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MUMBAI, India-Countering a similar offering by rival wireless provider Tata Teleservices, Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar launched Fastmobile Inc.’s push2talk service, which combines walkie-talkie services with instant messaging, short message service, multimedia messaging service and voice messaging. The carrier said …

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 …

SAN DIEGO-Regional wireless carrier Ntelos Inc. launched an application distribution system using Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW technology, the two companies announced. “We are constantly exploring new ways to enhance our subscriber’s wireless experience and deliver them the services they demand, and …

Leap Wireless International Inc. named William Freeman chief executive officer of its Cricket Communications Inc. subsidiary, where he will oversee the carrier’s corporate and local business operations. Freeman will also assume a seat on Leap’s board of directors and be …

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. …

Countering a similar offering by rival wireless provider Tata Teleservices, Indian wireless carrier Hutchison Essar launched Fastmobile Inc.’s push2talk service, which combines walkie-talkie services with instant messaging, short message service, multimedia messaging service and voice messaging. The carrier said the …

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 push-to-chat …

Wi-Fi, the much-hyped sibling of the wireless industry, might have lost a little of its luster with the closure of one of its more ambitious players and troublesome security warnings from governmental agencies. The once-hailed Wi-Fi company Cometa Networks Inc., …

Although Qualcomm Inc.’s BREW application download system commands a smaller market than that of rival Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java, the company continues to rack up new BREW handsets, applications and carrier customers-and Qualcomm and its partners continue to offer new …

For Qualcomm Inc., CDMA is a double-edged sword. Although the company has enjoyed a significant amount of prosperity in its efforts to expand the CDMA industry, its success seems to cut both ways as Qualcomm is now in the midst …

SEOUL, South Korea-Curitel Communications announced it will build CDMA mobile phones using Qualcomm Inc.’s BREWChat push-to-talk technology. Curitel joins Kyocera Wireless Corp. and others in building BREWChat-capable phones. “Adding Qualcomm’s BREWChat technology to our handsets will create a strong competitive …

Operating system company Symbian Ltd. announced a new certification program to provide a single testing process for all Symbian-based applications. The move is an effort to smooth out the creation and delivery of third-party smart-phone applications, and comes on the …

Qualcomm Inc. announced its BREW application download service will be available in Europe through a new deal with CDMA 450 MHz operator Zapp in Romania. “Zapp is proud to be the first CDMA 450 operator to introduce BREW-based services to …

Barely two years after entering the market, Microsoft Corp. said it is quitting the Wi-Fi space, otherwise known as 802.11b. “After careful evaluation, the Microsoft hardware group has decided to scale back its broadband hardware and networking business,” a representative …

Two years ago, the wireless gaming market in the United States comprised a few tiny start-ups selling a handful of black-and-white, text-based games. The wireless gaming market today is a multimillion-dollar industry with dozens of players and literally thousands of …

In a market blitz, Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a series of chipsets covering CDMA, GSM and W-CDMA protocols. The U.S. supplier made two announcements for the first phase of W-CDMA technology known as High Speed Downlink Packet Access. It also claimed …

WASHINGTON-As allegations fly back and forth over the award of Iraqi mobile-phone licenses and public-safety contracts in a war-torn country where insurgency has become a destabilizing force, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority finds itself far behind schedule in establishing a …

Other than worries among chipmakers over Cisco System Inc.’s quarterly earnings, the sector continues to purr with good news. However, some analysts caution against overheating with inventory overload. Chipmakers that supply Cisco products suffered slides in their stock prices when …

SAN DIEGO-A federal judge in the U.S. District Court has ruled against CDMA proprietor Qualcomm Inc. in a patent case against Maxim Integrated Products Inc. The court held a contrary view to Qualcomm’s claim that Maxim had no right to …

In what amounts to a market blitz, Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a series of chipsets covering the CDMA, GSM and W-CDMA technologies. The U.S. supplier made two announcements regarding the first phase of W-CDMA technology known as High Speed Downlink Packet …

CDMA pioneer Qualcomm Inc. announced increased third-quarter and full-year expectations due to higher sales of its chipsets and technology products, along with higher W-CDMA royalties, but investors sent the company’s stock down slightly to $62.83 per share. Qualcomm said it …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense last week refused to say whether its inspector general is investigating a high-level official who allegedly attempted to convert a project to build a nationwide first-responder network in Iraq into a non-compete contract to provide commercial …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense today refused to say whether its inspector general is investigating a high-level official who allegedly attempted to convert a project to build a nationwide first-responder network in Iraq into a non-compete contract to provide commercial CDMA …

Both Qualcomm Inc. and Motorola made announcements related to the lucrative Chinese wireless market. Qualcomm announced it will invest in Chinese wireless handset design company Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology Ltd. as part of the company’s efforts to spur the development …