CNET | July 12, 2011 | Jessica Dolcourt
It's said you have to spend money to make money. If this latest rumor is true, Nokia will be betting on a $127 million dollar marketing budget to help sell Nokia-made Windows Phones, according to Marketing Magazine.
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Nokia Siemens Networks | July 13, 2011 | Press Release
Nokia Siemens Networks confirmed today that a review for assessing private equity interest in the company had been completed.
“We believe that the current shareholders are in the best position to further enhance the value of...
Nokia Siemens Networks issued a short press release today saying that its ownership structure will remain the same, and the company will take further steps to improve its competitiveness as a standaone entity, but did not name what those steps would be.“We believe that...
Nokia Siemens Networks | July 6, 2011 | Press Release
Nokia Siemens Networks to deploy optical network for China Unicom
China Unicom subscribers can look forward to a ten-fold increase in their access data rates thanks to a faster information highway across the country....
Nokia Siemens Networks | July 8, 2011 | Press Release
Launches industry’s first M2M software suite for GSM
GSM subscriptions supporting Machine to Machine (M2M) applications are expected to reach 1 billion by 2015*. This increase in the use of GSM networks to support automated communication...
TellabsFrance: With French broadband Internet service provider CELESTE to exclusively provide the nationwide optical transport network in order to expand its high performance and high bandwidth fiber optic network to all major cities in France.Value: UndisclosedNokia Siemens Networks China: With China Mobile has successfully...
Korean telecommunications provider SK Telecom Co. SKM) launched the country's first LTE service on July 1, providing initial service to the Seoul market. The carrier said it expects to attract 300,000 LTE customers by the end of the year and 10 million subscribers by...
ClarityIndonesia: With PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TELKOM) to rollout next phase to enable Fulfilment and Assurance capabilities for TELKOM’s broadband access network.Value: UndisclosedConvergys Corporation China: With G-Net, a Beijing, China-based provider of telecommunications services to implement a single convergent billing platform comprised of Rating...
Huawei releases Honeycomb tabletChinese vendor Huawei took the wraps off its mysterious HD MediaPad this week, giving CommunicAsia goers a hands on look at the 7-inch Android Honeycomb device, running on Qualcomm’s dual-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor. Stay tuned to catch a more in...
Antitrust regulators in the United States have given Apple Inc. (AAPL) the go-ahead to bid on Nortel Networks Corp.'s (NRTLQ) patent portfolio comprised of at least 6,000 patents. The company got the green light following a review at the Justice Department, Bloomberg reports.Though Apple...
Alcatel-LucentRussia: With State Corporation Russian Technologies to develop and manufacture Long Term Evolution (LTE) components customized for the Russian market. The companies will set up a R&D Center in St. Petersburg operated by Alcatel-Lucent RT that will be fully integrated with Alcatel-Lucent's wireless operations....
SINGAPORE – Nokia Siemens Networks says it has given its Liquid Radio architecture a boost by launching a higher power radio module for its Flexi Multiradio Base Station family at CommunicAsia.
In mobile networks, the radio module is the part of the base station that...
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Laird Technologies, design and supply of customized components and systems for advanced electronics and wireless products, announced it has signed SE Spezial-Electronic AG as a distributor in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Poland for its wireless M2M products. Laird Technologies designs a complete line of...
LightSquared continues to draw media attention with competing reports this week claiming the company is close to signing network deals with Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and AT&T Mobility (T).Bloomberg is reporting that LightSquared is in preliminary talks with AT&T Mobility to purchase capacity on...
LightSquared continues to draw media attention with competing reports this week claiming the company is close to signing network deals with Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) and AT&T Mobility (T).Bloomberg is reporting that LightSquared is in preliminary talks with AT&T Mobility to purchase capacity on...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-Lucent Africa: With Microsoft to extend customer management solution to include Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The customer management solution is part of Alcatel-Lucent's Business Support System (BSS) suite which includes customer information systems such as call...
AFL has signed an agreement to acquire TCC Group, a leading telecommunications network implementation and integration provider based in Bracknell, United Kingdom. TCC Group will join the AFL global portfolio to provide communications services to the European market.Tekelec, the mobile broadband solutions company, introduced...
DUBLIN, Ireland — The 2011 TM Forum Excellence Awards Winners were announced today, with Chunghwa Telecom, Telstra Corp., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and Nokia Siemens Networks gaining recognition for what event organizers deemed “impressive new technologies and achievements.”A total of 3,500 senior executives from...
Nokia Siemens Networks | May 10, 2011 | Press Release
Shanghai Unicom, the second-largest mobile operator in Shanghai, has awarded a five-year contract for network maintenance services to Nokia Siemens Networks. As a result, the operator aims to provide uninterrupted, high-quality services while reducing operating...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-Lucent France: With Completel to undertake a major upgrade of its backbone communications network. Completel will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's 100 Gigabit per second (100G) optical technology on new and existing routes to boost network capacity and...
RCR Wireless News is hitting the road next week for Dallas. As with every stop on our global tour, conference series and news desk, our team will engage the mobile community at the local level to better understand the impacts of mobile broadband on...
Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week:Nokia Siemens NetworksRussia: With MegaFon to supply the carrier with core and access networks for the HD voice implementation, which is also a world first for a commercial GSM network. Value: UndisclosedGENBANDSwitzerland: With ImproWare AG, Internet...
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has filed lawsuits in Germany, France, and Hungary against ZTE Corp. for patent and trade mark infringement, alleging ZTE is infringing on Huawei's patents for data card and LTE technologies, and using a Huawei-registered trademark on some of its data...
