BROWSING: HSPA
Intel hopes ‘Moorestown’ MID wishes evolve into reality: Exec outlines chipmaker’s vision of mobile Internet future
BOSTON - The future apparently belongs to mobile Internet devices (MIDs) that will be connected to broadband wireless networks like WiMAX and offer graphically rich, touchscreen-based interfaces, at least according to a glimpse of the future provided by Intel Corp.'s Anand Chandrasekher.Chandrasekher, VP and...
Samsung touchscreen lands at AT&T Mobility
AT&T Mobility announced a new touchscreen smartphone from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., dubbed the Epix. The device will cost $200 with a two-year contract, positioning it as an option for those considering similarly priced devices at the carrier, which include the iPhone 3G, Razr2...
Nokia Siemens pleased with W-CDMA deployments
Nokia Siemens Networks is reporting it has surpassed its 2007 performance in shipment of W-CDMA/HSPA networks in the first nine months of this year.The company said today that it supplies high-speed mobile broadband networks to more than half of the world's 260 million W-CDMA/HSPA...
3G buildouts tied to spectrum availability: T-Mobile USA, Leap moves ahead with AWS-1 launches
Wireless industry professionals always seem to be wearing hard hats. Whether building new phones, constructing monthly plans or remodeling ever-faulty customer service options, carriers put their construction tools to use daily. But without a good network, there would be nothing else to build upon....
25 YEARS: Generational changes highlight evolution of wireless technology
Editor's Note: Welcome to our coverage of 25 years in wireless. RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. For full coverage please visit RCRWireless.com/25years.
The wireless industry's evolution from that first call placed 25...
Bell Canada, Telus to deploy HSPA by 2010: Move will provide ‘smoother’ transition to LTE in the future
Canada's two largest CDMA carriers, Bell Canada and Telus Mobility, announced plans to deploy HSPA technology by 2010 as part of an effort to eventually upgrade to Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology.Nokia Siemens Networks and Huawei will build the HSPA networks for both carriers.Investment...
RIM takes touchscreen market by ‘Storm’: Verizon Wireless, Vodafone to sell BlackBerry gadget, pricing TBA
Research In Motion Ltd. said today that its new touchscreen effort - the Storm - is due at Verizon Wireless "later this fall," pricing to be announced.The price of the device is, of course, the most critical bit of information needed to assess the...
Rev. A to top 54M customers by 2013, Rev. B to hit 25M
CDMA may not be making much news these days, but the technology is far from dead.A recent report from ABI Research says while overshadowed by hype surrounding UMTS/HSPA and the migration to LTE, CDMA operators continue to upgrade their networks to increase capacity for...
ReVerb introduces VirtualRAN
ReVerb Networks, a smart antenna and network optimization company, introduced its VirtualRAN family of products at WiMAX World this week.The products address the demand for cost-effective capacity solutions for WiMAX, LTE and UMTS/HSPA networks, said the company."The perfect storm is brewing in the advanced...
AT&T has a lot of ‘runway’ left with HSPA : Exec: LTE will fit in
CHICAGO - Even as AT&T Mobility Inc. touted its decision to deploy Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology for its fourth-generation network, the carrier is confident it can tweak its HSPA network to increase speeds gradually, without having to rush to build out a 4G...
More technologies, more battlegrounds: HSPA lays over WiMAX, LTE arena: M2Z wants to use WiMAX protocol
CHICAGO - The gloves are off as vendors and wireless providers side on different advanced generation technologies. The first and obvious battle at yesterday's 4G Executive Summit was between WiMAX and LTE, which Hank Kafka, network architect for AT&T Mobility Inc., made clear in...
Mobile Broadband push promises $1B for ‘ready to run’ HSPA laptops: Ovum critique: Effort needs broader support
A group of PC makers and wireless industry players announced a new effort aimed at embedding HSPA modems into laptops. The initiative, organized by the Euro-focused GSM Association, aims to spend up to $1 billion promoting "ready to run" laptops that will be able...
Worst of the Week: Loyalty and smartphones
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 RCRWireless.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
VIDEO: T-Mobile USA raises curtain on G1, world’s first Google Android phone : ‘It’s more of a consumer device; not an enterprise device’
At an event in New York today, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Google Inc. executives took the wraps off the G1, a device built by HTC Corp. that features Google Inc.'s Android operating system. The phone, which sports a QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen and Wi-Fi and...
Gobi heads to market, adds 2 more notebook makers : Qualcomm touts its embedded solution
When Qualcomm Inc. talks, people listen. So when Qualcomm recently announced that its "Gobi" embedded connectivity module had been certified by AT&T Mobility for the latter's network and that Hewlett-Packard Co. and Panasonic had signed on to include Gobi in some of their new...
American Roamer stays up to challenge of changing industry: Map-making magic
We've all seen coverage maps. Whether it be a section in a carrier's brochure, a poster hung up in a mobile operator's retail store, or even an interactive map online, coverage maps play an important role when it comes to buying a cellphone and...
Analyst Angle: Counter-arguments for evaluating next-gen network rollout strategies: The glass is half empty
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Over the next few years the three major mobile operators in North America will deploy...
Analyst Angle: The evolution from 3G to 4G
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.To quote Bob Dylan. mobile networks are a-changin'. As more and more mobile users download...
Mobile capex to grow to $163.5B in five years, ABI predicts
Mobile capital expenditures exceeded $131 billion last year and will grow to $163.5 billion in 2013, driven by increasing traffic and preparations for fourth-generation networks, according to a new study from ABI Research.The unstable U.S. economy will cause mobile capex in North America to...
Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia Siemens Networks, Airspan and more
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--Bulgaria: Bulgarian Telecommunications Co. chose Alcatel-Lucent to provide GSM/EDGE solutions...
UBS: Telus Mobility, Bell Canada looking at W-CDMA/HSPA overlay
Could the CDMA camp be losing a pair of stalwarts? According to a report released this morning by UBS Investment Research, Canada's two largest CDMA operators Telus Mobility and Bell Canada are set overlay their current CDMA-based networks with W-CDMA/HSPA technology."Based on our industry...
VIDEO: Who has the best 3G network?
In recent weeks, almost every carrier has made some sort of announcement claiming its network is fastest, largest or best. So who's the winner? ; 3G; cdma; verizon; sprint; gsm; AT&T; Welcome to our weekly RCR Wireless Newscast....
Worst of the Week: This column is not funny
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 RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Qualcomm brightens outlook, T.I. narrows view
Qualcomm Inc. said that it expected revenue in its current quarter, on a pro forma basis, would be just above the high-end of its prior guidance of about $2.5 billion to $2.7 billion. Meanwhile, Texas Instruments Inc. narrowed its range for the quarter's revenue...