- China dumps WCDMA
The Chinese government has called a halt to the construction of unregistered WCDMA trial networks in order to focus carriers on the nationally developed standard, TD-SCDMA.
- GSM leads in China
China Mobile added 3.31 million GSM subscribers in December, compared with 3.26 million in November. Throughout 2004 China Mobile added 38.18 million users bringing its total subscriber base to 204.3 million, including 59.88 million contract subscribers and 144.4 million prepaid customers. Meanwhile, China Unicom added 646,000 CDMA subscribers in December ......
- Interview with Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and MD, Reliance Industries
Reliance Infocomm is turning the Indian mobile market on its head. In a little over a year since launching in December 2002, the operator - backed by India's largest conglomerate - has bulldozed through regulatory obstacles, forced cellular rivals to slash tariffs, and established a compelling model for low-cost voice ......
- China 3G Licenses Up for Grabs This Year
This is the year that China plans to grant its carrier licenses for 3G wireless, setting the stage for fortunes to be won as consumers sign on to receive the next generation of services. And over the last several years consumers in China have signaled their plans to do just ......
- Qualcomm, China Unicon Form Joint Venture
Qualcomm Inc. and China Unicom have established a joint venture -- Unicom-BREW Wireless Technologies Ltd. The joint venture will allow China Unicom to offer its CDMA subscribers leading-edge data services enabled by Qualcomm’s binary runtime environment for wireless (BREW) platform. Although financial details were not disclosed, the two companies have ......
- ONE WORLD, ONE VISION
HARDY INDUSTRY PERENNIAL QUALCOMM IS ADVANCING ON NUMEROUS CDMA-RELATED FRONTS, FROM THE 'POOR MAN'S MOBILE' IN INDIA TO 'TV ON MOBILES' IN KOREA. JAMES TULLOCH FOUND CEO DR. IRWIN JACOBS CONFIDENTLY DECLARING THE END OF THE TECHNOLOGY 'HOLY WARS'. Irwin Jacobs - CEO of CDMA powerhouse and IPR goldmine Qualcomm ......
- Bridging GSM and CDMA.
KYOCERA HAS ANNOUNCED its first handset sporting Qualcomm's GSM1x technology, which can bridge GSM and CDMA networks. The two cell phone standards are incompatible. Based on Kyocera's KZ850 model, which includes an integrated camera and offers high-resolution color graphics and multimedia the new GSM1x handset will be available immediately to ......