MINNETONKA, Minn.-Digi International introduced its Digi Connect Remote Gateway GSM product, which is a serial-to-wireless GSM EDGE gateway that connects remote serial devices via Cingular Wireless' EDGE network. The company said the product provides a connectivity alternative for devices with serial ports, such as...
Several handset makers and carriers have taken advantage of the spotlight of the CTIA show in New Orleans to release handset-related news this week.Cingular Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America announced the availability of the Samsung p777, the first phone in Samsung's new line of...
NEW ORLEANS-Several infrastructure suppliers announced third-generation contract wins. L.M. Ericsson said Swedish 3G operator Svenska UMTS-Nät AB, the joint venture between Tele2 and TeliaSonera, awarded it a new three-year frame agreement for the delivery of a core and radio access network. Under the agreement,...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it has demonstrated live Internet Protocol multimedia applications over a commercial CDMA2000 network. The announcement underlines Nokia's commitment to CDMA technology. The vendor has been known mainly for its GSM offerings, and the company is not involved in the radio-access...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it is partnering with L.M. Ericsson to support CDMA technical trials in South Africa, covering residential neighborhoods, business parks and locations with limited wireless access. The technical trials will demonstrate the benefits of CDMA2000 1x and EV-DO while leveraging the...
KINGSTON, Jamaica- Fresh off a $408 million investment earlier in the week, Caribbean wireless carrier Digicel Group announced its acquisition of a wireless carrier in Curacao. Digicel now has operations in eight Caribbean countries. The value of the purchase of Curacao Telecom N.V. was...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Hungarian operator Pannon GSM have signed an agreement for the expansion of Pannon's GSM network and an upgrade to EDGE technology in greater Budapest. The contract also includes deployment of a Nokia W-CDMA nationwide circuit-switched core network, turnkey network implementation...
CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless distributor CellStar Corp. said its Latin American operations have adopted a new strategy that focuses on GSM product distribution in the region. "In the past, we have primarily distributed CDMA wireless products to network operators," said Lusia Marmol, general manager of CellStar...
The Rural Telecommunications Group trade association, which represents small wireless operators in rural markets, filed a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to deny Alltel Corp.'s pending acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. RTG cited a lack of information in the acquisition application, potential harm...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. introduced its OneBase Cell Extender, a high-power multicarrier power amplifier that extends coverage and increases capacity of wireless base stations.The company is showcasing the product at CTIA Wireless this week in New Orleans.OneBase Cell Extender uses feed-forward amplifier correction technology...
HANNOVER, Germany-Four wireless infrastructure suppliers announced contract wins with carriers around the world.Lucent Technologies Inc. said it won a contract with T-Systems and Caymanone to provide a third-generation network in the Cayman Islands.The 1x EV-DO network will enable Caymanone to provide mobile data services...
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. said it has demonstrated live Internet Protocol multimedia applications over a commercial CDMA2000 network.The announcement underlines Nokia's commitment to CDMA technology. The vendor has been known mainly for its GSM offerings, and the company is not involved in the radio-access part...
CARLSBAD, Calif.-Wireless networking company Helicomm announced it acquired WirelessPlug, which makes wireless machine-to-machine modems working over GPRS, GSM and CDMA technologies for the Asian market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."The combination of Helicomm's embedded wireless modules and network gateways with WirelessPlug's industrial-grade,...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-GSM subscribers more than doubled in the Western Hemisphere during 2004, according to 3G Americas. In the Americas from December 2003 to December 2004, GSM added more than 59 million subscribers. Worldwide, 284 million new customers signed up to GSM networks, and total...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it is partnering with L.M. Ericsson to support CDMA technical trials in South Africa, covering residential neighborhoods, business parks and locations with limited wireless access.The technical trials will demonstrate the benefits of CDMA2000 1x and EV-DO while leveraging the existing...
Numbers show that the worldwide mobile-phone market increased to 674 million units in 2004, a 30-percent increase from sales in 2003. The research comes from Gartner Inc. and mirrors similar findings from the likes of Strategy Analytics and IDC."The market exceeded even the most...
In conjunction with the CeBIT trade show in Germany, Nokia Corp. and Sony Ericsson showed off their new phone wares, which included mid-range devices, high-end camera phones and music-focused gadgets.First up is Nokia, which released three new candybar-style phones the company said will strengthen...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-GSM subscribers more than doubled in the Western Hemisphere during 2004, according to 3G Americas.In the Americas from December 2003 to December 2004, GSM added more than 59 million subscribers. Worldwide, 284 million new customers signed up to GSM networks, and total GSM...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its EDGE-based wireless wide area network connectivity service, which the carrier said is the first commercially available solution using a gateway device at the edge of a company's information technology network to provide enhanced and secure wide-area connectivity for data...
PARIS-Nortel Network Ltd. made two infrastructure-related announcements. Nortel said Orange Slovensko has launched a high-data-rate business and consumer service in Slovakia based on EDGE gear from Nortel. The service is positioned as an alternative to fixed broadband Internet access solutions.The first of the EDGE...
Proving wrong rumors of an imminent shutdown of its handset business, Siemens released three new low-end phones in an effort to trump low-cost vendors like Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc.Siemens said the three new phones are part of its new 75 A-Series, which the...
LONDON-Skype is testing a free service that allows users to send text messages to any GSM handset, the Voice over Internet Protocol provider said Thursday.The new offering lets users send messages from Skype Chat to GSM subscribers via a gateway powered by Connectotel, a...
Sprint said it will begin selling a Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. phone that will work on both CDMA and GSM networks. Verizon Wireless already sells a similar device.Sprint said the new Sprint PCS International Phone IP-A790 by Samsung will sell for $550 and will...
PARIS-Nortel Network Ltd. made two infrastructure-related announcements Thursday.Nortel said Orange Slovensko has launched a high-data-rate business and consumer service in Slovakia based on EDGE gear from Nortel. The service is positioned as an alternative to fixed broadband Internet access solutions.The first of the EDGE...
