UMTS

The wireless industry should not hold its breath for the coming of CDMA2000 EV-DV technology. Both Qualcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. said they are focusing their immediate attention elsewhere. …

CHATEAUFORT, France-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has partnered with LG Electronics Co. Ltd. to complete what it describes as the industry’s first live test calls using a commercial handset for …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-GSM subscribers more than doubled in the Western Hemisphere during 2004, according to 3G Americas. In the Americas from December 2003 to December 2004, GSM added more than 59 …

PARIS-Nortel Network Ltd. made two infrastructure-related announcements. Nortel said Orange Slovensko has launched a high-data-rate business and consumer service in Slovakia based on EDGE gear from Nortel. The service is …

While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has introduced a UMTS play into the picture: Enter UMTS450 technology. The company describes UMTS450 as a …

SUWON, Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. jumped into the push-to-do-everything arena with the company’s demonstration of what it calls its PTA (push-to-all) solution. Samsung said the technology combines existing push-to-talk one-to-multi-user …

PARIS-Nortel Network Ltd. made two infrastructure-related announcements Thursday. Nortel said Orange Slovensko has launched a high-data-rate business and consumer service in Slovakia based on EDGE gear from Nortel. The service …

LISBON, Portugal-Motorola Inc. said it is providing a trial UMTS network for TMN on the island of Madeira. The vendor will provide the equipment and managed services, according to Motorola. …

While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has brought UMTS technology into the spectrum battle. Enter UMTS450 technology. The company describes it as a …

In the juggling act between GSM and W-CDMA, dilemma is beautiful. But it is a terrible kind of beauty because both vendors and carriers must decide how much of their …

CANNES, France-Two global carriers announced contracts for content charging systems last week. Lucent Technologies Inc. and NetSpira Networks said they have provided Singapore’s MobileOne Ltd. with a content-based online charging …

CANNES, France-Two global carriers announced contracts for content charging systems Tuesday. Lucent Technologies Inc. and NetSpira Networks said they have provided Singapore’s MobileOne Ltd. with a content-based online charging system …

Building the network for a single-service protocol provided its own challenges. GSM, despite its worldwide acceptance, had to work out a profitable model. That compelled carriers to determine what kind …

SEOUL, South Korea-Four companies have announced what they describe as the world’s first UMTS/EDGE smart-phone reference design based on the Linux operating system. The companies include Infineon Technologies Inc., Samsung …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments will use the 3GSM World Congress as a platform to showcase its “All in One Entertainment” platform, the company said Thursday. TI plans to tout its new OMAP2420 …

SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless said it has begun commercially shipping its HSDPA chipset with inherent advantages of its TD-CDMA technology. The company said the chipset works in plug-and-play PCMCIA cards and …

OTTAWA, Ontario-SiGe Semiconductor Inc. launched a Global Positioning System receiver system for cellular phones. The SE8901 GPS receiver works with GSM, GPRS, EDGE and UMTS phones. The receiver integrated circuit …

Few carriers have put as much strain on their technology personnel over the past several years as Cingular Wireless L.L.C. From its beginnings as the merged wireless operations of BellSouth …

Verizon Wireless rolled out its consumer-focused high-speed data service last week with the launch of VCast, offering a slew of video-on-demand and gaming options to subscribers with compatible phones in …

DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. said it signed a $133 million contract with Thai carrier TA Orange to upgrade the operator’s GSM/GPRS network with EDGE and UMTS technology. The carrier plans to deploy …

ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra-Wireless carrier Servei de Telecomunicacions d’Andorra, which operates in the European country of Andorra, selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide a UMTS network. Nortel did not disclose …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In its second W-CDMA contract announcement in a week, L.M. Ericsson said Connex, a wireless operator in Romania, has selected the Swedish vendor to supply gear for its W-CDMA …

VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria said Thursday it will incorporate EDGE technology to expand its UMTS network coverage. The carrier said it currently has UMTS coverage across 60 percent of Austria’s population, …

T-Mobile International AG announced a “savings and efficiency program” that will see the European carrier slash 2,200 jobs and reduce its handset range in Europe by almost half. The program, …

ANDORRA LA VELLA, Andorra-Wireless carrier Servei de Telecomunicacions d’Andorra, which operates in the European country of Andorra, selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to provide a UMTS network. Nortel did not disclose …