TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo sold its 20-percent stake in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd. to Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. for $220 million in a transaction that has been expected by market watchers.DoCoMo has been looking to unwind its involvement in the U.K. third-generation operator for months, and...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a deal with Lucent Technologies Inc. to deploy a UMTS-based trial network in Atlanta this summer supporting internal users who the carrier said it will use to evaluate mobile voice, high-speed data and multimedia services.The network will operate in Cingular's...
Several third-generation commercial launches were announced in markets across Western Europe this week, with market leaders Vodafone Group plc, Telefonica Moviles and Telecom Italia Mobile all beginning services in various countries.In Italy, Telecom Italia Mobile launched its EDGE and UMTS services Monday. The carrier,...
Nextel Communications Inc.'s spectrum realignment plans were headed for resolution early this year, with reports indicating the government was set to award the carrier 10 megahertz of spectrum in the lower 1.9 GHz spectrum bands.But those plans were derailed-at least for now-when Verizon Wireless...
CANNES, France-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has launched a pre-commercial UMTS network with Orange France for the Cannes International Film Festival and is providing the gear for Orange's new third-generation service offerings planned for mass consumers later this year in southern France.Nortel said it...
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc., which provides wireless broadband access solutions, said it received more than $7 million in new orders from existing customers.The orders are for the company's Merlin U530 wireless PC card modems to be delivered this year. Seven operators, including Hutchison's 3,...
SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless said it has commenced shipping of dual-band devices that allow users to roam across UMTS TDD networks in both 1900 MHz and 2010 MHz frequency bands. According to IPWireless, more than 120 mobile operators in Europe and Asia have UMTS TDD...
Hong Kong-based PCCW Ltd. launched a wireless broadband network in the United Kingdom's Thames Valley region using IPWireless technology in the 3.4 GHz band. PCCW's UK Broadband subsidiary is offering Netvigator high-speed wireless service to residential and business customers in the area west of...
HONG KONG-Hong Kong-based PCCW Ltd. launched a wireless broadband network in the United Kingdom's Thames Valley region using IPWireless technology in the 3.4 GHz band. PCCW's UK Broadband subsidiary is offering Netvigator high-speed wireless service to residential and business customers in the area west...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it will be the sole supplier for a GSM and third-generation network in Norway for NetCom under a six-year $241 million contract.Under the agreement, Siemens will upgrade NetCom's GSM infrastructure with UMTS technology. After first implementing the GSM network and...
BRUSSELS, Belgium-GSM Europe, the European arm of the GSM Association, said it welcomed the 10 new member countries of the European Union, which it said represent some of the fastest-growing European economies due in part to strong mobile markets.The new EU countries, which officially...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc launched consumer-focused third-generation services in two European countries, with other countries to follow in coming months, the global mobile operator said.Vodafone customers in Germany and Portugal can initially use Samsung Z105 and Sony Ericsson Z1010 handsets to view expanded Vodafone live!...
Wireless vendors are reaping contract dividends as carriers loosen their purse strings. L.M. Ericsson announced three contracts today, while Siemens AG and Alcatel Corp. announced one each.Ericsson said it won a UMTS deal with Mobilkom Austria, a CDMA2000 1x deal with Sichuan Unicom and...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-In 2004, UMTS technology is poised to grow more than 200 percent from 2003, according to a report from ABI Research. The group notes that the growth points to the advantages of increased voice capacity at a lower cost than GSM technology,...
With bigger net incomes and increasing orders, wireless vendors blossomed with more optimism and richer cash flows than a year ago, signaling what industry watchers see as better times ahead.However, stock-market gains remain modest.L.M. Ericsson edged out market expectations in its fiscal first-quarter results...
Quietly operating in the background of the industry, InterDigital Communications Corp. describes itself as a wireless think tank. And though few recognize the name or understand the business, over the course of its 30-year history InterDigital has managed to inject its innovations into the...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said it has agreed to acquire the assets of Telos Technology Inc., a move that will rev up its CDMA business and its profile not only in the fixed wireless arena, but also in wide area networks."Acquiring Telos accelerates and expands...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Handset maker LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will use push-to-talk software from Sonim Technologies in its line of GSM/GPRS and W-CDMA phones."Sonim enables us to develop PoC-compliant handsets for all markets and systems, using their robust and interoperability-tested Sonim PoC Client,"...
Lucent Technologies Inc. is riding a third consecutive quarter of profits as indicated in its fiscal second-quarter results with a net income of $68 million, or 2 cents per diluted share.In its wireless business, however, the vendor grappled with a decline in revenue.The company's...
Citing the need to support two networks serving more than 20 million subscribers, its future ability to provide wireless data services on par with its CDMA-based competitors and poor results in recent customer surveys, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. informed the Federal Communications Commission it could...
L.M. Ericsson said it was selected by Austrian wireless carrier One as the sole supplier for its UMTS radio access network. The contract has a value of up to $193.3 million. The Swedish supplier will deliver radio base stations and supplementary equipment for the...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is partnering with Novatel Wireless Inc. to provide third-generation carrier 3 with UMTS card modems for high-speed data in Australia, Denmark, Italy and Sweden.The cards, known as U530 PC, give speeds of up to 384 kilobits per...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it was selected by Austrian wireless carrier One as the sole supplier for its UMTS radio access network. The contract has a value of up to $193.3 million. The Swedish supplier will deliver radio base stations and supplementary equipment for...
LONDON-Optimism prevails in the mobile communications industry, according to the ARC Group's new "3GSM 2004 Industry Survey."In fact, according to the survey, 85 percent of industry professionals believe their companies' profitability will grow in 2004, with 16 percent believing their profitability will increase by...
