KINGS PARK, N.Y.-Infrastructure vendors will benefit as hundreds of thousands of base stations will be deployed globally every year through the rest of the decade, according to a new report from Visant Strategies. "Operators in developed markets will begin to bear the fruit of...
Like a cat with full jaws and claws, GSM technology does not need to proclaim its strengths. The numbers tell the story. Up to 1.18 billion subscribers place and receive calls over GSM networks around the world, almost 10 times the next-largest competitor, CDMA...
TOKYO-NEC Electronic Corp. wants to make chips off its old block. The semiconductor unit of NEC Corp. said it will work together with its parent company to develop dual-mode chipsets that will combine W-CDMA with GSM/GPRS and EDGE technologies.The project, which is estimated to...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will be the exclusive provider of the new Motorola Inc. V551, which supports Cingular's new EDGE network. Cingular said the new clamshell-style phone will give users faster access to Internet information, games and images."The Motorola V551 expands the...
TOKYO-NEC Electronic Corp. wants to make chips off its old block.The semiconductor unit of NEC Corp said it will work together with the parent company to develop dual-mode chipsets that will combine W-CDMA with GSM/GPRS and EDGE technologies.The project, which is estimated to cost...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s integration of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. gained steam last week as Cingular converted more than 1,000 AWS retail outlets to the Cingular moniker. The timing of the conversion was important as Cingular had previously stated it wanted to provide a seamless...
You couldn't really say the big mobile-phone and paging mergers of 2004 had folks on the edge of their seats or challenged crackerjack government antitrust lawyers. The former at least was interesting for its policy and precedential import, not to mention the $41 billion...
Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its latest line-up of advanced handsets for its FOMA third-generation network. The carrier's new 901i series of mobile phones feature advanced video calling, increased memory and support for a variety of features. As usual, DoCoMo did not...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-GSM technology continued its supremacy among wireless technologies, recording an annual growth rate of 124 percent in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean, according to 3G Americas, an advocacy organization for the protocol.This figure doubles the number of GSM customers in...
TOKYO-Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its latest line-up of advanced handsets for its FOMA third-generation network. The carrier's new 901i series of mobile phones feature advanced video calling, increased memory and support for a variety of features. Although DoCoMo does not name...
SAN DIEGO-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a contract extension with T-Mobile USA Inc. for GSM equipment and deployment in the 1900 MHz band. The contracts also will cover GPRS and EDGE technologies. The deal involves 18 T-Mobile USA markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Miami,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will be the prime supplier to upgrade and expand DiGi Telecommunications' nationwide GSM/GPRS network with EDGE. The upgrade will allow the Malaysian carrier to offer high-speed data services, Ericsson said.Ericsson was previously selected to upgrade DiGi's EDGE network in...
Just as the hype over W-CDMA is subsiding, the industry is shifting gears to another protocol. Known as High Speed Downlink Packet Access, the technology is the focus of major operators in the search to differentiate themselves in new Internet Protocol-backed applications and services.It's...
WASHINGTON-While new industry figures show top Republicans casting pro-technology votes more often than their counterparts in Congress, a review of fresh campaign finance data reveals top high-tech firms are hedging their bets on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Without question, the outcome of this...
ESPOO, Finland-TeliaSonera Finland has conducted the world's first EDGE-W-CDMA packet data handover using equipment and terminals in a commercial network, according to Nokia Corp., which supplied the equipment.Nokia said the carrier's customers now have a seamless continuation of third-generation services while roaming between EDGE...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. launched its EDGE-based QuickLink Mobile Wireless Internet Services across its 16-state Cellular One-branded service area. Customers can access the network using either a Sony Ericsson GC82 Edge PC card through a laptop computer or EDGE-equipped handsets, including the Nokia Corp....
Just days before the Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to adopt rules allowing broadband over powerline, two federal regulatory chairmen, their staffs, and a dozen reporters traveled an hour west of the nation's capital to view an operational BPL system.This is really at the...
EDGE and UMTS technologies are both on a roll, says new research. But while EDGE accounts for more deployments, all eyes are on the benefits UMTS can bring. However, CDMA is singing its own song. At the CDMA Americas Congress in Miami, the technology's...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has agreed to sell its Cingular Interactive L.P. subsidiary, including the Mobitex network, customer service operations, information technology systems and a majority of its current Interactive customer base to affiliates of venture-capital company Cerberus Capital Management L.P. for an...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched Monday the Ogo wireless-messaging device. Ogo, targeted at teens and young adults, supports AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, allowing users to instant message, e-mail and send short message service messages. It does not include voice support.The clamshell-style device flips open...
OSLO, Norway—Norwegian wireless carrier Telenor said it will have its EDGE upgrade in place by end-2005. The carrier decided to upgrade to EDGE technology earlier this year."The upgrade has now reached a state where we feel that we can give our customers a sample...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans today to launch the Ogo wireless-messaging device. Ogo, targeted at teens and young adults, supports AOL, MSN and Yahoo!, allowing users to instant message, e-mail and send short message service messages. It does not include voice support.The clamshell-style device...
Once relegated to outdated handsets and overpriced basic voice services, prepaid customers increasingly are being catered to with the latest handset technology and services to go along with more rational pricing plans. 7-Eleven Inc. and Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. last week each launched their...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Software developer Mobile Digital Media (MDM) acquired Cutting Edge Software and its Quickoffice suite of applications for handheld devices, the companies announced Tuesday.MDM bought the subsidiary of Mobility Electronics Inc., which operated the company's handheld software business and related technology assets for...
