Wireless Facts and Figures

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Red Bend Software, Mobile Software Management (MSM), announced that BYD Electronic Company Limited of China, manufacturer of mobile handset components and modules, has licensed Red Bend’s vRapid Mobile

Hytera Communications China, the parent company of Miramar-based Hytera Communications Co., Ltd., has announced the successful Initial Public Offering on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange of 70 million shares at an …

Clarity Indonesia: With PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TELKOM) to rollout next phase to enable Fulfilment and Assurance capabilities for TELKOM’s broadband access network. Value: Undisclosed Convergys Corporation China: With G-Net, a …

Movial announced the appointment of Joakim Hedenstedt as Head of EMEA Sales and Marketing, Movial Creative Technologies (Movial CT). Mr. Hedenstedt is responsible for accelerating growth in Europe, the Middle …

SINGAPORE – RCR Wireless News Editor Sylvie Barak reports on top stories from around the globe, including the CommunicAsia2011 trade show; Global Foundries’ decision to cut its top management team; …

CML Microsystems Plc , a mixed-signal semiconductor company headquartered close to London, England, has acquired the exclusive rights to the RALCWI low bit-rate vocoder products from Spirit Corp, a Moscow …

Alcatel-Lucent Russia: With State Corporation Russian Technologies to develop and manufacture Long Term Evolution (LTE) components customized for the Russian market. The companies will set up a R&D Center in …

BroadHop Inc., policy control platforms for telecom operators, announced it has expanded its management team, appointing Steven D. Adams to the newly created role of Vice President, Customer Operations. Adams …

GUANGZHOU, China — Dr. Hideo Okinaka, VP of emerging technologies and industry standards at KDDI Corp., was recognized for his industry leadership with an award from the CDMA Development Group.The …

Qualcomm announced it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Rapid Bridge LLC, a San Diego-based inventor of advanced techniques for the design and development of semiconductor …

Alcatel-Lucent Russia: With Mobile TeleSystems, telecommunications operator in Russia and the CIS, for the modernization of MTS transport infrastructure by deploying a mobile IP network. MTS has selected Alcatel-Lucent’s IP/MPLS-based …

Ember Corporation, provider of low-power, wireless mesh networking technology, and Visonic Ltd., developer and manufacturer of wireless home security and safety systems and components, announced a partnership to integrate ZigBee …

The following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: DeviceAnywhere United States: With HP to expand support for HP application testing environments with integrations to the latest versions of …

The greater Los Angeles metro area shed more jobs in the telecommunications sector in April, continuing an ongoing downward trend, according to new data from the Department of Labor.All six …

The telecommunications sector saw a 3,400 bump in jobs from April to May, but was still down 33,400 positions from a year ago, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. …

Laird Technologies, design and supply of customized components and systems for advanced electronics and wireless products, announced it has signed SE Spezial-Electronic AG as a distributor in Germany, Switzerland, Austria …

TinyCo a leading developer of iOS and Android games, announced the launch of the TinyFund — a $5 million gaming fund — to provide mobile game developers with capital and …

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-Lucent Africa: With Microsoft to extend customer management solution to include Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The customer management solution is part of …

AFL has signed an agreement to acquire TCC Group, a leading telecommunications network implementation and integration provider based in Bracknell, United Kingdom. TCC Group will join the AFL global portfolio …

DLT Solutions, value-added reseller in government IT software and services, and XO Communications announced an agreement to provide federal government agencies with communications and networking solutions. Through the arrangement, DLT …

Fuse Powered Inc. announced the completion of a $2 million seed funding round, with contributions from BlackBerry Partners Fund and NFQ Ventures. The investment will accelerate Fuse – a digital …

Arun Bhikshesvaran has been appointed Head of marketing and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Ericsson. He is currently Vice President Strategy and Marketing in region North America at Ericsson. Bhikshesvaran …

Arun Bhikshesvaran has been appointed Head of marketing and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Ericsson. He is currently Vice President Strategy and Marketing in region North America at Ericsson. Bhikshesvaran …

The GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) has published an update to its Evolution to LTE report which confirms 208 operators are now investing in LTE, which is 98 operators more …