BARCELONA, Spain—The GSM Association said it has started interoperability trials for video services in Europe, Asia and the United States that would allow wireless users to share live video clips across networks.The trials include more than twenty mobile operators and subsidiaries, including China Mobile,...
PLANO, Texas-Alcatel Corp. picked Netrake's nCite Security Gateway technology to support the launch of its Unlicensed Mobile Access-based wireless local area network solution. Netrake said its gateway gives UMA providers secure access to GSM and GPRS mobile services using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi unlicensed spectrum...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it won a contract to provide regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Inc. with a next-generation core network throughout the operator's southeastern U.S. coverage area. Ericsson explained that SunCom is deploying Ericsson's Mobile Softswitch solution to carry voice and data traffic...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it won a contract to provide regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Inc. with a next-generation core network throughout the operator's southeastern U.S. coverage area.Ericsson explained that SunCom is deploying Ericsson's Mobile Softswitch solution to carry voice and data traffic on...
HONG KONG-Several infrastructure vendors reported successful demonstrations at the 2005 3G World Congress and Exhibition in Hong Kong. Motorola Inc. unveiled a prototype CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A solution, which enables operators to offer enhanced services such as simultaneous video, voice and data applications."Motorola's...
HONG KONG-Several infrastructure vendors reported successful demonstrations at the 2005 3G World Congress and Exhibition in Hong Kong. Motorola Inc. unveiled a prototype CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A solution, which the company said enables operators to offer enhanced services such as simultaneous video, voice and...
L.M. Ericsson and Canadian telecom carrier Rogers Communications Inc. say they are set to begin third-generation HSDPA and IP Multimedia Subsystem platform trials. Rogers said HSDPA is the natural progression for its existing national GSM/GPRS/EDGE network, which reaches 93 percent of the Canadian population....
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Canadian telecom carrier Rogers Communications Inc. say they are set to begin third-generation HSDPA and IP Multimedia Subsystem platform trials in Canada.Rogers said HSDPA is the natural progression for its existing national GSM/GPRS/EDGE network, which reaches 93 percent of the...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Telemar Oi, a Brazilian telecommunications company, to start trials of Nokia's Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions. The solutions make use of Telemar's existing fixed network to create a converged packet-based domain for fixed...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Telemar Oi, a Brazilian telecommunications company, to start trials of Nokia's Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions. The solutions make use of Telemar's existing fixed network to create a converged packet-based domain for fixed...
SAN FRANCISCO-Executives from Cingular Wireless L.L.C., VeriSign Inc. subsidiary Jamster!, WiderThan, Orange SA and others took turns discussing the future of wireless content and the mobile Web during the Mobile Software Value Chain forum here, while Opera Software used the event to announce plans...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia has inked a reseller agreement with Ubiquity software that calls for Nokia to offer Ubiquity's SIP Application Server as part of its IP Multimedia Subsystem solution. Ubiquity's SIP Application Server is a programmable, JAVA-based, 3GPP-compliant solution. The company also will provide maintenance,...
BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Motorola Inc. announced it is trialing its Unlicensed Mobile Access product with seven European carriers, including TeliaSonera Denmark, news that further hints at the eventual convergence of wide and local area wireless networks."Key to the success of convergence is the convenience it...
NATICK, Mass.-The worldwide market for Session Initiation Protocol infrastructure and software could exceed $5.5 billion by 2007, according to research from Venture Development Corp.The company said worldwide shipments for SIP technologies hit $2.6 billion last year. VDC outlined several growth drivers for SIP, including...
While Sprint Corp. had little to say about a possible deal with Nextel Communications Inc., the carrier did report $3 billion worth of multi-year buildout contracts with Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Motorola Inc., last week in support of the carrier's EV-DO...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-In support of its previously announced plans to begin deploying CDMA2000 1x EV-DO services, Sprint Corp. reported $3 billion worth of multi-year buildout contracts with Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Motorola Inc. Sprint said the contracts involve new switching and...
Siemens AG and Motorola Inc. made handset news Wednesday.Siemens' new CX70 mobile phone features "push and talk" (PaT) walkie-talkie functionality based on open specifications.PaT is based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a platform that is also being used for future multimedia services, including...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies has launched its High-Speed Data for the Mass Market (HSDmm) solution it said is designed to help mobile operators offer personalized, lifestyle enhancing multimedia services.The solution includes infrastructure, applications, OSS software, professional services and marketing programs. It will allow operators...
Neither edgy nor solitary, Nokia Corp. has all the hallmarks of a conservative company. As a leading player in both the handset and infrastructure businesses, the Finnish vendor always has worked with industry associations and marquee players to push products and enhance its markets...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies has launched its High-Speed Data for the Mass Market (HSDmm) solution it said is designed to help mobile operators offer personalized, lifestyle enhancing multimedia services.The solution includes infrastructure, applications, OSS software, professional services and marketing programs. It will allow operators...
SAN DIEGO-Nokia demonstrated its person-to-person IP mobility services at this week's CDMA Development Group conference.The services are enabled by Nokia's IP Multimedia pilot system, which provides IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) functionality, to offer services including interactive gaming, "see what I see video telephony" services,...
