ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it won a two-year contract to upgrade Hong Kong's mass transit railway underground communications network with third-generation wireless technology. The UMTS system will allow passengers with wireless devices to use multimedia and information services while traveling within the system.
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will begin deploying a UMTS/HSDPA-based network next year with plans to cover most major markets by the end of 2006. The carrier noted the network would provide network speeds of between 400 and 700 kilobits per second, which is...
Like a cat with full jaws and claws, GSM technology does not need to proclaim its strengths. The numbers tell the story. Up to 1.18 billion subscribers place and receive calls over GSM networks around the world, almost 10 times the next-largest competitor, CDMA...
TEL AVIV, Israel-Test solutions companies Radcom Ltd. and Comarco Inc. said they will collaborate on a next-generation testing solution.The solution will integrate Comarco's Seven.Five radio-frequency technology with Radcom's Cellular Expert solution for service monitoring of 2.5- and third-generation networks, including GPRS, UMTS and CDMA2000,...
HONG KONG-Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said it became the first Chinese vendor to make third-generation handsets with the launch of three new UMTS devices at the 3G World Congress & Exhibition. Huawei will add the 3G devices to batch production early next year, and...
FREMONT, Calif.-The Global UMTS TDD Alliance announced today that several new operators and vendors have joined the organization, pushing the group past the 50-member milestone in less than nine months since its inception. The alliance also formed a subcommittee to address and advance global...
SANTA ANA, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. announced a global supplier agreement for UMTS infrastructure equipment available to all Vodafone Group plc subsidiaries worldwide. This agreement enables local Vodafone companies around the world to purchase Powerwave products and services negotiated at a global level. "We are...
HONG KONG-Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. said it became the first Chinese vendor to make third-generation handsets with the launch of three new UMTS devices at the 3G World Congress & Exhibition.Huawei will add the 3G devices to batch production early next year, and the...
Wireless carrier Mobile One announced trials of three different U.S.-developed technologies for wireless high-speed data access for its subscribers. Singapore-based M1, which has more than 1.1 million subscribers, 500,000 of which are GPRS users, has started technical trials of wireless broadband technologies that allow...
Like an unquiet ghost, Nortel Networks Ltd.'s financial woes keep haunting its other pursuits. Since its financial inconsistencies snagged the spotlight, its contract wins and technology strides have been shadowed by new revelations regarding its accounting errors.When it was not a new firing, it...
Less than a week after it launched a media blitz to boost its image, Nortel Networks Ltd. postponed yet again the release of its financial statements, underlining the company's challenges to steer out of the crisis that has taken its toll in high-level firings...
LOS ANGELES-Twentieth Century Fox studio announced Wednesday that it will create a series of one-minute dramas based on the hit show "24" specifically for mobile users with Vodafone Group plc.Vodafone, the world's biggest operator, will begin offering the video content in the United Kingdom...
Wireless technology companies Teleca and IPWireless announced a new partnership the companies said will speed the development of new mobile phones and data devices working on the UMTS TDD network standard. The companies said they will work with Sweden's Wireless System Integration to form...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Mobile communications vendors may soon find themselves in competition with WiMAX vendors for the same customers, according to a report from ABI Research. According to the report, "HSDPA-Mobile Broadband," the two camps started out on different paths but ended up at the...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Mobile communications vendors may soon find themselves in competition with WiMAX vendors for the same customers, according to a new report from ABI Research.According to the report, "HSDPA-Mobile Broadband," the two camps started out on different paths but ended up at the...
Wireless carrier Mobile One announced trials of three different U.S.-developed technologies for wireless high-speed data access for its subscribers. M1, which has more than 1.1 million subscribers, 500,000 of which are GPRS users, has started technical trials of wireless broadband technologies that allow access...
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 video mobile services including person-to-person video calling, full length music videos, and streaming entertainment...
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 to improve communications for U.S. soldiers. The first satellite is scheduled for launch in...
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 operators in the search to differentiate themselves in new Internet Protocol-backed applications and services.It's...
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 subscribers to securely send and receive e-mails, browse the Internet and download attachments at...
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 area networks, but are beginning to interface with Wi-Fi service, creating a potential competitive...
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 vendor penned two deals that underscore its intention to be a mainstream player in...
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 across the operator's networks in the United Kingdom, Germany and Ireland.Nortel had signed a previous...
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...
