T-Mobile USA Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. have agreed to a $150 million multi-year extension of their contract for wireless voice and data services. The contract extension will add capacity to the No. 4 carrier's existing network and address coverage growth in current markets,...
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...
Qualcomm Inc. said it would expand its relationship with Reliance Communications, a CDMA network operator in India, to further the fortunes of both companies, their partners and their chosen technology in one of the fastest-growing mobile markets in the world. Reliance-with about 30 million...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: Alcatel-Lucent's Chinese flagship company, Alcatel Shanghai Bell, and Datang...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Mexico: Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc. said it won a contract...
The European Commission in a draft statement yesterday apparently favored the DVB-H standard for mobile television in its member countries, according to media reports today. The draft document reportedly said that DVB-H currently was already the most prevalent standard in EU countries-in contrast to...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said it won a GSM...
Mobile game publishers have gained steady-if uninspiring-traction churning out titles based on blockbuster movies and classic board games. But what the industry really needs, some believe, is some fresh ideas. And they're unlikely to come from some of the more familiar names in the...
The two largest telecom carriers in Canada are in discussions over a possible tie-up, although no official deal has been announced. Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. said they are pursuing "non-exclusive discussions" about a possible "business combination" that Telus' chief executive said would create...
The two largest telecom carriers in Canada are in discussions over a possible tie-up, although no official deal has been announced. Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. said they are pursuing "non-exclusive discussions" about a possible "business combination" that Telus' chief executive said would create...
AT&T Mobility announced it will begin shutting down its TDMA network in 18 markets this year. The move is an attempt to get the carrier's customers to migrate to its GSM network, a more spectrally efficient network technology.The carrier said it plans to shut...
Both sides continue to insist they want fair play and respect, but Nokia Corp. and Qualcomm Inc. are still trading lawsuits and rhetorical barbs in pursuit of that lofty goal. Last week's countersuit by Nokia in a Texas court against Qualcomm alleged that the...
Welcome to our new Friday feature, Week in Review. Every Friday, RCR Wireless News will run through the major events of the past week, outlining what happened and speculating on what to look for in the coming weeks, months and years. Check below for...
The GSM Association said it is re-branding two of its trade shows by removing references to 3GSM.The 3GSM World Congress Asia is becoming Mobile Asia Congress and the 3GSM World Congress will be re-branded as the Mobile World Congress. Mobile Asia Congress is scheduled...
If you're a manly man and you've stubbed out your cigar long enough to buy a manly vehicle, you may well settle on the Hummer.Your next logical move then is to acquire a Hummer mobile phone, designed and distributed by ModeLabs Group, a customized...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--Argentina: L.M. Ericsson said it won a contract to build...
L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed a GSM expansion framework deal with China Mobile Communications Corp. valued at $1 billion. Chinese President Hu Jintao and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt were joined by Wang Jianzhou, CEO of China Mobile, and Carl-Henric Svanberg, president and...
Executives at Palm Inc. appear to believe they've bought the time and talent to move from less than 3% of the smartphone market to leadership in mobile computing.To paraphrase Neil Armstrong, that's a giant leap . for any company, analysts said. This is perhaps...
Sagem Communication signed a royalty-bearing agreement with Qualcomm Inc. to make and sell W-CDMA handsets worldwide at the latter's "standard rate," Qualcomm announced. The deal represents another customer win for Qualcomm, which competes with other W-CDMA intellectual property holders in the high-growth 3G space....
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.Cellular--China: Heilongjiang MCC selected Nokia Siemens Networks to expand the...
Airadigm Communications' Einstein Wireless, a GSM cellphone carrier in Wisconsin, said it fired up the nation's first cellular broadcast emergency alert system covering the community of Appleton. "Together with CellCast Technologies and with support from , we've been testing cell broadcast capability in Wisconsin...
The top two handset vendors made small ripples this week in near-perfect juxtaposition. They both want something the other has-and gettin' some is going to be difficult. Nokia Corp. announced yesterday that it will make two of its premium N-series devices available for sale...
Airadigm Communications' Einstein Wireless, a GSM cellphone carrier in Wisconsin, said it fired up the nation's first cellular broadcast emergency alert system covering the community of Appleton."Together with CellCast Technologies and with support from , we've been testing cell broadcast capability in Wisconsin and...
The global trend toward 3G technologies will lift Qualcomm Inc.'s earnings and stock value over the coming years-despite the company's ongoing dispute with Nokia Corp., according to American Technology Research. Over the next three years, W-CDMA will replace GSM in two-thirds of wireless networks...
