Samsung to make Qualcomm chips
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Korean vendor Samsung will become one of Qualcomm’s silicon chipset manufacturers under a new agreement, the companies announced late Tuesday...
Verilink paves NetPath through BellSouth
By: By Dan O'Shea
Broadband access vendor Verilink Corporation announced this week that it has its NetPath 2000 solution is selling through BellSouth Business Sales channels, and is part of the Wireless Data Back-Up offering announced this week by BellSouth and Cingular Wireless. ...
Strix unwires Macedonia
By: By Dan O'Shea
Strix Systems, one of the pioneer vendors in the red-hot wireless mesh market, announced that the Republic of Macedonia has selected Strix's Access/One Outdoor Wireless System for a country-wide wireless mesh network...
InfoSpace builds media portal for Cingular
By: By Dan O'Shea
Cingular Wireless' new MEdia Net services is powered by a media portal created by applications developer and aggregator InfoSpace, the companies confirmed this week. ...
CDG: EV-DO Rev. B due in 1Q '06
By: By Dan O'Shea
The CDMA Development Group (CDG), holding its annual 3G World Congress in Hong Kong this week, announced that the standard for CDMA2000 EV-DO Revision B is on schedule to be published in the first quarter of 2006. ...
Qualcomm looks to next phase of 3G
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Qualcomm today revealed two new technology platforms currently under development that will allow next-generation handsets to access multiple wireless radio signals simultaneously...
BellSouth intros wireless data backup
By: By Carol Wilson
BellSouth today introduced a wireless backup service for enterprises that combines the capability of its wireline operation and Cingular’s wireless network...
Motorola reveals Rev. A platform
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Motorola unveiled its prototype for the next generation of CDMA 3G services today at the 3G World Congress in Hong Kong...
ABI: Growth ahead in mesh
By: By Dan O'Shea
A new study from ABI Research predicts big growth ahead for the wireless mesh networking market--possibly ten-fold growth in the next five years...
Municipal mesh market getting crowded
By: By Dan O'Shea
Cisco Systems has finally announced its intelligent wireless mesh solution, in what was probably the most anticipated announcement in the booming municipal mesh network market so far...
Samsung targets U.S. with wireless softswitch
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Samsung is retooling its CDMA core network infrastructure in hopes of penetrating the U.S. market with a next-generation platform...
Ditech offers wireless voice quality assessment
By: By Tim McElligott
Supported by recent poll numbers from JD Powers and Associates that said network quality is back en vogue, Ditech Communications announced the availability of its Voice Quality Evaluation Program for wireless operators....
Sprint Nextel unveils push to show
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Sprint Nextel today introduced a push-to-show feature for its Nextel product line, allowing customers to use the same Direct Connect push-to-talk channel to instantly send photo files....
Cingular brings BlackBerry to EDGE
By: By Kevin Fitchard
With its UMTS networks scheduled to launch in a matter of months, Cingular is adding service to the high-speed data networks it already has, announcing today it is adding a Research in Motion Blackberry handset to its growing list of EDGE devices...
Vendors accuse Qualcomm of squeezing UMTS market
By: By Kevin Fitchard
A consortium of GSM technology vendors have lodged a complaint against Qualcomm with the European Commission, accusing the San Diego chipset vendor and CDMA patent holder of using its monopoly on essential Wideband CDMA patents to squeeze competitors in the 3G market. ...
Nokia launches new UMTS base station
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Nokia has retooled its 3G base station line, announcing today the release of a modular Wideband CDMA Node B architecture designed to integrate more easily with existing radio access network...
EarthLink wins second muni Wi-Fi contract
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Less than a month after winning the contract for Philadelphia’s citywide Wi-Fi network, EarthLink announced it has won a similar contract for the municipal wireless network in Anaheim, Calif....
BelAir Wi-Fi targets cable
By: By Carol Wilson
LAS VEGAS--BelAir Networks today announced a new version of its Wi-Fi mesh technology specifically designed to enable cable TV companies to add wireless capabilities to their service bundles, and also revealed a new round of funding, led by Comcast Interactive Capital. ...
Huawei releases HSDPA
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Chinese vendor Huawei today announced the global availability of its high-speed downlink packet access (HDSPA) technology, a key element in the company’s strategy to build up its UMTS portfolio...
Aruba to target mobile edge
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Aruba Networks today unveiled a new strategy and accompanying product line focused on bringing WLAN technologies to the far reaches of the enterprise edge...
Cingular net ready for future shift
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Cingular Wireless is finally executing its next-generation strategy, with a three-market launch of HSDPA and near-future plans to implement IMS...
Creating convergence with UMA
By: By Dan O'Shea
Fixed/mobile convergence has begun, but the technology allowing FMC to happen isn't the one you might think...
Switching on the move
By: By Kevin Fitchard
While IMS grabs the headlines, carriers are getting excited over another core technology altogether. Softswitching is making its way into the world's wireless networks with a distinctly mobile flavor ...
Nokia's Preminet progresses with new U.S. customer, test
By: By Kevin Fitchard
Cincinnati Bell commits, others start evaluating content delivery solution...
Recent moves give CLECs air assault
By: By Carol Wilson
Technologies co-mingle as competitors look to unplug their traditional reliance on incumbent LECs and wage their market wars with wireless...
