Welcome to a special CTIA edition of Hedgehogging by RCRNews.com Online Editor Mike Dano. To read more of Dano's columns, visit RCRNews.com and click on "Worst of the Week."
So as far as I can tell, one of the big issues at this year's...
ORLANDO, Fla.-A quick evaluation of the comments and announcements streaming from the world's largest infrastructure providers offers evidence that the market is getting wider and more complicated-and that the field may belong to only the largest contenders."This is exciting times," said L.M. Ericsson CEO...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. CellularBrazil: L.M. Ericsson said it won a contract to...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. CellularBangladesh: Motorola Inc. said it won a four-year, full-operations...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors CIBC World Markets lowered its estimates on Motorola Inc. after the company significantly lowered guidance for the first quarter. For...
After delaying the filing of its annual financial reports for 2006, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced that despite a 10-percent increase in revenues from the same period a year ago, it suffered a net loss of $80 million in its fourth-quarter results. Executives were pleased...
The hits just keep coming for Nortel Networks Ltd., this time from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC last week filed civil fraud charges against four former executives at the company for repeatedly engaging in accounting fraud to bridge gaps between the network-equipment...
CDMA pioneer Qualcomm Inc. sat atop a busy week-with many more likely to come-as the company made moves in its legal battle with Broadcom Corp., stirred up the dust in a separate matter with Nokia Corp., and negotiated a new cross-licensing deal with Nortel...
Nortel Networks Ltd. just keeps taking the hits, this time from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC has filed civil fraud charges against four former executives at the company for repeatedly engaging in accounting fraud to bridge gaps between the network-equipment maker's true...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. CellularAustria, Bulgaria, Croatia and Liechthenstein: L.M. Ericsson said it...
In less than a month Nortel Networks Ltd. has lost its chief financial officer, paid out $2.4 billion in cash and stock to settle shareholder lawsuits stemming from accounting errors, announced it will be cutting 9 percent of its workforce, and now is delaying...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier Standard & Poor's Ratings Services revised its outlook on SunCom Wireless Holdings to positive from negative after it reached an agreement with bondholders to...
Nortel Networks Ltd. announced it will cut 2,900 jobs and shift an additional 1,000 positions to "lower-cost" locations, moves designed to boost the network-equipment maker's profits."These are tough but necessary measures, and we recognize the impact they will have on affected employees," Nortel CEO...
Nortel Networks Ltd. announced that Peter Currie will step down as chief financial officer of the telecom equipment maker, effective April 30. The latest setback for the company comes on the heels of a recently finalized payout of more than $2.4 billion in cash...
Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a wide-ranging agreement with software giant Microsoft Corp. to cash in on the potential for unified communications, which the company said would "break down barriers between voice, e-mail, instant messaging, multimedia conferencing and other forms of communication.""Nortel Global Services provide...
Just as 2006 came to a close, so too did Nortel Networks Ltd.'s sale of its UMTS radio access business to Alcatel-Lucent. The $320 million purchase closed on Dec. 31, 2006, after regulatory approvals.Approximately 1,700 of Nortel's UMTS employees moved to Alcatel-Lucent as part...
A $2.25 billion global settlement reached between Nortel Networks Ltd. and its shareholders was given final approval in federal court this week. The parties reached the agreement earlier this year to settle a pair of shareholder lawsuits filed after the company revised its financial...
Government enterprise software firm Accela Inc. reported a partnership with Nortel Networks Ltd. to deliver municipal wireless network products and services.Calif.-based Accela said its mobile inspection management application, called Accela Wireless, will be included in Nortel's muni Wi-Fi solution. Accela explained that its mobile...
Christmas came a little early for Nortel Networks Ltd. in the form of a $2 billion contract from Verizon Wireless for CDMA equipment and related services as the carrier beefs up its network capacity and footprint in the face of increasing data and video...
Verizon Wireless has introduced its first EV-DO Revision A device, a PC card that will be in stores by mid-January. The Sierra Wireless AirCard 595 is already available online and through Verizon Wireless' business sales channels. The card costs $100 after a $50 rebate,...
ZTE USA Inc. signed a contract to supply ClearTalk Wireless with its all-IP CDMA2000 platform for third-generation voice, data and multimedia services.ClearTalk said it plans to offer 3G services in select markets within the five states where the company operates wireless networks. To date,...
Nortel Networks Ltd. landed a mobile WiMAX network supply deal in Taiwan, a trial in Japan, and a chip contract in Israel.
The company-which launched its WiMAX portfolio in October at the WiMAX World trade show and was hawking its new offering as 4G mobile...
First OFDMA and now MIMO. Qualcomm Inc.'s acquisition of Airgo Networks and its Multiple-Input, Multiple-Out technology, as well as the company's previous purchase of Flarion Technologies Inc., position Qualcomm to play big in future wireless broadband.The behemoth San Diego-based chipmaker last week announced it...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Cellular Italy: Nokia Corp. said it signed a three-year...
