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Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

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...

SiBEAM nets $21M in Series B round

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Mobile technology startup SiBEAM said it snared $21 million in Series B venture funding. Foundation Capital led the round, which included follow-on investments from New Enterprise Associates and U.S. Venture Partners. SiBEAM, which designs chips for gigabit-speed wireless equipment, said it will use...

Messy moves: Relocation, re-banding efforts often complex

WASHINGTON-Government spectrum managers are being challenged like no time before in efforts to clear the way for next-generation mobile phone and wireless broadband services-as well as rectify serious interference problems-through messy licensee relocation and frequency re-banding processes. Indeed, relocation and re-banding glitches have tended...

Hedgehogging

Here's what got us talking in the RCR Wireless News editorial department last week: Throwing caution, and perhaps good sense to the wind, the Wi-Fi Alliance has decided that it will begin certifying pre-standard IEEE 802.11n products beginning next year. In essence the Wi-Fi...

Lenovo launches ThinkPad supporting Cingular’s 3G network

ATLANTA-PC maker Lenovo is selling a laptop computer that has built-in support for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s EDGE- and UMTS/HSDPA-based networks. The laptop is selling online for around $1,900. "ThinkPad users can now enjoy wireless broadband Internet access via the Cingular BroadbandConnect service without needing...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular industry. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News.CellularIndonesia: Nokia said it signed a contract with Telkomsel to provide W-CDMA 3G/HSPA radio and core network equipment and provide managed services for...

Worst of the Week: Meyertime!

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 Wireless News to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless News.CellularFrance: Bouygues Telecom selected Nortel Networks as a supplier for its national high-speed mobile Internet and voice network. Nortel will provide HSDPA technology for the deployment...

Cingular, Lenovo unveil 3G ThinkPad

ATLANTA—PC maker Lenovo announced it is now selling a laptop computer that has built-in support for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s EDGE- and UMTS/HSDPA-based networks. The laptop is selling online for around $1,900. "ThinkPad users can now enjoy wireless broadband Internet access via the Cingular BroadbandConnect...

SiBEAM nets $21M in VC round

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Mobile technology startup SiBEAM said it snared $21 million in Series B venture funding. Foundation Capital led the round, which included follow-on investments from New Enterprise Associates and U.S. Venture Partners. SiBEAM, which designs chips for gigabit-speed wireless equipment, said it will use...

Manufacturing to embrace wireless

DEDHAM, Mass.—Wireless technology may soon permeate the manufacturing sector, with the potential to grow to a more than $1 billion industry by 2010, according to a new study from ARC Advisory Group. The company predicts a compound annual growth rate for the sector of...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

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...

MobiTV embraces WiMAX, ROK officially enters U.S.

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-WiMAX gained another backer as MobiTV Inc. said it will support the wireless broadband technology. The wireless video provider said it has been "investing heavily in research and technology development" for WiMAX, and committed to deploying multimedia services over networks using the technology....

Wireless infrastructure awards wrap-up

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...

MobiTV embraces WiMAX, ROK officially enters U.S. market

EMERYVILLE, Calif.—WiMAX gained another backer as MobiTV Inc. said it will support the wireless broadband technology. The wireless video provider said it has been "investing heavily in research and technology development" for WiMAX, and committed to deploying multimedia services over networks using the technology....

Mobile VoIP may get boost from new technologies: Trans Con Mobile, xG plan to disrupt VoIP, cellular, Wi-Fi

Trans Con Mobile Ltd. recently announced that after two years of developing mobile Voice over Internet Protocol technology, the Israeli company's proprietary base stations and handsets are in the final stages of testing; deployments are expected in the United States within six to 12...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

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...

Alcatel 2Q revenues up, profits slide

PARIS-Alcatel SA reported second-quarter net profits of $228.7 million, an 8-percent decline from last year's $249.4 million. The profits came from sales of $4.3 billion, a 7.6-percent increase from last year's revenues of $4 billion.Though the company's margins in its wireless network equipment are...

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

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...

Lucent, Qualcomm test 3G at 900 MHz

MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Manx Telecom, a subsidiary of O2 Group plc, partnered with Lucent Technologies Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. on a UMTS and HSDPA field trial using 900 MHz spectrum on the Isle of Man. The trial, which began yesterday, leverages the lower frequency to...

Alcatel Q2 revenues up, but profits slide

PARIS—Alcatel SA reported second-quarter net profits of $228.7 million, an 8-percent decline from last year’s $249.4 million. The profits came from sales of $4.3 billion, a 7.6-percent increase from last year’s revenues of $4 billion. "While preparing for the merger with Lucent Technologies Inc....

Helio’s mixed marketing tactics

Helio L.L.C. has 90,000 MySpace friends and counting—and how many wireless companies can say that? Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s "Cingular Sounds" MySpace page only has about 35,000 friends, while the "Sprint Guy" character formerly featured in Sprint Nextel Corp. ads has a scant 203 friends....

Weekly infrastructure awards wrap-up

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...

xG set to launch xMax service

SARASOTA, Fla.—Mobile Voice over Internet Protocol developer xG Technology L.L.C. said it is launching a nationwide deployment program of xMax, the company’s new mobile VoIP service. The company said it’s accepting applications from dealers and will award exclusive territories to regional carriers for rollouts...