ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. announced a patent license agreement with Qualcomm Inc. to develop, manufacture and sell W-CDMA picocell and microcell base-station systems. Andrew said the agreement includes the use of certain Qualcomm intellectual property in the Andrew OneBase Pico, which is a single-carrier...
CHINAAlcatel Corp. deployed its Mobile Next Generation Network in China for Zhejiang Mobile, a subsidiary of China Mobile. Alcatel said its Mobile NGN was implemented by its Chinese company, Alcatel Shanghai Bell, and will help Zhejiang Mobile improve quality of service and reduce network...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. introduced a new antenna product line designed for use with new broadband technologies such as WiMAX and other OFDM-based systems.The Andrew Multi-Port Array antennas are designed for systems that use multiple antenna options, such as multi-input, multi-output and adaptive antenna...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. announced a new contract to supply Cingular Wireless L.L.C. with its third-generation network testing equipment for a nationwide quality benchmarking program.Cingular recently announced that it would invest nearly $6 billion in its network during the next year to improve network...
SAN FRANCISCO-If the kickoff for Navteq's Global LBS Challenge is any indicator, 2006 may be the year location-based services finally get legs. Software developers, reporters, venture capitalists and other insiders packed the room here Tuesday for the North American launch of Navteq's annual competition....
WASHINGTON-Radio-frequency identification and global positioning system applications could find increasing traction in the enterprise space, according to a new study by Harris Interactive and ForceNine Consulting.RFID and GPS applications are relatively rare among large enterprises today with only 10 percent of businesses using RFID...
Clearwire Corp. raised an additional $250 million in financing, according to reports, bringing the carrier's total war chest to a staggering $600 million. The news highlights investors' apparent interest in the wireless broadband space, as well as the technology's potential to agitate entrenched wireless...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. signed an agreement to provide its location technology to Nokia Corp.'s GSM network base station subsystem customers and to license certain Nokia technologies that will be used in the supplied location systems. The agreement allows operators of GSM wireless networks...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. signed an agreement to provide its location technology to Nokia Corp.'s GSM network base station subsystem customers and to license certain Nokia technologies that will be used in the supplied location systems.The agreement allows operators of GSM wireless networks in...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it settled a patent dispute with EMS Technologies Inc. concerning its remote electrical tilt antenna technology. The company has licensed the technology to EMS under a nonexclusive agreement as part of the settlement. Andrew also granted a limited license...
As third-generation technology and wireless broadband hit the U.S. marketplace, PC card vendors finally may hit their stride. Verizon Wireless is in the process of expanding its CDMA EV-DO network throughout its coverage area, while Sprint Corp. launched its own EV-DO service in 17...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it settled a patent dispute with EMS Technologies Inc. concerning its remote electrical tilt antenna technology.The company has licensed the technology to EMS under a nonexclusive agreement as part of the settlement. Andrew also granted a limited license to...
WASHINGTON-Half of U.S. wireless users expect to conduct three-quarters of their calls over wireless by 2010, up from 10 percent today, according to new research from ForceNine Consulting and SMS.ac. Wireless users who use wireless for at least 75 percent of their e-mail and...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The long-awaited market for wireless location-based services may finally be around the corner, according to two analyst reports this week. Citing Sprint PCS' recent introduction of an operator-assisted direction-finding service, ABI Research said operators' efforts to push LBS will rapidly change the...
LOS ANGELES-Fox Sports Radio and mobile marketing company HipCricket have partnered to deliver an interactive wireless application based on Fox's radio broadcasts. By texting to a short code, listeners can offer feedback on programming and participate in surveys, quizzes and sweepstakes using their phones....
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Oracle Corp., the world's biggest database maker, said it is adding to its portfolio with the acquisition of software developer TimesTen. Terms of the deal, which is expected to close in July, were not disclosed. The acquisition is Oracle's fourth since January,...
The following wireless companies received upgrades or downgrades from financial and investment firms this week.Moody's Investors Service assigned a B3 rating to the proposed senior secured credit facilities of Virgin Mobile USA with a positive outlook. The rating reflects the challenging operating environment the...
Struggling to shore up decreasing revenues from voice usage, U.S. carriers agreed last October to a set of messaging guidelines they said would allow them to be MMS-interoperable by the end of 2004. While the target date is long past, it appears they're now...
The MVNO wave is building strength as a growing number of companies have announced plans to enter the wireless space using established operators' mobile networks. Analysts' note that while the wave is gaining momentum, an even stronger surge is expected in the next 12...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-3G Americas elected Andrew Corp. to its board of governors.The company said it will be represented on the board by JC Huang and Ray Butler.Other board of governors members are Cingular Wireless, Cable & Wireless (West Indies), Ericsson, Gemplus, Hewlett-Packard Co., Lucent Technologies...
LONDON-Mobile music company Shazam Entertainment has teamed with Motorola to develop new music-identification software embedded in the manufacturer's handsets.With the new technology, wireless users can capture music played from an outside source into their phones, "tagging" songs to be identified. Music can then be...
Taking advantage of new technologies, peer-to-peer companies, otherwise known as dotcoms, are porting services to wireless subscribers without operator consent. Through handsets, personal digital assistants, laptops and other mobile devices, end users can enjoy services such as music downloads and file sharing, video on...
LOS ALTOS, Calif.-Provigent Inc., which provides system-on-a-chip solutions for broadband wireless systems, said it has increased its third round of funding to $10 million. The total amount the company has raised now stands at $21 million. Provigent said the additional funding is a result...
NEW ORLEANS-Carriers' efforts to increase wireless data revenues took a big step forward this week at CTIA Wireless 2005 as the nation's two largest carriers quietly confirmed their networks are multimedia message service interoperable.Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless said they've been MMS interoperable for...
