Fifteen companies have come together to launch an initiative to foster European leadership in the mobile business and keep pace with Asian rivals.The initiative, known as the eMobility Technology Platform, is designed to enhance cooperation among such players as research community, public authorities and...
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...
HANNOVER, Germany-Four wireless infrastructure suppliers announced contract wins with carriers around the world.Lucent Technologies Inc. said it won a contract with T-Systems and Caymanone to provide a third-generation network in the Cayman Islands.The 1x EV-DO network will enable Caymanone to provide mobile data services...
WASHINGTON-The Government Accountability Office has rejected Lucent Technologies Inc.'s protest of a $50 million contract awarded to U.K.-based Sepura Ltd. to supply TETRA mobile units for an advanced first responder network throughout Iraq.Lucent last year won a $75 million contract to rebuild and modernize...
In the juggling act between GSM and W-CDMA, dilemma is beautiful.But it is a terrible kind of beauty because both vendors and carriers must decide how much of their resources to devote to GSM without jeopardizing the promise of W-CDMA.Today, GSM provides the main...
CANNES, France-Two global carriers announced contracts for content charging systems last week. Lucent Technologies Inc. and NetSpira Networks said they have provided Singapore's MobileOne Ltd. with a content-based online charging system for GPRS and UMTS services.M1's system will allow it to identify the type...
Lucent Technologies Inc. said its shareholders have given the vendor the go-ahead to adopt a reverse stock split with a view to boosting its share price. It is the third consecutive year shareholders have approved a reverse stock split, but the U.S.-based vendor has...
CANNES, France-Two global carriers announced contracts for content charging systems Tuesday.Lucent Technologies Inc. and NetSpira Networks said they have provided Singapore's MobileOne Ltd. with a content-based online charging system for GPRS and UMTS services.M1's system will allow it to identify the type of data...
CANNES, France-Nortel Networks Ltd. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have intensified the momentum for Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems.Lucent said it has integrated six Bell Labs-developed software technologies into its IMS solution. Nortel said it is partnering with a group of technology players anchored by IBM...
TOKYO-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it plans to collaborate with Japanese company eAccess Ltd. to trial W-CDMA technology for mobile voice, data and multimedia services.This trial will include HSDPA and Internet Protocol Multimedia subsystem.EAccess does not currently offer mobile service in Japan. The company is...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Computer company Hewlett-Packard Co. sacked Carleton Fiorina as its chairman and chief executive officer, news that sent the company's stock up more than 5 percent in trading to around $21.23 per share. HP said Chief Financial Officer Robert Wayman will serve as...
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...
The overall first-quarter picture looks dim for Lucent Technologies Inc. Although its wireless business is humming along, Lucent's wireline business is the drag.The company reported a net income of $174 million or 4 cents per diluted share.This is in sharp contrast to the most...
KANATA, Ontario-BelAir Networks, which provides wide area Wi-Fi solutions, said Lucent Technologies Inc. now offers its carrier-grade wireless switch routers to service providers, enterprises and government accounts.Lucent Worldwide Services will offer the BelAir100 and BelAir200 wireless switch routers through its global sales channels, said...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. is teaming with Alvarion to provide converged networking technology that will allow carriers to complement existing third-generation and wireline networks with WiMAX, the companies announced Tuesday.Lucent said it will integrate WiMAX technology based on the IEEE 802.16 standard from...
LAS VEGAS-The slow rollout of high-speed wireless data networks continues as CDMA-based carrier Verizon Wireless last week said it will expand its BroadbandAccess network to 12 additional markets on top of the 20 metropolitan areas already launched. Rival Sprint PCS reported that it plans...
Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. made headlines last week by announcing it was part of an effort to develop standards for a new mobile-phone technology that would transfer data more than 10 times faster than current third-generation networks. But exactly what that technology will...
LAS VEGAS-Verizon Wireless will offer video, audio and three-dimensional games over its EV-DO third-generation network beginning next month. The carrier also announced plans to expand the cities in which it offers EV-DO service.Subscribers in 32 U.S. markets with 3G phones will be able to...
Cingular Wireless and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they completed the first High-Speed Downlink Packet Access data calls using a trial UMTS network deployed by the two companies in the Atlanta area. The companies noted the HSDPA tests delivered sustained over-the-air data rates of more...
The four-square mile, fortressed area in Baghdad that's supposed to provide safe haven for important people trying to reinvent this war-torn nation in the biblical part of the world known as the cradle of civilization is porous. Bullets and bombs are getting through. First-responder...
The anticipated merger between Sprint PCS and Nextel Communications Inc. offers an olive branch in one area and a turf battle in another. The turf battle arises from what the combined company will do with its massive MMDS 2.5 GHz spectrum. Peace dividends redound...
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...
Just a few years ago, players on the CDMA aisle of the technology wars believed the future belonged to them alone. The other players, huffing with GSM, could not figure out what armor to deploy. Qualcomm Inc.-which gave CDMA to the industry and the...
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...
