The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. The wireless/telecom/media/IT sector is growing two to five...
M2Z Networks Inc. said new test results demonstrate the Federal Communications Commission's wireless broadband plan will not lead to interference as mobile-phone carriers claim. The company accused T-Mobile USA Inc. and others of distorting data in order to persuade policymakers to enact safeguards so...
Now more than ever, policymakers and the wireless providers they regulate are finding it easier - indeed, politically and socially fashionable - to make peace with the latest iteration of the green revolution. Green has become sexy in corporate America. Executives unabashedly embrace green...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from NPD Group's Ross Rubin, Enderle Group's...
By most accounts -- mine included -- this year's CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas bore a striking resemblance to February's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (the show formerly known as 3GSM). To be sure, there were clear differences outside the convention center: cava...
Chris Pearson is the president of 3G Americas, L.L.C. In his role as the senior operating officer of the trade organization, he is responsible for strategic planning of 3G Americas and provides executive management for the integration of strategy and operations in the areas...
Earlier this month at the World Radiocommunication Conference, the International Telecommunication Union approved various frequency bands for mobile communications. More than 2,800 delegates representing 164 member states negotiated the future of wireless communications as the group aimed to achieve global connectivity goals for decades...
The International Telecommunication Union agreed to include WiMAX technology in the global family of advanced wireless technologies. The win is a major victory for vendors and service providers on the eve of the World Radiocommunication Conference that the Bush administration hopes to build on...
WiMAX technology appears to be gaining a foothold in a handful of European markets with a number of trials already underway, and the ITU agreeing to include OFDM-based technologies in the IMT2000 standard, according to ABI Research.The report noted that the ITU's decision...
The International Telecommunication Union said it struck a pact with ICO Global Communications and the Commonwealth Business Council to use satellite communications for improved emergency and humanitarian response to natural disasters."The partnership that we have established with ICO Global Communications and the Commonwealth Business...
The International Telecommunication Union said it struck a pact with ICO Global Communications and the Commonwealth Business Council to use satellite communications for improved emergency and humanitarian response to natural disasters."The partnership that we have established with ICO Global Communications and the Commonwealth Business...
T-Mobile USA Inc. grabbed attention among tier one U.S. carriers for the most price drops in early December, with four Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. handsets discounted-and one jumping in price.The Samsung t619 careened from $80 to free, the t319 dropped from $40 to $30,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Intel Corp. are collaborating to boost market uptake of PC-based mobile broadband and multimedia applications and services. The companies said they will work together to integrate Ericsson's HSPA platform for mobile broadband as well as its Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems...
HONG KONG-Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. provided a glimpse into its finances at the ITU trade show taking place in Hong Kong. The Chinese vendor said it expects to take in $11 billion in sales during 2006, having earned $5.2 billion during the first half...
HONG KONG-Sun Microsystems Inc. used the ITU Telecom World 2006 trade show in Hong Kong to launch a new industry association that says its aim is to simplify technology integration by developing and pushing requirements for standardized products among network equipment providers. Nokia Corp....
The global war on terrorism and natural disasters here and abroad are forcing policymakers to rethink-and redesign-public warning systems that take advantage of wireless and other technologies used by billions of people around the world today. The undertaking involves a mix of technological, legal...
WASHINGTON-A group has urged homeland security officials to require cellular carriers to take advantage of embedded cell-broadcast capability in mobile phones so U.S. citizens can receive wireless alerts during emergencies. "A pilot or trial of a public warning system that is based on the...
LONGMONT, Colo.-COLED Technologies Inc. announced a new display technology that the company said could eventually replace liquid crystal displays. The company said it uses electrode modification to improve the charge injection characteristics of the electrodes used in the construction of organic light emitting diode...
WASHINGTON-Softbank Corp., the Japanese Internet company trying to muscle or possibly buy its way into that country's mobile-phone market, has crashed the party here by breaking with U.S. and foreign mobile-phone carriers that do not want any further American intervention into rates charged by...
GENEVA-Mobile-phone subscribers around the globe totaled nearly 1.5 billion by the middle of this year. The number of subscribers has doubled since 2000, according to new numbers from the International Telecommunication Union.According to international reports, the ITU said the growth in mobile-phone subscribers outpaced...
SINGAPORE-Underscoring the fact that the CDMA vs. GSM technology war is still under way, the GSM Association Tuesday encouraged the Indian government to veto a proposal to release 1900 MHz spectrum for current-generation services and maintain its alignment with the IMT2000 core band for...
GENEVA-A new report from the International Telecommunication Union said the market for "portable Internet" services is growing, especially in developing markets.In the Asia-Pacific region, for example, the telecommunications market is expected to double by the end of this decade, with the majority of the...
GENEVA-The Asia-Pacific region continues to show strong telecommunication market growth, according to research from the International Telecommunication Union, which kicked off ITU Telecom Asia 2004 in Busan, Korea, this week.The group found that growth rates for mobile subscribers, fixed lines and Internet users during...
GENEVA-For the first time in its 30-year history, the International Telecommunications Union's Telecom World event will not be held in Geneva. ITU Telecom World 2006 will take place in Hong Kong.Following a call for bids, the ITU said the offer from Hong Kong topped...
