HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. introduced several solutions designed to improve the services available from the company's third-generation and Internet Protocol product offerings.Based on Open Service Architecture standardized by the 3G Partnership Project, Nokia's new 3G Service Creation and Execution Platform is designed to provide seamless...
VIENNA, Austria-Motorola Inc. and Mobilkom Austria, a Global System for Mobile communications operator in Austria, signed a contract to implement a mobile data General Packet Radio Service network.According to the contract, Motorola will install the Network Solutions Sector's GPRS core network solution, including Service...
TORONTO-Microcell Connexions Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. announced their intent to proceed with trials to jointly test mobile data services based on General Packet Radio Services wireless technology and incorporate RIM's "Always On, Always Connected" features.The companies noted that the joint trial will...
ASCOT, United Kingdom-Lucent Technologies Inc. unveiled a reference design platform for manufacturers of General Packet Radio Service handsets that it claims will shave the time-to-market interval for Internet-equipped handsets from as much as 15 months, to as little as four months.Lucent reported that the...
They may be working closer these days, but make no mistake about it, the GSM Association, the CDMA Development Group and the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium remain strong competitors.All three associations will convene this week in Las Vegas at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's...
VoiceStream Wireless Corp. pronounced itself the fastest growing wireless company in the nation last week as it detailed its strategy for tying together former Omnipoint Corp. and Aerial Communications Inc. properties and its plans for wireless data service to analysts during its quarterly conference...
British Telecom (BT) could challenge an Internet alliance between Vodafone AirTouch and Vivendi announced just before Vodafone AirTouch's takeover agreement with Mannesmann in February, the Financial Times reported. The deal may be incompatible with existing contracts among the involved companies. The report said the...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The commercialization of mobile data services continues its headlong rush as cellular operators look to differentiate themselves in the market. The heavy promotion of an ever-increasing portfolio of data services by many of Europe's leading operators is setting the trend for others...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swisscom Mobile chose L.M. Ericsson as the sole supplier of its packet-based General Packet Radio Service solution, allowing data services and Internet applications over the existing digital Global System for Mobile communications network.According to Ericsson, the agreement includes a complete GPRS system, including...
NEW YORK-Bolstered by their respective strengths in network infrastructure and mobile handsets, the Scandinavian giants, Ericsson Inc. of Sweden and Nokia Corp. of Finland, reported strong quarterly results last week.Nokia, which released its earnings April 27, reported profits of $822 million, a 76-percent increase...
Personal communications services operator Powertel Inc. reached positive operating cash flow in the first quarter and added a company-record 110,000 subscribers.The Southeast PCS company, which analysts suspect soon may be gobbled up by VoiceStream Wireless Corp., said its growth in prepaid customers helped propel...
NEW YORK-The GSM Congress convened its plenary meeting in Santiago, Chile, April 25 amid anticipation that the number of Global System for Mobile communications customers worldwide will reach 300 million by early May.With growth at a rate of about 10 million users per month...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has delivered more than 30 General Packet Radio Service core networks around the world."An investment in GPRS infrastructure is an investment in future services," commented Dr. JT Bergqvist, senior vice president of Nokia Networks. "Many of these future 3G...
PARIS-France Telecom announced several wireless data initiatives, including General Packet Radio Service and Wireless Application Protocol-based services.The carrier announced the first phase of GPRS service will be rolled out in the greater Lille area in northern France on its Itineris network, as well as...
ASCOT, England-Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group and Nokia Networks are conducting General Packet Radio Services interoperability tests between handsets using Lucent's Sceptre chipset and Optimay protocol stack software solution and Nokia's GPRS infrastructure equipment. Lucent said the tests have been running successfully since December...
REDMOND, Wash.-British Telecommunications plc, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced they plan to work together to create high-speed data applications for mobile devices domestically and abroad.Under the agreement, Microsoft will dedicate a development team to create mobile applications configured for existing and...
A growing number of operators, vendors and analysts are not convinced EDGE technology will make significant inroads in Europe."In Europe, I'm not expecting a major deployment of EDGE," said Lothar Pauly, head of Siemens AG's global wireless business.EDGE, or Enhanced Data rates for GSM...
European regulators this year will auction, grant or selectively tender 70 to 80 licenses. It's a double-edged sword for the incumbent operators, which in many places have to compete for a license. If they don't win a license, their value as a company goes...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported that Asian operators M1 and Cable & Wireless HKT Mobile Services successfully carried out a General Packet Radio Service roaming signalling trial between two GPRS core networks supplied by Nokia."This important step demonstrates that we can support cross network roaming...
Unified Communication Services ConferenceMarch 20-22International Business Communications Inc. Orlando, Fla. (508) 481-6400.Trillium's IP Telephony and 3G Wireless Technical SeminarMarch 22Trillium Digital Systems Inc. Santa Clara, Calif. (310) 442-9222 ext. 1104.The 24th International Wireless Communications ExpoMarch 22-24Primedia Co. Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas. (800)...
PARIS-Nortel Networks announced that U.K. operator One 2 One recently signed a series of orders valued at $100 million for expansion of the carrier's national Global System for Mobile communications network. The orders include General Packet Radio Service equipment for commercial launch later this...
ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. and Siemens Business Services will jointly provide a Global Packet Radio Service customer care and billing infrastructure for wireless Internet services and applications.The solution will be based on LHS' BSCS customer care and billing platform integrated with the company's Message Coordinator...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Siemens Information and Communications Networks Inc. demonstrated its next-generation wireless networks and phones equipped with General Packet Radio Service beginning with a live demonstration shown last week at CTIA's Wireless 2000 trade show in New Orleans.Currently, Siemens is conducting more than nine...
MONTREAL-The transmission was delayed 20 minutes because the test PC had crashed. And the picture quality, to put it kindly, was choppy. Nevertheless, in February, Rogers AT&T Wireless and Ericsson Canada made the first wireless phone call in North America to be carried over...
