Siemens AG has acquired Chantry Networks, a step that will extend its enterprise offerings and Voice over Internet Protocol into the wireless local area network space. The deal climaxes both companies' relationship during the past few years, which involved Siemens' efforts to step up...
Siemens AG has acquired Chantry Networks, a step that will extend its enterprise offerings and Voice over Internet Protocol into the wireless local area network space. The deal climaxes both companies' relationship during the past few years, which involved Siemens' efforts to step up...
MUNICH, Germany-Technology company Siemens said it tested a mobile communications network that could transmit up to one gigabit a second, or about 1,000 megabits per second. In comparison, today's GPRS and CDMA 1xRTT networks transmit around 50 kilobits per second, while some Wi-Fi networks...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will begin deploying a UMTS/HSDPA-based network next year with plans to cover most major markets by the end of 2006. The carrier noted the network would provide network speeds of between 400 and 700 kilobits per second, which is...
BEIJING-Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG announced GSM network contract awards in China Tuesday, both with separate divisions of China Mobile Communications Corp.Nokia said it signed a $200 million contract with Henan Mobile for a phase nine expansion of its GSM network. The deployment, expected...
One vendor's end-to-end strategy is another vendor's poison. Nokia Corp., Siemens AG and Motorola Inc. market their end-to-end strategies as one-stop shops for carriers. But Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Alcatel Alsthom say end-to-end solutions actually limit choices for carriers. In between...
GENEVA-Siemens Business Services and air transport communications group SITA Information Networking Computing will partner to allow wireless users to check in for flights over their handsets, the organizations announced Tuesday.With the application, dubbed SITA Mobile Check-In, passengers can check-in for flights and receive a...
HONG KONG-Siemens AG said it is ramping up its third-generation efforts in the network market in Asia even as it jointly presented a new base station line with NEC Corp.The base station, known as NB-88x, is equipped with High Speed Downlink Packet Access, which...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG basked in its fiscal-year 2004 earnings with a net a income of $4.38 billion, although its fourth-quarter picture was not so glorious.For the quarter, the company had a net income of $844 million compared with $934 million in the year-ago period."Fiscal...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG and Mercedes-Benz announced a partnership to equip Mercedes vehicles with mobile phones. The first available device is the multimedia CX65 mobile phone, which can be included directly from the factory when ordering any Mercedes model in the E, CL, CLK, CLS,...
MUNICH, Germany-Indonesia's largest wireless carrier Telkomsel and Siemens have signed a $381 million framework agreement to expand Telkomsel's GSM network. Under the terms of the contract, Siemens will supply new network technology during the course of the next three years and install it on...
Failing to make strong inroads into Europe with its second-generation CDMA offering, Qualcomm Inc. wants to write a different story for UMTS technology. Within a two-week span, the San Diego-based vendor penned two deals that underscore its intention to be a mainstream player in...
LONDON-Handset manufacturers Siemens AG and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. could make inroads against Nokia Corp. in Europe, according to the Yankee Group 2004 European Mobile User Survey. Respondents numbering in the thousands overwhelmingly named Nokia as the most widely owned brand in Europe...
LONG BEACH, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., NEC Corp., Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have formed a Cooperative Open OSS Project (CO-OP) under the framework of the TeleManagement Forum. The participants said CO-OP members will work together on architecture specification, testing and verification of mobile...
WALTHAM, Mass.-Chantry Networks, which makes solutions for wireless local area network enterprise security, said its second-round venture funding has risen to $17 million, thanks to Siemens Venture Capital. The other investor includes Louis Rajczi of Investor Partner."Siemens is a global 'giant,' in the enterprise...
Siemens AG raised Flash-OFDM technology to a prime spot on the wireless radar with its decision to adopt it as an important part of its offering. Flarion Technologies Inc. is the proprietor of Flash-OFDM.This decision sets the stage for a potential showdown with CDMA...
MUNICH-Siemens AG unveiled an open e-mail push solution for a variety of wireless devices like mobile phones and personal digital assistants, building on open standards in accordance with the Open Mobile Alliance.It runs on operating systems such as Series 60, Symbian UIQ and MS...
ACTON, Mass.-Propagate Networks Inc. today announced that Siemens Venture Capital has joined its investor group. Propagate has raised approximately $14 million in venture funding to date and will use the financing to expand its sales, marketing and engineering resources in the United States and...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has created a new communications group that combines both its fixed and mobile communications units, following a trend in the industry.The new group, known as Siemens Communications Group, began operations today and will cover operations in more than 160...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG said it has supplied a network of wireless local area networks for Greek operator Vodafone Panafon to allow the carrier to offer WLAN services across five countries. Vodafone customers in Greece, France, Italy, Switzerland and Portugal can use the hot spots...
COPENHAGEN-Siemens AG has unveiled the SF65, a clamshell-style mobile phone that includes a 1.3-megapixel camera with flash, four-times zoom, a color display, and a swivel action screen that transforms it from a phone into a digital camera.The device also comes with enhanced picture-editing capabilities...
KONIGSWINTER, Germany-At a forum in Germany, Siemens AG tested a mobile network with data rates of up to 360 megabits per second (Mbps) using a combination of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing and multi-hop technology, a new infrastructure concept, the supplier said.Siemens said it previously...
Both Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG announced beyond-the-ordinary handsets, with Nokia's phones offering unusual designs and Siemens' handset providing a unique service.Capitalizing on mobile-phone users' penchant for style, Nokia unveiled three new camera phones at a fashion event in Shanghai, China.The Nokia 7280, Nokia...
MUNICH, Germany-T-Mobile Czech Republic has commissioned Siemens AG to equip its network with EDGE technology. By the end of 2004, the high-speed infrastructure will be available to the operator's customers in several major cities and coverage will be extended gradually.Siemens said the win is...
