TOKYO-KDDI Corp. said it plans to invest $1.73 billion over the next three years to upgrade its network to CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology. Japan's second-largest carrier said the upgrade should boost network speeds roughly tenfold, allowing downloads up to 3.6 megabits per...
Here's what got us talking in the RCR Wireless News editorial department last week: Throwing caution, and perhaps good sense to the wind, the Wi-Fi Alliance has decided that it will begin certifying pre-standard IEEE 802.11n products beginning next year. In essence the Wi-Fi...
Motorola Inc. is quietly offering users of its Moto Q smart phone a free software upgrade intended to strengthen the device's e-mail and security functions, increase its appeal to business and productivity-oriented users and bring the device up to speed with the competition. The...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. and Novatel Wireless Inc. announced the first CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A card for use on the carrier's soon-to-launch network. Sprint Nextel noted the card will support "a mobile DSL experience" with higher uplink and downlink speeds when the...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. says it expects to begin shipping wireless wide area network cards supporting CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A networks during the first quarter of 2007. The company added that WWAN cards supporting HSDPA technology should be available later in the...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular industry. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News.CellularIndonesia: Nokia said it signed a contract with Telkomsel to provide W-CDMA 3G/HSPA radio and core network equipment and provide managed services for...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday 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 RCR Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. and Novatel Wireless Inc. announced the first CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A card for laptops. Sprint Nextel noted the card will support "a mobile DSL experience" with higher uplink and downlink speeds when the carrier begins upgrading its current...
So Sprint Nextel fired its chief operating officer, Len Lauer. The carrier said it is making changes in the management of its core operations and that Lauer would leave the company immediately. Gary Forsee, Sprint Nextel's president and chief executive officer, will assume Lauer's...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Sierra Wireless Inc. says it expects to begin shipping wireless wide area network cards supporting CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A networks during the first quarter of 2007, along with cards for HSDPA networks later in the year. The company said its AirCard...
Few wireless applications tickle my oh-so-fickle fancy. As a matter of fact, up until last week only a pair of apps were useful enough for me to download to my handset: Google Maps and Opera Mini Browser, both of which are off-deck apps and...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday 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 RCRNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
TOKYO—KDDI Corp. said it will invest $1.73 billion over the next three years to upgrade its network to CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology. Japan’s second-largest carrier said the new network will boost network speeds roughly tenfold, allowing downloads up to 3.6 megabits per...
Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. landed a deal to deliver CDMA2000 network equipment to Leap Wireless International Inc. for market buildouts in Spokane, Wash.,; Boise, Idaho; and Reno, Nev. Huawei said it plans to deploy its SoftX3000-Softswitch, Air Bridge BSC6600, UMG8900-Universal Media...
SHENZHEN, China—ZTE Corp. said it is entering the North American market via a deal to provide 3G data cards to Canada’s Telus. The Chinese vendor said it already has shipped its first batch of CDMA EV-DO data cards to the carrier."As 3G terminal products...
PLANO, Texas—Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. landed a deal to deliver CDMA2000 network equipment to Leap Wireless International Inc. for market buildouts in Spokane, Wash.; Boise, Idaho; and Reno, Nev. Huawei said it plans to deploy its SoftX3000-Softswitch, Air Bridge BSC6600, UMG8900-Universal...
Sprint Nextel Corp.'s decision to deploy mobile WiMAX technology for its next-generation network answers one set of questions, but begs another.For a couple of years now, Sprint Nextel has touted that it is not a telecom company, but a multimedia carrier. I believe it....
When Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled its choice of next-generation network technology last week, there appeared to be two types of reactions: "Finally!" and "Quit trying to distract us." After months of hints and trials, the carrier laid out its technology decision, a timeframe and...
Fear not, Mike Dano-ranting fans, your leader has not disappeared, but is only resting so as to return stronger with your beloved ravings about all things wrong in wireless. In the meantime, I have been tapped by the all-powerful-foaming-from-the-mouth-one to handle this week’s edition...
RESTON, Va.—Sprint Nextel Corp. will use WiMAX technology for its 4G network and utilize its wealth of spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band for a rollout that is slated to begin in the fourth quarter of 2007. The carrier announced it will work with...
SARASOTA, Fl.—Verizon Wireless’ testing of its high-speed CDMA2000 1x EV-DO service has reportedly been draining the batteries of some customers’ phones. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported that users were finding the batteries in their EV-DO handsets were being drained more quickly than normal even when...
Polar opposite pictures of the second quarter emerged last week from Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. as the industry's No. 2 and No. 3 operators reported financial results. Verizon Wireless' parent company, Verizon Communications Inc., encountered what its executives called a "pivot point"...
Bidding in the government's auction of advanced wireless services spectrum is set to start Wednesday, but the jockeying and speculation has already begun as satellite and cable consortiums set themselves up to do battle with traditional wireless carriers for airwaves.Click here for the latest...
Canadian telecommunications company Telus has announced a partnership with mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. in which Telus subscribers will have access to Amp'd services and content and Telus will manage most of the business operations.Meanwhile, Telus Ventures, Telus' venture investment division, announced...
