OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. are at the short end of wireless infrastructure contracts owing to their late start in the UMTS market, according to a report from Allied Business Intelligence.Lucent has an 11-percent market share, a drop from 17 percent...
CANNES, France-Despite the less-than-ideal weather conditions at this year's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, the event was highlighted by the GSM industry's announcement of signing up its 1 billionth customer worldwide and the European market's bright expectations for full third-generation networks that have...
Although wireless by and large caters to the consumer market, many of the industry's major mobile-phone makers zeroed in on the high-margin business user during the 3GSM show in Cannes, France.Nokia, the world's No. 1 handset manufacturer, used the show as a platform to...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-Both GSM and CDMA advocacy bodies are beating their chest over their 2003 worldwide adoption numbers, but the figures released by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association bests those of the CDMA Development Group. However, the CDG has the advantage in the number...
In addition to propelling the combined entity past Verizon Wireless as the nation's largest wireless carrier, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s successful $41 billion acquisition of smaller rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to have an enormous impact on many of its competitors as well...
SAN DIEGO-Zyray Wireless said it has launched a wideband CDMA baseband processor known as Spinnerchip, which will enable device manufacturers to develop single-mode WCDMA, dual-mode GSM/GPRS and WCDMA and multimode GSM/GPRS, EDGE and WCDMA devices."The speed of integration afforded by the add-on architecture is...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-Both GSM and CDMA advocacy bodies are beating their chest over their 2003 worldwide adoption numbers, but the figures released by the Global Mobile Suppliers Association bests those of the CDMA Development Group. However, the CDG has the advantage in the number...
T-Mobile USA Inc. expanded its existing $300 million agreement with Nokia Corp. to include next-generation radio equipment, an expanded GPRS core network, implementation and optimization services and Nokia's NetAct network service management system. Shipments of the new equipment are expected to begin immediately. "Nokia...
NEW DELHI, India-Nokia Corp. and carrier IDEA Cellular Ltd. said they jointly demonstrated live multimedia services over an EDGE network with speeds on an average three times faster than data services delivered over GPRS."Our network is 100 percent EDGE compatible and we are fully...
Third-generation contracts seem to be giving Nortel Networks Ltd. an edge lately, owing to what industry observers describe as the Brampton, Ontario-based vendor's Internet Protocol advantage. Nortel's complete solution has helped it in its contracts of late with both Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless...
Following are mobile contracts awarded in January 2004:AlcatelChina. With Gansu Mobile Communication Co., a subsidiary of China Mobile, for GSM/GPRS/EDGE network.Value: $14 millionCyprus. With Investcom for GSM/GPRS/EDGE radio and mobile core network.Value: UndisclosedNetherlands. With T-Mobile for data over asynchronous transfer mode, gigabit Ethernet transport...
RESTON, Va.-One option for Nextel Communications Inc.'s next-generation wireless data network is set for public consumption as the carrier is planning a network trial in the Raleigh-Durham, N.C., area using Flarion Technologies Inc.'s Flash-OFDM-based technology. The carrier, which refused to comment on the trial,...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported Wi-Fi expansion plans including a deal with Amtrak to provide high-speed data services in six of the railroad's busiest train stations along the Northeast Corridor and a reciprocal roaming agreement with T-Mobile USA Inc. expanding service in a...
Nortel Networks Ltd. is in talks to divest most of its major operations, including factories and supply chains, to Flextronics Inc., a contract electronics manufacturer. If the talks materialize, it may lead to a major loss of up to 2,500 jobs."This proposed transaction would...
Semiconductor players remain the most optimistic wireless sector, even if the stock profiles do not reflect the upbeat mood.Yet according to a new study, the shares are poised to grow. Standards & Poor's Equity Research said semiconductor stocks have the potential to appreciate between...
The reverberations from a mega-merger involving AT&T Wireless Services Inc. could easily spark repercussions in Illinois, Finland, South Korea and a number of other mobile-phone hot spots. The creation of a new wireless powerhouse in the United States might affect the fortunes of Motorola...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments said it has unveiled what it calls the first complete EDGE smart-phone chipset and reference design.The product, known as TCS3500, is buoyed by the OMAP processor and supports all leading mobile operating systems, including Symbian, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Linux and Palmsource, according...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is cutting jobs in its Mobitex business, although the carrier declined to provide specifics.Cingular said it is cutting a minimal number of jobs in its Cingular Interactive division, which runs its slower-speed Mobitex data-only network. Cingular said the job...
NEW YORK-Following AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s plans for a nationwide EDGE network, Nokia Corp. announced its first EDGE-capable smart phone for the Americas market.Nokia plans to sell its 6620 phone, which features the Symbian operating system, in the United States by the second quarter...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has won a contract to supply Finnish network operator Finnet Networks Ltd. with an EDGE system for data services.No financial details were released.The carrier also said it is using Nokia EDGE-capable base stations for trials.Finnet operates a GSM/GPRS network...
Despite being a relatively new player in the traditional wireless field, Wi-Fi services have quickly taken over as one of the leading technologies for high-speed wireless data communications as shown by the small but increasing number of tech-savvy consumers clustered in local coffee houses...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. said a federal court has placed an injunction prohibiting U.S. Cellular Corp. from marketing its recently launched Easyedge wireless data service in select Oregon, California and Idaho markets where Edge Wireless offers service, citing possible...
Following are mobile contracts for December 2003:AlcatelCanada. With Telus Mobility for a cross-Canada communications backbone infrastructure.Value: UndisclosedChina. With China Unicom for multiple expansion contracts.Value: $40 millionHungary. With Westel as the sole supplier of an EDGE system.Value: UndisclosedMalaysia. With Maxis Communications for GSM/GPRS/EDGE/W-CDMA gear.Value: UndisclosedTaiwan....
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it signed a $14 million GSM expansion contract with Gansu Mobile Communication Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China Mobile. Under the project, which is expected to be completed in June, Alcatel will supply GSM/GPRS/EDGE solutions including new software. The operator will...
