Clearwire Corp. (CLWR) said it plans to begin trialing LTE services in the Phoenix area this fall and that it may tap into its vast spectrum holdings to fund future network growth.The carrier said its LTE trial will include technology partners Huawei Technologies Co....
Leap Wireless International Inc. (LEAP) fell back to earth during the second quarter following robust Q1 results and has announced a round of operational changes that it hopes will help turn around its fortunes in a market that has suddenly become obsessed with the...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:ADC Telecom (ADCT)United States: With Texas Tech University to deploy its distributed antenna system to provide high-capacity cellular service throughout the university’s Jones AT&T StadiumValue: UndisclosedAlcatel-Lucent (ALU)Taiwan: With Far EasTone Telecommunications for a Carrier Ethernet solution...
RCR Wireless News interviewed Intel Corp.'s Kevin Jones, Global 4G evangelist, to get a better understanding on WiMAX's role in future technology deployments, some regions of the world that are using WiMAX technology and other areas of interest, while RCR and Intel attended Huawei's...
Motorola Inc. has amended a lawsuit against Lemko Corp. and 14 individual defendants to include Huawei Technlologies Co. Ltd., charging the company with actual or threatened misappropriation of trade secrets. The case, originally filed in 2008, alleges that Hanjuan Jin and other defendants were...
Nokia Siemens Networks should be able to increase its presence in the United States and Japan with the announced acquisition of Motorola Inc.'s networks business. The $1.2 billion acquisition was hinted at last week. Motorola will retain its iDEN networks business.Nokia Siemens will pick...
SHANGHAI, China — This city moves incredibly fast. With that as a backdrop, it would only stand to reason that so much innovation and investment in wireless technology is taking place in this city of more than 17 million.Most of the roads appear to...
SHANGHAI, China — With more than 340 people in attendance, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. gathered a diverse group of partners from around the world here to showcase its work on CDMA and let various operators talk about their experience with the technology. Wan Biao,...
Europeans look to be ramping up adoption of mobile broadband services based on HSPA and LTE technologies, according to a report from Berg Insight. The firm noted that HSPA/LTE connections totalled 25 million at the end of last year and accounted for 17.3% of...
SHANGHAI, China – Sprint Nextel Corp. has been transitioning and remaking itself for at least two years now. During that time, much more has changed in the mobile industry than stayed the same. Many of the situations that the carrier faces today are not...
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.Perhaps, because it led to Mukesh Ambani's dramatic re-entry in the country's telecom sector and...
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.The Qualcomm Snapdragon platform continues to generate robust industry attention to accompany its steadily expanding customer...
Although CommunicAsia in Singapore was a bit more low key to shows like Mobile World Congress in both Asia and Europe, the event still managed to draw the crowds and the vendors, although some big names like Nokia and Sony Ericsson decided to stay out of show and exhibit in neighboring hotels instead.
Operators are building golden pipes to connect users, devices and applications. Tang Xinhong, president of the Huawei WiMAX and CDMA product line, discusses how carriers can use technology to lower operation costs and increase revenues.
At the WiMAX Forum Global Congress this week in Amsterdam, a group of technical experts from several WiMAX vendors created a proposal on enhancements to the IEEE 802.16e mobile WiMAX standard for submission into the next WiMAX Forum certification release. Experts from Alvarion, Beceem,...
Carrier IQ said it completed its Series D financing round, totaling $12 million. The round was led by Bridgescale Partners. Existing investors Intel Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Accel Partners, Charles River Ventures and Nauta Capital also participated. The funding will support global expansion,...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.For those of you who casually follow the industry, we are entering (or in some cases, have...
The BWA spectrum auction under way in India continues to be an intensely competitive affair. By the time it concludes, a pan-India BWA spectrum slot could end up costing as much or more than a pan-India 3G spectrum slot – principally, because the broadband...
The Indian CDMA lobby, AUSPI (Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of India), has come out in support of Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE in the wake of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI’s) decision not to include them in 2G spectrum meetings.
Sequans Communications said WiMAX device developer Accton Wireless Broadband has chosen Sequans' chips for several of its new WiMAX products, including an advanced USB dongle and two integrated access devices. Sequans also announced an agreement with Huawei to provide chips for WiMAX USB dongles,...
