Nortel Networks Ltd. renewed its Asian presence Wednesday as it signed a joint-venture deal with LG Electronics Co. Ltd., forming LG Nortel Co. Ltd., a company that combines the telecom infrastructure business of LG with the distribution and service business of Nortel in South...
SANTA ANA, Calif.-WiMAX player eWan 1 Inc. announced it scored a $1 million funding commitment to build out its WiMAX offering in places like the Virgin Islands and Mexico. eWan's funds come from Chicago-based Nutmeg Group L.L.C. "We have carefully planned our approach to...
Qualcomm Inc. augmented its wireless reach with the $600 million acquisition of OFDM technology startup Flarion Technologies Inc., a move that pushes the company beyond its CDMA roots and gives it a solid position in the race to fourth generation. Indeed, Qualcomm recently changed...
MVNO madness is nearing fever pitch as companies outside the traditional wireless space contemplate whether they too should start selling wireless telephony as a commodity. Can P. Diddy really become a mobile virtual network operator? Would that be a smart move for him? For...
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. used its annual analyst meeting here to paint a portrait of itself as a sleek, lean, high-tech firm with plans to sit alongside such well-known consumer brands as Apple Computer Inc. and Nike Inc. And to verify its progress, Motorola released a...
MOSCOW-InfiNet Wireless, a provider of last-mile connectivity solutions, signed an investment deal with Baring Vostok, Intel Capital, and Boston-based investment fund Russia Now. Funding details were not available.The company's products incorporate fixed broadband wireless access and emerging WiMAX technologies. It said the funds will...
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. released a new high-end Microsoft Windows mobile device targeted squarely at the BlackBerry and Treo enterprise market at the outset of its analyst conference here, but there was no sign of its long-awaited iTunes phone. Motorola demonstrated a range of new products...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-GlobeTel Communications Corp. has signed a letter of intent to acquire the assets and operations of Altvater GmbH of Germany.Altvater supplies wireless hot spots in Europe, with several key cities in Germany, which are the first major locations that are part of...
Ironically, the march toward a simplified, converged "digital home" is producing an overwhelming number of wireless and wireline offerings for consumers. It seems the only thing growing as fast as the types of digital content and services consumers can access at home is the...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. announced it has partnered with @rteria, a subsidiary of the Reseau de Transport Electricite, the French electricity transport system, to begin experiments with WiMAX technology to provide broadband data and video services to users within 20 kilometers of the WiMAX transmitters, which...
WiMAX technology plugged along toward its goal of a standard protocol, announcing demonstrations in Canada and the start of the certification process in Spain. Application demos for Xbox wireless console gaming over WiMAX-to-WiMAX-based streaming media took place at the WiMAX Forum's quarterly meeting in...
WiMAX technology is on center stage this week in Canada and Spain. Application demos for Xbox wireless console gaming over WiMAX-to-WiMAX based streaming media are taking place at the WiMAX Forum quarterly members meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.Meanwhile in Malaga, Spain, the WiMAX Forum...
BUNDANG, Korea-Korean systems integrator Posdata and ArrayComm L.L.C. announced an agreement that calls for Posdata to incorporate ArrayComm's smart antenna software in its high-performance base station.The companies said the agreement should lead to improvements in system range, capacity and coverage for 802.16e networks. ArrayComm's...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Airspan Networks Inc. said it has signed a general original equipment manufacturer purchasing agreement with L.M. Ericsson that allows the Swedish vendor to resell Airspan's AS.MAX family of WiMAX products.Products included under the agreement are Airspan's HiperMAX, MacroMAX and MicroMAX base station...
Sprint Corp.'s pending acquisition of Nextel Communications Inc. will endow the new operation with a substantial war chest of network and spectrum assets, including a significant swatch of spectrum in the 2.5 GHz spectrum band covering 80 percent of the country's population. While both...
Sprint Corp. entered into an agreement with Motorola Inc. to conduct joint wireless broadband technology testing and equipment trials using Motorola 802.16e pre-WiMAX technology in Sprint's 2.5 GHz spectrum holdings. The two companies said the collaboration will spur the development of WiMAX technology, validate...
AT&T Corp. is reportedly set to begin testing a wireless broadband network in the Atlanta area using an early version of WIMAX technology. AT&T, which is in the process of being acquired by SBC Communications Inc., will use four towers in the Atlanta and...
Following is a roundup of ratings and financial information relating to wireless companies announced this week by banking and investment firms and financial analysts.Standard & Poor's Ratings Services withdrew its ratings on Crown Castle International Corp. including its B corporate credit rating after the...
BATH, U.K.-Intel Capital was among the investors fueling a $20.5 million round of funding for PicoChip, the wireless semiconductor vendor said Thursday. Scottish Equity Partners led the round, which brought PicoChip's total funding to $41.5 million. Other investors include newcomer Rothschild, as well as...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp. continued its push into the WiMAX arena with plans to include ArrayComm Inc.'s smart-antenna technology in its chipsets. The companies said the teaming would produce a WiMAX system with improvements in coverage and capacity."As industry momentum continues to build around...
When does the chief of the Federal Communications Commission cease to be "the new FCC chairman?"Given the plentiful policy complexities in this era of technological disruption and political-financial import of the job in this 24/7 news cycle era, one might answer March 18-the day...
HELSINKI, Finland-Industry got a good look at the new phones on line for the end-of-the-year shopping rush, as Nokia Corp. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. each boosted their handset portfolio with a total of 12 new phones. Nokia unveiled its handsets at its...
RESTON, Va.-Large wireline and wireless carriers will not take advantage of WiMAX technology. Instead, municipalities, power companies and others will deploy and use the offering, predicted Detecon Consulting, which consults to Tier 1 operators around the world. The firm said wireline operators won't want...
Large wireline and wireless carriers will not be the ones to take advantage of WiMAX technology. Instead, municipalities, power companies and others will deploy and use the offering, predicted Detecon Consulting, which consults to Tier 1 operators around the world.The firm said wireline operators...
