WASHINGTON—A telematics provider warned the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday that FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s numbers-based approach to finance the universal-service fund would not survive a court challenge and it used language from a previous appeals court decision on USF to bolster its claims. ATX...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission should require carriers to identify traffic and pass along identifications as the call moves through the network, but not require carriers to use a technical fix favored by mid-sized wireline carriers that larger wireline and wireless carriers believe is outmoded,...
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.Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News.CellularBangladesh:...
WASHINGTON-Network neutrality has emerged as a key sticking point in the debate regarding a scaled-backed communications draft bill-tentatively dubbed the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006-released by the House Commerce Committee late last month. Network neutrality generally refers to the ability 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.Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News.CellularChina:...
WASHINGTON—Network Neutrality has emerged as a key sticking point in the debate regarding a scaled-backed communications draft bill released by the House Commerce Committee Monday. Network neutrality generally refers to the ability to run any lawful application or connect any lawful device to the...
WASHINGTON—The House Commerce Committee released a draft of its communications bill, a somewhat limited piece of legislation that focuses on franchising efforts, but does not address some key areas of telecom reform. The measure does not address universal service or federal pre-emption of wireless...
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.Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News.Cellular Germany...
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.Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News. CellularUkraine:...
Nokia Corp. announced that its HSDPA network equipment has been launched by T-Mobile International Inc. in Hanover, Germany, during the CeBIT 2006 conference. Later in the year, the service is expected to be rolled out in England and the Netherlands. T-Mobile's HSDPA plans are...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular and Wi-Fi industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. CellularBrazil: Motorola Inc. said it has been selected by Vivo to...
ESPOO, Finland—Nokia Corp. announced that its HSDPA network equipment has been launched by T-Mobile International Inc. in Hanover, Germany during the CeBIT 2006 conference. Later in the year, the service is expected to be rolled out in England and the Netherlands.T-Mobile’s HSDPA plans are...
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. CellularMalta: Nortel Networks said it is providing EDGE technology to...
Technological advances promised just a few years ago either already have been launched or are well on their way to becoming commercial services, as demonstrated by the breadth of high-tech announcements at the recent 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona. Whether it's IMS, VoIP, location-based...
WASHINGTON-The Department of Transportation is embarking on a two-year, $11-million pilot project to develop a next-generation 911 system as the agency explores various technology advances. Jenny Hansen, project coordinator and a DoT consultant on the Next Generation 911 Initiative, told the Congressional Enhanced 911...
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. CellularCanada: Nortel Networks said it is supplying equipment to Aliant...
WASHINGTON—The Department of Transportation is embarking on a two-year, $11-million pilot project to develop a next-generation 911 system as the agency explores various technology advances.Jenny Hansen, project coordinator and a DoT consultant on the Next Generation 911 Initiative, told the Congressional Enhanced 911 Caucus...
So you've got a wireless Internet-enabled phone and a laptop computer. Phone lines connect computers to the Internet, right? So you should be able to use the phone to get your computer onto the Internet, right? Well, sort of. Some wireless users have found...
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: L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to supply HSDPA hardware...
MotorolaMotorola Inc. named Hamid Ahmadi its first chief architect, with responsibility for developing a unified architectural framework and leading strategic hardware and software architecture planning across all business units. Ahmadi will report to Padmasree Warrior, the company's executive vice president and chief technology officer....
Welcome to a new weekly feature at RCR Wireless News! Every week we will collect all the important equipment agreements across the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries, plus any others that catch our fancy. We hope you enjoy it! The following list details infrastructure...
European telecom vendors reported strong earnings based largely on increasing sales of wireless equipment. L.M. Ericsson posted $1.1 billion in net income for the fourth quarter, a 52-percent increase from the $738 million the company reported for the same quarter of 2004. "We have...
SARASOTA, Fla.-XG Technology L.L.C. announced it hired the London office of Credit Suisse as a strategic adviser as the company prepares to launch its xMAX technology. The company says xMAX is a modulation and encoding technology that improves the transmission of radio-frequency signals in...
FREMONT, Ca.-Verizon Wireless is shutting down its low-speed CDPD wireless data network, according to mobile resource management company @Road. "Based on recent communications with Verizon Wireless and observations of service availability on the Verizon Wireless CDPD network, the company believes that Verizon Wireless is...
