Sprint Corp. reported a deal with Intel Corp. to engage in joint efforts to advance development of the 802.16e WiMAX standard. The deal calls for both companies to collaborate on technical specification, perform equipment trials and conduct interoperability testing to examine possible wireless broadband...
MUNICH-Siemens announced a partnership with printer company Canon to allow Siemens camera-phone users to print their images to Canon printers. The partnership falls under the Mobile Imaging Printing Consortium, a group of handset and printer manufacturers developing guidelines for interoperability between mobile phones and...
SAN RAMON, Calif.-The ZigBee Alliance announced four ZigBee-compliant platforms from Chipcon, CompXs, Ember and Freescale Semiconductor Inc.The alliance conducted testing of the platforms to ensure interoperability via its official test houses, National Technical Systems Inc. and TUV Rheinland. It also used analysis tools from...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. reported the successful completion of W-CDMA interoperability testing on Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s 3GPP W-CDMA-compliant FOMA network. The testing was initiated last June using Qualcomm's MSM6250 chipset and software solution and included network performance, standby time and talk-time evaluations.Qualcomm...
HERNDON, Va.-The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions sent representatives from its member companies to meet with the European Telecommunication Standards Institute TISPAN Committee last week in Herndon, Va., to discuss standardization activities and future plans for next-generation networks. The meeting participants agreed to pursue...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. said they completed W-CDMA Interoperability Testing for global roaming purposes. The tests were performed in DoCoMo's laboratories followed by fully completed field tests in DoCoMo's live FOMA network."The successful completion of the IOT tests with...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-TTPCom said the Open Mobile Alliance has re-elected its senior software architect, Lars Brenk, as the chairman of OMA's Game Services Working Group.Brenk will focus on interoperability specifications, APIs and protocols for network-enabled gaming in his role as chairman. The working group's...
HERNDON, Va.-The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions sent representatives from its member companies to meet with the European Telecommunication Standards Institute TISPAN Committee last week in Herndon, Va., to discuss standardization activities and future plans for next-generation networks. The meeting participants agreed to pursue...
WASHINGTON-The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials last month broke with other public-safety advocates and the telecommunications industry, refusing to support a report to the FCC's Network Reliability & Interoperability Council. "While NRIC VII work group 1A was chartered to minimize the conflicting ambiguous language...
WASHINGTON-In a report to Congress obtained by RCR Wireless News, the Federal Communications Commission told lawmakers last week that it had granted 32 whole or partial waivers for rural wireless carrier enhanced 911 Phase II obligations. The FCC denied or dismissed eight other requests....
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson and Siemens AG said they have completed interoperability tests between Siemens push-to-talk handsets and Ericsson's Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems-based infrastructure."One of the core strengths with an IMS solution for standards-based push to talk is its ability to enable compatibility between a range...
NEW ORLEANS-Whether it's downloading video clips, buying ringtones or simply sending a photo to a friend, the key to enticing consumers to spend more on wireless data can be summed up in one word: simplicity. That was the message from carriers, content providers and...
NEW ORLEANS-Carriers' efforts to increase wireless data revenues took a big step forward this week at CTIA Wireless 2005 as the nation's two largest carriers quietly confirmed their networks are multimedia message service interoperable.Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless said they've been MMS interoperable for...
WASHINGTON-A coalition of nine local and public-safety advocacy groups, led by the Association of Public-safety Communications Officials, released a statement urging Congress to pass a hard date to end TV's transition to digital technology."We are writing to remind Congress that this issue is not...
CANNES, France-Intel Corp. announced three agreements to pursue its WiMAX technology and promote its XScale and mobile technologies. The chip bellwether said it has entered an alliance with Alcatel Corp. to develop, integrate and conduct interoperability testing for Alcatel's network infrastructure solution and Intel's...
CANNES, France-The GSM Association said it has brought together network operators and vendors to conduct interoperability trials of equipment and networks for Session Initiation Protocol-based services.SIP is the underlying protocol for hosting session-based services such as instant messaging, Push-to-talk over Cellular, video telephony and...
Intel Corp. announced three agreements to pursue its WiMAX technology and promote its XScale and mobile technologies. The chip bellwether said it has entered an alliance with Alcatel Corp. to develop, integrate and conduct interoperability testing for Alcatel's network infrastructure solution and Intel's WiMAX...
Building the network for a single-service protocol provided its own challenges. GSM, despite its worldwide acceptance, had to work out a profitable model. That compelled carriers to determine what kind of base stations to deploy, how many towers to install and where to locate...
MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Alcatel Corp., Huawei Technologies, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. have joined the TeleManagement Forum's Co-operative Open OSS Project, which is designed to improve interoperability and simplify deployment of mobile network management systems.The four companies join existing members of the project, including...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-The OTA Flash Forum, an over-the-air technology industry group, said security issues, interoperability concerns and remote diagnostics solutions will be its top priorities for 2005. The group identified four primary focus points for the year: ensuring devices with different OTA clients can...
WiMAX may be one technology, but the players involved with it are issuing a number of discordant notes. While some news outlets published reports last week that the certification date had been postponed from this month to July, and that therefore a WiMAX standard...
TEL AVIV, Israel-RAD Data Communications said its FOM-E1/T1 fiber-optic modem and ASMi-52 SHDSL modem have achieved interoperability approval from Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide backhaul connectivity with Nortel GSM/GPRS radio access equipment. The FOM-E1/T1 fiber-optic modem converts E1/T1 electrical signals into optical signals. The...
Will ZigBee wireless technology have an effect on Bluetooth? Once envisioned as the solution to all personal-area wireless connectivity, the reality of rapidly growing multimedia file sizes, connectivity needs and reliability have proven to be challenges for Bluetooth as it attempts to redefine itself...
HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom-The global market for multimedia messaging services will more than double next year, reaching $42.5 billion, according to a new report from Juniper Research. Messaging between mobile-phone users will drive the revenue growth, as will services like sports updates that are supplied...
