LONDON-The contract beat goes on for Nortel Networks Ltd.: one in Europe, another in Russia.Nortel said carrier MmO2 has expanded its infrastructure contract with the vendor for UMTS gear across the operator's networks in the United Kingdom, Germany and Ireland.Nortel had signed a previous...
LONDON-Vodafone U.K. has chosen Tatara Systems' Subscriber Gateway to enhance its third-generation and GPRS laptop data services. The gateway helps Vodafone become a Wi-Fi service provider without building a hot spot of its own by allowing customers to access its Wi-Fi services initially via...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. launched the Sony Ericsson GC79 PC card providing access to the carrier's GPRS and 802.11b-based Wi-Fi data networks from a single device. The tri-band device operates on 900 GSM/GPRS networks and sells for $200. "This GPRS card with integrated Wi-Fi...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it will expand the GSM/EDGE and GPRS networks for India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. under a $246 million contract. Under the agreement, Nokia will deploy 4 million lines across northern cities, towns, villages and major state and national highways. In...
T-Mobile USA Inc. launched the Sony Ericsson GC79 PC card providing access to the carrier's GPRS and 802.11b-based Wi-Fi data networks from a single device. The tri-band device operates on 900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS networks and sells for $200."This GPRS card with integrated Wi-Fi functionality is...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it will expand the GSM/EDGE and GPRS networks for India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. under a $246 million contract. Under the agreement, Nokia will deploy 4 million lines across northern cities, towns, villages and major state and national highways. In...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Motorola Inc. announced one of Taiwan's largest operators, Chunghwa Telecom, commercially deployed Push-to-Talk over Cellular services to its 8 million subscribers on its GPRS network. The PoC service combines walkie-talkie and cellular-phone connectivity, allowing users to connect with another person or an entire...
A year ago, the semiconductor sector seemed on cruise control, while other sectors of telecom had just begun to rev up their economic recovery engines. Quarter after quarter companies reported sequential growth, confirmed by studies reflecting a surge in demand to feed a growing...
EDGE and UMTS technologies are both on a roll, says new research. But while EDGE accounts for more deployments, all eyes are on the benefits UMTS can bring. However, CDMA is singing its own song. At the CDMA Americas Congress in Miami, the technology's...
The wide ranging world of wireless roaming has fallen on deaf ears when it comes to CDMA2000 1x data services. Most U.S. operators have yet to sign agreements that would allow customers to continue to access their data services when using a competitor's network....
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has agreed to sell its Cingular Interactive L.P. subsidiary, including the Mobitex network, customer service operations, information technology systems and a majority of its current Interactive customer base to affiliates of venture-capital company Cerberus Capital Management L.P. for an...
LONDON-The cost of sending 10 megabytes of data across a GPRS network has fallen by about 40 percent in Western Europe, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics.The report studied price changes between May 2003 and August 2004."The average cost of transporting 1...
Regional telecommunications provider Qwest Communications International Inc. expanded its nationwide wireless voice service to residential and small business customers in Las Cruces, Alamogordo and Clovis, N.M. Qwest said customers who select the new plans as part of their bundled telecom offerings would see additional...
No longer will EDGE technology belong to the list of protocols with an uncertain future. As some industry experts look at it, EDGE is ramping up in spite of its weaknesses. It is taking advantage of the boom of its predecessor, GSM/GPRS, another technology...
DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a two-year extension agreement with Dobson Communications to deploy GSM, GPRS and EDGE equipment.This follows Nortel's completion of Dobson's EDGE deployments in 16 states across the nation.Both companies also agreed to conduct field testing of UMTS equipment...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced it has now shipped 1 million N-Gage and N-Gage QD game decks since the platform was introduced 11 months ago."We're proud to have reached the 1-million milestone. Thanks to the enthusiastic consumer response to the N-Gage QD and our latest...
WOODLAND PARK, Colo.-Data Burst Technologies reported that its iTRAK Internet vehicle tracking system has been certified for use on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s GPRS data network. Data Burst noted the vehicle-mounted device can be configured to transit real-time position data to the NavViewer server,...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG has announced two contracts, one in Russia and another in South Africa.The German wireless supplier signed a $73 million GSM contract to expand the network of Russian carrier MegaFon.The contract will cover the delivery and installation of GSM switches and base...
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia-NuevaTel PCS de Bolivia S.A., a Western Wireless subsidiary, launched a new GSM network in Santa Cruz using an infrastructure solution from Nortel Networks Ltd.The new network positions NuevaTel to increase capacity, broaden coverage and offer improved GSM services under the VIVA...
With China's wireless profile on the rise, big vendors are not only raising their stakes in the market, but also bringing local companies into their investments.Joint ventures and other forms of partnerships are nourishing the businesses of players such as L.M. Ericsson, Lucent Technologies...
HERNDON, Va.-CDW Corp.'s government and education subsidiary CDW Government Inc. signed a data solutions provider agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to stock, sell and activate data devices designed for AWS' GSM-based data network. The deal includes Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices, which...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. today began offering Nokia's 6620 smart phone for use on its EDGE network. The EDGE network enables consumers using the 6620 Symbian OS and Series 60 Platform-based phone to download games or news and information at up to three times...
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson and Motorola Inc. announced EDGE contracts, underlining the increasing traction of the technology in the Middle East and around the world.Motorola said it signed its first commercial EDGE contract in the Middle East with Mobile Telecommunications Co. in Kuwait.The network will allow...
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. has teamed with Major League Baseball to bring audio broadcasts, real-time scoring and streaming video to wireless handsets.The service, which is currently available on the Nokia 6600 and soon should be available on the Nokia 6620, features live audio broadcasts of...
