Cox Communications Ends Mobile Services Offering
Cable services provider Cox Communications  has announced that it will end its mobile services offering consisting of its own mobile phone services next March and has ended offering the service to new customers as of today. Cox initially began offering cellular service shortly after winning a bid to acquire AWS spectrum in 2008, with which it […]
Ericsson Announces HD CDMA Voice Protocol
Network hardware manufacturer Ericsson has announced the completion of the first call using its new HD CDMA codec for voice calls over CDMA2000 networks. The call was completed utilizing hardware provided by Qualcomm in a lab setting and is claimed to reduce listening fatigue by encoding speech in the new Enhanced Variable Rate Codec Narrowband-Wideband […]
Sprint Details iDEN Network Sunset and Network Transition
Following up on a previous report, Sprint has revealed the first details regarding its planned sunset of the iDEN network and transition to multi-mode network hardware. The carrier has announced that the initiative will be dubbed Network Vision and will involve Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, and Samsung as its hardware partners in the transition. The aforementioned network […]
Nokia Siemens to Purchase Select Motorola Wireless Businesses
Motorola has announced that Nokia Siemens Networks has agreed to purchase some of Motorola’s network business units for $1.2 billion in cash. The deal includes the purchase of Motorola’s CDMA technology and patents along with business relationships with 50 other CDMA, GSM, WCDMA, WiMax and LTE vendors including China Mobile, Clearwire, KDDI, Sprint, Verizon Wireless […]
Motorola WX404 Revealed By Bluetooth SIG
Following up on this morning’s earlier reveal of unannounced Motorola handsets, another Motorola handset has been revealed in the WX404 messaging oriented device. The device features a QWERTY keyboard, CDMA support, Bluetooth 2.1, web browser, 2.0 megapixel camera and multimedia support. Motorola has not officially announced the device as of yet nor named possible carriers.
Qualcomm Announces New Dual-Mode Femtocell Chipsets
Qualcomm has announced the development of new dual-mode HSPA+ and EVDO Rev. A and B chipsets for femtocells. Such examples of femtocells include the AT&T 3G MicroCell and the Verizon Wireless Network Extender. Qualcomm further states that the chips are the first to combine HSPA+ and CDMA2000 1X/EV-DO Rev. A/Rev. B access. The chips will […]
CES: Samsung Verizon Network Extender EV-DO Prototype Shown
Samsung isn’t normally too welcoming of photos at their booth. But, they did let us take a few of something… we’re not sure they realized it wasn’t on the market just yet. Titled as the “Combo FemtoCell”, the device is a CDMA2000 1x and EV-DO femtocell, and is clearly labeled with Both Verizon and Network […]
Verizon Now Planning LTE Deployment as Overlay to Existing Network
Verizon Wireless CTO Tony Melone has confirmed new key details in the carrier’s plans for the launch of its new LTE network scheduled for launch late next year. The LTE network will now function as an overlay to the existing native CDMA network, right down to the use of many existing cellsites and backhaul equipment. […]
Android 1.6 SDK Now Available
Google has announced the availability of the Android 1.6 SDK for developers. Android 1.6, coloquially codenamed “Donut” will be the first Android release with full support for CDMA devices, with the Sprint HTC Hero being the first device that includes 1.6. Changes to Android 1.6 include Quick Search Box for Android for users to search […]
CDG Announces New CDMA Standards
The 3GPP2 working group and CDG have announced two new CDMA standards for future CDMA devices and current networks. The first standard in CDMA 1x Advanced consists of a backend software and channel card upgrade that is claimed to nearly quadruple voice call capacity from current totals when all of the improvements such as base […]