MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has appointed Bill O'Shea as president of Bell Labs and chief technology officer.He replaced Arun Netravvali, who will become its chief scientist "to identify new technologies that would benefit the company," according to Lucent.
NEW YORK—Bell Labs researchers said they have developed a software architecture, called Common Operations, that will enable global roaming across all wireless network types, including those providing third-generation (3G) mobile and high-speed fixed data access services."As next-generation high-speed mobile data networks emerge and new...
NEW YORK—Bell Labs researchers said Oct. 9 they have developed a software architecture, called Common Operations, that will enable global roaming across all wireless network types, including those providing third generation mobile and high speed fixed data access services."As next-generation high-speed mobile data networks...
WASHINGTON-In an effort to prove it is a viable company and at the same time help a struggling icon, bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. said on July 2 it has signed a contract with Lucent Technologies Inc. to begin building out a CDMA network."We are...
Citing pride and financial stress for the collapse of the Lucent-Alcatel merger talks last week, analysts do not expect any suitors to walk up the aisle with the Murray Hill, N.J.-based manufacturer any time soon.Lucent Technologies Inc. and Alcatel SA had revved up a...
As the news swirls around Wall Street, analysts think a possible merger between Alcatel Alsthom of France and Lucent Technologies Inc. may not only be the biggest acquisition of a U.S. telecom company, it could also generate an investigation as to whether such an...
NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Inc. is serving up advanced computing power for wireless network elements and operations support systems, according to separate announcements the company issued last week.With its new series of Sun Fire Midframe servers now available in quantity, the Palo Alto, Calif., company...
MMTAAnne-Rivers Forcke was appointed chairman of the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association's Media Relations Committee. Forcke is a relationship marketing strategist for the Global Small Business group at IBM Corp., where she is responsible for managing the marketing program worldwide. Forcke has more than 15 years...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will invest $700 million during the next five years to jointly develop manufacturing technologies for future generations of integrated circuits targeted at high-growth communications markets.As part of the joint development activities, the companies will...
NEW YORK-If Richard Levine has his way, everyone could revert to seven-digit local calling simplicity, even amid the expanding complexity of wired and wireless telecommunications.Levine, a research alumnus of Bell Labs and Nortel Networks, is director of Beta Scientific Laboratory Inc., Richardson, Texas. He...
ATLANTA-Wireless infrastructure vendors made their wireless Internet plans a major priority at SuperComm here last week, introducing network solutions portfolios that, while different in makeup, have the same goal-to help wireless carriers avoid commoditization when converging with the Internet.Lucent Technologies Inc. and L.M. Ericsson...
The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association likes to talk about safety. And why not? Thousands of 911 calls from mobile phones are made every day, millions each year. No doubt countless lives have been saved and serious injury averted by a device CTIA President Thomas...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. formed a new venture to develop integrated systems in silicon chips to improve the performance and reduce the cost and size of next-generation Internet appliances, including personal digital assistants and cell phones.The new venture, SyChip Inc., will offer chip-scale...
MILAN, Italy-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is committing technical and business expertise in Italy to promote collaborative projects with government, industry and academia to accelerate development and introduction of third-generation mobile Internet applications, services and products."In collaboration with government, businesses and universities, we will...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Bell Labs has developed a single-chip digital signal processor that operates at 100 MHz using only 1 volt of power, the company said.Typical system-on-a-chip technology combines on a single silicon chip a number of components that formerly had to...
WHIPPANY, N.J.-Bell Labs researchers say they have developed a wireless location system that is accurate to within 15 feet when users are outdoors, and to 100 feet when they are indoors.Using the Bell Labs technology, wireless networks would be equipped with global positioning system...
INTERDIGITALGerard Pepenella was hired by InterDigital Communications Corp. as vice president and general manager of broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. He will collaborate with Gary Lomp, chief technology officer, on growth and enhancement of the company's technology and products. Pepenella joined InterDigital with...
Lucent Technologies Inc. said scientists at its Bell Labs research and development arm have developed a technology that could boost capacity of some wireless links by a multiple of 10 to 20.Known as BLAST, the technology may allow fixed wireless technology to near the...
It's one thing to have lofty ambitions within the safe confines of executive boardrooms, but it's quite another to let the world in on them.That's what Philips Consumer Communications, a joint venture of Philips Electronics N.V. and Lucent Technologies Inc., did when it said...
Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have formed an alliance to jointly develop next-generation digital signal processing technology, a move that is expected to jump-start third-generation mobile phone technology.Motorola's semiconductor segment and Lucent's Microelectronics Group next quarter plan to create a joint design center,...
BEIJING-In the wireless world, China no longer is a forgotten backwater, but is rapidly moving to center stage. According to the new Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the country had a 92-percent growth rate last year, bringing total mobile users to 13 million, and...
Philips Consumer Communications announced Osmo Hautanen, president of the Americas region, will leave the company March 15.Michael Lang, vice president of marketing for the Americas, immediately will assume operational responsibilities for the North American organization on an interim basis. Lang, who has been with...
African Continental Telecommunications Ltd. said it will invest $835 million in a two-phase deal to establish an advanced satellite telecommunications network in Africa. Phase one of the network, which includes repositioning of a geo-stationary satellite leased from American Mobile Satellite Corp., will be completed...
Lucent Technologies Inc., the equipment division spun off by AT&T Corp. last year, and Netherlands-based Philips Electronics N.V., one of the world's largest electronic companies, announced plans to combine their consumer phone equipment operations in a joint venture sure to create the largest phone...
