| 10/10/08 | Bell Makes 3G Broadband Wireless Network Investment; Plans for 4G LTE
Bell Canada announced a significant strategic investment in its Third Generation (3G) wireless network capabilities to ensure it offers Canadians the complete range of high-speed mobile data coverage, services and handset options. The investment also confirms the company's migration path to the global Fourth Generation (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard. |
| 10/09/08 | Following North American Successes, Camiant Expands Broadband Wireless Applications for Networks in Europe
Camiant,
Inc. announced that following successful deployments in North
America, it has signed on a new European GSM operator as a customer of its
leading policy control platform. Camiant's Policy Control Server enables
operators to dynamically allocate mobile broadband resources to maximize
throughput within the limits of their existing network. |
| 10/03/08 | Sprint's XOHM Broadband Wireless Internet Service at Demonstrated at WiMAX Smart Home Exhibit
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Sprint (NYSE: S) offered a first taste of XOHM service to guests attending a WiMAX open house event last night at Chicago's famed Smart Home. The Smart Home was built using green building techniques, technology that manages home energy use, and is designed with the latest in communications technology in mind. |
| 10/02/08 | First Wireless ISP Launches Integrated 3G and WiFi Mobile Broadband Wireless Internet Access Service
FREEDOM4 has launched a new service to enable customers to get the best possible broadband wireless connection whilst on the move. The combined 3G and WiFi software along with the plug-in dongle selects the highest quality connectivity at any given location to provide users with the ultimate flexible wireless service. |
| 09/22/08 | AT&T Enhances Broadband Wireless Field Service and Sales Force Automation Support Applications
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced new capabilities to extend an array of applications to mobile devices that are used by companies in targeted vertical industries. AT&T Mobile Enterprise Applications offers hosted and managed mobile integration solutions and application consulting services for companies that want to extend their business-critical information to mobile employees. |
| 09/16/08 | Comba Telecom Provides Broadband Wireless Internet Access on China's New High Speed Railroad
Comba Telecom Systems Holdings Limited announced it has successfully delivered and installed a wireless enhancement solution for China's Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Rail. This solution is the only platform that serves all on-train wireless voice and data services for the passengers. |
| 09/11/08 | Penn State University to Develop Mobile Broadband Wireless Video Social Networking System Prototype
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext
Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Penn State University announced an agreement to
jointly develop an innovative mobile video social networking application.
As part of the collaborative research project, Alcatel-Lucent and Penn
State will form a team funded by Alcatel-Lucent. Penn State will be the
newest member of the Alcatel-Lucent University Innovations Program, which
supports development of high-bandwidth applications for wireless (4G) and
wireline broadband networks. High bandwidth capabilities open the way to
such applications as multimedia services, video, virtual reality, video
gaming and more. |
| 09/10/08 | Vertical Broadband Wireless Services to Reach 24% of WiMAX Subscriptions and 14% of LTE Subscriptions by 2014
Enterprises are finally ready to adopt vertical
applications (M2M, in-vehicle telematics, mobile workforce support) that
require wireless data connectivity. 3G, WiMAX, and LTE operators may
benefit greatly from addressing this rapidly growing market, according to a
new report from Senza Fili Consulting |
| 09/10/08 | CalAmp Collaborates with Sierra Wireless to Build New 3G Broadband Wireless Meter Reading Communication Platform
CalAmp (NASDAQ: CAMP) and
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) announced that Sierra Wireless
embedded modules have been selected to provide 3G wireless broadband
connectivity for CalAmp's recently launched WiMetry Internet
Protocol-based wireless communications platform used in Automatic Meter
Reading/Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMR/AMI) applications. |
| 09/09/08 | Rayspan Metamaterial Licensees Ship 5 Million Wi-Fi Antennas in 2008
Rayspan Corporation is proud to
announce that in the first three quarters of 2008 licensees of its
technologies have shipped more than 800,000 devices equipped with a total
of more than five million metamaterial antennas. The applications supported
by these advanced wireless communications products include WiFi wireless
LANs, laptop PCs, and cellular phones. |
| 09/08/08 | Creanord to Distribute Azimuth's Wireless Broadband Test Equipment for Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and LTE
Azimuth Systems, Inc. announced that
Creanord, a premier solutions provider for carriers and service providers
throughout Northern Europe, has become its distributor for Norway, Sweden,
Finland, Denmark, the Baltics (Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania) and Russia.
Through this partnership, Creanord will distribute Azimuth's full range of
hardware and software products for Wi-Fi, WiMAX, LTE and 4G applications,
including the groundbreaking ACE 400WB and ACE MX channel emulators
for testing base station and mobile station/user equipment in a fading
environment under automated real-world scenarios. |
| 09/03/08 | Magal to Build $20 Million Broadband Wireless Municipal Surveillance Security Solution in Latin America
Magal Security
Systems, Ltd. (NASDAQ GMS: MAGS) (TASE: MAGS) announced that its
subsidiary Senstar-Stellar has received an order for the installation of a
municipal surveillance security solution in a large city in Latin America,
based on its FORTIS Command and Control System. The majority of the
approximately US$20 million project will be completed during 2008. |
| 08/28/08 | AT&T Plans to Invest More Than $15 Million This Year in the Maine Wireless Network
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has announced a planned investment of more than $15 million in the Maine wireless network in 2008, which marks the largest investment since 2005 and will bring the planned four-year state investment total to nearly $70 million |
| 08/28/08 | Option Delivers HSPA ExpressCard Designed Exclusively for Vodafone
Option N.V. (EURONEXT Brussels:OPTI), the wireless technology company, announced that it started shipping a new, stylish and high performance wireless broadband ExpressCard to Vodafone. |
| 08/28/08 | Nortel and LG Electronics are First in World to Demonstrate Mobile LTE Handover
Nortel (NYSE:NT) and LG Electronics have taken LTE from the labs to the streets to complete the world's first mobile LTE live air handover. Engineers at Nortel's Research and Development Centre of Excellence in Ottawa showed streaming HD video on an early LTE mobile device from LG Electronics while driving at speeds of 100 kms per hour and moving between coverage sites. This advancement shows the capabilities of Nortel's LTE solution in real world conditions and brings it closer to commercial readiness, which is expected by the end of 2009 |
| 08/27/08 | Explosive Growth for GSM and UMTS/HSPA in Americas: 67% Share of Market
3G Americas reports on the continued expansion of wireless services throughout the Western Hemisphere and the explosive growth of increasing GSM/HSPA subscriptions. In one year ending June 30, 2008, GSM/HSPA added more than 115 million subscriptions in the Americas region with a market share of 67% . According to industry research firm, Informa Telecoms & Media, global GSM/HSPA wireless subscriptions as of June 30, 2008 totaled 3.2 billion, adding more than a million new subscriptions for the GSM family of technologies per day worldwide. |
| 08/27/08 | AT&T iPhone to Charge $200 per Month for up to 200 MB of Data Transfer
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced expanded international data offerings to help keep iPhone customers connected around the world. Beginning tomorrow, AT&T will offer two new plans that accommodate iPhone customers' increasing reliance on data services while traveling abroad. The two new plans, which offer 100 megabytes (MB) or 200 MB a month, can potentially save customers hundreds of dollars compared to pay-per-use international data roaming charges. |
| 08/25/08 | South Bend Customers Can Now Enjoy Next-Generation Integrated TV, Internet,
Wireless and Voice Services
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced the launch of the company's integrated suite of AT&T U-verse services, including AT&T U-verse TV, AT&T U-verse High Speed Internet and AT&T U-verse Voice. |
| 08/13/08 | Ericsson in 3G HSPA Mobile Broadband Wireless Pilot to Boost Economic Development in Bangladesh
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) is launching a pilot in Bangladesh to demonstrate how to improve productivity and quality of life in the country with the use of high-speed internet services through 3G/HSPA technology. |
| 08/06/08 | Motorola's Project 25 APX Multi-Band Two-Way Radios Deliver Interoperability on Demand
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced the industry's first Project 25 (P25) multi-band subscriber family, APX, portable and mobile radios -- enabling instant multi-agency interoperability for mission critical first responders. Motorola's 4th generation P25 subscriber is multi-band (700/800 MHz and VHF), communicates with current and future networks (FDMA and TDMA) and has integrated GPS. |
| 08/05/08 | Qualcomm Achieves World's First HSPA+ Data Call
Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) announced that it has completed the world's first data call using High-Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) network technology. The call achieved a data transfer rate of more than 20 Mbps in a 5 MHz channel. HSPA+ will allow operators to double the data and triple the voice capacity of their networks compared to current HSPA deployments. Today's successful data throughput was achieved on Qualcomm's MDM8200 product, the industry's first chipset solution for HSPA+. |
| 08/05/08 | 4G Mobile Data to be Driven by WiMAX and LTE Embedded Systems Report Finds
A major push to include embedded 4G technologies in a wide range of mobile and consumer devices will create a built-in market for anticipated 4G services such as mobile WiMax and LTE, but it also will force some fundamental changes in the mobile industry ecosystem, particularly in the relationships between network operators and device suppliers, according to a recent research report. |
| 08/05/08 | Cell Phone Patch Cancels Danger of RF Signals
Interphone, the largest international epidemiology study ever conducted over cell phone use, is showing disturbing results coming especially from Northern Europe, the pioneers of the wireless technology over the old continent. An increase of cancer risks has been reported, especially for heavy- and long-time users (over 10 years). |
| 07/30/08 | Czech Republic Broadband Wireless Network Model Competing Well with DSL with No Interference Problems
For the past year, Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile unit and AT&T, two of the largest phone companies in the world, have claimed that the FCC's proposal to require a free nationwide wireless broadband service that competes with DSL will not work because the service will cause interference to their operations in adjacent spectrum bands. |
| 07/25/08 | Nokia and Qualcomm Make Technology Pact on Broadband Wireless 3G Technologies including: GSM, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, OFDM, WiMax, and LTE
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Qualcomm (Nasdaq: QCOM) announced that they have entered into a new agreement covering various standards including GSM, EDGE, CDMA, WCDMA, HSDPA, OFDM, WiMax, LTE and other technologies. The agreement will result in settlement of all litigation between the companies, including the withdrawal by Nokia of its complaint to the European Commission. |
| 07/25/08 | Telstra Launches High-Speed Internet Access Service Using Broadband Wireless Products from Netcomm and Sierra Wireless
Telstra, Australia's leading telecommunications company, has partnered with NetComm Limited, Australia's leading provider of data communication technology and the world's leading 3G embedded module manufacturer, Sierra Wireless to launch a new mobile broadband device. |
| 07/25/08 | Telefónica Hires Ericsson for Broadband Wireless System Integration Services to Build High-Speed Internet Access Network in Latin America
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) will provide business consulting and systems integration services for Telefónica's fixed and mobile operations across Latin America, allowing Telefónica to improve control of its revenue streams. |
| 07/24/08 | Sierra Wireless Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results
Sierra Wireless, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWIR, TSX: SW) is reporting second quarter 2008 results. The results are reported in U.S. dollars and are prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. |
| 07/23/08 | Femtocell Solution Ecosystems Growing to Provide End-to-End Managed Femtocell Solutions for Broadband Wireless Operators
NEC Corporation announced that its subsidiary, NEC Europe, has established a strategic partnership with Motive, Inc. (OTC: MOTV.PK) a leading provider of Service Management solutions for broadband and mobile data services. The partnership will see Motive's service management software integrated into NEC's Femtocell Access Point Management System. |
| 07/22/08 | Alltel upgrades Cleveland, Akron and Canton Broadband Wireless Network to EVDO Revision A Technology for High-Speed Internet Access
Alltel Wireless, a US mobile broadband operator, has upgraded its network to provide Evolution Data Optimised Revision A coverage in the Cleveland, Akron and Canton areas of the State of Ohio, US. |
| 07/17/08 | Ericsson, 3 Italia Upgrade Broadband Wireless Network with HSPA Technology for High-Speed 3G Wireless Internet Access
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC ) and 3 Italia have achieved an industry first: the successful establishment of enhanced HSPA mobile-data connections in a commercial network. The enhanced HSPA technology enables maximum uplink data rates of 5.8Mbps and a significant reduction in network latency, resulting in markedly better performance for interactive consumer applications. |
| 07/17/08 | World's First Wireless IP-Telephony Service Launches in Japan
JAJAH announced that, together with EMOBILE , it has launched an IP-only mobile device -- the EM·ONE -- that is set to be the standard around the world. With the EM·ONE device, users in Japan can now make and receive voice-over-mobile-broadband calls via its JAJAH Mobile software client without a traditional mobile phone connection. |
| 07/15/08 | Spreed Inc. Releases iPhone Application that Lets People Rapidly Read News on the Go
Toronto-based Spreed Inc. has released their first version of Spreed:News, an application that enhances the way people read news on mobile phones. Spreed's research in the area of reading enhancement technologies has been used to create a simple and user friendly interface for consuming text-based content. Their proprietary reader both increases reading speed and reduces the problems faced with the restrictive form factor found on mobile devices. The product will be launched on the Apple iPhone and the company will be releasing a version for the RIM Blackberry in the near future. |
| 07/11/08 | Notify Technology's Wireless Enterprise Solution to Support the Apple iPhone
Notify Technology Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: NTFY), announced that its NotifyLink Enterprise Edition will now support the Apple iPhone 3G and all iPhones and iPod touch devices once upgraded with the new iPhone 2.0 software. With the iPhone 2.0 upgrade for the iPhone and iPod touch, Apple is only providing enterprise wireless email and PIM synchronization support for Microsoft Exchange users. |
| 07/11/08 | Lextech Labs' iRa Brings Mobile Surveillance to the Apple iPhone
Lextech Labs introduced iRa, the first of three mobile high-end surveillance applications to be released by the new company this year. iRa is a remote surveillance viewing and control system that puts the power of multiple live video feeds and direct camera pan-tilt-zoom control in the palm of your hand on an iPhone or iPod Touch. The product will be available for purchase in late July. Interested parties should visit the Lextech Labs website for detailed buying information. |
| 07/08/08 | Airvana Releases New EV-DO Software Products to Address Rapidly Growing Demand for Mobile Data Services
Airvana, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRV), the company transforming the mobile experience, announced the release of the company's latest CDMA 1xEV-DO Rev. A software. This release, which was delivered in June, enables mobile operators to more efficiently increase capacity and accelerate the roll-out of next-generation multimedia services. EV-DO is the wireless technology providing the engine of growth for CDMA operators around the world by enabling high-speed mobile Internet, multimedia and entertainment applications. |
| 07/08/08 | AT&T Rolls Out 3G Wireless Broadband Network in Lancaster County
Watch video on the go. Surf the wireless Internet at DSL-like speeds. Share live video during a cell phone call. AT&T (NYSE: T) announced these services are now available on the third-generation (3G) mobile broadband network in Lancaster County -- including the iPhone 3G being launched on July 11. |
| 07/04/08 | AT&T Launches 3G Wireless Broadband Service in Chattanooga
Watch video on the go. Surf the wireless Internet at lightning speed. Share live video during a wireless call. These are just a few of the things you can do with AT&T's third-generation (3G) wireless service, now available in Chattanooga.
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| 07/03/08 | O2 Introduces New High-Speed Internet Access Modems in the United Kingdom
O2 and Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR- TSX: SW) announced the world's first commercial launch of the Sierra Wireless Compass 885 USB Modem on the O2 network in the UK. Designed for mobile professionals, laptop computer users and frequent travellers, the O2 Business USB modem has a smaller, more durable USB design with download speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps (megabits per second) and upload speeds of up to 2 Mbps. |
| 06/27/08 | Mopar uconnect web to Provide High-Speed Wireless Internet Services to Vehicles from Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge
Mopar announced that it will launch uconnect web, Chrysler LLC's in-vehicle wireless Internet connectivity for Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge consumers in the U.S. uconnect web, powered by Autonet Mobile, delivers continuous Internet connectivity to all vehicle passengers for entertainment and real-time information access on the go. |
| 06/26/08 | Verizon Wireless Expands EVDO Broadband Wireless 3G Network to Cover 76,000 Square Miles in Northern Californian
Verizon Wireless has widened its 3G "fast lane" along California's Central Coast. The company's high-speed wireless broadband network now delivers mile after mile of high-speed performance for customers surfing the Internet, e-mailing large files, and downloading songs or videos over-the-air using 3G-capable phones and PC cards. |
| 06/25/08 | Ceragon Receives $5 Million Follow-on Order From a Leading Mobile Broadband Wireless Operator in Mexico
Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT )(TASE: CRNT), a leading provider of high-capacity wireless backhaul solutions, announced that it was awarded a $5 million follow-on equipment order from one of the leading mobile operators in Mexico. Ceragon's equipment will be used as part of a large-scale infrastructure expansion that includes capacity upgrades for an existing 2.5G network as well as preparation to support advanced 3G services in the near future. This order is the recent addition to an ongoing relationship between Ceragon and its esteemed Mexican customer since the year 2000. |
| 06/25/08 | Multi-Links Selects Nortel to Expand Mobile Broadband Wireless Internet Services in Nigeria
Multi-Links Telecommunications Ltd., one of Nigeria's leading service providers, has entered into a three-year frame contract with Nortel (NYSE/TSX: NT) to expand and upgrade its broadband wireless Internet access network.
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| 06/23/08 | Afghan Wireless Provides High-Speed Wireless Internet Access to 2 Million Customers via EDGE/GPRS Technology
Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC), headquartered in Kabul, provides broadband wireless Internet connectivity covering over 2500 Km in all of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. The services include digital call quality with no satellite delays, conference calling, per second billing, superb connectivity on the highways and over the difficult terrain of the country. AWCC is a leader in delivering wireless and broadband communication solutions to residential and business customers. |
| 06/23/08 | LSTI Seeks to Finalize LTE Technology Chipset Features by the End of 2008
The LTE SAE Trial Initiative (LSTI), a global group of LTE equipment vendors and operators, has outlined plans for cross-vendor device to network interoperability testing of LTE. With this testing, LSTI is fostering the development of a global LTE ecosystem that will include a wide range of LTE devices that will function consistently on all LTE networks worldwide. This will mean that consumers have the prospect of super-fast wireless broadband coverage no matter where on the globe they roam or what type of device they prefer. |
| 06/23/08 | Firethorn Joins Forces with BECU to Make the Mobile Wireless Wallet a Reality
Firethorn Holdings LLC announced that it has added BECU (formally known as Boeing Employees' Credit Union) to its growing roster of financial institution customers. The nation's fourth largest credit union, BECU plans on launching the Firethorn mobile wallet application in the first quarter of 2009. By collaborating with Firethorn, BECU will enable its members to check their account balances, transfer funds and view and pay bills through their mobile devices. Future service capabilities will include more advanced mobile transactions and mobile commerce. |
| 06/23/08 | Aeris and Kyocera Wireless Introduce Early Adopter Program with Free Developer Network Access for Machine to Machine (M2M) Applications
Aeris Communications, a leading wireless communications service provider dedicated exclusively to the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and telematics marketplace across North America, and Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading global manufacturer of wireless handsets, devices and embedded machine-to-machine modules, jointly announced the launch of the Kyocera Early Adopter Program for Aeris. |
| 06/19/08 | Helius Technology Powers In-Mall Digital Signage Broadband Wireless Network
Helius, a Hughes company, has teamed with PlasMedia Productions on one of the nation's largest in-mall digital signage broadband wireless networks, servicing over 3,600 advertisers in 100 locations. PlasMedia selected the Helius digital signage solution because it allowed them to quickly expand their business and meet all of their technology requirements. |
| 06/18/08 | Sierra Wireless Updates New Modules for HSPA Broadband Wireless 3G Networks
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) announced two new additions to the company's embedded module product line - the MC8790 and MC8790V embedded modules for HSPA broadband wireless networks. The Sierra Wireless MC8790 and MC8790V HSPA modules will offer a more cost-effective wireless Internet access solution for OEM customers, while still providing the extensive feature set and high-end functionality that Sierra Wireless customers have come to expect from the company's embedded modules. |
| 06/18/08 | ERCO & GENER Selects Sierra Wireless Embedded Modules for Broadband Wireless Machine to Machine (M2M) Applications
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) and ERCO & GENER announced that ERCO & GENER has selected Sierra Wireless embedded modules to provide HSPA network connectivity for the GenPro 30e modem. ERCO & GENER designs, manufactures and markets communication systems for the French and export markets. The GenPro 30e modem is designed for Machine to Machine (M2M) applications and is currently available in France and the European market. |
| 06/18/08 | WiMAX Meets the Needs of Large Broadband Wireless Telecom Operators to Expand Coverage Areas with Cost Effective Technology
At the WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2008 in Amsterdam this week Nokia Siemens Networks is demonstrating a fully scalable, end-to-end WiMAX experience. The demonstration highlights how communications service providers can achieve their coverage and capacity objectives quickly and create seamless and personalized end-user experiences. |
| 06/17/08 | AT&T Introduces New Broadband Wireless Social Networking and Mobile Media Applications From Juice Wireless and Buzzwire
Want to stay connected to many of your favorite online social destination sites while you're on the go this summer? AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced the launch of two new mobile applications -- JuiceCaster 6.0 and Buzzwire -- that keep you connected to your online world. JuiceCaster 6.0 enables you to use your AT&T wireless device to instantly share and post your mobile videos and photos with your favorite online communities -- including exclusive mobile video postings to YouTube and Flickr. With Buzzwire, you can access and customize an extensive streaming media library that spans popular video and audio content, as well as live Internet radio, directly from AT&T phones. |
| 06/17/08 | Calypso Wireless, Inc. Announces European Patents for Wireless Wi-Fi and 3G Detection and Switching Technology in Twenty-Five Countries
Calypso Wireless, Inc. (OTC: CLYW / CLYW.PK), a leading innovator in advanced wireless telecommunications technologies announced that the company has received news that its patent applications for its ASNAP technology have been accepted in twenty-five European countries. With those rights now secure and the newly established ability to protect those rights in Europe as well as America, the company has begun the process of monetizing its technology.
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| 06/17/08 | Sprint Selects Samsung's Instinct to Compete with Apple iPhone on EVDO Broadband Wireless Network
Sprint (NYSE: S) and Samsung Mobile announced the upcoming availability of a new wireless device, Samsung Instinct, which offers consumers an industry-leading user experience by combining full touch screen functionality with fast speeds available on the nation's largest mobile broadband network. This revolutionary device speeds up the user experience like no other touch screen phone and brings the customer's most-used applications and contacts within a single finger tap. |
| 06/12/08 | Motorola First LTE Commercial Products Supporting 700MHz and 2.6GHz Not Coming Until the End of 2009
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) announced that its first commercial release of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) solutions next year will include products for the 700MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum bands to help operators increase coverage and capacity of their broadband wireless networks as they strive to meet the growing demand for mobile broadband services. |
| 06/12/08 | Nortel Bets Its Money on WiMAX Short Term; Hopes that LTE Can Be Developed by Next Year
This enables Nortel to achieve faster time-to-market with WiMAX , at a lower cost, while accelerating LTE development to meet a demand that is emerging faster than the industry originally predicted. |
| 06/12/08 | Apple iPhone 3G Application Helps Singles Hookup in Public for Dating
iCloseBy.com announces the latest release of iFob, a popular Wi-Fi hotspot application that helps singles hookup with other singles looking for action while on the go. As an accepted member of both the Apple Developer Network and Apple's iPhone Developer Program, iCloseBy.com has used the Apple iPhone SDK and has developed iFob 2.0 for Apple's consideration. iFob 2.0, including all of the functionality of the earlier versions of iFob (still available free download for Windows PCs), now has the unified look-and-feel of other Apple native iPhone software apps, as well as a newly added ability to 'real-space-real-time' locate other willing iFob users from GPS-like cell-tower triangulation. |
| 06/12/08 | Verizon Adds 21,000 Sq. Miles of 3G Broadband Wireless Network Coverage for Southern California
Verizon Wireless has widened its 3G "broadband wireless fast lane" in Riverside County. The company's BroadbandAccess network now delivers mile after mile of wireless high-speed performance for customers surfing the Internet, emailing large files and downloading songs or videos over-the-air, using 3G-capable phones and pc cards.
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| 06/11/08 | Flirtomatic Released for the iPhone and iTouch to Improve Mobile Dating
Flirtomatic, a mobile and online flirting service, released its alpha version of Flirtomatic. The alpha version can be obtained worldwide and has an enriched mobile interface, built specifically for the users of iPhone and iTouch. |
| 06/03/08 | Xi'an Haitian Captures Market Opportunities & 3G Growth Develops UWB Antennas Covering All Bands
One of the PRC's leading manufacturers of telecommunications antennas, Xi'an Haitian Antenna Technologies Co., Ltd. has successfully developed ultra-wideband antennas (UWB antennas), and improved and enhanced its 128 multi-probe 3D radiation pattern test system, with these two technologies, the Group developed innovative technology which covers all bands. Together with its production of UWB antennas products, will provide a further significant boost to the Group's future development. |
| 06/02/08 | Bridgewater Systems Selected as Broadband Wireless Vendor for Sprint's XOHM WiMAX Network
Bridgewater Systems (TSX:BWC) announced its selection as the network access control vendor for Sprint's new nationwide XOHM WiMAX Network. Bridgewater is the incumbent supplier of Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) services to Sprint's existing CDMA 3G network and will now extend its solution to support XOHM as well. Through the capabilities of the Bridgewater solution, Sprint will be able to provide high performance network access control, and support open network access services such as over the air provisioning of devices, subscribers and on-demand service models, and lawful intercept services. |
| 05/28/08 | Voice Mobility Announces the Addition of ROI Networks to Its Distribution Network
Voice Mobility International, Inc. (TSX:VMY)(OTCBB:VMII)(FRANKFURT:VMY), a Vancouver-based developer and provider of carrier and enterprise broadband wireless messaging solutions, announced the addition of ROI Networks as a certified reseller of the Voice Mobility solution set. |
| 05/27/08 | Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference Taps Provigent Chairman to Speak on Broadband Wireless Communication
Provigent, a leading provider of System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions for the broadband wireless transmission market, announced that Eli Harry, Provigent Chairman will present at the 12th Annual Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference held this week at The Sagamore Resort in Lake George, New York. Eli Harry will speak in the "Broadband Wireless: High-speed communication through integrated wireless solutions" session on Thursday, May 29, 2008. |
| 05/20/08 | Wavesat Introduces Industry Leading Multimode Architecture Enabling WiMAX, WiFi and Future 4G Technologies
Wavesat, a leading supplier of Broadband Wireless semiconductor solutions, introduced its new family of 4G Broadband Wireless chipset named Odyssey TM , with a unique flexible, multimode 4G architecture enabling WiMAX Wave2, WiFi, XG-PHS and seamless migration to future 4G technologies such as LTE. |
| 05/20/08 | Realtors Envision the Future of Real Estate Using Broadband Wireless Applications
Today's handheld technologies and wireless networks are changing the way Realtors(R) are doing business, enabling them to stay productive and connected with clients, even when they aren't in the office. |
| 05/20/08 | Ericsson Signs Broadband Wireless Contract for GSM/EDGE Network Digicel in Honduras
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has been awarded a GSM/EDGE contract by Digicel Group in Honduras, making Ericsson the preferred supplier for Digicel's operations in the Caribbean, El Salvador and now in Honduras |
| 05/20/08 | Value of Data on Wireless Devices on the Rise: Leads to Increase in Theft and Security Concerns Worldwide
Airwide Solutions, the leading provider of next-generation mobile messaging and mobile internet infrastructure, applications and solutions, forecasts significant mobile security threats will escalate due to the ballooning usage of smartphones and the increasing value of information stored on these devices. In conjunction with this projection, Airwide has outlined a three-pronged strategy for operators to protect themselves and their subscribers from privacy and information loss threats due to lost or stolen handsets. |
| 05/20/08 | Enterprise Broadband Wireless Market to Reach $50 Billion by 2012
A new Strategy Analytics Wireless Enterprise Strategies report, "Fixed-Mobile Convergence in the Enterprise," predicts that the market for Enterprise Fixed-Mobile Convergence solutions will grow to be worth over $50 billion by 2012. |
| 05/19/08 | Broadband Wireless Femtocells Too Expensive to Compete with Wi-Fi
This white paper examines the underpinnings of the technology, the claimed benefits for both operators and consumers, and the reasons why the market hasn't yet developed. Furthermore, the paper offers a comparison of femtocells and Wi-Fi access points, and concludes with an analysis of how the two technologies might coexist in homes in the future. |
| 05/19/08 | iPoint-media Enables New Video Dating Services Over 3G Mobile
iPoint-media announced the release of Vitrage GOvideoDating, a new interactive video dating delivery platform designed for use with 3G mobile phones. GOvideoDating enables existing dating services, mobile operators and service providers to quickly and easily deploy video dating services on any 3G network and benefit from new revenue opportunities derived from 3G video calls. |
| 05/15/08 | Rogers Wireless Becomes First North American Carrier to Launch Yahoo! oneSearch(TM)
Rogers Wireless, Inc. (TSX:RCI)(NYSE:RCI) and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) announced the availability of Yahoo! oneSearch, Yahoo!'s award-winning mobile search service, to Rogers Wireless and Fido customers across Canada. With this launch, Rogers becomes the first North American carrier to bring Yahoo!'s revolutionary mobile search service and starting point to the mobile Internet directly to its customers. |
| 05/13/08 | Mio Group Plans Launch of Mobile Voice and Wireless Broadband Internet Services in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao
Mio, the fastest growing provider of broadband mobile communication services in the Caribbean Islands, announced that it will soon be launching mobile voice, broadband Internet access and WiMax services in Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao. Mio will be the first in the Caribbean to offer affordable unlimited wireless broadband Internet access and voice plans that include voicemail and unlimited texting. |
| 05/12/08 | Mobile Backhaul Equipment Market Set to Skyrocket Due to Exploding Mobile Data/Video Use
Mobile operators and backhaul transport providers spent $3.7 billion worldwide on mobile backhaul equipment in 2007, and are expected to increase their spending in the high double-digit percents from 2009 to at least 2011, according to Infonetics Research 's latest Mobile Backhaul Equipment, Installed Base, and Services report. |
| 05/08/08 | Telenor Pushes Expansion of Turbo 3G network
Telenor strengthens its mobile broadband offering in Norway through Mobilt Bredbånd. This year, the Turbo 3G network is being expanded to cover all communities with more than 200 inhabitants, equivalent to 86 per cent of the Norwegian population. |
| 05/07/08 | East Lyme Chooses WPCS for Advanced Wireless Network
WPCS International Incorporated (Nasdaq: WPCS), a leader in design-build engineering services for specialty communication systems and wireless infrastructure, has announced that through its New England Communications Systems (NECS) subsidiary, it has been selected by The Town of East Lyme, Connecticut to provide an advanced wireless network for the town-wide mission critical public safety initiative. |
| 05/07/08 | WiMax Will Be the Next DSL for More Than 5 Billion People Worldwide; LTE Years Away from Meaningful Existence
We believe there is a role for LTE as the natural evolution of GSM/HSPA-and probably also CDMA/EV-DO-but we believe it is years away. As such, it contrasts sharply with WiMax, which is being deployed today and for which spectrum has already been made available. WiMax already has an ecosystem which looks a lot like WiFi in terms of cost and diversity, whereas LTE simply is not even defined yet, much less available. |
| 05/06/08 | Predicting the Future Triumph of Clearwire's $14 Billion Broadband Wireless Network
Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announced Wednesday that the companies will combine their broadband wireless units to create a $14.55 billion mobile wireless communications company to provide internet access, phone service, movies, games and a variety of other broadband wireless data services. The new company, which will retain Clearwire's name, will continue developing a mobile network based on WiMax technology, which promises much faster speeds than the latest 3g cellular networks. |
| 05/01/08 | Cisco and Nokia Utilize Wi-Fi to Fill in 3G Cellular Gaps
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Nokia announced growing customer and partner acceptance of their combined mobile unified communications solution. The Mobile Business Solution from Cisco and Nokia extends the rich Cisco Unified Internet Protocol (IP) Phone capabilities to Nokia Eseries smartphones over Cisco Unified Wireless Networks to offer users a seamless mobile experience in the enterprise Wi-Fi environment and public cellular networks. |
| 04/23/08 | 3G Wireless Carrier Upgrades GSM/HSPDA Network with WiMAX Broadband Wireless Technology to Add Quality IP Data Services for Its Existing Base of 23 Million Customers
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that Vodacom Lesotho, a subsidiary of Vodacom Group has selected Airspan as its preferred WiMAX supplier. Airspan will supply its MicroMAX base stations in the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz frequency band in addition to CPEs (customer premise equipment). The contract is through Airspan's reseller partner, TVS. |
| 04/21/08 | Big Growth in Broadband Wireless Data Traffic Will Spur Massive Technology Upgrades
The exponential growth of data traffic carried by wireless networks is likely to force mobile service providers to accelerate their efforts to upgrade their networks to a flat, all-IP architecture, according to a major new report titled, Flat IP Architectures in Mobile Networks: From 3G to LTE, published by Heavy Reading. |
| 04/18/08 | Lantronix Announces Winners of Its Annual Wireless Design Contest
At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, Calif. yesterday, Lantronix, Inc. (Nasdaq:LTRX) announced the winners of its annual Wireless Design Contest. The contest challenges engineers, students, and hobbyists to develop a creative and practical wireless product using Lantronix's MatchPort(r) b/g, an 802.11 b/g embedded wireless device server module. |
| 04/15/08 | Homeland Integrated Security Systems Customers to Benefit From AT&T Purchase of 700 MHz Bandwidth
Homeland Integrated Security Systems, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HISU) announced that the company's customers can expect to benefit from AT&T's recent purchase of the 700 MHz spectrum. According to the company, the network will be able to deliver higher speed services and allow more bandwidth over existing GSM network platforms. This will mean better coverage and higher quality service. |
| 04/14/08 | AT&T Continues Expanding Network Coverage in North Carolina; Plans to Invest More Than $80 Million in Wireless Network Upgrades in 2008
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced the continuation of an aggressive program that enhances and maximizes the overall customer experience in North Carolina. The company plans to invest more than $80 million in the North Carolina network in 2008 to expand its wireless coverage. The planned investment will bring AT&T's three-year network investment in the state for wireless and wired services to nearly $1.5 billion. |
| 04/14/08 | Cisco 'Empowered Branch' Delivers More Applications and New Broadband Wireless Business Models; Opens Routers to Customers and Third-Party Applications
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced new broadband wireless solutions that further optimize branch offices of all sizes, allowing companies to customize branch networks to meet their unique business needs. By opening its industry-leading Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) and Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) platforms to customers and third-party application developers, Cisco enables its customers to optimize the branch infrastructure while extending their accessibility to business resources. It also provides Cisco channel partners with new opportunities to deliver differentiated solutions and services that better align with customers' business needs. |
| 04/14/08 | Sierra Wireless and Wavefront Announce Best Mobile Broadband Wireless and GPS Real Time Location Services Contest
Sierra Wireless Inc. (SW:TO, SWIR:NASDAQ) and Wavefront, a commercialization accelerator for the British Columbia Wireless and New Media industries, announced the launch of the "Sierra Wireless - Wavefront Developer Challenge." The purpose of the six-month challenge is to find best-in-class broadband wireless enterprise or consumer applications that take advantage of the mobile broadband and GPS capabilities built into Sierra Wireless PC cards, ExpressCards, and USB modems. |
| 04/11/08 | Vodafone UK and BT Sign Broadband Wireless Backhaul and Managed Service Agreement to Predict and Shape Bandwidth for Base Stations in the UK
Vodafone UK (LSE: VOD) and BT (LSE: BT) announced anew managed network solutions agreement that will see BT Wholesale provide and manage high speed connectivity between Vodafone's UK base stations and its core national network. Under the terms of the five-year agreement, BT will deliver a cost-efficient and flexible solution that enables Vodafone UK to manage the predicted growth in traffic and bandwidth requirements from its range of new bandwidth-intensive mobile applications. |
| 04/09/08 | EJL Wireless Research Reports Global Broadband Wireless CDMA Base Transmitting Station Transceiver Market Grew 35.7% in 2007
The global base transmitting station (BTS) transceiver (TRx) market grew by 35.7% in units in 2007, according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research titled "Global BTS Transceiver Market Analysis and Forecast, 4thEdition, 2007-2012." |
| 04/07/08 | Icera to Acquire Sirific Wireless for Radio Frequency (RF) CMOS Technology
Icera Inc., a leader in software defined wireless modem chipsets, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to merge with Sirific Wireless, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in advanced CMOS RF transceivers. This will enable Icera to deliver a complete chipset solution for the mobile broadband market, which industry analysts expect to grow from just 90 million subscribers today to 1.3 billion by 2012. |
| 04/04/08 | Ericsson Sole Supplier Of HSPA Expansion And All-IP Upgrade For SmarTone-Vodafone In Hong Kong
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC ) has been selected by leading operator SmarTone-Vodafone in Hong Kong as the sole supplier for network enhancements to provide the operator's mobile customers with a greater variety of advanced mobile broadband and multimedia services. |
| 04/03/08 | Nortel Delivering Seamless Broadband Wireless Mobile Communications Anywhere, Anytime, Any Device
Nortel (NYSE:NT) announced further innovation in technology for application development, IP solutions and more customers reaping the benefits of new, converged communications. These milestones are bringing to life Nortel's vision for a simplified communication experience with technology that blurs the lines between wireless and wireline, home and office by creating a seamless, unified communication experience. |
| 04/02/08 | Alcatel-Lucent Introduces CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision B Capabilities at CTIA
CTIA Wireless Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced its plans to support CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision B (EVDO Rev B) capabilities for third-generation (3G) CDMA networks. EVDO Rev B enables mobile operators to improve capacity, throughput and latency on their existing EVDO networks, resulting in an improved quality of experience for its data subscribers. |
| 04/02/08 | Alcatel-Lucent Solidifies Market And Technical Leadership In Mobile Backhaul
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU ) highlighted its leadership in the mobile backhaul market and unveiled further enhancements to its Mobile Evolution Transport Architecture (META), the industry's first and most comprehensive architecture for profitably evolving mobile networks from TDM to all-IP. With new advanced microwave packet, optical and IP capabilities, as well as strong customer momentum - including 10 new contracts in the past 6 months --, Alcatel-Lucent has extended its leadership in the mobile backhaul market and offers mobile operators quick-to-market end-to-end solutions. |
| 04/01/08 | NETGEAR and Tatara Systems to Show Interoperable Broadband Wireless Femtocell Solution at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas
NETGEAR Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR ) announced a plan to achieve interoperability between NETGEAR's Femtocell Voice Gateway (DVG834GH) and the Tatara Convergence Server. |
| 04/01/08 | Texas Instruments Announced the Industry's First Multi-carrier, Multi-standard Development Platform for Broadband Wireless Base Stations
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN ) announced a scalable, programmable development ecosystem enabling base station OEMs to support multiple carriers of established and evolving wireless standards from a single platform. Based on TI's multicore TMS320TCI6487 and TMS320TCI6488 digital signal processors (DSPs) and multi-interface software libraries, the development platform covers all major air interfaces including GSM-EDGE, HSPA, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA , LTE and WiMAX. With a single development platform, OEMs largely "design once-deploy multiple" base stations, significantly reducing design costs, while speeding the deployment of new 3G features and beyond 3G standards. |
| 04/01/08 | Nortel Shows how Carriers can Deliver Better, Faster Networks to Reach True Mobile Broadband Wireless Customers
With billions of people and machines currently connected to the network and millions more being connected each day, Nortel (NYSE:NT) understands how to transform the challenges of Hyperconnectivity into opportunities for its carrier customers. At CTIA Wireless 2008, Nortel will demonstrate the ways its mobile convergence and 4G mobile broadband technologies - LTE and WiMAX - are reducing the complexity of a hyperconnected world to deliver better, faster wireless networks that simplify work, study and even play for today's "always connected" consumers. |
| 03/29/08 | Cisco To Showcase Applications At CTIA WIRELESS 2008 That Help People Connect, Collaborate And Access Entertainment On The Move
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO ) announced that it will showcase at CTIA WIRELESS 2008 (April 1-3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center) mobility applications that promise to change the way people connect, collaborate and access entertainment on the move. These services represent a strategic opportunity for service providers to profitably address customer demand to access information and stay connected anytime, anywhere. |
| 03/28/08 | Ericsson Demonstrates HSPA Broadband Wireless Technology that Claims Speeds of Up to 42 Mbps
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) will conduct the world's first demonstration of end-to-end HSPA Evolution technology with speeds of up to 42 Mbps at CTIA Wireless 2008, which is being held in Las Vegas from April 1 to 3. |
| 03/27/08 | Airvana Spotlights CDMA Femtocell Leadership at CTIA Wireless 2008
Airvana, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRV), will showcase its comprehensive solutions for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) at CTIA Wireless 2008 (Booth 3321), taking place April 1-3, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. In live demonstrations, the company is highlighting the HubBub(TM) CDMA femtocell, the only femtocell to support both 1x-RTT and EV-DO services; the Universal Access Gateway (UAG), a convergence gateway for innovative femtocell or Wi-Fi-enabled FMC services; and the Femto Service Manager, which provides standards-based, highly scalable management and auto-configuration capabilities for femtocell deployments. |
| 03/27/08 | Get An Informative Overview Of Hungary's Mobile Broadband Wireless Market
Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Hungary - Mobile Market - Overview & Statistics" to their broadband wireless research report offering. Hungary's mobile market, like that of its Central European counterparts, has matured with penetration rates approaching or 100%. Services are offered by three mobile network operators, all of which are majority or wholly owned by Western European operators. |
| 03/27/08 | Airvana's Participation in CTIA Wireless 2008 Showcases How Company is Transforming the Mobile Experience
Airvana, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRV ), will showcase its mobile broadband expertise across a variety of technologies at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas April 1-3, 2008, through various live demonstrations of its CDMA and UMTS HubBub(TM) femtocells, Universal Access Gateway (UAG) with Femto Network Gateway capabilities and its EV-DO Rev. B technology. Airvana executives will share their views on the trends and technologies shaping the future of mobile in speaking sessions at CTIA Wireless and the CTIA-partnered Informa pre-conference Converged Services Summit. |
| 03/26/08 | Franklin Wireless Receives $7-Million Purchase Order From Mexico's Iusacell for Dual-Band CDU-680 EV-DO Rev. A Wireless Broadband Modem
Franklin Wireless Corp. (OTCBB: FKWL ), announced a $7-million purchase order from Mexican operator Iusacell for the company's CDU-680 dual-band CDMA 1xEV-DO Rev. A USB modem. The modem will be shipped over a six-month period beginning in April 2008. |
| 03/26/08 | Ericsson supplies Redback-based IP transport solution to mCel in Mozambique
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC ) has been chosen as sole supplier by leading Mozambican operator mCel for the expansion and upgrade of its Mobile Packet Backbone Network solution (Mobile-PBN). The contract includes Redback's SmartEdge products, and is set to boost network capacity and manage increased traffic growth. |
| 03/26/08 | GoTV Networks Announces Music Channel for Helio
GoTV Networks announced an agreement with Helio, to bring an integrated music product to Helio members. |
| 03/26/08 | New 3 Gb/s SDI Support for Tektronix Waveform Monitors
Tektronix, Inc announced significant upgrades for its successful WFM and WVR series of waveform monitors and rasterizers including the addition of 3 Gb/s Single Link Serial-Digital-Interface (SDI) support to the WFM7020 and WFM7120 Waveform Monitors. This capability is added through two new options: a monitoring option (3G) for WFM7020 and WFM7120, and a Jitter measurement option (JIT) for the WFM7120. With the addition of 3 Gb/s SDI support for monitoring 1080P 50/59.94/60 HD video, the Tektronix Waveform Monitors. |
| 03/26/08 | Sky Link Ekaterinburg Launches Mobile Broadband Services with Nortel Wireless Solution
Sky Link Ekaterinburg, is providing mobile broadband for users in the Ural region of Russia powered by Nortel(1) (TSX:NT)(NYSE:NT) wireless technology. The Nortel upgrade to Sky Link Ekaterinburg's existing network supports wireless interactive multimedia services and real-time applications such as video telephony, video surveillance and mobile VoIP. Uralwestcom JSC is held by RTDC (Russian Telecommunications Development Corporation), an investment holding company. |
| 03/26/08 | CyberShift Named to START-IT Magazine's 2008 Top 125 Manufacturing Technology Providers
CyberShift announced it has been named to START-IT magazine's 125 for 2008, a directory of the most influential technology providers in the manufacturing space. This is the third consecutive year that CyberShift has been selected to receive this prestigious honor. Companies were selected by the magazine's editors and its editorial board. |
| 03/25/08 | BSNL Selects Nortel for GSM Expansion Deal In Excess of $100 Million to Meet India's Soaring Demand for Wireless Services
Nortel (NYSE:NT) has won an agreement with India's BSNL valued at over US$100 million, to put mobile connectivity in the hands of millions of new subscribers in the southern area of the country. |
| 03/24/08 | Airvana Signs Global Broadband Wireless OEM Agreement with Motorola for CDMA Femtocell
Airvana, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRV) announced a global OEM agreement to provide Motorola with a CDMA femtocell solution. Already a significant network infrastructure supplier to CDMA wireless carriers worldwide, this agreement will enhance Motorola's 3G femtocell solution offerings. |
| 03/19/08 | Google Signs Deal with Voice Mobility to Push Google Apps with Mobile Broadband Communication Services
Voice Mobility International, Inc. announced it has joined the Google Enterprise Professional program, which extends the power of Google across the enterprise and helps customers get more value out of their Google enterprise deployments. |
| 03/18/08 | AT&T Expanding HSDPA Broadband Wireless Coverage in Michigan; Plans to Invest $46 Million in Network Upgrades in 2008
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced that the company plans in 2008 to invest more than $46 million in the Michigan network to expand wireless coverage. AT&T plans to add new cell sites and roll out its higher-speed third-generation (3G) wireless network to new cities and areas across the state. This year's investment brings AT&T's three-year wireless network investment in Michigan to more than $221 million. |
| 03/10/08 | NETGEAR and Nokia Siemens Networks Collaborate on 3G HSPDA/Wi-Fi Femto Home Broadband Wireless Access Solution
NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR) and Nokia Siemens Networks announced their collaboration to certify NETGEAR's Femtocell Voice Gateway (DVG834GH) for interoperability with Nokia Siemens Networks' Femto Gateway. The combined solution will enable mobile operators to deliver high quality cellular phone coverage throughout the home and small office, and provide consumers affordable and easy access to a range of advanced network services via existing 3G and Wi-Fi handsets. |
| 03/10/08 | Sonus Networks Unveils New Mobile Broadband Wireless Technology to Shape Wireless World
Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS) at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona unveiled its latest wireless technology that will allow mobile operators to rapidly increase their average revenue per user (ARPU) and leverage their existing high-speed data networks. Sonus' new mobilEdge Wireless Access Node, integrates seamlessly with the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) enabling operators to deliver never before seen services over existing high-speed data networks cost-effectively and securely. |
| 03/06/08 | Ericsson Wins Mobile Broadband Wireless Network Expansion Contract in Germany
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has been selected by German mobile operator E-Plus to expand and upgrade its WCDMA network. The deal also includes the expansion and enhancement of the E-Plus microwave transmission network and will allow subscribers to enjoy best- quality mobile data services in most parts of Germany. |
| 03/06/08 | AT&T's 3G HSDPA Broadband Wireless Network Answers the Need for High-Speed Internet Access in Nassau County
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has announced that customers who live and travel through Nassau County now have more options in how, when and where they can access the Internet, use e-mail or view a variety of entertainment services. AT&T's 3G network in Nassau County now includes Lake Success, New Hyde Park, Valley Stream, Garden City, Hempstead, Old Westbury, Merrick, Woodbury, Hicksville, Massapequa, Great Neck, North Hills and Glen Cove. |
| 02/27/08 | NetMotion Wireless Boosts Mobile Productivity for Visiting Nurse Service of New York
NetMotion Wireless announced that its Mobile Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution has been selected by the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) to provide VNSNY's home healthcare workforce with real time access to critical data and applications at the point of care. VNSNY is the largest not-for-profit home health care agency in the nation with nearly 10,000 care providers that make more than 2.2 million home visits per year throughout New York City and Westchester and Nassau counties to an average of over 30,000 patients each day. |
| 02/27/08 | Fractal Antenna Systems' Small, Wall-Mounted In-Building Broadband Wireless Antenna Delivers Wideband Performance and Solves Installation Issues
Fractal Antenna Systems, Inc. announced a new Universal Access Surface Mounted (UASM) Antenna delivering wideband performance in a thin, compact unit for distributed antenna applications. The UASM Antenna's form factor solves a number of installation issues for integrators, including the ability to mount to walls and other hard surfaces that prevent the use of through holes. |
| 02/25/08 | Venezuela's Movilnet Distributes Franklin Wireless' CDU-680 1xEV-DO Rev. A Wireless Broadband Modem
Franklin Wireless Corp. (OTCBB: FKWL) announced Venezuelan CDMA 1xEV-DO Revision A operator Movilnet is offering the Franklin Wireless CDU-680 mobile broadband USB modem as a primary mobile broadband connectivity product to customers. |
| 02/25/08 | AT&T Selects Alcatel-Lucent's Next-Generation UMTS/HSDPA Technology to Provide 3G High-Speed Internet Access
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced an agreement for Alcatel-Lucent to support the expansion of AT&T's UMTS/HSPA (Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service/High Speed Packet Access) wireless network. The expansion includes the deployment of Alcatel-Lucent's UMTS/HSDPA Distributed NodeB solution, which provides operators with the flexibility to deploy third-generation (3G) radio network elements in a wide array of locations including the sides of buildings, existing cell sites, remote locations and more, helping operators build out their networks more quickly and cost-effectively. |
| 02/25/08 | Portable WiMAX VoIP Cell Phones Displayed at 2008 Mobile World Congress
NetIndex Inc., Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. and Runcom Technologies Ltd. have succeeded in jointly developing a VoIP portable telephone using the WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) data communications module. Thus, at the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (previously 3GSM show) one of the largest and most advanced Mobile Communication shows in the world, these companies will be displaying their VoIP portable telephone using WiMAX which achieves All-IP voice communication. |
| 02/21/08 | Ericsson Builds WCDMA/HSPA Network in Russia
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and leading Russian operator VimpelCom have signed an agreement for the supply and implementation of a WCDMA/HSPA network, plus associated services, to cover seven out of nine macro regions across Russia, including Moscow, the North Caucasus, Siberia, Volga, Northwest Russia, South Russia and the Urals. |
| 02/15/08 | Voice Mobility's UCN Vmerge Communicator Integrates Google Apps for Enterprise Customers
Voice Mobility International, Inc. (OTCBB:VMII) announced its new Google Apps functionality, a first in the enterprise market. Voice Mobility's UCN Vmerge is now integrated with the Google Apps solution suite to provide workplace and campus customers full collaboration functionality. The Google Apps suite includes Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Contacts, Mobile apps and other collaboration tools all using the workplace or campus domain. UCN Vmerge adds unified communications to complete messaging, collaboration, calendaring and presence functionality. |
| 02/15/08 | Samsung Readies First Google Phone for Broadband Wireless Mobile Users
Samsung and Google Inc. announced a global cooperation to enable mobile phone users worldwide with quick and easy access to Google products and services - directly from their Samsung mobile phones. Samsung mobile phones equipped with Google applications will enable consumers to search information, find locations, and manage their email on the move. Samsung's mobile phones offer today's latest technologies with unique applications and mobile designs. |
| 02/15/08 | Nortel Demonstrates Industry's First WiMAX VoIP Call Controlled by 2G/3G Voice Network
Wireless Internet service providers seeking to offer advanced voice and data capabilities without replacing existing network gear take note. Nortel is demonstrating at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Hall 8, B145) the ability to provide VoIP calling using a 2G/3G GSM/UMTS core network to host 4G WiMAX access. This is good news for GSM and UMTS wireless operators looking to evolve to 4G, as they can look to Nortel's innovative technology to cost-effectively support it all: current 2G and 3G voice and text services as well as future 4G communication services like advanced mobile broadband. |
| 02/14/08 | TeliaSonera Invites Alcatel-Lucent to Trial its Base Station HSPA Router Femto In-Building Mobile Access Solution in Denmark
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced that it has been invited by TeliaSonera, the leading telecommunication company in the Nordic and Baltic region, to participate in a trial of its Base Station Router (BSR) Femto in-building wireless access solution in Denmark. TeliaSonera's planned trial activities in Denmark are expected to start this spring. |
| 02/14/08 | Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung Debut Industry's First Solution for Seamless WiMAX-GSM/EDGE Dual-Mode Services
Samsung Multimode Handheld Device, Together With Network Features From Alcatel-Lucent, Enable Service Continuity Across Both WiMAX and GSM/EDGE |
| 02/14/08 | Bandwidth Shortage of 3G Wireless Carriers Dooms Mobile TV Industry
A survey of mobile subscribers in Europe and North America reveals a mixed report card for mobile TV services. The M:Metrics study, commissioned by Tellabs, highlights a $270 million opportunity -- but only if operators meet user demands for quality and reliability improvements in the coming 12 months. |
| 02/14/08 | Vimicro Launches Mobile Linux-Based Open Platform
Vimicro Corporation (Nasdaq: VIMC) announced the launch of its most recent open mobile platform, Vinno-III-Linux, based on the Linux operating system, and the addition of two new Vimicro Mobile Multimedia Processors, the VC0848 and VC0878, to the company's product line when attending Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, Spain. |
| 02/12/08 | Nortel Evolved EDGE Technology Delivers Mobile Broadband, Builds Bridge to 4G
Nortel, and partner Prisma Engineering, demonstrates end-to-end Evolved EDGE communication that delivers higher data rates, better spectral efficiency and longer battery life for handsets compared to other solutions. Evolved EDGE enables operators to extend the life and broaden the capabilities of GSM, further enhancing the revenue-generating capabilities of existing assets. Evolved EDGE delivers the speed and performance required to offer enhanced services at a fraction of the cost of deploying 3G systems. |
| 02/12/08 | Nortel Boosts Bandwidth Power of Blue Sky Communications Network in American Samoa
Blue Sky Communications, the wireless service provider for American Samoa, is using All-IP Voice Core solutions from Nortel(1) (TSX:NT)(NYSE:NT) to provide new, operationally efficient communication services across this island territory of the U.S. |
| 02/09/08 | Nokia Siemens Networks Delivers Wireless Broadband Network to Rural Upstart Stelera Wireless
Stelera Wireless today announced that it has launched the first two markets of its rural broadband networks build in the United States. Nokia Siemens Networks has supplied an end-to-end network solution and turnkey services for this initial deployment and will continue to do so as the network expands. |
| 02/08/08 | STMicroelectronics' Nomadik(R) Multimedia Processor Adds Linux and Complete Application Environment from Trolltech
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a leader in delivering high-performance, low-power multimedia solutions for next-generation mobile products, today expanded its Nomadik(R) multimedia application processor ecosystem with the integration of Linux and Trolltech's Qtopia application environment in the STn8815 Nomadik engine. |
| 02/08/08 | Telcel Launches HSDPA Mobile Broadband in Mexico
3G Americas, a wireless trade organizationrepresenting the GSM family of technologies in the Americas, congratulatesTelcel on their launch of third generation (3G) mobile broadband servicesin Mexico. |
| 02/08/08 | New 3G Mobile Linux Cell Phones Offer Multiband Frequencies for Broadband Wireless Operators
The LiMo Foundation was founded by Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone to develop the world's first globally competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile devices. |
| 02/08/08 | Telefonica O2 Czech Republic Drives Faster Mobile Broadband with Nortel Broadband Wireless CDMA Rev. A Technology
Telefonica O2 Czech Republic has enhanced its fixed and mobile broadband services portfolio with new converged services by upgrading its CDMA network to Rev A with a Nortel (TSX:NT)(NYSE:NT) CDMA solution. |
| 02/08/08 | Dual-Mode EDGE-WiMAX Reference Design Based on Nexperia Cellular and Intel WiMAX Solutions
NXP Semiconductors will be demonstrating a dual-mode EDGE-WiMAX reference design at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, February 11-14, 2008. The dual-mode reference design highlights the extended mobility between the two wireless standards by combining NXP's Nexperia Cellular System Solution 5210 for EDGE networks with the forthcoming Intel  WiMAX Connection 2400 solution for ultra mobile and CE devices, formerly codenamed, "Baxter Peak." A fully validated reference design for the dual-mode EDGE-WiMAX solution will be available from NXP in second half 2008. |
| 02/07/08 | AT&T Plans Major Expansion of 3G Wireless Broadband Service in 2008
AT&T is casting a wider Net for mobile customers this year by building out its network to make catching a high speed wireless Web connection easier coast-to-coast. |
| 02/07/08 | Fujitsu Launches Highly Flexible, Scalable BroadOne(TM) WX300 Mobile WiMAX Base Station
Fujitsu Network Communications, a leading supplier of IT and wireline/wireless networking solutions, announced today the BroadOne WX series of mobile WiMAX base stations. |
| 02/06/08 | Airvana Selected by Thomson to Supply 3G Femtocell Products
Airvana, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRV) and Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS) announced that they entered into a global sourcing agreement for Airvana's Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) femtocell technology. As a result of the agreement, Thomson will use Airvana's femtocell products in conjunction with their own residential gateways. |
| 02/06/08 | Franklin Wireless Launches HSPA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE/ WCDMA Broadband Wireless Modem
Franklin Wireless Corp. (OTCBB: FKWL ), a developer and marketer of wireless broadband communications devices and applications, announced today the launch of the Franklin Wireless CGU-720 High-Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) USB modem -- the fastest mobile data technology available in the mobile wireless market today. |
| 02/05/08 | Google's 700MHz Wish Comes True
If you haven't heard yet, the nationwide block of spectrum in the 700MHz band being auctioned by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission received sufficient high dollar bids today to exceed the "reserve," or minimum price of US$4.6 billion, which will require any winning wirelesss operator to keep the spectrum open. |
| 02/04/08 | Maravedis Predicts WiMAX Subscribers to Exceed 100 Million by 2014 as WiMAX and LTE Converge Upon 4G Technologies and Markets
Leading telecommunications market research and analysis firm Maravedis today announced the publication of the fifth edition of its yearly report "WiMAX, LTE and Broadband Wireless Worldwide Market Trends 2008-2014." This comprehensive report provides an in-depth analysis of broadband wireless trends including applications, deployments, technology, regulation and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). |
| 02/04/08 | WirelessLogix Partners With Sequans for CDMA Test Tools
WirelessLogix Inc. and Sequans have established a partnership designed to integrate Sequans' Mobile WiMAX chips into the WirelessLogix XCAL-X and XCAP-X WiMAX tools suite. This new chip integration will provide end users with the ability to test Sequans-based devices using WirelessLogix' XCAL-X real-time data collection and analysis tool. |
| 02/01/08 | Balfour Beatty Rail Lowers Costs of Construction With Cisco Broadband Wireless Routers
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO ) announced that Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH Germany is using third-generation wireless technology incorporated into the Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISRs) to help improve the productivity and efficiency of its engineers by reducing the time it takes to establish a communications infrastructure at remote construction sites. Balfour Beatty Rail is using integrated third-generation (3G) wireless technology from Cisco to rapidly deploy networked information technology (IT) systems, which helps engineers access online information and services that are critical for the effective completion of rail projects. |
| 01/31/08 | Digi GPRS Cellular Broadband Wireless Router Replaces Cellular Modems in Low-Speed Applications
Digi International (Nasdaq: DGII) introduced the Digi Connect WAN GPRS, a second generation (2G), commercial grade, GSM GPRS Class 10 cellular router that provides secure connectivity to remote sites and devices. It adds a cost optimized solution to Digi's industry-leading line of commercial grade cellular routers and Drop-in Networking solutions. It is ideal for applications requiring connection speeds of up to 40 kbps such as remote asset monitoring, meter reading, vehicle tracking, security and many more. |
| 01/31/08 | Digi Extends High-Speed 3G Cellular HSDPA and EVDO Broadband Wireless Router Product Line
Digi International (Nasdaq: DGII) introduced the Digi Connect WAN 3G, an upgradeable third generation (3G) Wireless WAN router for primary and backup connectivity to remote sites and devices. It is a targeted function Ethernet-to-cellular router that supports both HSDPA and EVDO 3G standards and adds a cost optimized, high-speed solution to Digi's industry leading line of cellular routers. |
| 01/28/08 | 3GPP Scrambles to Approve LTE Definition of What Bandwidth Requirements Need to Be Met in Order to Develop a Compe |
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