One pioneering wireless data technologies is getting closer to its expiration date, as AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s low-speed CDPD wireless data network is set to be shut down June 30 by new owner Cingular Wireless L.L.C. AWS had previously said it planned to shut...
Following are wireless company and industry ratings changes made by financial services and investment banking firms this week.In a telecom services report, Merrill Lynch said it expects Verizon Wireless will gain share during the second quarter, while Cingular's growth will remain solid but slower....
Large wireline and wireless carriers will not be the ones to take advantage of WiMAX technology. Instead, municipalities, power companies and others will deploy and use the offering, predicted Detecon Consulting, which consults to Tier 1 operators around the world.The firm said wireline operators...
Sprint Corp. said it will begin offering Novatel Wireless Inc.'s Merlin S620 PC card that is designed to operate on the carrier's CDMA2000 1x and soon-to-launch EV-DO network. The PC card includes Sprint's PCS Connection Manager Software to manage the user's network connection and...
SINGAPORE-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced two wireless contracts and successful testing of its third-generation technology at the CommunicAsia trade show here this week.Lucent and Japanese company eAccess Ltd. said they successfully completed High Speed Downlink Packet Access data calls as part of a W-CDMA network...
Sprint Corp.'s planned launch of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based high-speed wireless data services continues to inch ahead as the carrier Monday released preliminary coverage maps on the section of its Web site aimed at business users. The maps, which a Sprint spokeswoman noted Monday were...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-Delta Telecom, a 450 MHz mobile operator in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region, selected Lucent Technologies Inc. to expand and add 1x EV-DO support to Delta's Sky Link-branded CDMA 450 MHz network.The project, which the companies plan to complete by the...
TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Venezuelan operator Movilnet has chosen Starent Networks to provide its ST16 Intelligent Mobile Gateway for data service access on Movilnet's CDMA2000 1x and 1x EV-DO network.The ST16 acts as a gateway between the wireless network and core Internet Protocol network.One of the keys...
Carrier consolidation among the wireless industry's top players has had a similar effect on smaller operators, which are being forced to cooperate more closely to provide advanced services that larger operators have taken for granted. While voice services remain the industry's main revenue source...
The wireless industry's drive for cost efficiencies has seen marked improvements during the past several years as many carriers have begun posting operating profits after years of racking up huge debts. Those improvements have been bolstered by greater operating efficiencies as carriers have balanced...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. offered industry an early look at its MediaFLO mobile TV technology in conjunction with its BREW developer's conference here. The demonstration showed MediaFLO can transmit streaming video, but also revealed the technology isn't as polished as rival offerings like DVB-H and...
SAN DIEGO-Mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc., which is set to launch a youth-oriented service using Verizon Wireless' CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network later this year, selected M7 Networks to create and manage its Games Connect game community using M7's Application Community Platform. Amp'd...
SAN DIEGO-Verizon Wireless said it will launch location-based services starting in the third quarter. The carrier joins Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint and other wireless carriers in offering LBS services. John Stratton, Verizon's vice president and chief marketing officer, said the carrier is working with...
Mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc., which is set to launch a youth-oriented service using Verizon Wireless' CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network later this year, selected M7 Networks to create and manage its Games Connect game community using M7's Application Community Platform. Amp'd said...
Plans launch this yearTORONTO-Canadian wireless carrier Bell Mobility signed an estimated $126 million multi-year contract with Nortel Networks Ltd. for 1x and 1x EV-DO equipment.With what is expected to be the first commercial deployment in Canada of an EV-DO network, Bell Mobility customers will...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. said it has recorded $4 million in orders this year for its SuperPlex and AmpLink products, which are part of the company's EV-DO product line.Shipment of the products began in March."Recently, there has been a significant amount of spectrum...
LOS ANGELES-With mobile gaming looking to explode from niche to mass market, game-makers are targeting consumers with everything from casual poker games to arcade classics to high-tech 3-D first-person shooters. And it was all on display here at E3. The wireless industry had more...
Despite highly publicized launches of consumer-oriented products and services, the mobile enterprise market remains a hotly contested segment for wireless carriers as evident by numerous announcements made during the past several weeks. However, analysts warn that carriers need to refine their efforts if they...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced its new SCH-V740 "ultra slim phone" for the Korean market, a strike back at Motorola Inc.'s popular Razr phone. Motorola has scored a high level of industry buzz with its super-slim Razr clamshell-style phone. The GPRS phone is...
Soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Amp'd Mobile Inc. announced the creation of its mobile gaming category and distribution deals with more than a dozen mobile game developers.Amp'd Mobile said the mobile gaming category will be available through its live user interface when the company...
Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. will delay its High-Speed Downlink Packet Access network launch until sometime later next year, a move that puts Cingular Wireless L.L.C. at the world's bleeding edge of wireless innovation. DoCoMo's news also serves to add an extra layer of...
DALLAS-I can see Homer Simpson peering out of the phone in Martyn Gregory's hand. The animated "Simpsons" TV star is trying desperately to jump off a burning oil tower and into a hovering helicopter. I see Homer's wife Marge waving him on. But I've...
Nextel Communications Inc. threw its hat into the public Wi-Fi space with the launch of its commonly named WiFi HotSpot service. The carrier has previously stayed out of the public Wi-Fi arena, though it did provide limited campus and in-building solutions with partner RadioFrame...
NTT DoCoMo Inc. will delay its High-Speed Downlink Packet Access launch until next year, a move that puts Cingular Wireless L.L.C. at the world's bleeding edge of wireless. DoCoMo's announcement also serves to add an extra layer of caution around the as-yet-unproven technology.DoCoMo now...
