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Cable & Wireless launches first Caribbean GPRS network

KINGSTON, Jamaica-Cable & Wireless Jamaica has become the first Cable & Wireless Caribbean operation to begin GPRS service, according to a statement from technology provider Nortel Networks Ltd. The operator is the first of 12 planned deployments of GPRS technology across the region.The new...

Ericsson to upgrade T-Mobile USA

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-T-Mobile USA Inc. signed a $500 million contract with L.M. Ericsson to expand and upgrade its wireless network to support GPRS and EDGE data services.The deal calls for Ericsson to deploy GSM, GPRS and EDGE radio access equipment and associated services in two...

T-Mobile contracts with Ericsson for GPRS, EDGE expansion

T-Mobile USA Inc. signed a $500 million contract with L.M. Ericsson to expand and upgrade its wireless network to support GPRS and EDGE data services.The deal calls for Ericsson to deploy GSM, GPRS and EDGE radio access equipment and associated services in two new...

Lucent gets mixed reviews from analysts

Two firms released different ratings on wireless vendor Lucent Technologies Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities maintained a hold rating, while Independent Research Group upgraded Lucent from sell to neutral.In a research note, DBS analyst George Notter attributed the rating to expected weak second-quarter sales owing...

As penetration rises, emerging markets look attractive

Turning wireless services from novelty to normal has engaged wireless players focusing on the emerging markets in the world.While advanced economies of North America, Western Europe and Japan grapple with saturation or near-saturation issues owing to preponderant adoption across social classes, emerging markets are...

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Orange plc formed an alliance with Motorola Inc. for a range of devices tailored to the Orange brand that will be available in the second half of the year. The Motorola V500 and V600 handsets will include flip screens, Bluetooth, integrated cameras, full-color browsers,...

IPWireless demos solution for UMTS spectrum

LONDON-IPWireless has completed interoperability and co-existence testing between UMTS TDD (TD-CDMA) and UMTS FDD (W-CDMA) networks at Nortel Networks' wireless headquarters in Chateaufort, France.IPWireless said the test demonstrated that the third-generation UMTS standards can co-exist in the same cell site and interface together as...

Nortel to upgrade Antigua network

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua-Nortel Networks said it has signed a contract with Antigua Public Utilities Authority PCS to deploy a GPRS network for the carrier.The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed."Under a new supply agreement, Nortel Networks will implement its complete wireless data...

IPWireless demos solution for UMTS unpaired spectrum

LONDON-IPWireless has completed interoperability and co-existence testing between UMTS TDD (TD-CDMA) and UMTS FDD (W-CDMA) networks at Nortel Networks' wireless headquarters in Chateaufort, France.IPWireless said the test demonstrated that the third-generation UMTS standards can co-exist in the same cell site and interface together as...

Nortel supplies gear for Cingular network migration

DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. reported it is the primary provider of Home Location Register infrastructure for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s ongoing migration to GSM/GPRS/EDGE technologies. Nortel said the HLR technology is designed to track and manage individual subscriber information that is needed for the network to...

Vendors choose sides on base station initiatives

Barely nine months after Nokia Corp. led a base-station interoperability initiative, L.M. Ericsson and other major infrastructure vendors have countered with a new one, indicating a tension in that sector.The new initiative, known as the Common Public Radio Interface, also includes Siemens AG, Huawei...

Hu’s jello problem

China has a different take on the great experiment. The Asian giant wants all the economic benefits of Western-style capitalism without the political baggage of democratic reform. China wants a serious role on the world stage, with all the stately recognition and assumed legitimacy...

Cisco may conquer WLAN before battle even starts

Battle won, even before the first shot is fired.Early in the life of the technology, industry analysts and players already regard Cisco Systems Inc. as the big tree in the wireless local area network jungle.Leveraging its channels and products in the wired market, Cisco...

Major vendors to cooperate on base station subsystems

Some major vendors have come together to form a new industry cooperation known as the Common Public Radio Interface to allow members to make base station subsystems that can work with each other.The vendors involved include L.M. Ericsson, Huawei Technologies Inc., NEC Corp., Nortel...

Nortel to supply Orange NL with optical backbone

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it will provide optical technology as the backbone for Orange Netherlands' GSM/GPRS wireless network, which already includes Nortel Networks equipment."Our initial aim was to drive reduced operational costs by replacing a large portion of our current leased-line network...

Propagate releases Wi-Fi optimization software

ACTON, Mass.-Propagate Networks Inc. released its flagship AutoCell software, which controls 802.11 environments to make wireless local area networks self organizing and self optimizing."If wired Ethernet switches worked the way 802.11 APs do today, IT would need to reconfigure the network every time they...

Midwest Wireless launches 1st phase of 1x network

MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network, spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier's total operational area and two-thirds of its licenses' potential customers.Nortel Networks Ltd., which provided the...

O2 inks MVNO pact with supermarket, hires Lucent to deploy UMTS service

LONDON-Tesco, one of the United Kingdom's major supermarket chains, announced plans to launch its own mobile service in partnership with MmO2.The supermarket will offer branded mobile services to the consumer market based on MmO2's network via its stores countrywide. The 50:50 joint venture is...

Cingular to offer shared calling with parents, readies EDGE launch

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will partner with its parent companies SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. to offer residential customers a single bucket of share-calling minutes between their wireline and wireless phones later this year. Cingular said the MinuteShare service would include a...

Tecnomen prepaid system interoperable with Nortel GSM gear

RICHARDSON, Texas-Tecnomen Inc. said its prepaid solution has achieved interoperability approval from Nortel Networks based on GSM infrastructure equipment tests.Tecnomen's intelligent network supports CAMEL Phase 2 prepaid mobile termination and origination."Camel Phase 2 access mechanism is a natural add-on to Tecnomen Prepaid's multiprotocol environment,...

Lucent wins MmO2 UMTS contract

In a significant contract win, Lucent Technologies Inc. will provide MmO2 with UMTS gear, including packet technology and services for voice and data.Many industry watchers had counted out Lucent as a UMTS contender in Europe, and the announcement reinforces the view that the move...

Midwest Wireless launches first phase of cdma2000 1x network

Midwest Wireless launched the first phase of its cdma2000 1x network spanning 68 counties in Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin and covering more than 50 percent of the carrier's total operational area and two-thirds of its licenses' potential customers.Nortel Networks Ltd., which provided the CDMA...

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AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to plan, design and deliver a GSM/GPRS core wireless data network for CBW's planned overlay of its existing TDMA network covering portions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Nortel said that with the...

Cincinnati Bell chooses Nortel for network enhancements

DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to plan, design and deliver a GSM/GPRS core wireless data network for CBW's planned overlay of its existing TDMA network covering portions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.Nortel said that with the win,...