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    * MediaTek obtains patent deal  Nov 21, 2009
    We believe MediaTeks leading position in TD-SCDMA chips may give it the upper hand in the patent negotiations with Qualcomm, Lee said. TD-SCDMA X which stands for time division-synchronous code division multiple access X is one of the 3G technologies adopted only in China ... That may help increase shipments of Mediateks 3G handset chips later this year after adding more popular CDMA and WCDMA chips to the existing 3G lineup. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Pay just Rs 19 for portability  Nov 21, 2009
    In other words, the consumer can switch from CDMA to GSM.. The move is expected to increase competition among operators and act as a catalyst to improve their quality of service. (India Times, India)

    Qualcomm, MediaTek ink patent cross-licensing deal  Nov 20, 2009
    The deal includes essential CDMA and WCDMA patents held by Qualcomm, the companies said ... Qualcomm has extensive patents around CDMA and WCDMA which generate billions of dollars in revenue for the company each year. (EETimes)

    Airtel 3rd in user additions in Oct  Nov 20, 2009
    All the mobile operators in the country (GSM and CDMA) have added over 16 million new subscribers in the month of October ... While Vodafone Essar led the additions in October in the GSM space, Tata Teleservices has topped the October additions recorded in both GSM and CDMA segment ... Reliance Communications, a CDMA operator which recently made a foray in the GSM space, added 2. (India Times)

    Who has the right to use the term 'smartbook'?  Nov 18, 2009
    Smartbook AG has said in a statement issued Sept. 1 that it has obtained a temporary restraining order against Qualcomm and Qualcomm CDMA Technologies GmbH (Munich, Germany) at the District Court Cologne (District Court Cologne, Reference No. 31 O 482/09). Page 2. (EETimes)

    K-State patents enabling technology for spread-spectrum systems  Nov 18, 2009
    In code division multiple access systems known as CDMA systems users transmit their signals at the same time and frequency but use a different spreading code to encode their information. Natarajan said there are two primary issues that affect performance of CDMA based multiple user systems. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)

    Bharti calls for auction of 2G waves  Nov 14, 2009
    2 MHz mark, but the company pointed out that existing regulations allow GSM operators to have up to 15 MHz of second generation frequencies in a circle, while for CDMA operators the cap is 7. 5 MHz. (India Times)

    China's Huawei to set up training centers in Indonesia  Nov 12, 2009
    According to Ma, Huawei has supplied telecommunication equipment for 9 mobile telecommunications operators operating in Indonesia to develop their GSM (Global System for Mobile) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) telecommunication networks. Huawei had just signed a contract worth 1. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Dell Gets Android Phone OK Amid New iPhone Buzz  Nov 11, 2009
    The news of an iPhone using a hybrid chip that would make it compatible with GSM 3G networks, such as ATs well as CDMA networks, such as Verizon's, come from an analyst note quoted by. LATEST NEWS. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Nokia launches 3 CDMA phones  Nov 11, 2009
    HELSINKI: The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia launched three new CDMA phones and said it remained committed to the standard, which has long been overshadowed by the more global GSM. ... CDMA, or code division multiple access, is popular in certain markets such as the US and South Korea ... It had 500 million subscribers at the end of June, according to the CDMA Development Group (www. (India Times, India)

    RCom partners atom tech for biz  Nov 9, 2009
    "Our agreement with atom technologies will set the ground for RCom to make an aggressive pitch in the Indian mobile-commerce market. We will leverage this agreement to drive m-commerce transactions across both the GSM and CDMA networks," RCom Head (Product, Mobile Data and Content Services) Anil Pande said. Read business stories in. (India Times)

    Qualcomm May Slow Verizons LTE Plans  Nov 7, 2009
    Qualcomm s intellectual property is in all of Verizon s devices (handsets or data cards), because Qualcomm controls the IP around CDMA networks. So, until Qualcomm gets an LTE/CMDA combo chip out, Verizon would either have to source the LTE radio chips from a different vendor or wait to provide devices that can travel from 4G to 3G networks. (Salon)

    * World Business Quick Take  Nov 6, 2009
    Samsung, the worlds second-largest mobile phone maker, said it would make the advance payment for the use of Qualcomms licenses in wireless technology including code division multiple access (CDMA). The firm said it would also grant Qualcomm the right to use Samsungs 57 patent licenses in mobile technology. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)

    BlackBerry Storm 2  Nov 5, 2009
    25 (480x360) SurePress touchscreen; Wi-Fi; CDMA/Quadband GSM connectivity; 16GB MicroSD card; Talk time: 300 min GSM, 330 min CDMA, 360 min UMTS; 3 ... The addition of Wi-Fi is another huge win for the smartphone and a CDMA BlackBerry first, which now finally gives owners the ability to access web content outside of 3G coverage zones ... Speaking of 3G, globe-trotting road warriors will also value the Storm 2's dual-mode functionality, which lets the device access both Verizon's reliable CDMA... (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    * VIA Telecom forecasts 50% growth in 2010 shipments  Nov 4, 2009
    Earlier this year, China Telecom started offering 3G services to its customers using code division multiple access (CDMA) technology. CDMA is a rival standard to the dominant cellular standard GSM, or global system for mobile ... VIA Telecom and the US Qualcomm Inc are the two major CDMA handset chip suppliers. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)

    RComm Q2 net plunges more than half  Nov 1, 2009
    Reliance Communications, the majority of whose subscribers are on CDMA, earlier this year expanded its smaller GSM business to all of India with a $2 billion investment. It has said capital expenditure for the year to March would be lower by a third from its previous guidance. (India Times, India)

    Why the iPhone Isn't Going Anywhere  Oct 31, 2009
    ATates a GSM/HSPA () network, Verizon uses CDMA/EV-DO () for its wireless network ... Greengart, however, notes that "It is not that Apple can't build a CDMA version of the iPhone, it just chooses not to," he said ... While Apple certainly has the money, muscle and know-how to create a phone that has multiple radios to talk to whatever network it wants to use, as HTC and Research In Motion do, Apple is not likely to re-engineer the iPhone to work on CDMA for the short-term gains this would give... (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Sistema Shyam, BSNL enter into deal  Oct 31, 2009
    So far, the company has launched CDMA-based services in seven circles and operates under the MTS brand ... The deal would enable the CDMA operator to launch pan-India operations faster, riding on BSNLs infrastructure without setting up its own network. (India Times)

    Sprint loses $478M in third quarter  Oct 30, 2009
    That was offset by a gain of 801,000 pay-as-you-go (prepaid) customers on its Nextel network, though Sprint s CDMA network lost 135,000 pay-as-you-go customers, and the company lost 410,000 wholesale and affiliate subscribers. Sprint ended the quarter with 48. (Triangle Business Journal)

    Silicon Motion Announces Third Quarter Results for the Period Ended September 30, 2009  Oct 30, 2009
    -- Increased total unit shipments 24% sequentially but decreased 37% year-over-year to approximately 67 million units -- Increased storage controller unit shipments 21% sequentially but decreased 39% year-over-year -- Launched controllers that support SanDisk/Toshiba 43nm and 32nm 3-bits per cell MLC flash, SanDisk/Toshiba 32nm 2-bits per cell MLC flash and Samsung 42nm and 32nm 3-bits per cell MLC flash -- Designed in at two major card vendors for their ultra high performance 133x Secure... (Primezone Releases)

    Rs 10k computer-phone in 2010  Oct 28, 2009
    Qualcomm pioneered the code division multiple access (CDMA) technology used by more than 100 million mobile phone users in India and is set to begin trials of the low-cost Kayak early next year, Singh said. "We feel that these computing devices could do phenomenally well in rural emerging markets. We hope that after trials it could be commercially available in late 2010," Singh added. (India Times)

    Kindle change reflects new world of mobile  Oct 27, 2009
    There were just over 500 million CDMA subscribers worldwide in the middle of this year, according to the CDMA Development Group. "The long-term outlook for CDMA for these types of solutions is pretty gray," said Yankee Group analyst Phil Marshall. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    Qualcomm creates open source software group  Oct 27, 2009
    The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. has a dedicated group of engineers led by Rob Chandhok, senior vice president of software strategy for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. "These engineers will focus on such important open source initiatives as Linux and Webkit, and on open source operating systems such as Symbian, Android and Chrome," said Chandhok, president of the new group, in a company statement. (EETimes)

    Ericsson Profit Slumps 71%, More Than Estimated, as Clients Slash Spending  Oct 22, 2009
    Ericsson agreed in July to buy the code-division multiple access, or CDMA, technology unit from Canadas Nortel for $1. 13 billion, beating a bid from Nokia Siemens. (Bloomberg -- Europe)

    Vodafone admits error on MNP  Oct 22, 2009
    Vodafone Ghana on Wednesday said it committed an error in saying that mobile number portability (MNP) was not possible between the GSM and the CDMA networks ... Mr Eric Valentine, Head of Technical Systems at Vodafone Ghana, told journalists at a workshop on Monday on MNP hosted by Vodafone that MNP was not possible between GSM and CDMA because of the difference in technology ... But Mr. Bob Palitz, Managing Director of Kasapa Telecom, the only CDMA operator in Ghana, challenged Mr. Valentine's... (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Myanmar allows first mobile phones in remote capital  Oct 22, 2009
    " onclick="Next();" src="/images/butt_next. We have better communication now," a hotel staff member in Naypyidaw told AFP on condition of anonymity. "It's the first time the authorities have allowed a mobile service in Naypyidaw," she said, adding that many hotels had already applied for permission to use the network. But few people are likely to be able to afford the new service in this impoverished country as she said it cost 1.55 million kyats (nearly 1,500 dollars) to obtain permission from... (Channelnewsasia.com)

    Kasapa challenges Vodafone on MNP  Oct 21, 2009
    Accra, Oct. 20, GNA - Kasapa Telecom on Tuesday said the claim by an official of Vodafone Ghana that it is not possible to port a number from a GSM network to a CDMA, was "dead wrong". "The ability to move phone numbers between CDMA and GSM networks is well established," Mr. Bob Norris Palitz, Managing Director of Kasapa, told the GNA. ... Mr. Eric Valentine, Head of Technical Systems at Vodafone Ghana, told journalists at a seminar on MNP hosted by Vodafone Ghana that due to the difference in... (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    * Nokia struggles to regain share of the US market  Oct 20, 2009
    More crucially, perhaps, it also based its models on a European communications standard called GSM when roughly half the US market X including the customers of Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel X uses the CDMA format. Nokia, at the height of its success, decided not to adapt its phones for the US market. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Vodafone pushing for mobile number portability  Oct 20, 2009
    Mr. Eric Valentine, Head of Technical Systems at Vodafone Ghana, said MNP would only benefit the GSM operators in Ghana and not the only CDMA player, Kasapa. He explained that GSM is not compatible with CDMA and so porting was currently not possible between GSM and CDMA. In cellular service there are two main competing network technologies: Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Day of the quake  Oct 16, 2009
    Thank God, we all had the same cheap CDMA phone connection which did not crash like other phone providers and were able to talk to each other. Tsunami fear. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)

    Cisco to Buy Wireless Maker Starent for $2.9 Billion  Oct 15, 2009
    But some antitrust experts said regulators may take a careful look, given overlap between Cisco and Starent products: a merger would create a dominant player in CDMA network gear. But Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Edward Jackson said he did not expect such issues to kill the deal. (Datamation)

    Local Industry News & Notes for Sunday, October 11, 2009  Oct 14, 2009
    Earlier this year, Mobi enhanced its 3G CDMA network by adding new cell sites on Kaua i. One in Olokele provides in-building coverage in Waimea and Hanapepe, between Kalaheo and the Pacific Missile Range Facility, and along Waimea Canyon Road. Another Kaua i site in lower Kapa a strengthens in-building coverage between Waipouli and Kealia, as well as coverage along Maunaloa and Kala e highways. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)

    Cisco To Buy Starent Networks for $2.9B  Oct 14, 2009
    Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White said Starent has a share of about 85 percent in its niche among carriers like Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. who use so-called CDMA network technology. Sales have grown roughly 65 percent annually over the last four years. (CBS News)

    Nigeria: Telecom Investment in Nigeria Hits $18bn  Oct 11, 2009
    com: Nigeria: Telecom Investment in Nigeria Hits $18bn (Page 1 of 1). Telecom Investment in Nigeria Hits $18bn. (allAfrica.com)

    Nigeria: Telecom Investment in Country Hits U.S.$18 Billion  Oct 10, 2009
    Ndukwe said the decision by Nigeria to implement a technologically neutral regulation has resulted in investments in both the GSM and CDMA based services and made diverse services available in Nigeria with investors attacking services from different points thereby providing choices for the Nigerian consumer. He said Nigeria is today dominated by wireless services delivery, not just in the mobile sector but also in the fixed wireless services. (allAfrica.com)

    Verizon-Apple deal less likely?  Oct 10, 2009
    Whatever Verizon does decide to do with data rates, three IDC analysts said Verizon probably won't get an iPhone in its product mix before it converts to an LTE network in two years; it probably wouldn't make sense to convert a GSM-oriented iPhone to Verizon's current CDMA network. Instead, the analysts said Verizon's partnership with Google shows it is willing to rely on Android phones on its superior network, at least until it can support the iPhone with a faster network. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    RCOM offers uniform 50p rate for local, STD calls  Oct 6, 2009
    MUMBAI: The ADA Group company RCOM announced that from Tuesday all its customers can pay a uniform rate of 50 paise per minute, for all services like local, STD, roaming, SMSes, across all networks and also irrespective of CDMA or GSM technology. The only exclusions are the ISD calls. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)

    Let's Get Going: Smart Meters Go Global  Oct 2, 2009
    The likeliest outcome is a repeat of the CDMA fiasco in the cell phone industry many years ago -- standards that limit trade with other countries. Why take action now. (Energy Pulse, CO)

    1 out of 3 urban mobile users in India has 2 or more numbers  Oct 2, 2009
    One is a CDMA connection that he uses to talk to his wife in Bihar, as the operator offers free night calling. The GSM number, he advertises on the yellow hood of his rickshaw, is for customers wanting a pick up and drop service, anywhere in East Delhi. (India Times)

    AirWalk raises $5 million  Sep 26, 2009
    AirWalk s technology is aimed at wireless phone and data carriers that use a digital cellular technology called code-division multiple access, or CDMA. Some wireless carriers that use CDMA are AirWalk customers, according to Pequeux, although he declines to reveal names. Some of them don t like us to do that, he said. (Dallas Business Journal, TX)

    TechM, IBM, TCS in race for $400-mn Sistema deal  Sep 25, 2009
    Sistema Shyam is the only CDMA player, among the new crop of telecom operators ... So far, the company has launched CDMA-based services in six circles and has about two million customers in its network. (India Times)

    South African Contact Centres Demand IP-based Technology Solutions, Finds Frost & Sullivan  Sep 22, 2009
    " South African Contact Centre Technology Market is part of the IT Services & Applications Growth Partnership Services programme, which also includes research in the following markets: Angolan Mobile Market, South African Contact Broadband Market, Sub Saharan African CDMA Markets, and Mozambique Mobile Communications Market. All research services included in subscriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends that have been evaluated following extensive interviews with market... (PR Newswire)

    Tata Teleservices pips Airtel, tops user additions in Aug  Sep 22, 2009
    The Tatas move to be innovative by introducing a per-second billing for its GSM users, pay-per-call and pay-per-character-SMS for its CDMA customers is also an indicator that Indian consumers are price-conscious, despite enjoying the lowest telecom tariffs in the world. This is despite incumbent operators maintaining that tweaking tariffs or entering into price wars will have a marginal or no impact on the industry. (India Times)

    Developers Get 'Donut' for Google Android  Sep 18, 2009
    6 includes support for CDMA, additional screen sizes and a text-to-speech engine, among other updates, according to Xavier Ducrohet, Android developer tools engineer for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), who posted the. "You will have access to new technologies, including framework-level support for additional screen resolutions, like QVGA and WVGA, new telephony APIs to support CDMA, gesture APIs, a text-to-speech engine, and the ability to integrate with Quick Search Box," Ducrohet wrote ... 6, which... (Datamation)

    T-Mobile Parent Angling to Scoop Up Sprint?  Sep 16, 2009
    A T-Mobile-Sprint deal would come with a measure of controversy, however, as the T-Mobile and Sprint networks are incompatible, the former having GSM and the latter CDMA. Sprint, which also recently bought Virgin Mobile, holds a minority stake in Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR), which is using WiMax for its 4G technology, as opposed to LTE, which DT chose. The deal could also face scrutiny from regulators, as it would cut the number of major mobile carriers in the U.S. from four to three at a time when... (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Fibre Optics: Africa on Information Superhighway  Sep 16, 2009
    One of the arguments was that, not many of the 72 GSM carriers and 35 CDMA operators (like Kasapa) in Africa can afford to buy fibre optics capacity. Price per megabyte per month of fibre optic capacity differs from one cable to the other; on SAT-3, for instance, a megabyte of capacity costs between $4,500 to $12,000 per month; 50 times higher than what similar fibre optics capacity in the United States of America. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Frost & Sullivan Identifies Africa as the Next Frontier for Growth in Mobile Handsets  Sep 16, 2009
    " The technologies covered in this research are: global system for mobile communications (GSM), code division multiple access (CDMA), and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX). Strategic Analysis of the Sub Saharan African Mobile Handsets Market is part of the Mobile & Wireless Growth Partnership Services programme, which also includes research in the following markets: East African Broadband Market, Analysis of Selected West African Broadband Markets, Angolan Mobile Market,... (PR Newswire)

    Analyst: Qualcomm will maintain handset chips domination  Sep 16, 2009
    "We expect Qualcomm to hold its position at the top of the cellular chip market for a long time to come as the company has a very strong strategic IP portfolio in CDMA, W-CDMA, GPS, WLAN, MIMO and OFDM-related technologies.". The study indicates Qualcomm has the broadest portfolio of chips and chipsets for cellular terminals in the industry, including an increasing selection of universal basebands and chipsets that support virtually all common air interfaces and bands in the CDMA and GSM... (EETimes)

    Avaya Closes Nortel Enterprise Deal for $900M  Sep 15, 2009
    In July, Nortel sold off its wireless CDMA and LTE in a deal worth $1. 13 billion. (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Global Positioning Without GPS  Sep 14, 2009
    That's the question I pondered after meeting with GloPos, a startup that's about to leave stealth mode whose self-learning software algorithm enables any basic GSM or CDMA cellular phone to provide extremely precise locational data , for that matter. The patent-pending technology offers positioning to within 1 to 40 meters, including indoor and underground locations. (BusinessWeek)

    Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications to Merge with NEC's Mobile Terminal Unit  Sep 14, 2009
    NEC develops and manufactures mobile terminals for NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SoftBank Mobile Corp. that capitalize on the company's core competencies and incorporate wireless communications technologies such as W-CDMA (*1) and LTE (*2), Linux (*3) platform development, low power consumption innovations and ultra-thin technologies ... CHMC capitalizes on image technologies from Casio's digital camera business, water/shock resistance technologies from Casio's wristwatch development and Hitachi's image... (PR Newswire)

    Govt to hold 3G auction on Dec 7  Sep 13, 2009
    It will hold the auction for EVDO (CDMA version of 3G) and Broadband Wireless Access after two days of the 3G auction. The winners will have to pay their bid deposit amounts within five days of the closure of the auction and pay the balance after 15 days. (India Times)

    Motorola Cliq Adds Social Features to Android OS Handset  Sep 11, 2009
    This will most likely be a CDMA phone, codenamed "Sholes," rumored to come to the Verizon network. He also said that Motorola plans to bring more Android devices in 2010. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)

    Undersea fibre optics: The benefits and dilemma for Africa  Sep 6, 2009
    One of the arguments was that not many of the 72 GSM carriers and 35 CDMA operators (like Kasapa) in Africa can afford to buy fibre optics capacity. Price per megabyte per month of fibre optic capacity differs from one cable to the other; on SAT-3, for instance, a megabyte of capacity costs between $4,500 and $12,000 per month; 50 times higher than what similar amount of fibre optics capacity in the United States of America. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Tata Tele seeks GSM space in Delhi  Sep 6, 2009
    TTSL entered the GSM space after Government allowed dual technology polcy where an operator can offer both GSM and CDMA services on the same license. Sardana claimed TTSL has a subscriber base of over five million in the GSM space in eight circles after two months of launching operations. (India Times)

    Polkomtel Poland Signs With MACH for Advanced Roaming Business Management Solutions  Sep 3, 2009
    "MACH clears more than half of all roaming calls on GSM and CDMA networks and on top of that, we have more than 300 operational NRTRDE clients," noted Morten Brogger, MACH's Chief Commercial Officer ... MACH is a proud member of the GSMA and CIBER industry organisations, the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), WiMAX Forum, Rural Cellular Association (RCA), CDMA Development Group (CDG) and CTIA. Visit. (PR Newswire)

    Is AT&T losing its grip on the iPhone?  Sep 3, 2009
    But because its current 3G wireless network is based on CDMA technology rather than GSM, which is what AT&T and most other carriers around the world use, offering the device on Verizon's network would require an additional radio to be added to the device. While this is not a trivial task for Apple, the opportunity to offer the iPhone to Verizon's millions of potential new subscribers would likely provide a big incentive to redesign the iPhone's radio technology. (CNN -- Tech)

    Tata Tele to charge per call, no matter the duration  Sep 2, 2009
    These duration free calls, which are only available for its pre-paid CDMA customers, will be charged at Re 1 per local call and Rs 3 for every STD call ... Tata Teleservices, the countrys sixth largest cellular firm in terms of customers, has 38 million users on its CDMA platform of which about 92% are on the pre-paid platform. (India Times)

    Samsung launches world's first OMH phone  Aug 29, 2009
    KOLKATA: Leading CDMA player Samsung has announced the launch of the world's first OMH (Open Market Handset) phone "Mpower 699" in the Indian market in cooperation with Qualcomm that develops digital wireless communications products and services. The OMH technology gives cellphone customers the flexibility to buy SIM cards for CDMA handsets from operators of their choice ... He said Samsung's Mpower 699 is the world's first CDMA phone to offer this flexibility to customers since the network... (India Times, India)

    Towards a broadband revolution  Aug 29, 2009
    In band EVDO on CDMA spectrum is also such a service. If we are interested in dispersion of broadband services and not only the money aspect, the first step we should take is to allow 3G equipment to be installed on 2G spectrum. (India Times)

    China Telecom to buy 4 mln 3G phones  Aug 25, 2009
    China Telecom, which operates CDMA standard 3G services, posted a net gain of 2. 45 million mobile subscribers in July, the biggest increase so far this year and the seventh consecutive positive growth month. (Xinhuanet, China)

    China Mobile Is Counting on Android  Aug 21, 2009
    The phone will operate on TD-SCDMA, a locally developed 3G standard that the Chinese government has authorized China Mobile to use. China Unicom and China Telecom are using standards that are more accepted internationally, UMTS and CDMA 2000. (BusinessWeek)

    Nortel Wins Three-Month Extension for Sale of French Development Division  Aug 21, 2009
    The division supplies mobile- phone systems based on the code-division multiple access wireless standard, or CDMA, used mainly in the U.S., Japan and Korea. The sale is under review by the Canadian government. (Bloomberg -- Canada)

    KDDI Selects Motorola as Key Development Vendor for Nationwide LTE Network  Aug 20, 2009
    KDDI and Motorola have been building networks together in Japan for 20 years, introducing Japan's first CDMA network and many other technical advancements. Now, continuing a long history of innovation, Motorola and KDDI will bring an LTE network to Japan and deliver personal media experiences that consumers desire at anytime and anywhere. (PR Newswire)

    Datacom to share infra with Tata Tele  Aug 17, 2009
    Many of its towers are hosting both CDMA as well as GSM infrastructure while some cater to only one of the two services. Last month, Reliance Communications also announced a 10-year, Rs 10,000-crore infrastructure sharing deal with new entrant Etisalat. (India Times)

    China GrenTech Corporation Limited Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results  Aug 14, 2009
    -- GrenTech has obtained a larger share of contract value in both of its base station RF modules procurement bids in the second half of 2009 from the two largest domestic base station manufacturers, and the Company continues to be one of the key suppliers of CDMA and WCDMA base station RF modules for these two base station manufacturers. -- With the commencement of TD Phase III network construction, GrenTech began bulk supply of RRU products to the other two domestic base station manufacturers. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    45-nanometer Chips For Ultra-fast WiFi  Aug 14, 2009
    For example, different wireless technologies, from WiFi and Bluetooth to the UMTS and CDMA mobile standards, mean that smart phones have to have a variety of radios in them to pick up the different signals in different frequency ranges. Smaller, faster and less power-hungry chips mean that more radios can be packed into the same sized device, increasing functionality and performance while extending battery life. (Science Daily)

    Advertising agencies eye opportunities in India  Aug 13, 2009
    Reliance Communications which started working with Cartwheel for its VAS and network products has now shifted the entire portfolio of CDMA and GSM services to Cartwheel. I found their approach quite refreshing and there is a visible hunger and appetite in the team to meet the clients brief, says Sanjay Behl, group head - brand ing , Reliance Communications. (India Times)

    Judge Dismisses Suit Against Qualcomm  Aug 12, 2009
    The class-action complaint, filed last year, alleged that Qualcomm exercises "monopoly power" over cell phones using CDMA technology and that it engages in various acts that decrease competition and increase costs to consumers. Lorenzo claimed he was harmed by Qualcomm's "anti-competitive CDMA licensing practices" in his purchase of a Palm Treo and a Blackberry Curve sold by Verizon, which was not a named defendant ... Increased consumer prices for CDMA-capable cellular handset devices "were a... (TheSanDiegoChannel.com, CA)

    Nortel CEO Zafirovski Steps Down as Bankruptcy Asset Sale Nears Completion  Aug 11, 2009
    s gear is largely based on code division multiple access, or CDMA, networks, which are found mostly in the U.S. and Canada. Demand dropped as customers moved to faster systems available more broadly around the world. (Bloomberg -- Canada)

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    Lazaridis Asks Canadian Lawmakers for New Talks on Nortel-Ericsson Sale  Aug 8, 2009
    13 billion for Nortels current code-division multiple access, or CDMA, technology, on which most mobile phones in North America run. Ericsson also acquired a license on patents for Nortels long- term evolution, or LTE, technology, which Nortel expects to become a standard in North America, and which Lazaridis called a national treasure. (Bloomberg -- Canada)

    Nokia for 'homegrown' China phone  Aug 7, 2009
    BEIJING: Nokia will launch its first handset based on China's homegrown TD-SCDMA network before the end of 2009, in partnership with China Mobile, a senior executive of the world's biggest cellphone maker said ... Foreign handset makers have been slow to develop phones that run on the TD-SCDMA standard, a technology developed in China and strongly supported by Beijing, as few other countries use the system ... But Giles said it made economic sense to make TD-SCDMA handsets in China, which is... (India Times)

    Canada Industry Committee to Hold `Emergency Hearing' on Nortel Asset Sale  Aug 6, 2009
    Ericsson agreed to buy Nortels current code-division multiple access, or CDMA, technology, on which most mobile phones in North America run. The patents for Nortels long-term evolution, or LTE, technology, which Nortel expects to become a standard in North America in the next few years, will be licensed to Ericsson and not sold. (Bloomberg -- Canada)

    Want cell service abroad? Try a cheap local phone  Aug 4, 2009
    One reason for the complexities is that there are two main cellular technologies: GSM, or global system for multiple communications, and CDMA, or code division multiple access ... CDMA networks, used here by Verizon and Sprint, are also used in Canada, Latin America and parts of Asia, and roaming options are very limited ... GSM phones have SIM cards, portable memory chips that can be switched from one phone to another, while CDMA phones do not. (USA Today -- Travel)

    Nigeria: Nitel Privatisation - the Politics, the Crisis  Aug 2, 2009
    The 250,000 CDMA lines that were at 90% completion before Transcorp took over have not been completed. There were 249 (out of the original 284) active exchanges in the NITEL network nationwide at the time Transcorp took over. (allAfrica.com)

    RCOM profit up 8% at Rs 1637cr  Aug 1, 2009
    The company provides CDMA wireless services in 20 circles and GSM based wireless services in 14 circles. The launch of its GSM services has helped the firm add on users at a faster pace. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)

    Silicon Motion Announces Second Quarter Results for the Period Ended June 30, 2009  Jul 30, 2009
    22 Business Highlights * Reduced total unit shipments 46% year-over-year and 26% sequentially to approximately 54 million units * Reduced storage controller unit shipments 48% year-over-year and 29% sequentially * Received controller design win from Intel for its 34nm NAND flash * Received design win with global tier-one handset vendor for our ISDB-T solution for the Japan mobile TV market * Received design win for our CDMA transceiver with global tier-one handset vendor for the China mobile... (Primezone Releases)

    Courts OK Ericsson-Nortel deal  Jul 30, 2009
    If and when the purchase closes, Ericsson will obtain two wireless technology divisions of Nortel, CDMA and LTE. The divisions make infrastructure for wireless carriers ... It includes Nortel s CDMA contracts with , , and Bell Canada. (Triangle Business Journal)

    Nortel Wireless Assets Go to Ericsson for $1.13B  Jul 29, 2009
    Among those assets are Nortel's CDMA () and LTE () Access technologies ... "CDMA is a technology that will go on for many more years and will be a stream of business for us," Svanberg said ... "But CDMA will be the first networks to migrate to LTE, and that is of strategic important to us.". (SmallBusinessComputing)

    Courts Approve Nortel Wireless Sale to Ericsson  Jul 29, 2009
    Ericsson won an auction for the key CDMA and next-generation LTE wireless technology assets of Canada's bankrupt Nortel early on Saturday, beating out Nokia Siemens Networks and private equity firm MatlinPatterson. The Delaware and Ontario court proceedings were held in conjunction and connected by video link-up. (ABC News -- Wire)

    Sprint Buys Virgin Mobile  Jul 29, 2009
    1 percent of the prepaid mobile company, which uses Sprint's CDMA network to offer its services to customers. The deal is expected to be finalized either during Q4 of 2009 or early 2010 and Sprint has agreed to retire Virgin's outstanding debt when the deal closes. (IGN Gear)

    Qualcomm in sights of Japanese regulators  Jul 29, 2009
    Qualcomm retains top status in the mobile chipmaking market and owns key patents for its code division multiple access (CDMA) system, the most widely used wireless network standard in the world. Qualcomm and Verizon Wireless announced meanwhile they had formed a joint venture to provide machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless communications and smart services offerings in health care, manufacturing, utilities, distribution and consumer products segments. (Yahoo! Asia News)

    * Japanese regulators take Qualcomm to task  Jul 29, 2009
    The Korea Fair Trade Commission, which had been investigating Qualcomm since 2006, said the company abused its dominant position in code division multiple access (CDMA) cellphone chips by charging higher royalties for companies that used rival chipsets ... Qualcomm developed CDMA, a rival standard to the dominant cellular standard GSM, or global system for mobile ... CDMA is used in the US, South Korea and Japan. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)

    RTP on sidelines of Ericsson-Nortel deal  Jul 28, 2009
    Under the sales agreement with Ericsson, Ericsson obtains two wireless technology divisions of Nortel, CDMA and LTE. The divisions make infrastructure for wireless carriers ... It includes Nortel s CDMA contracts with Verizon, Sprint, U.S. Cellular and Bell Canada. (Triangle Business Journal)

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