WiMax

Seven of the wireless industry’s leading carriers last week made it clear that they intend to drive the bus instead of just being passengers as fourth-generation networks standards are developed. …

LOS ANGELES–Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled a pair of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A laptop cards last week–including one that consumers can get for free after rebate–and has more device 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 …

LOS ANGELES-Sprint Nextel Corp. unveiled a pair of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Revision A laptop cards this week—including one that consumers can get for free after rebate—and has more device and …

And welcome to a special CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2006 edition of our column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this …

LOS ANGELES—New York City handed Northrop Grumman a five-year $500 million contract to build and maintain a wireless broadband public-safety network that will add high-speed data and video capabilities to …

PITTSBURGH—US Wireless Online launched a Wi-Fi network in Pittsburgh in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership as well as the city of Pittsburgh. The network offers free and fee-based Internet …

While the world of wireless infrastructure vendors looks set to be dominated by three all-powerful giants, small player Tellabs Inc. quietly reminds the industry that it’s doing a lot of …

Minnetonka, Minn.-based US Internet beat out more than 80 other companies for the city of Minneapolis’ contract to build a 54-square-mile citywide Wi-Fi network, beating out notable EarthLink Inc. and …

No wonder China is postponing its decision on third-generation wireless licenses. They’re almost obsolete, if you believe the rhetoric thrown about these days. OK, slight exaggeration, but new technologies are …

Bidding slowed last week in the advanced wireless services spectrum auction, but the competition could be far from wrapping up as companies could bid up prices for competitors and make …

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 …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Free Wi-Fi is coming to 2.4 million Silicon Valley residents by way of Silicon Valley Metro Connect, a consortium that counts IBM Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. as …

PARIS-Alcatel Inc. cut a deal with Nortel Networks Ltd. to buy the Canadian supplier’s UMTS radio access business for $320 million. Alcatel says the purchase will strengthen its UMTS market …

METHUEN, Mass.-SiGe Semiconductor raised $19.5 million in an expansion round of financing led by venture-capital and private-equity firms, the company announced. SiGe Semiconductor makes radio frequency modules that are integrated …

More than one-third of wireless customers have some sort of data plan as part of their wireless subscription, according to research by The NPD Group. However, the retail and consumer …

PARIS—Alcatel Inc. cut a deal with Nortel Networks Ltd. to buy the Canadian supplier’s UMTS radio access business for $320 million. Alcatel says the purchase will strengthen its UMTS market …

METHUEN, Mass.—SiGe Semiconductor raised $19.5 million in an expansion round of financing led by venture-capital and private-equity firms, the company announced. SiGe Semiconductor makes radio frequency modules that are integrated …

Nortel Networks Ltd. came out of the closet last week touting dual-radio Wi-Fi gear that’s being used in large-scale network deployments in Moscow and Taipei, Taiwan, as well as in …

ASPEN, Colo.-The debates over net neutrality, protecting minors from nefarious content and digital rights management took a hiatus from their usual home in Washington, D.C., and were hashed out in …

So Sprint Nextel fired its chief operating officer, Len Lauer. The carrier said it is making changes in the management of its core operations and that Lauer would leave the …

Now that Sprint Nextel Corp. has committed to WiMAX technology, it’s time to wonder if other carriers will follow suit. No doubt, carriers make next-generation investment decisions based largely on …

The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News. Cellular France: Bouygues Telecom selected Nortel Networks as a supplier for …

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 …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.—While the industry looks ahead to W-CDMA and HSDPA technologies, EDGE handsets will quietly deliver “near-acceptable” mobile broadband experiences across a wide geographic area, according to ABI Research. …