Hutchison's 3 is one of the European carriers to blaze the trail for third-generation UMTS technology with a launch of its services in Sweden, emphasizing mobile video communication."We offer today mobile video and other advanced services at attractive prices for the frequent user of...
VIENNA, Austria-Two mobile operators have launched UMTS services in Austria, highlighting a new 3G momentum on the European continent.The two carriers, Mmobilkom Austria and Hutchison 3G Austria, are emphasizing video telephony in their marketing strategies. Mmobilkom rolled out Siemens AG's mobile phones, the U10,...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-TruePosition Inc. said Uplink Time Difference of Arrival location technology has been formally standardized by the Third Generation Partnership Project, which governs development and standards for GSM and UMTS networks.The technology already has been standardized for AMPS, TDMA and CDMA technologies,...
Software-defined radios may be the answer to today's interoperability issues, but carriers and handset makers do not seem overly enthused about adopting the technology because the technological advances gained from SDR may hurt their business models.Why? Because SDR gives "too much flexibility to the...
LONDON-Swisscom Mobile announced it will use several wireless network and service performance software solutions from Actix, including Actix' Infrastructure Verification Solution (IVS) for its GPRS networks, Actix' Rollout Verification Solution (RVS) for its UMTS network and Actix' Actix Radio Link Analysis Solution (RLAS) for...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Vodafone Ireland said it opened its third-generation network, although it will initially be available only to several "key business partners." The network provides data speeds of up to 144 kilobits per second, enabling faster downloads and enhanced voice capacity than current services, the...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Tele2 said its subsidiary in Luxembourg has launched its third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications System network. Tele2 described the launch as a "soft launch," adding that the major push will come in the third quarter.The Tango 3G network covers 90 percent of the population...
SOUTHWICK, Mass.-Thales Broadcast & Multimedia said it has signed an agreement to sell and support IPWireless' next-generation broadband wireless access solutions.Under the contract, Thales will integrate and sell the UMTS TD-CDMA products, which include a complete network infrastructure solution, pocket-sized wireless desktop modems and...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Tele2 said its subsidiary in Luxembourg has launched its third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network. Tele2 described the launch as a "soft launch," adding that the major push will come in the third quarter.The Tango 3G network covers 90 percent of...
HONG KONG-The 3G World Congress trade show, sponsored by the CDMA Development Group and the UMTS Forum, slated to take place in Hong Kong 9-13 June will be postponed due to concerns over the SARS virus in the region, according to reports in The...
HONG KONG-The 3G World Congress trade show, sponsored by the CDMA Development Group and the UMTS Forum, slated to take place in Hong Kong June 9-13, will be postponed due to concerns about the SARS virus in the region.The Institute for International Research, the...
SAN BRUNO, California, United States-IPWireless, developer of UMTS TD-CDMA (TDD)-compliant broadband mobile network infrastructure, has expanded its technical center in the United Kingdom and will increase staffing there immediately, the company said.In other developments, IPWireless said Jack Scanlon has joined its board of directors....
VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria this week became the third European operator and the first Austrian operator to launch commercial third-generation services. Mobilkom Austria announced a "technical launch" of its UMTS network last September, but it did not begin offering commercial service at that time due...
SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc., developer of UMTS TD-CDMA (TDD)-compliant broadband mobile network infrastructure, has expanded its technical center in the United Kingdom and will increase staffing there immediately, the company said.In other developments, IPWireless said Jack Scanlon has joined its board directors. Scanlon's experience...
It is almost fashionable to badmouth third-generation (3G), specifically Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), cellular technology these days. In fact, there is plenty of fodder, in particular the total absence of sexy, bandwidth-hungry "killer applications" with which to justify the untold billions spent on...
In the sweepstakes of third-generation (3G) contracts, smaller equipment vendors hope to outplay the bigger names by taking advantage of their product strengths and delays in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) rollouts.Companies like Motorola, Nortel Networks and Lucent Technologies are at the low ebb...
PARIS-In its second contract win this week, Alcatel said it will supply Pakistan's Mobilink with equipment for a GSM network expansion. The contract is valued at $15 million.Alcatel said the new equipment will allow Mobilink to increase its capacity by 1 million subscribers and...
PARIS-Alcatel has announced a much-needed third-generation contract win with Austria's Tele.ring for a turnkey UMTS network. The deployment will begin in May, with the first phase covering mainly Vienna, Graz and Linz-about 25 percent of Austria's population-through end-2003.The value of the contract was not...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens has said it will provide cdma2000 as part of its core network offering, although it will not involve the backhaul or radio access network.The company said the offering will be integral to its Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS), which is a radio-access...
LONDON-Iceland has been reprimanded by the European Free Trade Association's Surveillance Authority for not putting in place a regulatory and legal framework for issuing third-generation (3G) licenses. Iceland has delayed its 3G licensing due to delays across the Continent, but the agency said the...
LONDON-France's second-largest telecommunications operator, Cegetel, is to undertake a strategy to consolidate data mediation across all its 2.5-, third-generation (3G) and Internet Protocol (IP) networks. The operator has chosen XACCTmobile for this latest project. The primary systems integrator for the project is Accenture. This...
NEW ORLEANS-Etenna Corp. unveiled its new FlexWave internal antenna product line. The company also said Mobicom Corp., which designs and manufactures GSM phones, is the first FlexWave customer.The antennas are designed to be embedded in any handheld wireless device, ranging from mobile phones to...
HANNOVER, Germany-Nortel Networks issued separate announcements with two carriers, T-Mobile International and MmO2.T-Mobile selected the Brampton-Ontario-based vendor as a preferred supplier to deliver GPRS across it main markets in Europe, including Germany and the United Kingdom.Under the motto "O2 can do," wireless service provider...
The issue with U.S.-based Qualcomm has never been whether it has great technology, but whether its technology can make great market strides. Stalked by what industry watchers call either envy or sheer dominance of GSM-based technology, Qualcomm has had to combat GSM's increasing global...
