BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Thanks to a deal between operator CoTeCal and ZTE Corp., the country will witness its first CDMA 450 MHz network, according to the Chinese vendor.ZTE said the carrier will provide services such as voice, G3 fax and high-ratio packed data through ZTE's...
BEIJING-ZTE announced a new CDMA 450 MHz contract win in Russia. The Chinese vendor said the port of Murmansk in northern Russia, the world's largest city north of the Arctic Circle, is to receive a CDMA2000 network from ZTE comprising base stations and switching...
ALGERIAChinese vendor ZTE Corp. said it will supply CDMA gear for a network covering the three provinces of Tizi Ouzou, Bouira and Bejaia in northern Algeria. The contract value was not disclosed, but ZTE said the new network will include switching systems; base-station systems;...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intel Corp. and Chinese telecom supplier ZTE Corp. announced plans to jointly deliver global broadband wireless solutions using WiMAX technology.Intel and ZTE will cooperate to develop and promote standards and specifications for 802.16-based networks. The companies will also work jointly with regulatory...
BEIJING-Chinese vendor ZTE Corp. said it will supply CDMA gear for a network covering the three provinces of Tizi Ouzou, Bouira and Bejaia in northern Algeria.The contract value was not disclosed, but ZTE said the new network will include switching systems; base-station systems; a...
While primarily a stomping ground for carriers and content developers to meet and deal, this year's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show, held last week in San Francisco, also provided a platform for the launch of several new wireless handsets. Audiovox Communications Corp. led...
BEIJING-ZTE Corp. said it has released what it claims is the world's smallest third-generation handset.The phone, the ZTE F808, weighs 104 grams and measures 88.5 by 44.6 by 22.5 millimeters. Features include voice, multimedia messaging, a 300,000-pixel camera, video-phone capability, multimedia plan and high-speed...
SAO, PAULO, Brazil—Lucent Technologies Inc. and ZTE Corp. announced contract awards for CDMA2000 equipment. Financial details were not disclosed. Lucent said it was awarded a contract to expand and enhance the CDMA2000 network of Brazil's largest wireless carrier Vivo. This contract is part of...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. and ZTE Corp. announced contract awards for CDMA2000 equipment. Financial details were not disclosed.Lucent said it was awarded a contract to expand and enhance the CDMA2000 network of Brazil's largest wireless carrier Vivo. This contract is part of Vivo's...
SHANGHAI-Telecom equipment maker ZTE posted net income of more than $46 million for the third quarter, more than three times its second-quarter figures.The company's year-ago net profit was $12.16 million. Its revenue totaled $965 million for the third quarter, compared with $446.7 million in...
LONDON-Chinese supplier ZTE Corp. said Indonesian mobile carrier PT Telkom has launched its CDMA2000 1x network supplied by ZTE.The network covers a 500,000-line first phase for Jakarta and other developed areas.ZTE said it has been awarded CDMA projects by carriers in India, Russia and...
BEIJING-Chinese telecom supplier ZTE Corp. said it was chosen by the International Telecommunication Union to draft two international standards aimed at shaping the world
BEIJING-Chinese telecom supplier ZTE Corp. said it was chosen by the International Telecommunication Union to draft two international standards aimed at shaping the world
GENEVA-ZTE Corp. said the International Telecommunication Union has chosen it to draft two important international standards for next-generation networks.The company will draft the requirements and framework for end-to-end quality-of-service architecture for NGN and QoS framework for Internet Protocol-based access networks."ZTE plays an active role...
NEW YORK-Carrier consolidation and increasing common standards are forcing wireless equipment makers to cut prices, according to a new report from Heavy Reading, a market research division of Light Reading Inc.The equipment covered in the study includes base stations, controllers, microcells, picocells and more...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. (CPS) said it has raised $9 million from existing investors to drive adoption of its Matrix location technology.The technology provides accuracy within 100 meters and costs less than $1 per handset to deploy, according to CPS. Currently, 10 mobile...
MONTREAL-Wavesat Inc., which develops OFDM broadband wireless access silicon solutions, said it has entered a cooperative agreement with ZTE Corp. of Shenzhen, China.The agreement calls for ZTE to evaluate Wavesat's DM256 chip."We will test and evaluate Wavesat's DM256 chip and we believe the cooperation...
OSLO, Norway-Opera Software continued its advances in the mobile phone market with the signing of a new deal with handset maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. Kyocera said it will sell the ZTE V91 and LU PS-900 mobile phones in China with the Opera Internet browser.Opera,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The WiMax Forum, which certifies broadband wireless access product interoperability, said its membership has leaped from 28 to 67 members in five months, including marquee names like Siemens, Covad and ZTE Corp.It also announced new members like Axxelera Broadband Wireless, Beamreach Networks,...
The battle of standards over base stations has heated up with the Common Public Radio Interface initiative announcing the launching of its specification.CPRI, which is led by L.M. Ericsson, faces rival Open Base Station Architecture Initiative led by Nokia Corp. CPRI said it completed...
BEIJING-In a simultaneous score for China's stride to third-generation technology, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a carrier contract and a research and development investment, while Lucent Technologies Inc. announced successful interoperability testing.Nortel said it has invested $200 million in R&D in China during the past...
In a simultaneous score for China's stride to third-generation technology, Nortel Networks Ltd. announced a carrier contract and a research and development investment, while Lucent Technologies Inc. announced successful interoperability testing.Nortel said it has invested $200 million in R&D in China during the past...
One of the big riddles with open standards is that not all of those who swear by the principle believe in it. Unless, of course, it works in their favor.With a myriad of technologies in the market, vendors and carriers all see their technologies...
Barely nine months after Nokia Corp. led a base-station interoperability initiative, L.M. Ericsson and other major infrastructure vendors have countered with a new one, indicating a tension in that sector.The new initiative, known as the Common Public Radio Interface, also includes Siemens AG, Huawei...
