The sluggish recovery and the threat of the fiscal cliff make the capital markets uncertain territory, but the wireless industry has fared better than most in 2012. Venture capitalists have been ready to fund infrastructure plays as well as mobile apps, and the carriers...
A new era of energy services is on the horizon. Soon, utilities and municipalities will have the capability to support activity such as demand control, video monitoring of grid assets, real-time information access for customer service and mobile technician.
Alvarion, provider of 4G networks in the Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) market, announced that Bandera Electric Cooperative, an electric cooperative since 1938, has deployed a 4G network in Texas.The GSMA announced that Barcelona has been selected as the Mobile World Capital from 2012 to...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:Alvarion Ltd.United States: With the City of Houston for the deployment of a 4G municipal network. Alvarion’s 4G wireless broadband network is enabling the City of Houston’s local government to offer advanced municipal services, such as...
Alcatel-Lucent announced that Chinese operators Jiangsu Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile, and Ningxia Telecom, a subsidiary of China Telecom, will deploy the Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian (WNG) in their 3G network and operations centre. By providing advanced wireless data analytics, Alcatel-Lucent will...
4G Americas announced that it has published its resource report on 3GPP standards work and the evolution to 4G and beyond. The white paper, 4G Mobile Broadband Evolution: 3GPP Release 10 and Beyond - HSPA+, SAE/LTE and LTE-Advanced, provides detailed information on the status...
ZTEPortugal: With ZAPP.PT to deploy a 4G/WiMAX network, including WiMAX and CDMA2000 EV-DO Rev. B network equipment, core network equipment and services.Value: $30.7 millionAlvarionCameroon: With 4G Africa AG to deploy a mobile WiMAX network in Douala and Yaounde.Value: UndisclosedCeragonNigeria: With Internet service provider Direct...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:AndrewChina: With the Taiyuan-Zhongwei-Yinchuan high-speed railway to provide a coverage and system for essential wireless communications in the Shanxi province for the new 900 kilometer line that links East and West China.Value: UndisclosedDragonWaveU.S. Virgin Islands: With...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:AlvarionItaly: With Linkem Spa to supply an end-to-end 4G network including radio access, core network, end user devices and professional services as the carrier expands its broadband network into Lombardia Veneto, Lazio, Campania, Puglia, Calabria and...
BridgewaterNicaragua: With Yota to deploy its Service Controller product to support the carrier's 4G wireless broadband network.Value: UndisclosedNokia Siemens NetworksGermany: With Deutsche Telekom to deploy an LTE network in the 800 MHz band.Value: UndisclosedAlcatel-LucentUnited Arab Emirates: With Etisalat to deploy femtocells as part of...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:AlvarionCanada: With Barrett Xplore Inc. to deploy a national 4G network, including subscriber devices and professional services, that will allow the carrier to offer new services to existing customers and to expand into new service areas.Value:...
Accedian Networks, which provides service assurance solutions said it secured $19.5 million in a new round of funding. The round was led by Summit Partners and included participation from Rho Ventures and Skypoint Capital. The funds will be used to accelerate the company's commercial...
The Mobile Giving Foundation, which is focused on helping charities raise funds through the mobile channel, announced plans to host its Mobile Giving Forum Oct. 5 at the W Hotel in San Francisco. The event will bring together companies, nonprofit organizations, corporate foundations, technology...
Tyco Electronics (TEL) reached a deal to purchase ADC Telecommunications (ADCT) for $1.24 billion. Tyco will pay $12.75 per share for ADC. The deal boosts Tyco's presence in the network-equipped products market.Synchronoss Technologies (SNCR), which provides on-demand transaction management software platforms, announced it entered...
TD-LTE technology continues to make technical progress, with L.M. Ericsson (ERIC) demonstrating an end-to-end solution earlier this week in Shanghai, China. Further, WiMAX proponent Alvarion Ltd. (ALVR) announced its support for TD-LTE technology. Ericsson, the world's largest infrastructure supplier, said it...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:Alcatel-LucentRussia: With Sky Link to upgrade the carrier's network to CDMA2000 1x-EVDO Rev. B.Value: UndisclosedAlvarionItaly: With NGI to expand the carrier's network with its BreezeMAX Extreme 5000 802.16e WiMAX solution.Value: UndisclosedMotorolaRussia: With Inform Invest Group to...
Alvarion Ltd. said its revenues dropped to $51.9 million during the first quarter, from $60.2 million during the same period last year. Net loss for the quarter was $4.9 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $852,000, or 1...
Alvarion Ltd. said its revenues dropped to $51.9 million during the first quarter, from $60.2 million during the same period last year. Net loss for the quarter was $4.9 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $852,000, or 1...
Omnilink Systems – Kelly Gay has been appointed president and CEO. Gay brings more than 25 years of experience working at numerous tech industry companies, including KnowledgeStorm, where she was chairman and CEO.Harbinger Capital Partners – Sanjiv Ahuja has been named chairman and CEO...
Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. completed its purchase of certain Alltel wireless assets from Verizon Wireless. The purchase price was $223 million and the deal was completed through ATN’s subsidiary, Allied Wireless Communications Corp. The company said it also has acquired a license to continue using...
Ericsson reported it has entered into an agreement to purchase Nortel's majority shareholding in LG-Nortel, renaming the venture LG-Ericsson. Terms of the deal were not released. Ericsson had previously acquired Nortel's GSM assets in North America. Ericsson said the joint venture will include contracts...
Adtran Inc. reported first-quarter results, including a 15% increase in sales to $127 million from $110 million during the first quarter of 2009. Net income increased 20% to $18.2 million, or 29 cents per share, compared with net income of $15.2 million, or 24...
The WiMAX market is set for a speed boost as a number of chip providers and equipment makers said they plan to accelerate the interoperability of the WiMAX 2 standard. The update is based on the IEEE 802.16m standard and is to build on...
Novatel Wireless said it completed a technology transfer with Qualcomm Inc. consisting of two of Qualcomm’s Wearable Mobile Device module designs. Novatel said it will use the designs to expand its portfolio of embedded machine-to-machine and consumer electronic devices. Qualcomm’s 1x and 1x...
