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Nokia N95 goes high-speed for U.S.: Inks deal with Intel for WiMax chips

Nokia Corp.'s N95-the Finnish company's flagship "multimedia computing device"-will soon be available in the United States with HSDPA, assisted GPS, and increased screen size, memory and battery life. The device will now offer up to 8 GB of memory, a number that may sound...

River cruise shows off Chicago’s WiMAX

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a historic trip, that started on the Chicago River aboard this WiMAX-ready ship. The skipper was skinny and Gilligan was nowhere in sight, but WiMAX chipsets were sending signals all over a...

Cooperation key to rollout

A quick stroll of the show floor reveals all sorts of flashy gadgetry and eye-popping mobile applications. But the executives behind Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Xohm would rather talk about the ecosystem than about megabits per second.WiMAX is a substantial technological step forward for the...

WiMAX and the Wild, Wild West : Chip vendors bullish, few may succeed

Intel Corp. has a vision for portable, personal broadband that will ensure the company transitions from "Intel Inside" to "Intel on the Internet."Mobile WiMAX plays a big role in chip vendor's vision, according to Intel's Ron Peck. Intel is prepared to turn out WiMAX...

FiveMinutes with… Don Stroberg

Don Stroberg, VP of sales for Sprint Nextel Corp.'s new Xohm Business unit, sat down with RCR Wireless News to talk about how the company's WiMAX plans are shaping up. Q: How does WiMAX fit into Sprint Nextel's overall strategy? A: Generally speaking, this...

Motorola, Nortel, others help kick off WiMAX show

WiMAX World USA is underway this week in Chicago and, not surprisingly, vendors rushed out news of their exploits, or plans for such exploits, in the mobile broadband arena in conjunction with the show.One might require an extensive cheat-sheet to grasp the technical definitions...

Infrastructure awards wrap-up: Alcatel-Lucent, Nortel, Huawei 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--Poland: Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said it won a UMTS/HSPA...

IEEE, some wireless vendors against House patent reform try: They want change, but assert bill favors infringers over inventors

Patent reform is often billed as a battle between high-tech and pharmaceutical heavyweights, but in reality sharp divisions exist such that Motorola Inc., Qualcomm Inc., InterDigital Communications Corp., Texas Instruments Inc. and others are fighting largely Democratic-crafted legislation backed by Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp....

Venture capital financing wrap-up: CloudShield, Ecrio, Nexcom and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--CloudShield: Tektronix Inc. participated in a $15 million investment into CloudShield Technologies Inc, an IP services provider. CloudShield said...

Broadcasters, tech companies duel over white spaces: Debate rages over interference, universal broadband, public-safety opportunities

Broadcasters-having invested hundreds of millions of dollars transitioning to digital technology and now bracing for a government ruling on whether to allow Wi-Fi service in unoccupied television guardbands known as white spaces-turned up the volume of its opposition by launching an inside-the-Beltway advertising blitz...

AUCTION TENSION: Potential bidders argue to adjust rules

Despite the Federal Communications Commission's publicly stated desire to avoid anti-competitive behavior in the 700 MHz auction and its embrace of blind bidding as a safeguard against such activity, there are growing concerns that the combination of hefty reserve prices on key spectrum blocks,...

WiMAX: Pushing construction boundaries

The nation's first, and so far only, carrier to announce plans for a nationwide mobile WiMAX network now faces the successful completion of tens of thousands of construction projects before it reaches reality.Just a few weeks after announcing plans to collaborate on the development...

Google, others suffer setback as FCC nixes ‘white space’ devices

High-tech giants seeking a new avenue for wireless Internet access suffered at least a temporary setback as a result of government tests that found prototype, Wi-Fi-like devices had trouble detecting TV signals and caused interference to broadcasters and wireless microphones. The tests studied operations...

Google, others suffer setback as FCC nixes ‘white space’ devices

High-tech giants seeking a new avenue for wireless Internet access suffered at least a temporary setback as a result of government tests that found prototype, Wi-Fi-like devices had trouble detecting TV signals and caused interference to broadcasters and wireless microphones. The tests studied operations...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: 3P Networks, Action Engine, Aerohive and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--3P Networks: 3P Networks Inc. and Quote Platform Syndicate Inc. signed an underwriting agreement that calls for 3P to...

A&E Mobile channels go to MobiTV

A&E Television Networks has struck its first carriage deal for its made-for-mobile channels A&E Mobile and the History Channel Mobile with MobiTV."We believe our audiences are skewing younger, and we want to have our programming available to consumers in different platforms," said Paul Jelinek,...

THE MONEY TRAIL: Later-stage investments garner VC funding

Wireless is still drawing considerable interest-and dollars-from venture-capital companies, but VC investment overall saw a dip in the number of deals in the first quarter as investors concentrated on exit strategies, including initial public offerings. Some of the biggest IPOs related to the wireless...

Allen Salmasi’s next wave

Perhaps it is just as well that Allen Salmasi is still flying under the radar, given the tumult and upheaval that ensued when his last startup found it couldn't repay the federal government the nearly $5 billion it owed for scores of mobile-phone licenses...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: AdaptiveMobile, Hop-On, WiQuest and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Adaptive Mobile: Doughty Hanson, an early-stage venture-capital fund, led AdaptiveMobile's $14 million second-round financing. Other investors included Noor Financial...

AdaptiveMobile catches $14M for parental-control offerings

Mobile security software developer AdaptiveMobile said it pocketed $14 million in a second round of funding.Doughty Hanson, an early-stage venture capital fund, led the round, joined by Noor Financial Investment Co. and Intel Capital. AdaptiveMobile said it plans to use the cash to expand...

Venture capital financing wrap-up: LimeLife, Airband, HipCricket and more

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Airband Communications: M/C Venture Partners invested $12.5 million in Airband as part of the company's third round of funding....

DT invests in VoIP startup

The venture capital arm of German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom AG has joined Intel Corp. in investing in Jajah Inc., a two-year-old company offering global Voice over Internet Protocol service.The T-Online Venture Fund, managed by DT's T-Venture entity, participated in Jajah's third funding round,...

Clearwire struts mobile WiMAX: Service levels ‘higher than 3G services’

Clearwire Corp. announced it completed the first phase of a mobile WiMAX field trial in Hillsboro, Ore., a suburb of Portland. Individuals participating in the trial, which covered 15-square miles in Hillsboro, used a mobile WiMAX laptop card and reported broadband connections at multi-megabit...

uLocate finds $11M in funding

Location-based application developer uLocate Communications Inc. pocketed $11 million in a funding round led by Venrock. Existing investors GrandBanks Capital and Kodiak Venture Partners joined the round, and Venrock partner Mike Tyrrell joined uLocate's board under terms of the deal. The Framingham, Mass.-based firm...