ESPOO, Finland-In a contract valued at about $30 million, Ethiopian Telecom Corp. selected Nokia Corp. to expand its GSM and GPRS networks. Under the deal, Nokia will supply and deploy core and radio equipment.Deliveries will begin in February, and the carrier expects to complete...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In its second W-CDMA contract announcement in a week, L.M. Ericsson said Connex, a wireless operator in Romania, has selected the Swedish vendor to supply gear for its W-CDMA rollout. The network will be the first to offer third-generation services to mobile users...
Redline Communications unveiled a WiMAX-ready base station and subscriber station. Redline released the AN-100U, a fully compliant IEEE 802.16-2004 platform. A member of the WiMAX Forum T, Redline said it is actively participating in developing the 802.16e standard for mobile applications. "Interest in the...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson was selected as a supplier to build the first phase of Telenor Hungarian wireless subsidiary Pannon GSM's third-generation mobile network. The value of the UMTS contract was not disclosed. Ericsson said Pannon customers in Budapest will have access to the 3G...
Nokia Corp. filed a lawsuit against wireless patent company InterDigital Communications Corp., asking a Delaware district court to rule on whether Nokia's ongoing legal battle with InterDigital should include third-generation technology.InterDigital disclosed the lawsuit in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The...
VIENNA, Austria-Nortel Networks Ltd. won a contract to replace T-Mobile Austria's existing packet core network with a GPRS network. Nortel did not disclose the value of the contract but said it now provides GPRS platforms to five of T-Mobile International's European subsidiaries. Nortel said...
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. released its newest W-CDMA laptop computer card, which the company said will work on the 2100 MHz band in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, as well as on GPRS and GSM networks on the 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz...
Cingular Wireless and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they completed the first High-Speed Downlink Packet Access data calls using a trial UMTS network deployed by the two companies in the Atlanta area. The companies noted the HSDPA tests delivered sustained over-the-air data rates of more...
As usual, the wireless industry plans to come out in force during this week's Consumer Electronics Show, running Thursday through Sunday in Las Vegas. Among the expected announcements: c LG Electronics Co. Ltd. will unveil three new devices. Prices for the phones were not...
MUNICH-Siemens AG said it has agreed to supply EDGE technology to Oskar Mobil of Czech Republic, making it the vendor's fifth EDGE contract in Central Europe and 15th in the world. The value of the contract was not disclosed.The carrier said it is ready...
MUNICH, Germany-Technology company Siemens said it tested a mobile communications network that could transmit up to one gigabit a second, or about 1,000 megabits per second. In comparison, today's GPRS and CDMA 1xRTT networks transmit around 50 kilobits per second, while some Wi-Fi networks...
BEIJING-Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG announced GSM network contract awards in China, both with separate divisions of China Mobile Communications Corp. Nokia said it signed a $200 million contract with Henan Mobile for a phase nine expansion of its GSM network. The deployment, expected...
The world's two most popular consumer electronics devices may soon be combined into one-the mobile TV phone. Behold. Although one is designed for sedentary, passive entertainment and the other for portable, two-way interactions, technology companies the world over are scurrying to build devices that...
BEIJING-Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG announced GSM network contract awards in China Tuesday, both with separate divisions of China Mobile Communications Corp.Nokia said it signed a $200 million contract with Henan Mobile for a phase nine expansion of its GSM network. The deployment, expected...
Like a cat with full jaws and claws, GSM technology does not need to proclaim its strengths. The numbers tell the story. Up to 1.18 billion subscribers place and receive calls over GSM networks around the world, almost 10 times the next-largest competitor, CDMA...
Struggling wireless data carrier Motient Corp. appears to be returning to the industry from which it originally sprang-satellite communications. The company last week raised $126.4 million in a private stock placement to increase its stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures from 29.5 percent to 38.6...
Struggling wireless data carrier Motient Corp. appears to be returning to the industry from which it originally sprang-satellite communications.The company last week raised $126.4 million in a private stock placement to increase its stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures from 29.5 percent to 38.6 percent,...
Wireless carrier Mobile One announced trials of three different U.S.-developed technologies for wireless high-speed data access for its subscribers. Singapore-based M1, which has more than 1.1 million subscribers, 500,000 of which are GPRS users, has started technical trials of wireless broadband technologies that allow...
SAN DIEGO-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a contract extension with T-Mobile USA Inc. for GSM equipment and deployment in the 1900 MHz band. The contracts also will cover GPRS and EDGE technologies. The deal involves 18 T-Mobile USA markets, including Atlanta, Boston, Miami,...
Vodafone Group plc launched its UMTS-based Vodafone live! service across its operations in 13 countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In connection with the "global" launch, Vodafone also announced the availability...
PARIS-Motorola Inc. and Bouygues Telecom, a French mobile operator, announced a contract to deliver Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) services using Motorola V400p handsets. Bouygues Telecom will make its voice messaging services commercially available to enterprise and professional customers this month, Motorola said....
PARIS-Motorola Inc. and Bouygues Telecom, a French mobile operator, announced a contract to deliver Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) services using Motorola V400p handsets. Bouygues Telecom will make its voice messaging services commercially available to enterprise and professional customers this month, Motorola said....
Wireless carrier Mobile One announced trials of three different U.S.-developed technologies for wireless high-speed data access for its subscribers. M1, which has more than 1.1 million subscribers, 500,000 of which are GPRS users, has started technical trials of wireless broadband technologies that allow access...
Nokia Corp. announced it has taken legal action against two European handset manufacturers for alleged patent infringements and intellectual property rights. In a separate action, the firm also set new goals for itself for the next several years. Nokia, the largest producer of mobile...
