CHICAGO - Even as AT&T Mobility Inc. touted its decision to deploy Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology for its fourth-generation network, the carrier is confident it can tweak its HSPA network to increase speeds gradually, without having to rush to build out a 4G...
CHICAGO - Welcome to the beginning of a couple of days of technology, turmoil and transition, as various players of the wireless ecosystem dissect WiMAX technology and its role in tomorrow's marketplace. Against the backdrop of Sprint Nextel Corp.'s commercial WiMAX deployment in Baltimore,...
CHICAGO - For the past seven years, a Rhode Island company has demonstrated that WiMAX technology can succeed in the United States.In 2000, Jeff Thompson started TowerStream with money from a small group of investors and fewer than 30 employees. In 2008, the company...
CHICAGO - The gloves are off as vendors and wireless providers side on different advanced generation technologies. The first and obvious battle at yesterday's 4G Executive Summit was between WiMAX and LTE, which Hank Kafka, network architect for AT&T Mobility Inc., made clear in...
Azulstar Inc. has chosen Alvarion Ltd. to provide its 802.16e BreezeMAX equipment for Azulstar's 3.65 GHz network. Azulstar is launching an advanced wireless network in Western Michigan and New Mexico under the MetraMAX name. Communities being launched include Grand Rapids, Grand Haven, Ferrysburg and...
Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc. plans to introduce its new mobile WiMAX base-station system-on-a-chip (SoC) product at WiMAX World 2008 in Chicago. The company said the device is built on its 65nm process technology and is designed to meet the cost requirements of a femto-...
ADC is announcing its FlexWave Mobile WiMAX product family at WiMAX World 2008 this week in Chicago. The company said the solutions allow carriers to place a base station wherever coverage is needed, including any type of terrain or within any infrastructure. FlexWave MMX...
Motorola Inc. said it has begun a proof-of-concept trial for its X24 machine-to-machine wireless module that includes mobile WiMAX connectivity. The product will be on display this week at WiMAX World 2008 and will be part of a live demo using real WiMAX infrastructure....
Bridgewater Systems announced a wholesale solution for WiMAX service providers that allows them to wholesale their spectrum to MVNO and other third-party operators. The company said its solution allows third-party operators to offer branded services over the carrier's WiMAX network. The solution handles subscriber...
Trango Systems, which provides licensed and unlicensed fixed wireless microwave communications systems, announced a new corporate logo.The new logo eliminates the name Trango Broadband Wireless, which the company has been using since launching its broadband wireless Internet access equipment products in 2001. The company...
The companies listed below represent the six largest global infrastructure vendors for CDMA as of the first quarter of 2008.
Rankings were provided by research firm Dell'Oro Group and include only CDMA vendors.
Alcatel-Lucent continued to dominate the CDMA market, although the company's market share slid...
If this keeps up, "Can you hear me now?" may just become, "Have you gotten this text yet?" And network operators are scrambling to make sure the answer is yes.The average U.S. mobile user now sends and receives more test messages than they do...
Despite concerns about the economy, the mobile device market is on track to deliver 13% growth this year, with annual shipments of 1.3 billion units, according to a report from ABI Research.The firm said 301 million units shipped during the second quarter and tier-one...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors--R.W. Baird upgraded Tellabs to outperform on deeply discounted valuation and the possibility for improved financial prospects next year. --Credit Suisse First...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retailer Best Buy has been given antitrust approval to buy digital music service Napster, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.
Motorola Inc. has begun a proof-of-concept trial for a mobile WiMAX module designed for in-car telemetry applications like infotainment systems and Internet-assisted navigation.
It seems you're nobody in wireless if you're not building - and bragging about - your app store. Apple got the ball rolling, of course, by opening its iPhone to developers and adding an on-device storefront, and its unqualified success has sparked a flurry...
A group of PC makers and wireless industry players announced a new effort aimed at embedding HSPA modems into laptops. The initiative, organized by the Euro-focused GSM Association, aims to spend up to $1 billion promoting "ready to run" laptops that will be able...
The enthusiasm surrounding Sprint Nextel Corp.'s launch of its Xohm-branded mobile WiMAX service took a bit of a hit as a Washington, D.C.-based group noted the service's terms and conditions contains a clause that would allow Sprint Nextel to limit users' access to certain...
With Sony Ericsson's inaugural Windows Mobile device set to be launched in the coming days, the handset maker has revealed that it had to convince Microsoft to embrace plans to make the Windows interface more user-friendly.
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson is to lay off about 400 workers, roughly half the work force, at its North American headquarters in Research Triangle Park, Rayleigh, North Carolina in the U.S.
