Carmen Nobel

The organization that drove the adoption of the popular 802.11b WLAN specification is now struggling with how to test and market future wireless LAN products. At issue in the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance is how to best route developers from Wi-Fi (802.11b) to the more prestigious Wi-Fi-5 certification. The task is formidable and could lead […]

Qualcomm Corp. this week acknowleged that it had found some glitches in some early shipments of 3G cell phone components, which could result in performance problems. The San Diego, Calif. company said that the problematic components included its CDMA2000 1X MSM5100 and MSM5105 chipsets and related software. Company officials said that the error has been […]

While wireless carriers may be too big to cater to the data access and billing desires of particular customers, there seems to be hope for innovation through a small but growing industry called the mobile virtual network operator. An MVNO provides mobile voice and data services to end users through a subscription agreement without owning […]

Electronic Data Systems Corp. is entering into the wireless services space with the pragmatic idea that systems integrators shouldnt have to build every solution from the ground up. The Plano, Texas, services company at the CTIA Wireless show here last week was touting OneBridge Mobile Sales, which combines several products into a single wireless middleware […]

ORLANDO, Fla.–U.S.-based wireless carriers are determined to develop enterprise services even though trends overseas indicate the consumer market may be the most lucrative place for the technology. Leading the push is Sprint PCS Group, which last week at CTIA Wireless here unveiled plans to bring its Business Connect corporate application access service to Handspring Inc.s […]

Palm Inc. on Thursday reported a narrow profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2002, which ended March. 1. The Santa Clara, Calif., handheld computer company had a net income of $2.9 million, or one cent per share, for the quarter. This compares with a net loss of $25.2 million for the second quarter of […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Based on the notion that enterprises are clamoring for wireless bandwidth more than consumers are, Verizon Wireless and Lucent Technologies Inc. today at the CTIA Wireless 2002 trade show announced plans to launch a high-speed wireless data service trial in the Washington area next month, focusing on business customers and their specific […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association President and CEO Tom Wheeler Tuesday tried to persuade the federal government that American wireless carriers need more spectrum, and several times suggested to international carriers that the corporate enterprise will be a driving force in the adoption of wireless data services. But the keynote speakers at […]

Handspring Inc. on Tuesday will announce plans with Sprint PCS Group to develop a version of the Handspring Treo device that will run on Sprints next-generation wireless network. Sprints network, which is due to launch nationwide in June, is based on CDMA (code division multiple access) technology. Current versions of the Treo support only the […]

Orlando, Fla.—AT&T Wireless at the CTIA Wireless 2002 trade show here Monday announced plans for new compression software that could double the number of voice calls that is currently handled by existing spectrum. The company later this year will begin selling handsets that support the Adaptive Multirate Vocorder (AMR) technology, which will run on the […]