Sprint Corp.'s months-long high-speed wireless data tease came to an end last week as the company finally announced the launch of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO network. The company said the service would be available in business districts and airport locations in 34 markets by...
Sprint Corp.'s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. will endow the new operation with a substantial war chest of network and spectrum assets, including a significant swatch of spectrum in the 2.5 GHz spectrum band covering 80 percent of the country's population. While both...
Sprint Corp. entered into an agreement with Motorola Inc. to conduct joint wireless broadband technology testing and equipment trials using Motorola 802.16e pre-WiMAX technology in Sprint's 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings. The two companies said the collaboration will spur the development of WiMAX technology, validate...
Nextel Communications Inc. said it plans to trial a wireless broadband network using IPWireless Inc.'s UMTS TD-CDMA technology and the carrier's 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings. The trial, which is scheduled to begin during the third quarter, will cover portions of Washington, D.C.; Arlington, Alexandria...
PARIS-IPWireless Inc. said Orange has launched technical and marketing trials using its UMTS TDD technology targeting the enterprise market in Lille, France.Orange will test enterprise customers' response to high data services for complex applications as well as assess immediate and near-term demand for such...
NEW ORLEANS-The rising status of two Chinese vendors, U.S.-based UTStarcom Inc. and a few other players like IPWireless may raise the specter for consolidation, said Nortel Networks Ltd. chief Bill Owens during a keynote address at the CTIA Wireless 2005 trade show. He made...
While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has introduced a UMTS play into the picture: Enter UMTS450 technology. The company describes UMTS450 as a complete high-speed packet-based data and voice solution designed for UMTS operators with access to...
While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has brought UMTS technology into the spectrum battle. Enter UMTS450 technology.The company describes it as a complete high-speed packet-based data and voice solution designed for UMTS operators with access to spectrum...
Even as it begins serious deployments of third-generation technologies, the wireless industry is hedging its bets on next-generation technology. Since W-CDMA and CDMA2000 someday may reach their tethers, some industry players are eyeing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing -OFDM-as the next big technology.Major vendors say...
Flarion Technologies Inc. reported that rural wireless provider Cellular One of Amarillo plans to deploy commercial wireless broadband services using Flarion's Flash-OFDM technology in Amarillo, Texas. The Mobile Broadband Amarillo service will be deployed using the carrier's 1.9 GHz spectrum and is expected to...
Following the recent sale of its remaining spectrum licenses to Verizon Wireless for $3 billion, NextWave Telecom Inc. filed its third joint plan of reorganization with the bankruptcy court overseeing the company's ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The filing provided information on NextWave's financials...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Flarion Technologies Inc. reported that rural wireless provider Cellular One of Amarillo plan to deploy commercial wireless broadband services using Flarion's Flash-OFDM technology in Amarillo, Texas. The Mobile Broadband Amarillo service will be deployed using the carrier's 1.9 GHz licenses spectrum and is...
Wireless carrier Mobile One announced trials of three different U.S.-developed technologies for wireless high-speed data access for its subscribers. Singapore-based M1, which has more than 1.1 million subscribers, 500,000 of which are GPRS users, has started technical trials of wireless broadband technologies that allow...
Wireless technology companies Teleca and IPWireless announced a new partnership the companies said will speed the development of new mobile phones and data devices working on the UMTS TDD network standard. The companies said they will work with Sweden's Wireless System Integration to form...
Wireless carrier Mobile One announced trials of three different U.S.-developed technologies for wireless high-speed data access for its subscribers. M1, which has more than 1.1 million subscribers, 500,000 of which are GPRS users, has started technical trials of wireless broadband technologies that allow access...
When wireless experts raved about the next big technologies a few years ago, they had Flash-OFDM and UMTS TDD in mind. Both protocols are not only making strides in wide area networks, but are beginning to interface with Wi-Fi service, creating a potential competitive...
Nortel Networks Ltd and UTStarcom are on two sides of a stormy boat: Both multinational vendors face accounting travails and both are still gaining contracts, and both are convinced they are heading for smoother waters. Nortel's accounting problems have been contradicted by a long...
UTStarcom Inc.'s $165.1 million purchase of U.S.-based Audiovox Communications Corp.'s wireless handset business establishes the company as a player in the global CDMA market, fulfilling its founders' original vision.The company, which always wanted to develop solutions that could be offered to any company worldwide,...
NextWave Telecom Inc., at one point a symbol of all that could go wrong with government auctions, is hoping to use an auction to its advantage.Less than two months after reaching an agreement with the Federal Communications Commission to give back a majority of...
SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless said it has commenced shipping of dual-band devices that allow users to roam across UMTS TDD networks in both 1900 MHz and 2010 MHz frequency bands. According to IPWireless, more than 120 mobile operators in Europe and Asia have UMTS TDD...
Hong Kong-based PCCW Ltd. launched a wireless broadband network in the United Kingdom's Thames Valley region using IPWireless technology in the 3.4 GHz band. PCCW's UK Broadband subsidiary is offering Netvigator high-speed wireless service to residential and business customers in the area west of...
HONG KONG-Hong Kong-based PCCW Ltd. launched a wireless broadband network in the United Kingdom's Thames Valley region using IPWireless technology in the 3.4 GHz band. PCCW's UK Broadband subsidiary is offering Netvigator high-speed wireless service to residential and business customers in the area west...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it has agreed to acquire the assets of Telos Technology Inc., a move that will rev up its CDMA business and its profile not only in the fixed wireless arena, but also in wide area networks."Acquiring Telos accelerates and expands...
ATLANTA-UTStarcom Inc. said it has entered an agreement to acquire the intellectual property portfolio of Hyundai Syscomm for between $12 million and $15 million in cash.Terms of the deal call for UTStarcom to acquire the product portfolio, intellectual property-including about 2900 Korean, U.S. and...
