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. Five billion …
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Analyst Angle: Data traffic growth drives the content delivery platform (CDP) market: As mobile data traffic explodes, operators will increasingly turn to CDPs to manage—and profit from—it.
by jscarboby jscarboThe torch has been passed: Mobile data traffic now surpasses voice and it will continue to grow indefinitely. As a consequence, operators need to find ways to not only support …
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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 almost …
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Just months after Qualcomm Inc.’s (QCOM) Snapdragon processor began shipping in smart phones with a clocked speed of 1 GHz, the company is making plans to ship a new CPU …
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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 …
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Bits and Bytes: Ericsson hits 2M base stations; Inmarsat buys new satellites; and more
by jscarboby jscarboEricsson announced it has delivered its 2 millionth radio base station. The company noted it hit the 1 millionth base station delivery in 2007, after selling radio base stations for …
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Mobile device sales surged to 325.8 million units worldwide during the second quarter, a 13.8% year-over-year increase, according to a report from Gartner Inc. The report noted that smart phones …
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It’s been nearly a decade since Sony Corp. (SNE) and LM Ericsson (ERIC) formed a joint venture to combine their strengths in the mobile device market, but Sony has so …
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Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-LucentChina: With China Mobile to deploy its IMS solution in Shanxi, Shandong and Gansu provinces to support enhanced communications services.Value: UndisclosedFrance: …
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Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-LucentChina: With China Mobile to deploy its IMS solution in Shanxi, Shandong and Gansu provinces to support enhanced communications services.Value: UndisclosedFrance: …
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FMHC Corp., which is a turnkey wireless site developer, acquired MDM Construction Inc., a general contractor that provides installation, maintenance, technical and construction services to the wireless industry.Ntelos (NTLS) said …
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North America continues to fuel L.M. Ericsson’s (ERIC) financial results, accounting for 27% of the company’s second-quarter revenues. Q2 sales in North America jumped a whopping 128% year over year, …
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Alliances: Ericsson wins China Mobile deal; HealthPartners licenses Diversinet platform; and more
by jscarboby jscarboChina 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 …
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Harbinger venture signs NSN in $7B outsourcing deal: Plans to offer wireless broadband means 100k jobs, hope for rural operators
by Tracy Fordby Tracy FordFresh off its agreement to buy Motorola Inc.’s networks business, Nokia Siemens Networks said it will build Harbinger Capital Partners’ LTE network in an eight-year deal valued at $7 billion, …
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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 …
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Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: EricssonJapan: With EMOBILE to supply 42 Mbps HSPA Evolution functionality for areas including Tokyo, Tokai and Osaka.Value: Undisclosed Nokia Siemens NetworksSlovenia: …
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With all this talk of mobile internet being the best-thing-since-sliced-web, Ericsson has decided to throw its two cents into the ring with the proclamation that the internet had reached yet another milestone this week with the five billionth mobile subscription helped largely by emerging markets India and China.
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SHANGHAI, CHINA — A group of analysts shared the main stage here at Mobile Broadband China last week to add some academic flair to Light Reading’s first conference in China.It’s …
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Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Aruba NetworksIndia: With Acharya Institutes to deploy a high-speed 802.11n network across its 120-acre North Bangalore Soldevanahalli campus.Value: Undisclosed Ericsson (ERIC)Spain: …
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Analyst Angle: The Qualcomm Snapdragon platform and its dramatic impact on the competitive landscape
by jscarboby jscarboEditor’s Note:Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.The Qualcomm …
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Ever lost the TV remote and wondered why on earth the TV makers can’t just make it big enough not to slip down the side of the couch? Ever wished you could watch something on TV, but browse other channels at the same time? Ericsson may have a fix for both of those problems with its cool tablet remote concept, live on display in Singapore’s CommunicAsia.
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Australian telco Telstra and equipment supplier Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) reveal they have achieved a world first in their quest to roll out LTE.
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Alliances: Gemalto enables NFC pilot; Qualcomm partners with Sematech; and more
by jscarboby jscarboGemalto said it has been chosen by KDDI in Japan to provide its User Identity Module cards and Trusted Service Management solution for an upcoming near-field communications program. The pilot …
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Big shows are all about emerging industry trends and CommunicAsia in Singapore this week is no exception, with a number of mobile and wireless fads and fashions on the horizon. Of all the hype, however, no trend is so great or prevalent as the mobile video phenomenon, taking Asia and the world by storm.
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Analyst Angle: India concludes 3G auction, but spectrum mud-wrestle far from over: BWA spectrum auction, now set for Monday, to see intense competition
by jscarboby jscarboAfter 183 rounds of bidding over 34 days, India concluded the auction of 3G spectrum, but the spectrum mud-wrestle in the country is far from over. The BWA auction, in …
