ANAHEIM, Calif.—Network designer and operator NextPhase Wireless Inc. laid out plans to expand its pre-WiMAX network through acquisitions, providing outsourcing services to Internet service providers and introducing more value-added services to its customers. The operator said it is still on track to deploy WiMAX...
Editor's Note: Welcome our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Strategy Analytics' Chris Ambrosio, M:Metrics’ Seamus McAteer...
Several weeks ago I wrote a eulogy for fallen mobile virtual network operator Mobile ESPN. In it I cited the MVNO's lofty aspirations for the wireless space, but noted that the company misjudged the market's appetite for a sports-focused operator with little pricing differentiation....
WASHINGTON-Consumer groups and wireless carriers last week said AT&T Inc.'s proposed conditions to its $79 billion purchase of BellSouth Corp. are inadequate, creating uncertainty over whether the Federal Communications Commission can pull off a planned Nov. 3 vote on the deal. "AT&T's concessions are...
Despite mixed third quarter financial results, analysts remain bullish on the long-term outlook of Alcatel Inc.'s pending acquisition of Lucent Technologies Inc. Bill Lesieur, director at Technology Business Research, opined that the mixed results shed light on the potential synergies of the combined company...
WASHINGTON-Fresh revelations of terrestrial repeaters being improperly operated by a satellite radio company further fueled a mushrooming controversy at the Federal Communications Commission, one with potentially major implications for wireless broadband companies planning to invest millions of dollars in coming years on U.S. WiMAX...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...
PARIS—Alcatel Inc.’s third-quarter net profits tumbled 42 percent as sales of wireless network infrastructure stalled during the quarter, leaving the company with net income of just $194 million after bringing in $334 million a year-ago. Revenues rose 1.4 percent year-over-year from $4.13 billion in...
Did anyone else notice that during the recent WiMAX World trade show, every vendor launching WiMAX gear touted Multiple Input, Multiple Output technology as part of its solution? Indeed, Aclatel Inc., Fujitsu Network Communications, Motorola Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...
DALLAS—Fixed wireless service provider Airband Communications dove into the southern California wireless market by scooping up RedWire’s high-speed Internet access and Voice over Internet Protocol business. Airband’s President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Spagnolo stated the company plans to enhance RedWire’s existing network with...
Sprint Nextel Corp. is doing a fair job of imitating a punching bag, getting pummeled left and right by sliding stock prices, gloomy predictions and integration issues. But while things look rocky for the carrier in the short term and analysts aren't holding out...
The WiMAX ecosystem went from skinny to fat last week as Nortel Networks Ltd. and Nokia Corp. launched their WiMAX portfolios at the WiMAX World trade show in Boston. To date, Alcatel Inc., Fujitsu Network Communications, Motorola Inc., Nortel and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd....
BOSTON-There is nothing like a few billion dollars up for grabs to get a trade show buzzing as was the case for this year's WiMAX World Conference & Exposition. Weeks after Sprint Nextel Corp. announced plans to deploy a nationwide WiMAX network using its...
It was a fairly quiet week in the wireless world, but we still managed to share a few observations and kvetches-or as we like to say, here's what got us hedgehogging last week. Most carriers are still dancing around the potential problems that Slingmedia's...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCR to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
BOSTON—Closely held Clearwire Corp. offered a closer look into its pre-WiMAX efforts in conjunction with the WiMAX World trade show with news that the carrier currently commands 162,000 customers and has plans to cover a total of 9 million potential customers with its services...
SAN DIEGO—Skyriver Communications said it expanded its pre-WiMAX network in Los Angeles county to include Pasadena and surrounding communities. The expanded network covers Pasadena, Arcadia, Sierra Madre, Alhambra, San Gabriel, Rosemead and El Monte, said the company.Skyriver joins a growing number of carriers launching...
BOSTON—The WiMAX ecosystem is getting fatter by the day, as Nokia Corp. joined the list of tier-one vendors launching WiMAX portfolios at the WiMAX World trade show in Boston. Nokia unveiled its modular Flexi WiMAX base station, which the company said will be available...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Qualcomm Inc.'s highly anticipated MediaFLO mobile TV service is gaining momentum as Sprint Nextel Corp. confirmed it is conducting trials using the network technology and could soon join initial launch carrier Verizon Wireless in offering the service to consumers. The additional support...
BOSTON—Nortel Networks Ltd. introduced its mobile WiMAX portfolio at the WiMAX World trade show and is hawking its new offering as 4G mobile broadband technology. The company says its MIMO-powered WiMAX solution can deliver broadband content for one-tenth the cost per bit of 3G...
BOSTON—Several vendors are launching WiMAX strategies and products as they prepare to take the stage at the WiMAX World USA 2006 trade show, running tomorrow and Wednesday in Boston. Among the announcements that coincide with the show: Andrew Corp.’s Comsearch subsidiary announced that it...
Qualcomm Inc.'s highly anticipated MediaFLO mobile TV service is gaining momentum as Sprint Nextel Corp. confirmed it was conducting trials using the network technology and could soon join initial launch carrier Verizon Wireless in offering the service to consumers. The additional support could be...
