CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Carriers are spending less on their network deployments thanks to increasingly inexpensive equipment, according to a new report from Pyramid Research. Carriers’ operating and capital expenses are declining in part due to pricing wars sparked by low-cost infrastructure players like Huawei Technologies Co....
SHENZHEN, China-Reports are streaming out of China that ZTE Corp.'s net earnings fell 47 percent during the first half of 2006 compared to the same period last year. The company blamed its lackluster earnings on a slowdown in sales within its home turf along...
SHENZHEN, China—Reports are streaming out of China that ZTE Corp.’s net earnings fell 47 percent during the first half of 2006 compared to the same period last year. The company blamed its lackluster earnings on a slowdown in sales within its home turf along...
Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. landed a deal to deliver CDMA2000 network equipment to Leap Wireless International Inc. for market buildouts in Spokane, Wash.,; Boise, Idaho; and Reno, Nev. Huawei said it plans to deploy its SoftX3000-Softswitch, Air Bridge BSC6600, UMG8900-Universal Media...
SHENZHEN, China—ZTE Corp. said it is entering the North American market via a deal to provide 3G data cards to Canada’s Telus. The Chinese vendor said it already has shipped its first batch of CDMA EV-DO data cards to the carrier."As 3G terminal products...
PLANO, Texas—Chinese equipment supplier Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. landed a deal to deliver CDMA2000 network equipment to Leap Wireless International Inc. for market buildouts in Spokane, Wash.; Boise, Idaho; and Reno, Nev. Huawei said it plans to deploy its SoftX3000-Softswitch, Air Bridge BSC6600, UMG8900-Universal...
As news of Motorola Inc.'s joint venture with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. sinks in, analysts offered insights as to what the partnership means to the two companies as well as the wireless industry as a whole. Technology Business Research's Bill Lesieur said that the...
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...
As the idea of a combined Alcatel Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. settles in, Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG skated into the wireless infrastructure marketplace with plans to combine Nokia's Networks Business Group with Siemens' fixed and mobile networks operations. The 50-50 joint venture...
FRANKFURT, Germany—Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG struck a deal to combine Nokia’s Networks Business Group with Siemens’ fixed and mobile networks operations, creating a 50-50 joint venture to be called Nokia Siemens Networks. The companies noted that their infrastructure businesses currently generate a combined...
Nortel Networks Ltd. put the brakes on its joint venture with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to develop high-speed broadband access gear. The Canadian vendor quietly filed a 10-Q statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing the break-up. The joint venture was announced in...
TORONTO—Nortel Networks Ltd. put the brakes on its joint venture with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to develop high-speed broadband access gear. The Canadian vendor quietly filed a 10-Q statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday detailing the break-up. The joint venture was announced...
Siemens AG is the latest in a series of vendors to announce new contracts in China, signs that the country continues to stand as a major opportunity for infrastructure makers. Siemens announced two deals with mobile operators for GSM equipment and an order for...
MUNICH—Siemens AG is the latest in a series of vendors to announce new contracts in China, signs that the country continues to stand as a major opportunity for infrastructure makers. Siemens announced two deals with mobile operators for GSM equipment and an order for...
BEIJING—China’s Ministry of Railways and Nortel Networks Ltd. announced an agreement for Nortel to provide GSM-Railway switching centers for digital mobile signaling and operational communications spanning 20 of China’s 31 provinces. Under terms of the agreement, Nortel said the GSM-R switching centers will cover...
No matter what type of network technology or application the wireless industry develops, you can bet that the test and measurement providers are prepared to measure how it performs. The major players tout equipment that can test basic voice and related services as well...
Nortel Networks Ltd. late last month restated its much delayed financial results for 2003, 2004 and the first nine months of 2005, though analysts seemed indifferent to the impact. Daniel Longfield, industry analyst at Frost & Sullivan's Wireless Group says Nortel's restatements are of...
Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Siemens AG are just a few of the heavy-hitters aiming to certify interoperability requirements through a new trade group, the Communications Platforms Trade Association. While similar groups have been lauded by industry watchers, many...
LAS VEGAS—Both ZTE Corp. and Huawei Technology Co. Ltd. are launching infrastructure equipment during the CTIA show that may not have an immediate market, but provide insights into the innovative and gutsy nature of the Chinese vendors, eager to increase their share of the...
The squeeze is on, the stakes are high and the options few. Second-tier handset makers-their exact numbers globally are unclear, but there may be more than 100 players-are scrambling to survive, let alone thrive, as the top six vendors increased their market share last...
As Alcatel Corp.'s board of directors met last Thursday to review its "merger of equals" with long-time rival telecom equipment vendor Lucent Technologies Inc., analysts were pounding out reports and talking up a storm, delving into the merger's many angles. The Yankee Group said...
DENVER-Although monitoring and control-enhancing technology hasn't garnered many headlines in the past, ZigBee-enabled products are likely to burst into prime-time later this year with both consumer and commercial applications, predicted Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance, during last week's IEEE standards meeting in...
Now that the Chinese government has sanctioned its homegrown TD-SCDMA technology as the preferred third-generation technology of the land, and with precious 3G licenses about to be granted to Chinese operators, Qualcomm Inc.'s claims on TD-SCDMA products bear more weight. The CDMA developer said...
European operator Vodafone Group plc announced a new agreement with Chinese equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. that calls for Huawei to build 3G phones that Vodafone plans to sell under its own brand. The move highlights a significant, growing trend in the worldwide...
