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GSM group notes HSPA’s growth

The number of mobile-phone users who have access to broadband services is increasing rapidly as carriers upgrade their networks with HSPA technology, according to a new study from the GSM Association. GSMA said KTF in Korea reports it has 1.7 million HSPA customers after...

Proxim splits its bets on Wi-Fi, WiMAX

Proxim Wireless Corp. sees opportunity in both Wi-Fi and WiMAX technologies, WiMAX due to its increasing momentum around the world and Wi-Fi due to its wide and expanding market presence.The company, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., said it has shipped more than 1.5 million...

WiMAX vs. LTE: Let the battle begin

For plenty the debate is over, they've already committed to WiMAX or HSPA leading to LTE. But that never stops the larger, ongoing discussion. Wireless carriers and others are ramping up plans to upgrade or deploy entirely new networks to meet the ever-insatiable thirst...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Ericsson, Alvarion, Nokia Siemens 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--Sweden: L.M. Ericsson said it upgraded 3 Scandinavia's HSPA network...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alvarion, Ericsson, ZTE 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--Indonesia: Telkom Indonesia has chosen ZTE Corp. to expand the...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Nokia Siemens, Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent 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--Serbia: Telekom Srbija has chosen Nokia Siemens to extend its...

Hedgehogging

hedge*hog*ging v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.What the heck is up with FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's 700 MHz draft? What a headache! We thought the overarching concern was getting first responders access to...

Worst of the Week: And now, some extras

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...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: 4Info, Cequint, ERF Wireless and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced this week.--4Info: Gannett Co. Inc. led a $10 million series D funding round into 4Info, a mobile search, publishing and advertising company. Previous investors U.S. Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

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, Bulgaria, Croatia and Liechthenstein: L.M. Ericsson said it...

LG turns to Ericsson for 3G mobile platform

Ericsson Mobile Platforms AB and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced that LG will license an HSPA platform from Ericsson for "ultra-small," mass-market 3G phones.Ericsson's U360 platform includes a reference design, platform software, application-specific integrated circuits and development boards and tools, and is designed to...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

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 Finland: L.M. Ericsson said it completed a 3G...

China may license 3G by February

Just when it seemed like the world had stopped making predictions about when China's government would grant third-generation licenses to operators, reports surfaced in the Chinese press indicating that the government will make its move in February. An article published by ShanghaiDaily.com lays out...

Ericsson, Intel team on PC-based wireless broadband

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Intel Corp. are collaborating to boost market uptake of PC-based mobile broadband and multimedia applications and services. The companies said they will work together to integrate Ericsson's HSPA platform for mobile broadband as well as its Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems...

China inching closer to 3G licensing

Just when it seemed like the world had stopped making predictions about when China's government would grant third-generation licenses to operators, reports surfaced in the Chinese press indicating that the government will make its move in February.An article published by ShanghaiDaily.com lays out that...

Analyst Angle: Wine and wireless and what we’ll be talking about in 2007

Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday 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. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, Ovum's Roger Entner...

Nokia, Ericsson line up for T-Mobile USA’s 3G deployment

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson won T-Mobile USA Inc.'s third-generation network buildout business as the nation's fourth-largest carrier sets out to offer its 22 million subscribers greater data throughput via W-CDMA technology. The companies didn't share financial details about their contract wins, and...

Big-name vendors, sans Ericsson, get WiMAX fever

The WiMAX ecosystem went from skinny to fat last week as Nortel Networks Ltd. and Nokia Corp. launched their WiMAX portfolios at the WiMAX World trade show in Boston. To date, Alcatel Inc., Fujitsu Network Communications, Motorola Inc., Nortel and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd....

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

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. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...

Technology choices, players likely to shape 4G field

Now that Sprint Nextel Corp. has committed to WiMAX technology, it's time to wonder if other carriers will follow suit. No doubt, carriers make next-generation investment decisions based largely on how they think they can best leverage their existing assets to rake in future...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

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. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...

Motorola, Huawei team on infrastructure solutions

SHANGHAI, China—Motorola Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. are teaming up to launch what they call an "enhanced and extensive" suite of UMTS and HSPA infrastructure equipment to carriers. The companies said a new research and development center in Shanghai, China is a key...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

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. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...