532 million, up …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced its chipset for CDMA 1x EV-DO Revision A networks is available for sampling. The news comes shortly after Qualcomm said it will suspend the development of its EV-DV chips due to industry interest in EV-DO Rev. …

TEMPE, Ariz.-New research shows that in wireless, it’s out with the old and in with the new. According to a study from research and consulting firm Forward Concepts, handsets running older wireless technologies like TDMA and even GSM are scheduled …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. appointed Joan Waltman president of the company’s Wireless Business Solutions business-to-business wireless solutions division. She replaces Chris Wolfe, who is retiring but will remain with QWBS until Aug. 31. Waltman most recently was senior vice president of …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it will begin sampling its MSM6225 chipset for W-CDMA devices. The company described the chipset as its “value platform” offering for low-cost 3G devices. “Qualcomm’s MSM6225 solution offers a compelling set of features in this product …

BERWYN, Pa.-Location services company True Position released a new service it said will allow rural wireless carriers to outsource wireless location applications. TruePosition will host the location offering, and said it will meet Phase II of the Federal Communication Commission’s …

Qualcomm Inc. announced its chipset for CDMA 1x EV-DO Revision A networks is now available for sampling. The news comes shortly after Qualcomm said it will suspend the development of its EV-DV chips due to industry interest in EV-DO Rev. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported the successful completion of W-CDMA interoperability testing on Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s 3GPP W-CDMA-compliant FOMA network. The testing was initiated last June using Qualcomm’s MSM6250 chipset and software solution and included network performance, standby …

Wireless appears to be busting at the seams. Carriers have been signing on record numbers of subscribers, handset makers have enjoyed double-digit growth and the industry’s general malaise seems to be lifting. Thus, such successes make the numbers from research …

Mobile handset design company China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. filed for an initial public offering of American Depositary Shares and could raise up to $150 million, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company did …

WASHINGTON-Former Silicon Valley tech executive Steve Poizner, one of two nominees appointed by GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California Public Utilities Commission last December, said he is removing himself from consideration for the post after receiving legal advice that …

WASHINGTON-Legislation to make a bill of rights for telecom consumers a state law has moved forward in the California legislature, countering efforts by a state regulator to revise-and possibly overhaul-new mobile-phone carrier regulations approved last year but not yet effective. …

NEW YORK-Banc of America Securities upgraded its communications equipment sector outlook from neutral/negative to positive, according to Forbes. The firm indicated it expects the sector’s stocks to rebound and that it is upbeat on the handsets and networking sectors. Bank …

Nokia Corp. is in advanced discussions to purchase CDMA EV-DO phones from the phone-making subsidiary of Korean CDMA carrier SK Telecom, according to a report from Reuters. A Nokia spokesman said the company has made no such announcement and is …

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.-Eloqui Wireless announced it will expand the size of its network by 15 percent in 2005, moves that follow the company’s investment of $7.5 million in its network last year. “Focusing solely on the Eloqui community, we plan to …

Qualcomm Inc. formed a new business division to focus on display technology for small-sized screens. The new division, Qualcomm MEMS Technologies Inc. or QMT, is based on technology Qualcomm scored through its acquisition of Iridigm Display Corp. in September 2004. …

Nokia Corp. is in advanced discussions to purchase CDMA EV-DO phones from the phone-making subsidiary of Korean CDMA carrier SK Telecom, according to a report from Reuters. A Nokia spokesman said the company has made no such announcement and is …

As a tower operator, Crown Castle International Inc. is venturing into a less familiar environment as an enabler of what may grow into a major application in the wireless industry: mobile television. By a stroke of good fortune, the company …

LOS ALTOS, Calif.-Provigent Inc., which provides system-on-a-chip solutions for broadband wireless systems, said it has increased its third round of funding to $10 million. The total amount the company has raised now stands at $21 million. Provigent said the additional …

NEW ORLEANS-In the interest of advancing mobile television services, Qualcomm Inc. said it will work with leading companies to create a multi-party organization committed to advancing the global standardization of FLO technology, the air interface specification for the forward link …