In spite of mammoth debt, operators are beginning to loosen their purse strings to buy equipment again, according to a report by market research firm Dell'Oro Group.The report said UMTS equipment revenue jumped fourfold to about $800 million in the third quarter of this...
Even though accessing wireless data using wireless local area networks is a questionable revenue driver for wireless carriers, any operator without a clear 802.11b-based business model is seen by many in the industry as being behind the times. The buzz surrounding WLAN technology based...
PARIS-France Telecom and MobilCom will terminate their agreements concerning UMTS development in Germany.France Telecom and MobilCom have agreed to follow the MobilCom rescue plan set forth by the German Federal government Sept. 15. The plan calls for both a financial rescue plan for MobilCom's...
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile has expanded its U.S.-originated wireless local area network strategy to Europe, rolling out the service in hot spots in Germany and Austria.The service is currently available in airports, hotels and cafes. In Austria, there are already 200 access points, operated in conjunction...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Motorola Inc. has expanded its agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. to help simplify the fault, performance and configuration management in the operations support system for carriers.The solution for operators' UMTS networks."Motorola's use of HP OpenView TeMIP as the basis of its common management...
Editor:While I always enjoy good sarcasm, Stuart Sharrock's column, "Sorry to be stupid, but ...," on American reactions to Europe's third-generation (3G) wireless fiasco is at times misleading (see "Opinion"). (Though at other times, Mr. Sharrock provides a wonderful example of how the truest...
OSLO, Norway-Tele2 is reportedly in the closing stages of negotiating the return of its third-generation (3G) license with Norwegian communications authorities. Tele2 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lars-Johan Jarnheimer said it is likely that terms will be reached this week.Jarnheimer confirmed that Tele2 would not...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. is standing by the promise of 3G and releasing new products it believes will position carriers to deploy next-generation networks despite the current downtrodden economic climate."3G is not dead," Eric McHenry, vice president and general manager of the wireless...
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-Starfish Software has been chosen by H3G to implement a mobile infrastructure solution to enable over-the-air synchronization of consumer and corporate data."The agreement with Starfish is another step in our strategy to carry out high-quality infrastructures and technological platforms," said Bob Fuller,...
OSLO, Norway-Mobile operator Orange may appeal the ruling by Swedish national telecom regulator PTS, which rejected any changes to the conditions of its third-generation (3G) license. Orange asked for a three-year rollout extension and now has until 22 October to decide to fight the...
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. will use Qualcomm Inc.'s MSM6200 Mobile Station Modem chipset and system software to develop its Merlin family of third-generation wireless PC card modems. Novatel is developing the 3G card modems, which are based on UMTS networks and designed for European...
OTTAWA-Nortel Networks Ltd. and Qualcomm Inc. announced the successful test of an UMTS voice and data call across commercial cell sites using live 1.9 GHz radio spectrum, Qualcomm chipsets in commercial-form-factor handsets and a live, end-to-end 3GPP UMTS network from Nortel.The test is significant...
PARIS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s technology future was brought into question last week as were the carrier's upcoming third-quarter financial results.Speaking at the UMTS and Mobile Internet conference in Paris, Leo Nikkari, AT&T Wireless' director of 3G industry relations, said the carrier had yet to...
PARIS-Vodafone Spain and Nortel Networks presented details of the rollout program for Vodafone's UMTS network in Spain. A Vodafone executive said network coverage has been deployed in 23 cities and 98 municipalities during the first half of this year.The companies said they have met...
SAN BRUNO, Calif.-IPWireless Inc. said Clearwire Technologies will deploy its next-generation broadband everywhere technology, beginning with a major U.S. city in the first quarter of 2003."Clearwire selected the IPWireless UMTS technology because it enables us to offer a portable and cost-effective broadband solution for...
VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian mobile operator, has become one of the first European operators to deploy a UMTS network. About 25 percent of Austria, including most major urban areas, is covered in the initial launch.However, the operator is waiting for terminals before...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-The Swedish joint venture Svenska UMTS-nat AB signed a $1.2 billion term loan and revolving credit facility for its third-generation rollout. Margins, fees and allocations were not disclosed.Svenska UMTS is the joint venture formed by Telia AB and Tele2.Nordea and Svenska Handelsbanken, with...
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., has completed the successful seamless hand-off of a wireless data call from an 802.11 wireless local area network to a third-generation UMTS network, the company said Sept. 18.Lucent also has demonstrated seamless roaming capabilities between Wi-Fi and...
HELSINKI, Finland-Finnet, the Helsinki-based umbrella association for 40 local telecom operators in Finland, has adopted an aggressive position to competing with rival operators Sonera and Elisa for mobile and fixed-line telephone customers. Elisa is the parent company of the network operator Radiolinja, the country's...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Sweden-based Telia Mobile said it signed a framework agreement with third-generation operator Hi3G for colocating masts. Hi3G is the Swedish 3G subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. and is building a UMTS network in the Nordic country. Under the agreement, Telia Mobile will lease...
TOKYO-Japanese supplier NEC Corp. said it will supply a mobile multimedia platform to French operator Bouygues Telecom for developing i-mode services in France. NEC said it will supply servers and integrated software to allow Bouygues Telecom customers to access i-mode services on its GPRS...
While U.S. wireless carriers have often strayed from the international model when it comes to delivering service, most industry watchers anticipated the U.S.-based GSM carriers would follow a similar path as their worldly brothers when it came to deploying third-generation (3G) networks. Those models...
HELSINKI, Finland-Sonera Corp. has delayed the commercial launch of its third-generation network in Finland until 2003 from the initial Sept. 26 launch plan due to a "technological delay," but said it will still offer 3G services on its current GSM/GPRS network. Sonera said it...
DUSSSELDORF, Germany-Gloomy news from German company MobilCom has furthered the expectation of delayed UMTS service in Europe and Germany specifically. The company, which is partially owned by France Telecom, released its second-quarter results, which included the announcement that it is reviewing its UMTS business...
