China Telecom Corp. Ltd. (CHA), the nation's third-largest mobile operator, said it added 2.57 million new mobile customers in July, pushing its customer base to 110.94 million subscribers. The carrier noted that through the first half of the year it had become the world's...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.“Palm’s innovative operating system provides an ideal platform to expand HP’s mobility strategy and create a unique...
Huawei | August 16, 2011 | Press Release
: Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, today announced it successfully enabled China Telecom to optimize its Shenzhen CDMA network to serve the 26th Shenzhen Summer Universiade.
As the sole telecommunications partner for...
Cable Bahamas, cable and broadband service provider in the Bahamas, has selected Nokia Siemens Networks voice over cable (VoC) softswitch platform to roll out the services.Department of Defense, other agencies able to upgrade voice networks to all-IP Nokia Siemens Networks' technology for all-IP based...
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said its revenues grew 11% in the first half of the year, to $15.38 billion, while operating profit reached $1.94 billion. The privately held Chinese company released the information in a press release, but did not release overall profit figures.The...
LightSquared added yet another regional wireless operator to its wholesale LTE plans, signing up Flat Wireless L.L.C.'s ClearTalk Wireless to a bilateral roaming agreement. Financial terms of the deal were not released.The deal will provide CDMA-based operator ClearTalk with a nationwide LTE footprint through...
Nokia Siemens Networks could cut as many as 1,500 jobs picked up as part of its acquisition of Motorola Inc. assets earlier this year, according to published reports.NSN gained around 7,000 employees through the purchase, which included Motorola's CDMA assets. Both Nokia and...
UPDATED: Editor's Note: With all of the domestic industry's public, facilities-based operators having announced second quarter results we decided to provide a quick snapshot of how the quarter stacked up.Verizon Wireless (106.3 million connections)Quick facts: Posted 2.2 million net additions for the quarter, including...
Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) saw its stock price punished this morning after the carrier released lower than expected second quarter results that showed higher earnings, but slower growth that was impacted by increased customer churn.
MetroPCS reported that revenues increased 19% year-over-year...
Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. (PCS) saw its stock price punished this morning after the carrier released lower than expected second quarter results that showed higher earnings, but slower growth that was impacted by increased customer churn.
MetroPCS reported that revenues increased 19% year-over-year...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.
It was a morbid week for Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and Clearwire Corp. (CLWR), no doubt about...
Ericsson | August 1, 2011 | Press Release
Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd. (SSTL), which nationally operates telecom services under the MTS brand with over 12 million wireless subscribers, today extended its current managed services contract with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) in India. The extension adds four...
The LTE equipment market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 81% during the next five years, according to a new study by Dell'Oro Group. The market for LTE equipment could reach $8 billion by 2015, and Dell'Oro expects picocell...
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) shares dropped 9% after the infrastructure vendor released positive second-quarter earnings results that failed to meet expectations. CEO Ben Verwaayen reiterated that the company expects a strong second half of the year. Nevertheless, the stock was down nearly 19% at press...
Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) continued its operating turn around during the second quarter, but those improvements appeared to have come at a cost.The carrier managed to add nearly 1.1 million new customers to its network during the quarter, which was about 1 million more...
Japanese carrier KDDI has teamed up with Microsoft and Toshiba-Fujitsu today to unveil the world’s first Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango – device, the IS12T.
Qualcomm Incorporated delivered solid third quarter financial results on Wednesday, exceeding analyst estimates but apparently not living up to shareholder expectations, with the firm’s stock taking a small hit after hours.The San Diego based chipmaker actually saw a stellar quarter with revenues of $3.62...
Few companies have seen as much technology change across the mobile space than InterDigital Inc., which for nearly 40 years has had a hand in developing the intellectual property for many of the advances that have propelled the industry. From its early years in...
GUANGZHOU, China – While India has seen a rapid increase in the number of subscribers on its networks, the operators delivering service have not seen the same increases in revenues, said Vsevolod Rozanov, President and CEO of Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL), speaking during the...
Ecuadorian mobile operator Alegro PCS, controlled by the national state carrier CNT, may migrate from CDMA to HSPA+ to improve and expand its services. According to the local newspaper El Universo, CNT is expected to invest US$ 74 million and the new technology might be...
GUANGZHOU, China – China Telecom is revamping its enterprise-focused practice to better help those vertical-market customers conduct their business more efficiently, said Liang Zhiping, director of VIP Customer Department at China Telecom Group.Zhiping, speaking at the Global CDMA Operation and Development Forum 2001, sponsored...
GUANGHZOU, China – More than 100 CDMA handset manufacturers have a presence in Guanghzou, China, contributing more than 100,000 jobs to the province, said CDMA Development Group COO James Person.
The CDG held its CDMA World Forum in conjunction with China Telecom's Device Trade Fair...
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
GUANGHZOU, China – Transformation. The phrase was an overarching theme during a couple of events here as operators and equipment vendors evolve to meet challenges that arise from a fast-paced wireless industry where devices and applications are taking center stage, forcing the world's largest...
