OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Fixed-line operators should be concerned about competition from High-Speed Downlink Packet Access technology, according to a report from ABI Research titled, "HSDPA-Mobile Broadband."Trial systems using the technology-which will bump typical transmission speeds up from 300 kilobits per second with UMTS technology to...
Starting Thursday Cingular Wireless will send text messages to all of its 46 million customers, giving them a chance to make $1 or $2 donations to the Asian tsunami disaster relief effort, charges that will appear on their monthly bills.Cingular's offering mirrors that of...
ASHEVILLE, N.C.-Homeland Integrated Security Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it acquired BBI Computer Solutions and a subsidiary C2 of NC Inc. in a stock transaction. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Both companies have become wholly owned subsidiaries of HISS.BBI and C2 develop...
Cingular Wireless and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they completed the first High-Speed Downlink Packet Access data calls using a trial UMTS network deployed by the two companies in the Atlanta area. The companies noted the HSDPA tests delivered sustained over-the-air data rates of more...
Sprint PCS became the first U.S. carrier to offer streaming audio for mobile users last week, launching a radio-like service that delivers short video clips and six channels of streaming audio to subscribers via their handsets. Music Choice Today, which is available to the...
After years of what seemed like endless hype, Bluetooth wireless technology has become a mass-market consumer product technology, having shipped in more than 240 million units with price points of less than $3 per chip. It is the only wireless technology that enables interoperable...
Provigent Inc., which makes system-on-chip solutions for broadband wireless, said its PVG310 single-chip modem is now generally available. The company said the modem uses cross-polarization interface cancellation technology to increase wireless channel capacity. The XPIC technology supports the co-channel dual-polarization operation, which allows simultaneous...
LONDON-Mobile music on demand (MMOD) services will be a $2 billion industry by 2009, but carriers will struggle to cash in on the market, according to a report from Strategy Analytics, Inc. The report indicates that while downloading songs via handsets may become a...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand-4RF Communications, a digital UHF and microwave radio product developer, introduced its new 2 GHz version of its Aprisa XE digital microwave radio transmission system. The system provides transmissions of 100 kilometers or more on a single link, said the company."We've identified...
The world's two most popular consumer electronics devices may soon be combined into one-the mobile TV phone. Behold. Although one is designed for sedentary, passive entertainment and the other for portable, two-way interactions, technology companies the world over are scurrying to build devices that...
L.M. Ericsson said it has won a $370 million contract extension with third-generation wireless carrier 3 to supply core, radio and transmission equipment and related services. The contract covers Sweden, Denmark, Norway and optionally Finland, according to Ericsson. PalmOne Inc. said it opened a...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has won a $370 million contract extension with third-generation wireless carrier 3 to supply core, radio, transmission equipment and related services.The contract covers Sweden, Denmark, Norway and optionally Finland, according to Ericsson."We believe it is our duty as good...
Terrified by the stigma of pornography and despite its revenue-enhancing potential, U.S. carriers continue to keep mobile adult content at arm's length, refusing to offer it through their portals. But that's not stopping wireless users from getting it. There's no question of the worldwide...
Nokia Corp. and U.S. tower firm Crown Castle International Corp. have partnered to bring video services to U.S. mobile users, the companies said Tuesday. In October, the team launched digital video broadcast for handsets (DVB-H) trials in Pittsburgh, transmitting television-type content to mobile devices....
TOKYO-Japanese wireless carrier KDDI announced what it called the first music download service that allows users to download full songs. The new 1x service is called EZ Chaku-uta Full and is scheduled to launch in November.KDDI said the music distribution software for mobile telephones...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed a contract with tele.ring for the expansion of its UMTS network and a service contract extension under a $74 million agreement. The network expansion, including UMTS radio access network and a transmission solution, will result in 50 percent of Austria being...
Nortel Networks said it has appointed Clent Richardson to the post of chief marketing officer. Richardson will lead the company's newly formed global marketing organization responsible for brand development and management, online presence, solutions marketing, advertising, public relations, sponsorships, promotions, community relations, employee communications...
Four years after leaving Microsoft to start their own business, Pete Mansour and Chad Schwitters are coming to market. The co-founders of Sproqit, a mobile software developer, plan to unveil software that allows people using handheld wireless devices to remotely access their desktop computers....
KONIGSWINTER, Germany-At a forum in Germany, Siemens AG tested a mobile network with data rates of up to 360 megabits per second (Mbps) using a combination of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing and multi-hop technology, a new infrastructure concept, the supplier said.Siemens said it previously...
The future of wireless could be the future of most everything. Wireless technology has evolved in leaps and bounds since the first transmission of radio communication signals across the English Channel and then across the Atlantic Ocean a century ago. Wireless technology is being...
It's a bird-it's a plane-it's a Stratellite high-altitude airship that enables wireless communications from the Earth's stratosphere?Sanswire Networks L.L.C.'s vision for a national wireless broadband network began as just that-a vision that wireless high-speed Internet access could be available from anywhere in the world.To...
MAITLAND, Fla.-Two wireless mesh networks were announced yesterday.MeshNetworks Inc. and Cheetah Wireless Technologies Inc. said they have deployed a trial mesh wireless broadband network throughout downtown Las Vegas in conjunction with the Freeway and Arterial System of Transportation organization of Nevada. The city is...
DRESDEN, Germany-Two companies announced High Speed Downlink Packet Access test products yesterday.Radioplan announced a commercial simulation and optimization toolset for W-CDMA's HSDPA technology.WiNeS 3.1 is the latest version of the company's third-generation optimization solution. The new version includes several updated vendor-specific RRM algorithms, import...
LOS ANGELES-SRS Industries Inc. announced it has opened a new cable division.The company provides transmission infrastructure equipment, including harnesses, jumpers, connectors, lugs and a variety of cables in addition to project management, detail engineering, installation and records services.