Lucent Technologies

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Information technology services company Teleca said it has signed an agreement to renew research and development with L.M. Ericsson in areas such as 2.5- and third-generation systems as well …

SEATTLE-Fulfilling previous announcements that it would launch UMTS-based next-generation services in a handful of markets by the end of this year, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has begun offering …

As a company that tends to generate most excitement regarding its bottom line, Nokia Corp. for the most part has been unruffled in the recent turbulent seas of the wireless …

If Nextel Communications Inc. takes spectrum at 1.9 GHz as part of the plan to solve interference at 800 MHz, the carrier finally might be able to extricate itself from …

Lucent Technologies Inc. reinforced its CDMA profile and its place in the heart of Verizon Wireless with a whopping $5 billion contract with the biggest wireless carrier in the United …

LONDON-Orange U.K. said it will launch its third-generation W-CDMA network July 19. The launch will include the country’s major cities. The company’s French subsidiary will launch 3G service this fall. …

WASHINGTON-As one of its final acts of business before handing over limited authority to an interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule, the U.S.-led Coalition Provisional Authority referred to …

LONDON-Orange U.K. said it will launch its third-generation W-CDMA network July 19. The launch will include the country’s major cities. The company’s French subsidiary will launch 3G service this fall. …

In a bid to provide comprehensive operation support systems, big vendors and carriers may be biting off more than they can chew, according to a new study. Many smaller players …

WARSAW, Poland-Lucent Technologies Inc. said Thursday it will supply CDMA2000 equipment to help expand a Polish wireless local loop network. SFERIA will use the equipment to further expand its network …

LIMA, Peru-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a contract to provide Nextel Peru with managed services for its multi-vendor networks. Nextel Peru, which has contracted 300 cell sites to …

SINGAPORE-Lucent Technologies Inc. flexed its muscles at the CommunicAsia trade show with a series of contracts with Indian, Vietnamese and Korean operators. In India, Lucent signed a $30 million contract …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. showed its prowess in two third-generation technologies through two contract announcements, one for CDMA2000 1x EV-DO and the other for UMTS equipment. In its DO …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. said its UMTS-based wireless PC Card modem has received the approval of the Federal Communications Commission. The product, the Merlin U520, jointly developed with Lucent Technologies …

OSLO, Norway-CDMA 450 technology is making headway in various global markets, with Norway awarding a 450 MHz license in that country, and trials of the technology concluding in Brazil. The …

EDINBURG, Va.-Rural telecommunications provider Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. reported that its wireless subsidiary and Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Personal Communications Co. signed an addendum to its management and services agreement with …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. used last week’s Lehman Brothers 2004 Global Wireless financial conference to announce its UMTS rollout plans, while rival carrier Sprint Corp. backed off earlier promises that it …

KARACHI, Pakistan, and RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. made two CDMA2000 1x-related announcements. In Brazil, Lucent said VIVO, the country’s largest wireless carrier, will launch a 1x EV-DO network …

Rural telecommunications provider Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. reported that its wireless subsidiary and Sprint PCS affiliate Shenandoah Personal Communications Co. signed an addendum to its management and services agreement with Sprint. …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a deal with Lucent Technologies Inc. to deploy a UMTS-based trial network in Atlanta this summer supporting internal users who the carrier said it will use …

Delays in deploying third-generation networks combined with an overall slow economy helped create a 12-percent drop in demand for wireless equipment last year, according to a new report from the …

A few years ago, industry linked the stock woes of some of the major vendors to a general downdraft of the economy. Now that some of the companies are recording …

Wi-Fi, the much-hyped sibling of the wireless industry, might have lost a little of its luster with the closure of one of its more ambitious players and troublesome security warnings …

While waiting to pry loose of Motorola Inc. later this year, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. will be walking the path of other companies like Agere Systems Inc. and Infineon Technologies Inc., …

WASHINGTON-President Bush said he intends to nominate Lucent Technologies Inc. President Patricia Russo as vice chair of the president’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Russo replaces F. Duane Ackerman, chairman …