NEW ORLEANS-Both Nortel Networks Ltd. and Motorola Inc. made infrastructure announcements at the CTIA Wireless 2005 show in New Orleans meant to increase Verizon Wireless' wireless-data capabilities. Nortel will begin live trials with Verizon Wireless next year on CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A technology,...
DALLAS-The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency (WWiSE) consortium, one of two competing groups offering a proposal to IEEE for 802.11n technology, gained another heavy hitter Friday as Nokia Corp. switched its support to the group.Motorola Inc. joined the WWiSE group last month.Nokia previously had been...
HANNOVER, Germany-Four wireless infrastructure suppliers announced contract wins with carriers around the world.Lucent Technologies Inc. said it won a contract with T-Systems and Caymanone to provide a third-generation network in the Cayman Islands.The 1x EV-DO network will enable Caymanone to provide mobile data services...
Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has reached what it described as a milestone in a demonstration of OFDM and MIMO technologies, with speeds that transcend current third-generation capabilities. The company said the combined technologies can support twice as many subscribers as OFDM alone, adding...
Motorola Inc. has thrown its weight behind one of two main standard proposals being developed for 802.11n technology. The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency consortium said it has harmonized its technical proposals with Motorola, which had developed a separate one. This will result in an...
TORONTO-The board of directors of Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has announced executive changes as part of its move to strengthen its leadership.Bill Owens remains chief executive officer, but he will also take on the position of vice chairman. He drops the president function...
CHATEAUFORT, France-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has partnered with LG Electronics Co. Ltd. to complete what it describes as the industry's first live test calls using a commercial handset for High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology.Both companies described the demonstration as creating "supercharged" broadband...
TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it will file its unaudited financial statements for the third quarter of 2004 and the unaudited financial statements for 2004 by the end of April.The company also indicated it had about $3.7 billion in cash at the end of last...
PARIS-Nortel Network Ltd. made two infrastructure-related announcements. Nortel said Orange Slovensko has launched a high-data-rate business and consumer service in Slovakia based on EDGE gear from Nortel. The service is positioned as an alternative to fixed broadband Internet access solutions.The first of the EDGE...
Motorola Inc. has thrown its weight behind one of two main standard proposals being developed for 802.11n technology.The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency consortium said it has harmonized its technical proposals with Motorola, which had developed a separate one. This will result in an enhanced...
PARIS-Nortel Network Ltd. made two infrastructure-related announcements Thursday.Nortel said Orange Slovensko has launched a high-data-rate business and consumer service in Slovakia based on EDGE gear from Nortel. The service is positioned as an alternative to fixed broadband Internet access solutions.The first of the EDGE...
WASHINGTON-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it is providing the U.S. Navy with a mobile communications system for humanitarian relief efforts in areas of Indonesia affected by the tsunami disaster.The Nortel system will be used by Navy and medical personnel from the hospital ship USNS Mercy,...
In the juggling act between GSM and W-CDMA, dilemma is beautiful.But it is a terrible kind of beauty because both vendors and carriers must decide how much of their resources to devote to GSM without jeopardizing the promise of W-CDMA.Today, GSM provides the main...
Lucent Technologies Inc. said its shareholders have given the vendor the go-ahead to adopt a reverse stock split with a view to boosting its share price. It is the third consecutive year shareholders have approved a reverse stock split, but the U.S.-based vendor has...
CANNES, France-Nortel Networks Ltd. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have intensified the momentum for Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems.Lucent said it has integrated six Bell Labs-developed software technologies into its IMS solution. Nortel said it is partnering with a group of technology players anchored by IBM...
SINGAPORE-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has completed the transfer of its manufacturing operations and other assets in Montreal to Flextronics.The related assets include product integration, testing, repair and logistics operations of Nortel Systems House in Montreal."This step moves us closer to completing the journey...
2 Sprint PCS affiliates select Nortel for 1x Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has won wireless infrastructure contracts from two carriers, Horizon PCS Inc. and iPCS inc.Under a four-year, estimated $14 million deal, Nortel will replace Horizon's existing CDMA network in Ohio, Indiana and...
TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. has filed a lawsuit against its former chief executive and two other executives, asking them to repay bonuses they received in 2003.In the filing with the Ontario Supreme Court of Justice, Nortel is seeking for CEO Frank Dunn to return about...
DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has won wireless infrastructure contracts from two carriers, Horizon PCS Inc. and iPCS inc.Under a four-year, estimated $14 million deal, Nortel will replace Horizon's existing CDMA network in Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee with 1x for voice and data, according...
The beatings on Sierra Wireless Inc. continue. Just a week after the company released dismal first-quarter expectations, a law firm filed suit against the company, alleging the wireless modem maker misled investors and essentially mismanaged its business.Sierra Wireless said it had not yet seen...
MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Alcatel Corp., Huawei Technologies, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Ltd. have joined the TeleManagement Forum's Co-operative Open OSS Project, which is designed to improve interoperability and simplify deployment of mobile network management systems.The four companies join existing members of the project, including...
Nortel Networks Ltd. brought some good news to its investors by announcing a profit in its first-half 2004 financial results.The first- and second-quarter results sent up its shares.In the first quarter, the company recorded a net income of $59 million, or 1 cent a...
Although Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is racing to launch a UMTS/HSDPA network in 15 to 20 markets by the end of this year, the carrier probably will face slim pickings when it comes to phones capable of taking advantage of its shiny new network. None...
SEOUL, South Korea-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has entered into a joint venture with LG Electronics Co. Ltd. to provide telecom equipment and networking solutions to markets in Korea and other parts of the world. The deal is expected to be completed in the...
