Just as major manufacturers seem to have found steady ground by concentrating on their core competencies and get commitments for carriers to deploy advanced networks, their financial inefficiencies are being exposed. Nortel Networks Ltd. may have had more money than it thought. Nokia Corp.,...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is partnering with Novatel Wireless Inc. to provide third-generation carrier 3 with UMTS card modems for high-speed data in Australia, Denmark, Italy and Sweden.The cards, known as U530 PC, give speeds of up to 384 kilobits per...
Lucent Technologies Inc. has fired four executives in its Chinese operations over what it saw as possible violations of U.S. law against overseas bribery, according to a company filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.The positions include the company's China operations president, chief operating...
Vendors are looking to deploy the Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem platform not only to differentiate themselves, but also to raise the stakes for third-generation wireless applications and services by compelling operators to upgrade their networks.Major vendors like Nokia Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks...
Sweden's public-safety agencies will use a Tetra network for wireless communications, a decision that comes after some had considered using a CDMA network for such communications.The Swedish Defence Material Administration announced the Tetra decision. The network will be installed in stages through 2009 by...
The CDMA2000 1x EV-DO contract wins by Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. with Verizon Wireless may be compelling other major infrastructure players to take the bait.Rivals L.M. Ericsson, Samsung Electronics and Motorola Inc. announced solutions not only in the DO realm, but...
WOBURN, Mass.-Verizon Wireless said it plans to hold a "Wireless Data Symposium" March 30 in Burlington, Mass., in an attempt to familiarize the community with the carrier's data service offerings including those designed for public safety.The carrier said the symposium will focus on its...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a $75 million contract to build a wide range of telecom infrastructure in Iraq, including installing Wi-Fi capabilities for the Iraqi Telephone and Post Co. It is a two-year deal with the option of five...
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...
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc. has informed the Securities and Exchange Commission that it intends to pay a $25 million penalty as a settlement, which also will prevent the company from making any financial restatements."The staff made it clear that the penalty is not based...
HANNOVER, Germany-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. say they will supply T-Mobile with UMTS PC card modems to support high-speed data services for enterprise and consumer markets.The services will include streaming video and audio, secure mobile access to e-mail with large attachments and...
Standard and Poor's ratings services lifted Lucent Technologies Inc.'s corporate rating to B from B- in its review of the telecom equipment industry. "Standard & Poor's believes industry revenues have stabilized in recent quarters, after declining steeply from their peak in 1999, while Lucent's...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Investors reacted harshly to a decline in InterDigital Communications Corp.'s net income, sending the company's stock down almost 15 percent after the news to about $21 per share.InterDigital's net income in the fourth quarter clocked in at $1.1 million, down from...
LONDON-Standard and Poor's ratings services lifted Lucent Technologies Inc.'s corporate rating to B from B- in its review of the telecom equipment industry."Standard & Poor's believes industry revenues have stabilized in recent quarters, after declining steeply from their peak in 1999, while Lucent' s...
As softswitch technology continues to upstage circuit-based standards, some new companies have launched forays into the space.They do not look forward to dueling the big players like Nortel Networks Ltd., Siemens AG, Alcatel Alsthom and Lucent Technologies Inc., but they want their place in...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is working with Anatel to conduct a trial of commercial CDMA450 to bridge the "digital divide" in the country.The trial follows a series of CDMA450 voice and data calls and demonstrations Lucent has completed for Anatel, said...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. are at the short end of wireless infrastructure contracts owing to their late start in the UMTS market, according to a report from Allied Business Intelligence.Lucent has an 11-percent market share, a drop from 17 percent...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is working with Anatel to conduct a trial of commercial CDMA450 to bridge the "digital divide" in the country.The trial follows a series of CDMA450 voice and data calls and demonstrations Lucent has completed for Anatel, said...
DALLAS-Emergent Network Solutions Inc. said it has introduced a new mobile softswitch known as Entice mobile Softswitch, for wireless service providers.The company, formed by former Lucent Technologies Inc. employees, said the product is network-agnostic and has a distributed design that conforms to Solaris or...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced two new executive changes as part of its efforts to expand its global business development.The moves involve the appointment of Jim Brewington as president of the company's new developing markets group and Cindy Christy as president of the...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Just a few months after it acquired the company, InterDigital Communications Corp.'s subsidiary Tantivy Communications Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc. InterDigital said the suit covers seven patents, and that the company is seeking damages...
CANNES-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has teamed with Cisco Systems Inc. to develop voice over Internet Protocol and multimedia communications solution for mobile carriers.The agreement will combine Lucent Softswitch and Cisco MGX 8000 series media gateways, which will converge traditional voice services with dynamic...
Fresh with a government deal to test its Packet Blast technology, Lucent Technologies Inc. confirms a trend that proclaims packet technology is king in the wireless space.The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency demonstrated this with an $11.5 million award to allow Lucent to...
Wireless technology is on the cusp of fulfilling its promise for homeland security, with the District of Columbia's office of the Chief Technology Officer's partnership with Motorola Inc. and Flarion Technologies Inc.It is the first high-speed wireless broadband contract for public safety in the...
