Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has won a contract extension with T-Mobile USA to provide GSM, GPRS, EDGE and packet core wireless data network upgrades and related professional services.The value of the deal was not disclosed, however, Nortel said it is the vendor's largest...
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia-NuevaTel PCS de Bolivia S.A., a Western Wireless subsidiary, launched a new GSM network in Santa Cruz using an infrastructure solution from Nortel Networks Ltd.The new network positions NuevaTel to increase capacity, broaden coverage and offer improved GSM services under the VIVA...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Worldwide sales of local area network switches declined 2 percent during the second quarter, following 13-percent growth during the first quarter, according to IDC's Worldwide LAN Switch QView.Despite the decline, the LAN switch market remains up 23 percent year-over-year. Port shipments were down...
TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. unveiled some of the mysteries regarding its financial performance since the year began, coupling the figures with a restructuring plan that will slash 3,500 jobs, or 10 percent of its staff.The firm also fired seven executives, four of whom had previously...
Nortel Networks Ltd. unveiled some of the mysteries regarding its financial performance since the year began, coupling the figures with a restructuring plan that will slash 3,500 jobs, or 10 percent of its staff.The firm also fired seven executives, four of whom had previously...
A new battle of technologies may be in the offing in the 802.11n arena as 12 key companies have developed a key proposal to counter another one announced last week that is backed by a group of top wireless players.The TGn Sync is a...
TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it received a letter from the Canadian police signaling its intention to begin a criminal investigation of the company's financial situation.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will not be the first to launch an investigation into the company's finances. The U.S....
Is the public-safety community at the forefront of the technology revolution or picking up the rear? It depends on your perspective, who you ask or what day it is.Public safety was one of the first industries to embrace wireless data. CDPD communication was essential...
The board of directors of Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has appointed a special committee to investigate, review and evaluate shareholder complaints about some of its current and former directors and officers.The company, which is still under pressure to wade out of its financial...
With alliances and product rollouts, mesh technology is picking up enough momentum to graduate it from infancy status.Variously described as dynamic and ad hoc, the technology comes across as a technology to solve other technologies' problems, whether in the public-safety, homeland-security, law-enforcement, telematics, home-networking,...
The board of directors of Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has appointed a special committee to investigate, review and evaluate shareholder complaints about some of its current and former directors and officers.The company, which is still under pressure to wade out of its financial...
TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. has announced two agreements about mesh technology, emphasizing the increasing profile of the technology around the world.Nortel entered into agreements with PacketHop Inc. and National Taiwan University. Nortel and PacketHop have agreed to market a mesh solution targeting the $11 billion...
In a picture resembling Nortel Networks Ltd.'s struggles and triumphs, Wireless Facilities Inc. is revising its quarterly results and attracting ratings downgrades just as it rakes in significant contracts and an acquisition.The company said it intends to restate its financial statements from 2000 to...
TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. said its operating cost and gross margins for 2004 have not reached its expectation.In its bi-weekly financial update, the embattled vendor said its operating cost is not below the targeted 40-percent mark, while its gross margins are below the targeted percentage...
The end of the year came early for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the carrier made good on its often-repeated plans to offer high-speed wireless data services before the calendar turned over as it launched what it termed commercial UMTS services in four markets...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian carrier Telstra said it plans to boost network capacity and enable high-speed services in capital cities across the country, using Nortel Networks CDMA2000 1x EV-DO equipment."With CDMA20000 1x EV-DO, Telstra will be in a position to offer Australian businesses mobile broadband, which...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. reinforced its CDMA profile and its place in the heart of Verizon Wireless with a whopping $5 billion contract with the biggest wireless carrier in the United States.The deal, which replaces its agreement in March 2001, jolted the vendor's stock...
As a company that tends to generate most excitement regarding its bottom line, Nokia Corp. for the most part has been unruffled in the recent turbulent seas of the wireless industry. Even when the industry stumbled as in the past few years, the...
MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell said it has agreed to integrate Qualcomm's BREW offering into its CDMA system. This will allow the carrier's customers to access a slew of applications including e-mail, screen savers, games and ring tones on their wireless devices."In Iusacell, we want to...
TORONTO-In its update on the company's financial problems, Nortel Networks Ltd. said business is gaining momentum, and it expects to report a cash balance of approximately $3.6 billion for end-June."I am also pleased with Nortel Networks momentum and continue to expect our revenues in...
Lucent Technologies Inc. reinforced its CDMA profile and its place in the heart of Verizon Wireless with a whopping $5 billion contract with the biggest wireless carrier in the United States.The deal, which replaces its agreement in March 2001, jolted the vendor's stock upward...
WASHINGTON-Nortel Network Corp.'s mounting accounting problems continued last week, as a New York law firm announced it was investigating the Canadian telecom equipment giant for possible violations of the federal statute governing company investments in employee retirement benefit plans. Wechsler Harwood L.L.P. said...
LONDON-Mobile carrier T-Mobile International will deploy intelligent packet core networking equipment from Nortel Networks Ltd. to allow for more flexible mobile-data billing. The value of the agreement was not disclosed.Nortel said it will provide a solution to allow T-Mobile to implement flexible billing options...
Signifying a strategic shift away from infrastructure manufacturing, Nortel Networks Ltd. reached an agreement last week to divest certain production operations and related activities in Canada and Brazil as well as options on its facilities in France and Northern Ireland to Flextronics Inc. for...
