Qualcomm

WASHINGTON-Qualcomm Inc. is waging a major court battle against the Federal Communications Commission to gain recognition of Code Division Multiple Access technology innovation in personal communications services and the potentially lucrative prize that comes with it. The Qualcomm case will …

The Argentine government, in an attempt to proceed with the PCS auctions currently in judicial limbo, is considering selling two PCS licenses each for the northern and southern regions of the country, excluding the greater Buenos Aires area. This maneuvering …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Second-generation cellular has not been an entirely satisfactory experience for the United States. “We pulled up the beaches and said we are Island America,” said Tom Wheeler, chief executive officer of the U.S. Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. But …

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian communications industry has applauded Telstra Corp.’s decision to build its second national mobile phone network using CDMA technology. Industry groups, including the Australian Telecommunications Users Group and the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, have openly welcomed Telstra’s move, …

Argentina will adopt calling party pays for cellular as of 1 January. Trunking and paging also are expected to adopt the system in an attempt to develop these markets. The paging sector experienced a significant drop in subscribers as a …

ERICSSON Ericsson Inc. introduced a snap-on wireless modem that allows users to browse the Internet and send or receive faxes and e-mail without cable hookups or a phone line. The DI 27 eliminates the need to connect a personal computer …

The International Telecommunication Union has yet to decide on the air interface for third-generation mobile phone technology, but many vendors are pushing ahead anyway with GSM-based wideband CDMA technology. The Geneva-based international standards body is mulling through 15 different proposals, …

A trial early next year could decide whether L.M. Ericsson owns key patents to Interim Standard-95 technology. Ericsson and Qualcomm Inc. are set to go to trial in February over eight patents Ericsson claims to own to cdmaOne technology. A …

WASHINGTON-Frustrated with failing to make progress after months of negotiations with European officials, Qualcomm Inc. last week declared war by formally invoking intellectual property rights to five third-generation wireless standards pending before the International Telecommunication Union. Qualcomm said its action, …

SAN DIEGO-Willtech Inc. has licensed Qualcomm Inc.’s cdmaOne technology in a royalty-bearing agreement allowing the South Korea-based company to design and develop Code Division Multiple Access test equipment, said Qualcomm. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

While many personal communications services licensees have become disillusioned with the PCS market in the United States and have opted to bow out of the game, Leap Wireless International Inc. sees a market with opportunities. Purchasing licenses “is certainly something …

Patents are a common thread running through the great debates of the day concerning strongest/adequate signal, E911 federal land antenna siting, 3G, prepaid calling and other telecom issues. This should come as no surprise. In a new report, the Commerce …

Sources indicate Ericsson Inc. may be preparing to enter the cdmaOne handset business. Ericsson, the only major vendor that has yet to license Interim Standard-95 technology from Qualcomm Inc., has been in discussions with at least one cdmaOne handset vendor …

While the debate around third-generation wireless technology to date has focused on which air interface to incorporate into the standard, leading wireless vendors brought up a few other crucial points at PCS ’98 in Orlando that will have to be …

The 15th Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union kicks off today in Minneapolis, a meeting whose focus on internal governance and strategic planning could be overshadowed by an item likely not to appear on the official agenda: third-generation wireless …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc., Qualcomm Inc.’s spun-off wireless communications carrier, announced that one of its operating companies, OzPhone Pty. Ltd., has acquired two additional cellular licenses in Australia. The properties, Remote West and Remote Queensland, are in addition to …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Unwired Planet Inc. released its UP.Link Platform Version 3.1 with Wireless Markup Language support at PCS ’98. The platform, which includes the UP.Link Server and UP.Browser, now can deliver WML content from industry-standard Web servers to wireless handsets and …

The campaigning efforts in Washington, D.C., are set to heat up within the next few months as the International Telecommunication Union enters the decision-making process for third-generation technology. The CDMA Development Group’s operator members recently submitted a letter to 21 …

For months now, my buddy Mike Houghton and the North American GSM Alliance have been scratching their heads trying to figure out how Qualcomm, Lucent and the CDMA crowd have made such inroads with Congress and the Clinton administration on …

WASHINGTON-Pekka Tarjanne, outgoing secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union, predicted last week a family of third-generation wireless standards will emerge by year’s end and that family will include a standard “pretty close” to the Global System for Mobile communications-based …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Qualcomm last week at PCS ’98 announced it now is offering its cdmaOne Interim Standard-95 network with an open system radio-switch interface, meaning carriers using Qualcomm equipment can use its radio access equipment but use switches from a different …

INTERDIGITAL Gerard Pepenella was hired by InterDigital Communications Corp. as vice president and general manager of broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. He will collaborate with Gary Lomp, chief technology officer, on growth and enhancement of the company’s technology and …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Qualcomm Inc. announced plans to begin market trials of its pdQ smart phone, which integrates 3Com’s Palm Computing platform with its Interim Standard-95 Code Division Multiple Access technology to provide wireless data and voice communications in one device. Market …

ORLANDO, Fla.-The North American GSM Alliance L.L.C. and the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium last week said they will join forces to collaborate on next-generation technology and to provide a unified lobbying force on Capitol Hill. “We’ve agreed on a set …

ORLANDO-Economic problems elsewhere in the world have hit home in Mexico’s new personal communications services market. Two of the PCS license winners there-Midicel and the SPC consortium-have announced they are worried about being able to make final payments for their …