China Mobile chose Ericsson (ERIC) as a sole managed services partner for its 2G/3G base station sites under a three-year field maintenance agreement.Gemalto said it has partnered with KASIKORNBANK and operator Advanced Info Services to launch Near-Field Communication applications in Thailand. Gemalto is providing...
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...
Editor's Note: This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News' May Special Edition, "Enabling the Mobile Revolution – Mobile Chips, Devices and Accessories." The 80-page special edition is available here.Long Term Evolution or LTE, a next-generation 3G technology that uses ODFMA (Orthogonal Frequency...
Telecommunications leaders from China and Taiwan met in Beijing on Wednesday and agreed to jointly standardize on Android, WiMax, and TD-LTE (Time-Division Long Term Evolution) among other accords.
Telecom infrastructure giant Ericsson said it has signed a $1.3 billion contract with Indian operator Bharti Airtel to expand and upgrade the carrier’s wireless network in 15 telecom circles in India. As part of this contract, Ericsson said it will supply its portfolio of...
China is set for a wireless data boom, according to research firm iSuppli Corp., which predicts the country's revenues surged nearly 19% in 2009 and are set to double from 2008 to 2013. The firm said it expects the data revenue from both messaging...
Alcatel-Lucent said it was selected by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. Group as one of the vendors for a LTE network trial to begin in the first half of next year. The trial is scheduled to be conducted in Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines. The...
The 3G network of the world's largest mobile phone network operator will cover 70 percent of China's cities by the end of this year, the company's chairman said Wednesday.IDG News Service
HONG KONG - Nokia Corp. unveiled Tuesday its first cell phone developed to run on China's homegrown third-generation standard, saying the model is the first of several phones in the pipeline being developed in collaboration with China Mobile, the world largest telecom by registered...
China Mobile, the world's largest mobile carrier by subscribers, will next year introduce eight OPhone smartphone models from U.S. phone maker Motorola, a company official told Reuters. Reuters
The highly touted LTE technology is expected to make great strides this year as wireless providers launch trials and get ready for commercial deployments in 2010.Although the standards for the technology have yet to be completed, pre-standards are in place and the infrastructure vendors...
China Mobile, the world's largest network operator, will offer 3G handsets from Nokia Corp. on its homegrown, TD-SCDMA 3G network. It already offers such handsets from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The Nokia handsets will be dual mode, GSM/TD-SCDMA. And the operator said it was...
Mobile music has been a one-hit wonder. But the big follow-up to the lucrative ringtone market may not be ringback tones, full-track downloads or any other single application. It may be advertising.Ringtone revenues in the United States will shrink in 2008, falling to $510...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: China Mobile Communications entered a frame agreement with Nokia...
Nokia Siemens Networks said it won an $874 million deal to expand China Mobile's network.The company, a joint venture between Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG, said it will design, build and maintain the network, including base stations and mobile switching systems. China Mobile said...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: China Mobile and Alcatel-Lucent signed a $1 billion framework...
There likely won’t be any 3G service at this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing, but the host country is finally making progress on a years-long plan to issue licenses that will enable carriers to begin deploying third-generation networks, the government said...
There likely won't be any 3G service at this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, but the host country is finally making progress on a years-long plan to issue licenses that will enable carriers to begin deploying third-generation networks, the government said over the weekend.After...
"TBA" - to be announced - is a classic, buzz-building tool for Apple Inc.'s iPhone rollout, as in last week's word that the device will launch in Canada at Rogers Communications Inc. Apple's expansion from AT&T Mobility to a truly global presence, however, appears...
The mobile service provider category has become the fastest-growing category in terms of brand value growth - increasing by 35% from last year - in the 2008 BrandZ Top 100 Most Powerful Brands ranking conducted by Millward Brown. The growth of the mobile service...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: Ericsson said it signed GSM expansion framework agreements with...
Yes, the mobile industry would be well-served if everyone got behind a single 4G technology. No, it's not going to happen anytime soon.Vodafone Group CEO Arun Sarin used his keynote speech to urge carriers to close ranks behind LTE, placing WiMAX within the TDD...
China Mobile said it will join Vodafone Group plc and Verizon Wireless in an ongoing trial of LTE technology.The world's largest mobile operator said the three-way operator trials will focus on LTE FDD, the Frequency Division Duplex version of the technology, for use with...
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs today unveiled a modest suite of new software applications for the iPhone during his much-anticipated keynote address at Macworld 2008 in San Francisco, perhaps disappointing those who sought news of a 3G upgrade for the device. Instead, Jobs announced...
