3G or 4G? Parsing the economics of mobile broadband 

By Kevin Fitchard

GSMA technology director Dan Warren explains why some operators are running head-first toward LTE while others are holding back...

Genoa reduces mobile power consumption 

By Sarah Reedy

Genoa makes technology to brighten the color of TVs but is tackling mobile devices as screen size, battery drain grows...

AlcaLu helps wireless operators target ads 

By Sarah Reedy

Alcatel-Lucent is expanding its advertising portfolio to help carriers get into targeted mobile advertising...

Hatteras extends copper Ethernet reach 

By Ed Gubbins

Hatteras Networks today introduced repeaters to extend the reach of its Ethernet-over-copper gear in an echo of the move made three years ago by its rival, Actelis Networks...

Ericsson rolling out mobile app store without Sony 

By Kevin Fitchard

Ericsson extending managed services portfolio to application retailing...

NSN racing the clock on Nortel LTE integration 

By Kevin Fitchard

With global operators finalizing their LTE decisions, NSN must quickly incorporate Nortel’s 4G technology into its radio access portfolio...

Nortel selling it all, including its name 

By Kevin Fitchard

Carrier networks president says the Nortel brand could be a key bargaining chip in and business unit sale...

AT&T signs up second smart-grid utility partner 

By Sarah Reedy

AT&T partners with Cooper Power Systems on joint smart grid sensor services for utilities...

TI diving into the femto silicon market 

By Kevin Fitchard

DSP vendor scaling down its multi-core base station chips for the femtocell...

Nokia a big win for Intel but next steps unclear 

By Sarah Reedy

Nokia will use Intel Atom mobile processors to build a yet-to- be-determined new class of mobile devices...

Nortel-NSN deal leaves major wireless assets on the table 

By Kevin Fitchard

Despite Nortel exiting the UMTS market, GSM radio access and switching remains a big business for the struggling vendor...

Mobile couponing goes mainstream 

By Sarah Reedy

Mobile couponing is one form of mobile advertising that is resonating with consumers, brands – if not carriers yet...

NSN: Nortel CDMA purchase about customers, not growth 

By Kevin Fitchard

CDMA is a declining market, says Nokia Siemens CEO, but Nortel's CDMA customer base will serve as a launch pad to LTE...

NSN nabs Nortel CDMA, LTE businesses for $650M  

By Kevin Fitchard

Nortel opting to break apart; other business unit sales, delisting planned...

AT&T makes amends on iPhone 3.0 

By Sarah Reedy

With the official launch of the iPhone 3G S today, AT&T is adjusting its practices towards WiFi, eligibility, prepaid iPhone owners...

Accenture: Mobile device testing requirements exploding 

By Kevin Fitchard

As phones become more complex so do their testing and certification regimens...

ALU, HP combo to aid service provider transformation 

By Carol Wilson

Execs said focus is on solving business problems that cross internal organizations...

Kajeet swaps mobile phones for learning 

By Kevin Fitchard

Online ‘learn-stuff-earn-stuff’ gaming service SmartyCard is adding a Kajeet handset to the list of the prizes children can earn through learning...

Alcatel-Lucent, HP team on converged network solutions 

By Carol Wilson

Duo target IT and telecom programs for service providers and enterprises...

Rural users rail against exclusive handset deals 

By Sarah Reedy

CellSouth, rural carrier organizations outline why open networks increase innovation, decrease the digital divide...

Open Range taps Alvarion for rural WiMax network 

By Kevin Fitchard

$100 million contract will use WiMax as a terrestrial component in Open Range-Globalstar’s hybrid satellite broadband network...

How consumers' groups aim to shape telecom policy | Part 3 

By Joan Engebretson

Free Press supports broadband universal service, wireless Internet...

Verizon fights back against anti-competitive claims  

By Sarah Reedy

Verizon calls Cellular South’s allegation that it violates handset exclusivity a false representation of the facts...

Clearwire network No. 3 goes live in Atlanta 

By Kevin Fitchard

WiMax launch covering 3 million people is the first of an 8-metro-market rollout in 2009...

Alcatel-Lucent rebuts Ericsson power claim 

Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) says Ericsson’s claims about the power consumption of the Alcatel Lucent edge gear are erroneous, leading to a false advantage for Ericsson’s IP edge gear in a power usage consumption...