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Nortel to supply EV-DO gear in Trinidad & Tobago

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago-Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. announced plans to launch third-generation mobile broadband services in Trinidad and Tobago to residential and commercial customers via Nortel Networks Ltd.'s CDMA2000 1x and 1x EV-DO wireless technologies. Trinidad and Tobago is a West...

Leap, Alaska Native move forward with EV-DO plans in new markets

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. and its joint-venture partner Alaska Native Broadband 1 License L.L.C. reported a pair of contracts with Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. to supply CDMA2000 1x EV-DO infrastructure in existing markets and new markets that Leap and ANB...

Nortel to supply EV-DO gear in Trinidad & Tobago

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago-Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. announced plans to launch third-generation mobile broadband services in Trinidad and Tobago to residential and commercial customers via Nortel Networks Ltd.'s CDMA2000 1X and 1x EV-DO wireless technology.Trinidad and Tobago is a West Indian...

Lucent forges manufacturing pact with Celestica

WASHINGTON-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it signed a three-year agreement with electronics manufacturing services company Celestica Corp., giving Celestica exclusive rights to manufacture Lucent's existing and new wireless products, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. "The agreement with Celestica is part of our...

SK Telecom selects LG/Nortel gear for HSDPA rollout

SEOUL, Korea-SK Telecom, Korea's largest mobile services provider, selected LG Electronics Co. Ltd. and Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide equipment to support new high-speed wireless broadband services throughout southern Korea. SK Telecom's commercial launch of UMTS services in Pusan, Korea's second-largest city, and the...

China could issue 3G permits in 2006

The latest consensus puts China's third-generation licenses on track for release in the first half of next year-a move that would finally open up the world's largest wireless market to 3G technology spending. It's an issue that has dogged the worldwide wireless industry for...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

Lucent signs manufacturing agreement with Celestica

Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it signed a three-year agreement with electronics manufacturing services company Celestica Corp. giving Celestica exclusive rights to manufacture Lucent's existing and new wireless products, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing."The agreement with Celestica is part of our effort...

Nortel reorganizes into 2 product units, 4 regional teams

Nortel Networks Ltd. is reorganizing, forming two new product groups and four regional teams to strengthen its enterprise focus, drive product efficiencies and deliver global services. Nortel said the new alignment includes two product groups each led by its own president-Enterprise Solutions & Packet...

Nortel announces reorganization

Nortel Networks Ltd. announced its is reorganizing, forming two new product groups and four regional teams to strengthen its enterprise focus, drive product efficiencies and deliver global services. Nortel said the new alignment includes two product groups each led by its own president-Enterprise Solutions...

CTI Movil selects Nortel gear for expansion

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-CTI Movil is moving ahead with its GSM wireless network expansion in Argentina using Nortel Networks Ltd. broadband solutions. The value of the deal was not disclosed. Phase one of the expansion began in late 2004 and added 360 base stations, which...

Nortel plans African wireless broadband network

LONDON-Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a plan to build a wireless broadband network in an African community, allowing the company to highlight the "positive impact of communications networks on healthcare, education and economic development." Nortel said the network likely would use CDMA technology in the...

Weekly wireless ratings wrap-up

The following information includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.

Nortel partners with Intel, Airspan on WiMAX: First trials, commercial equipment set for 2006

Nortel Networks Ltd. announced its market strategy for WiMAX product development, saying it has formed alliances with Intel Corp. for mobile WiMAX and Airspan Networks Inc. for fixed WiMAX development. Nortel said these new alliances will complement WiMAX work already under way with LG...

Nortel/LG to supply HSDPA gear to Korea’s KTF

SEOUL, Korea-Nortel Networks Ltd. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. have won contracts to provide broadband wireless communications for KTF, Korea's second-largest wireless carrier. Nortel said it will provide High-Speed Downlink Packet Access-based access equipment, while LG will furnish a UMTS core network solution.The deal...

Telefonica Moviles launches EV-DO in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY-Telefonica Moviles said it launched its third-generation service in Guatemala using CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology from Nortel Networks Corp.Telefonica signed a contract with Nortel in May to supply the equipment.In addition to offering its customers Web browsing and video and music download services,...

Nortel to supply Coral’s Hawaiian 1x network

Nortel Networks Ltd. is going to Hawaii as the sole infrastructure supplier for Coral Wireless, a new mobile operator planning to launch an unlimited-use wireless voice and data network in early 2006. Nortel will build a network based on CDMA2000 1x infrastructure on the...

Nortel forms infrastructure JV with Korea’s LG

Nortel Networks Ltd. renewed its Asian presence Wednesday as it signed a joint-venture deal with LG Electronics Co. Ltd., forming LG Nortel Co. Ltd., a company that combines the telecom infrastructure business of LG with the distribution and service business of Nortel in South...

Sprint Nextel to use media to differentiate

Bolstered by a relatively speedy and uneventful approval process and a new ticker symbol that began trading on the New York Stock Exchange last week, Sprint Nextel Corp. said it is in position to become a differentiated wireless provider focused on providing advanced services...

Wireless vendors to enjoy sales jump in near term, says research firm

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Boosted by continued deployments of third-generation networks, wireless network infrastructure providers are expected to see sales jump more than 66 percent during the next several years from $60.7 billion in 2004 to more than $100 billion in 2011, according to a report...

Nortel forms infrastructure JV with Korea’s LG

Nortel Networks Ltd. renewed its Asian presence Wednesday as it signed a joint-venture deal with LG Electronics Co. Ltd., forming LG Nortel Co. Ltd., a company that combines the telecom infrastructure business of LG with the distribution and service business of Nortel in South...

Nortel enjoys 2Q turnaround

Nortel Networks Ltd. seems to have emerged from under a financial cloud that has haunted it in recent years. The company recorded net earnings of $45 million, or 1 cent per share, during the second quarter. The results are in sharp contrast to the...

Nortel to upgrade Angolan network to EV-DO

LUANDA, Angola-Movicel, an African CDMA provider, has selected Nortel to upgrade its wireless broadband network to CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology in Angola.Movicel has 350,000 subscribers and expects the upgrade to boost capacity of its MoviNet service and supply nationwide demand for wireless data services...

Groups reach compromise on 802.11 standard

DENVER-Wi-Fi technology should take another step forward now that a joint proposal is under way for the 802.11n wireless standards proposal. Representatives from TGn Synch, WWiSE and MitMot decided at an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. task group meeting in San Francisco...