UMTS

BASINGSTOKE, United Kingdom-Motorola Inc. said it will provide three new handsets later this year to U.K.-based wireless operator 3’s UMTS network. Motorola noted the handsets will take advantage of 3’s …

WASHINGTON-Lockheed Martin Corp. said it is heading a team that will use third-generation wireless technology to build the Mobile User Objective System, an advanced narrowband tactical satellite communications system intended …

Just as the hype over W-CDMA is subsiding, the industry is shifting gears to another protocol. Known as High Speed Downlink Packet Access, the technology is the focus of major …

SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. will provide Vodafone with third-generation wireless data products. Novatel will integrate its Merlin 3G UMTS Wireless PC Card Modems with Vodafone’s Mobile Connect software, allowing Vodafone …

When wireless experts raved about the next big technologies a few years ago, they had Flash-OFDM and UMTS TDD in mind. Both protocols are not only making strides in wide …

Failing to make strong inroads into Europe with its second-generation CDMA offering, Qualcomm Inc. wants to write a different story for UMTS technology. Within a two-week span, the San Diego-based …

LONDON-The contract beat goes on for Nortel Networks Ltd.: one in Europe, another in Russia. Nortel said carrier MmO2 has expanded its infrastructure contract with the vendor for UMTS gear …

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 …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continues to roll out advanced devices and services despite an impending acquisition by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which could be completed by the end of the year. …

LONDON—Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. have agreed to supply U.K. carrier O2 with their wireless UMTS PC card modems known as Merlin U530. This will give the carrier’s …

EDGE and UMTS technologies are both on a roll, says new research. But while EDGE accounts for more deployments, all eyes are on the benefits UMTS can bring. However, CDMA …

LONDON-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Novatel Wireless Inc. have agreed to supply U.K. carrier O2 with their wireless UMTS PC card modems known as Merlin U530. This will give the carrier’s …

OSLO, Norway—Norwegian wireless carrier Telenor said it will have its EDGE upgrade in place by end-2005. The carrier decided to upgrade to EDGE technology earlier this year. “The upgrade has …

POLAND Lucent Technologies Inc. has collaborated with Novatel Wireless to supply third-generation UMTS PC card modems to Polish wireless carrier PTC. The operator said it has received initial shipments of …

DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said T-Mobile USA is trialing its new base station for GSM and UMTS networks that is at once compact and offers high capacity, targeting both business and …

SAN DIEGO-Mobile video applications developer for the security industry Perseus Wireless announced that its commercial and residential customers can now use the company’s PerseusPhone over AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s UMTS …

ALMATY, Kazakhstan-Carrier AKSORAN said it has deployed a broadband technology based on IPWireless’ UMTS TDD technology for businesses and enterprises in nine cities in Kazakhstan, including Atsana, the nation’s capital. …

Regional telecommunications provider Qwest Communications International Inc. expanded its nationwide wireless voice service to residential and small business customers in Las Cruces, Alamogordo and Clovis, N.M. Qwest said customers who …

No longer will EDGE technology belong to the list of protocols with an uncertain future. As some industry experts look at it, EDGE is ramping up in spite of its …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. said it has signed a $100 million contract to supply Libyan carrier General Post and Telecom Co. with GSM/GPRS and UMTS infrastructure and services. Alcatel said this will …

DUSSEDORF, Germany-The average complexity and manufacturing costs of third-generation UMTS handsets have been “substantially reduced” in the past year, according to research from Portelligent Inc. Portelligent said its analysis of …

German wireless operator E-Plus has developed and applied for a patent for a new system to expand its UMTS network called Ultra High Sites, which the carrier said would reduce …

THE HAUG, The Netherlands-German wireless operator E-Plus has developed and applied for a patent for a new system to expand its UMTS network called Ultra High Sites, which the carrier …

DALLAS-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a two-year extension agreement with Dobson Communications to deploy GSM, GPRS and EDGE equipment. This follows Nortel’s completion of Dobson’s EDGE deployments in …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. made good on its commitment to launch UMTS-based services in Dallas and San Diego following the carrier’s previous network launches in July that included Detroit, Phoenix, …