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...used by AT&T, for instance; another by Sprint; and a third, known as GSM, that is big in Europe and offered here by Omnipoint. Alas, they can't understand one another's signals. That's why digital-service providers are throwing in great incentives to buy. The Qualcomm phone ($199) I tried--and would have bought, if Sprint's PCS service were available where I live--is a perfect example. One of the features you get for $29 a month is a voice mailbox. Turn on the phone, and it instantly shows if messages are waiting. When roaming...
MOSCOW: Whether or not it turns out that Qualcomm engineer Richard Bliss was a spy ? and the CIA swears he isn't ? his arrest on espionage charges has put a strain on U.S.-Russian relations at a time when Moscow is desperately seeking U.S. business dollars...
...Bliss may have been held because Qualcomm failed to pay a bribe. The arrest may also have been a political move by provincial FSB officers wanting to show the West who was boss...
...edge in such stand-alone products is fading in a world where music and video are increasingly being rendered in the digital language of computers. So Sony is making personal computers with Intel, Net-surfing hardware for Microsoft's WebTV and cell phones and pagers with San-Diego-based Qualcomm Inc. Sony factories are churning out a wave of digital-based products, from high-resolution videodiscs and video-game machines to passport-size video and still cameras that plug into...
...with FCC deregulation bringing as many as six new players to each wireless market and the industry upgrading from analog to digital (and adding data capabilities to every phone), Rossmann's timing looks impeccable. Earlier this month, Unwired Planet closed a deal with Qualcomm, which should be rolling out digital cellular phones that can receive news, weather and stock info with UP's software by late this year. "We know we've won when this technology becomes an expected feature, not a curiosity," says UP vice president Ben Linder. At the rate UP is going, managing a portfolio and checking...