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TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Starent Networks Corp. said Virgin Mobile USA has chosen its data access gateway for enhanced data and content-based billing. The product, known as Starent ST16, will be a CDMA2000 …

TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Starent Networks said it has signed a contract with China Unicom to provide infrastructure to address its added subscriber base, using its ST16 equipment on the intelligent edge. “These …

As softswitch technology continues to upstage circuit-based standards, some new companies have launched forays into the space. They do not look forward to dueling the big players like Nortel Networks …

Alcatel Corp. said it has acquired gateway company WaterCove Networks to reinforce its core network portfolio. Watercove makes GPRS gateway support node (GGSN) products, which enhance a network’s capacity to …

DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. said it has acquired gateway company WaterCove Networks to reinforce its core network portfolio. Watercove makes GPRS gateway support node (GGSN) products, which enhances a network’s capacity to …

Succeeding with a business partner in China is not always about great business acumen. Sometimes, it boils down to opening a taste bud for a snake delicacy. Two companies, Analog …

Suddenly, wireless firms have found their appetite for acquiring other companies. In the past few months, industry has witnessed a rash of acquisitions, negating the trend of a few years …

TEWSKBURY, Mass.-U.S. Cellular said it has selected Starent Networks Corp. to provide key infrastructure for its core data network, using the Starent ST16 Intelligent Media Gateway. The air interface protocol …

One of the big riddles with open standards is that not all of those who swear by the principle believe in it. Unless, of course, it works in their favor. …

The hype is data, but the reality is voice. It often comes in the language of converged services or unified platforms, but the inability of data to pick up rapid …

TEWKSBURY, Mass.-SK Telecom said it has awarded its network certification to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd for the Samsung access gateway, called the Starent ST16 Intelligent Mobile Gateway. “The SK Telecom …

Finnish company Comptel Corp. said it won a global contract with Telefonica Moviles for Comptel’s mediation and provisioning software. Under the agreement, Comptel’s technology will be available to all companies …

Starent Networks calls its solution voice instant messaging-with emphasis on the word “instant,” thereby distinguishing itself from the prominent voice solutions already in the marketplace, including push-to-talk service and more …

In the sweepstakes of third-generation (3G) contracts, smaller equipment vendors hope to outplay the bigger names by taking advantage of their product strengths and delays in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System …

NEW ORLEANS-Starent Networks Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said they have partnered to deliver next-generation infrastructure solutions for W-CDMA carriers. Terms of the agreement call for Starent to supply …

TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Starent Networks Corp. said it has signed a multimillion-dollar contract to supply a key data networks solution for China Unicom. “This is a huge win for Starent Networks. The …

BEIJING—Recently China’s Putian Information Technology Research Academy, the United States’ Starent and Canada’s Telos signed a framework agreement to establish a joint research lab to develop a W-CDMA core network …

TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts, United States—Hoping to take advantage of the growth potential in China, U.S.-based Starent Networks signed a deal with Eastern Communications Company to provide its next-generation wireless infrastructure equipment …