With a new venue, La Fira Barcelona, and more than 50,000 attendees, this year's 3GSM World Congress combined old and new in a splendid way-and showed once again that the more things change, the more they stay the same.The industry picked up a few...
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. CellularAustria: L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to supply HSDPA hardware...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. looks to be getting down to business with its national third-generation network buildout plans. L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc. both announced contract expansions with Cingular to continue supplying the nation’s largest carrier with UMTS and HSDPA equipment and integration services....
BATH, United Kingdom-Wireless chipmaker picoChip announced it received an undisclosed investment from AT&T Inc.AT&T joins Intel Corp., Atlas Venture and others in funding picoChip, which said it raised $20.5 million in its third round of funding. The company makes silicon for a wide range...
At this year's 3GSM World Congress, the world's handset makers will have an important line to toe. On one side, vendors must keep pace with the market's technological advancements. HSDPA, MP3, DVB-H, Bluetooth, wireless e-mail-the list of new technologies seems never-ending.On the other side,...
Welcome to a new weekly feature at RCR Wireless News! Every week we will collect all the important equipment agreements across the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries, plus any others that catch our fancy. We hope you enjoy it! The following list details infrastructure...
European telecom vendors reported strong earnings based largely on increasing sales of wireless equipment. L.M. Ericsson posted $1.1 billion in net income for the fourth quarter, a 52-percent increase from the $738 million the company reported for the same quarter of 2004. "We have...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.CarriersMerrill Lynch lowered its fiscal 2006 EPS estimate on Alltel Corp. from $3.58 to $3.45 following mixed fourth-quarter results. Robert W. Baird introduced forecasts for...
TOKYO-Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced it will join Cingular Wireless L.L.C. in upgrading its W-CDMA-based network to HSDPA technology. As proof of its intensions, DoCoMo said it has co-developed three new HSDPA prototype phones with Motorola Inc., Fujitsu Ltd. and NEC Corp. DoCoMo...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson posted $1.1 billion in net income for the fourth quarter, a 52-percent increase over the $738 million the company reported for the same quarter of 2004. "We have concluded another good year with strong sales, earnings and cash flow," said Carl-Henric...
SAN DIEGO-While wireless chip titan Qualcomm Inc. posted strong first quarter results, the company's stock slipped slightly downward due to warnings of slowing sales in its second quarter. Qualcomm posted $620 million in net income, or 36 cents per share, for its fiscal fourth...
ROUND ROCK, Texas-In the latest collaboration between laptop makers and wireless carriers, Dell Inc. announced plans to add built-in access to Vodafone Group plc's third-generation wireless network to its notebook computers. The computer manufacturer said it plans to offer notebook computers with optional integrated...
The Chinese government has given its homegrown TD-SCDMA technology a thumbs up, calling it an officially backed standard, the Xinhua news agency reported. China's Ministry of Information Industry said the technology is "already mature and ready for manufacturers to move ahead with production."Industry analysts...
As in past years, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was ground zero for a series of entertaining handset battles, with vendors firing off warning shots against each other and carriers blustering over new phone offerings for consumers. Perhaps the most interesting display...
LAS VEGAS-Amid all the plasma TV hoopla and car speaker madness of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. used the event to quietly show off its first W-CDMA phones. South Korean vendors Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics Co....
Editor's note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories during the past 12 months. While our list does not include the...
Siemens AG's equipment is not part of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s initial 16-city UMTS/HSDPA rollout, according to UBS Investment Research. The situation stands as a blow to the equipment provider, and could call into question Siemens' future relationship with Cingular. UBS said Cingular deployed radio...
NEW YORK-Siemens AG's equipment is not part of Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s 16-city UMTS/HSDPA rollout, according to UBS Investment Research, which stands as a blow to the equipment provider. Further, Siemens' absence brings into question the company's future with Cingular. UBS said Cingular deployed radio...
Promises fulfilled was the message from Cingular Wireless L.L.C. as the industry's largest operator announced the launch of its UMTS/HSDPA network-dubbed BroadbandConnect-in 16 U.S. markets. The carrier has been touting plans to launch the high-speed wireless data network in between 15 and 20 markets...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will use ArrayComm L.L.C.'s smart antenna technology in its wireless base stations, the companies announced.ArrayComm said its antenna technology is designed to help equipment providers boost system range, capacity, data rates and coverage quality on W-CDMA, HSDPA and...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. officially took the high-speed plunge with the launch of its UMTS/HSDPA-based BroadbandConnect network. The carrier said its next-generation network is initially available in 16 markets covering nearly 35 million potential customers. Those customers reside in Dallas, Houston and Austin, Texas; Baltimore;...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it won a contract to provide regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Inc. with a next-generation core network throughout the operator's southeastern U.S. coverage area. Ericsson explained that SunCom is deploying Ericsson's Mobile Softswitch solution to carry voice and data traffic...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it won a contract to provide regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Inc. with a next-generation core network throughout the operator's southeastern U.S. coverage area.Ericsson explained that SunCom is deploying Ericsson's Mobile Softswitch solution to carry voice and data traffic on...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. launched two next-generation wireless platforms-DO Multi-carrier Multi-link extensions and HSDPA Multi-carrier Multi-link extensions. The company said the DMMX and HMMX platforms support the roadmaps of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO and HSDPA technologies into the year 2010. Qualcomm said the DMMX and HMMX...
