Archive for the 'CDMA' Category
Qualcomm Incorporated announced that it has added 3G femtocell chipsets to its product roadmap. The Company will be offering Femtocell Station Modem™ (FSM™) chipsets that will be the industry's first to utilize the broadband speeds of 3GPP HSPA+, in addition to utilizing CDMA2000®, including 1X and EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B. The chipsets will include baseband functions, network listen and integrated RF capabilities for all major wireless bands. The chipsets also will feature innovative techniques addressing the issue of interference between femtocells and the macro network. Sampling is currently scheduled for the second quarter of ...
Posted on 8th March 2010
Under: 3G, CDMA, Femtocells, Qualcomm |
Nokia Siemens Networks has successfully conducted the world’s first call using a network technology known as “continuous packet connectivity” (CPC). Once incorporated into an operator’s HSPA+ radio access network, CPC will enable 3G users to enjoy significantly longer device battery life, a crucial issue as the use of smartphones for broadband services skyrockets. CPC can mean up to 100 percent longer battery life when devices are used for data applications, and up to 50 percent during voice calls. The CPC data call was made using network equipment from Nokia Siemens Networks and a device supplied by ...
Posted on 16th February 2010
Under: 3G, CDMA, Nokia, Qualcomm, Siemens |
Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that it will showcase some of the most advanced innovations in the wireless space, transforming the way individuals and communities live, learn, work and play during the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2010 (Booth 8B53, Hall 8), Feb. 15-18 in Barcelona. The Company's demonstrations will feature next-generation mobile technologies and services designed to drive wireless growth and develop new markets, new segments and new business models. Highlights of the exhibit include LTE, LTE Advanced, dual-carrier HSPA+, Brew Mobile Platform™, devices based on the Snapdragon™ mobile computing platform and FLO™ mobile broadcast technology, Plaza ...
Posted on 12th February 2010
Under: 3G, CDMA, Femtocells, Internet, Qualcomm, Verizon, WiFi |
Furthering its commitment to offer value and simplicity in no contract wireless services, Boost Mobile®, part of the Sprint Prepaid Group, announced its popular $50 ‘Monthly Unlimited’ plan will be available on January 13, 2010 on the Nationwide Sprint CDMA Network reaching more than 274 million people. By late January, Boost Mobile customers will be able to take advantage of three new CDMA handsets that include Kyocera’s Sanyo Mirro™ SCP3810 and Sanyo Incognito™ SCP6760, along with Boost Mobile’s first smartphone, the BlackBerry® Curve™ 8330 from Research In Motion (RIM) available on a new $60 ‘BlackBerry Monthly ...
Posted on 9th January 2010
Under: 3G, BlackBerry, CDMA, Handset, Internet, Kyocera, RIM, Sanyo, Smartphone, Sprint |
Alcatel-Lucent and LG Electronics (LGE) announce that the two companies have completed a successful handoff of an end-to-end data call between Long Term Evolution (LTE) and CDMA mobile networks, compliant with the standards established by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), which defines requirements for mobile broadband networks. The live, over-the-air handover involved an uninterrupted streaming video session conducted during test drives in the New York metropolitan area over Alcatel-Lucent's end-to-end commercial LTE and CDMA/EV-DO infrastructure using an LG Electronics CDMA/LTE dual mode device.
Alcatel-Lucent is an early leader in the commercial introduction of LTE technology and ...
Posted on 8th January 2010
Under: 3G, Alcatel, CDMA, LG |
Despite a poor worldwide economy, demand for smartphones, regular phones, and wireless broadband services continues to drive the base station market, according to In-Stat. The number of newly deployed macro cellular base stations will grow over 10% in 2009.
Of new macro cellular base station shipments, WCDMA base station shipments will make up the lion’s share of all base station shipments worldwide, accounting for about 50% of the total base station revenue. By 2013, In-Stat forecasts that the percent that WCDMA contributes to total base station revenue will exceed 70% and LTE base stations will account for ...
Posted on 26th December 2009
Under: Alcatel, CDMA, Ericsson, Smartphone |
NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that in preparation for the start of extra-high-speed LTE mobile service, it is deploying new W-CDMA base stations equipped with newly developed remote radio equipment (RRE) units to provide both existing W-CDMA and forthcoming LTE service.
The RRE-equipped base stations will account for about half of the initial LTE base stations when DOCOMO becomes one of world's first operators to launch an LTE service in December 2010.
The deployment is a part of DOCOMO's initial plan to layer a 2GHz LTE network over its existing 3G network to provide dual W-CDMA/LTE service, which ...
Posted on 18th December 2009
Under: 3G, CDMA, NTT DoCoMo |
Nortel Networks Corporation announced that its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited, and certain of its other subsidiaries including Nortel Networks Inc., have completed the sale of substantially all of Nortel's CDMA Business and LTE Access assets to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson) for a purchase price of US$1.13 billion. The sale was subject to court approvals in the U.S. and Canada as well as regulatory and other customary closing conditions. These conditions have now been satisfied and the sale was concluded effective today.
"Completion of this first large-scale divestiture is a major milestone in Nortel's plan to ...
Posted on 16th November 2009
Under: CDMA, Ericsson, Nortel |
"Last week, US operator Verizon Wireless announced the CDMA-based Motorola Droid, the first smartphone to come with Android 2.0 which is the latest version of Google's mobile operating system. Unfortunately, there was no news of a GSM/UMTS version--until now. A German blog leaked a photo of the device headed for O2 in Germany. Its name will be the Motorola Milestone and will apparently cost 481 euros."
Posted on 3rd November 2009
Under: CDMA, Google, Motorola, Umts, Verizon |
Qualcomm Incorporated and ZTE Corporation announced their collaboration to significantly enhance the capacity and performance of UMTS systems with the integration of Qualcomm's Uplink Interference Cancellation (ULIC) technology into ZTE's next-generation UMTS base station products. Using this technology, operators can boost their UMTS data throughput by up to 60 percent and deliver a user experience that is comparable to LTE in a similar channel bandwidth. The technology also enables UMTS operators to increase voice capacity by up to 45 percent.
ULIC technology can deliver improved system capacity by eliminating interference from multiple uplink data streams. Enabled by ...
Posted on 7th July 2009
Under: CDMA, Qualcomm, Technology, Umts |
Nokia Siemens Networks has taken a significant step towards strengthening its leadership in Long Term Evolution, or LTE, next generation wireless technology and expanding its market presence in North America with an agreement to acquire key assets from Nortel.
The planned USD 650 million acquisition, which will bring together the highly complementary assets of the two companies in the field of mobile radio access, adds further key talent and resources to enhance Nokia Siemens Networks' existing strength and momentum in LTE. The acquisition of Nortel's profitable CDMA business would significantly improve Nokia Siemens Networks' presence in North ...
Posted on 22nd June 2009
Under: CDMA, Nokia, Nortel, Siemens, Wireless |
Kyocera Communications Inc. (KCI), the newly formed sales, marketing and service organization for Kyocera- and Sanyo-branded wireless devices in the Americas, today announced two new Kyocera CDMA handsets at the CTIA Wireless 2009 trade show in Las Vegas. The G2GO M2000 (pronounced “Good-to-Go”) and Laylo M1400 address a need for affordability and value in today’s challenging economy, yet they also come from product categories in which Kyocera has rich history and expertise.
The G2GO M2000 is Kyocera’s third-generation handset to offer a full QWERTY keypad in a low-cost, text-centric device. It’s a category Kyocera helped to create ...
Posted on 1st April 2009
Under: Bluetooth, CDMA, Handset, Kyocera, MMS, SMS, Video |
Alcatel-Lucent has expanded its wireless networking portfolio to enable mobile service providers to offer both 3G CDMA and Long Term Evolution (LTE) services using a common network infrastructure. Alcatel-Lucent's innovative "Converged RAN" (radio access network) offerings support the delivery of a wide variety of new wireless broadband services while simultaneously reducing power consumption - and attendant carbon footprint -- and lowering operating costs.
Alcatel-Lucent's Converged RAN offerings build on Alcatel-Lucent's long-standing commitment to support multiple technology standards in a common base station platform, helping ensure that investments made today will be protected in the future as networks ...
Posted on 1st April 2009
Under: Alcatel, CDMA, Technology |
Airvana, Inc., the company transforming the mobile experience, today announced results of performance tests of the company's HubBub(TM) CDMA femtocell that demonstrated dramatic improvements for indoor 3G coverage and performance when compared with using the existing macro-cellular network alone. Based on the results of side-by-side testing, a typical HubBub user can expect to achieve broadband data rates throughout their house of approximately five times that of the existing wireless macro network. From a theoretical EVDO peak data rate of 3.1Mbps, femtocell data rates also proved to be significantly more consistent than the macro rates, exceeding ...
Posted on 23rd March 2009
Under: CDMA, Femtocells |
Qualcomm Incorporated confirmed today that the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has issued a Case Examiner's Report setting forth allegations with respect to the lawfulness of certain business practices related to Qualcomm's integration of multimedia solutions into its chipsets, rebates and discounts provided to its chipset customers. The Case Examiner's Report does not indicate what specific remedies may be sought.
Qualcomm believes its actions have been lawful and over the next several months plans to submit its response to the allegations.
Qualcomm Incorporated is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based ...
Posted on 12th March 2009
Under: CDMA, Qualcomm, Wireless |
The India Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has selected Syniverse Technologies, a leading provider of business and technology solutions for the global telecommunications industry, as one of two companies that will implement mobile number portability (MNP) services in the country. Syniverse was awarded a letter of intent to provide India’s telecommunications operators with number portability clearing house and centralized database solutions for the next 10 years.
Because of the project’s enormous scale, the DoT divided the country into two geographic zones for number portability implementation, each of which will be handled by a different MNP provider. Each zone ...
Posted on 9th March 2009
Under: CDMA |
The CDMA Development Group (CDG) today noted that CDMA2000(r) is poised to enter into its next phase of rapid growth in 2009, as operators in China and India begin to offer 3G fixed and wireless services. CDMA2000 is already the most widely deployed 3G technology in the world, with 276 operators in 102 countries and territories serving more than 463 million subscribers. With a combined population exceeding 2.5 billion people, the two Pan Asian countries represent an enormous addressable market for 3G wireless telephony, broadband Internet access and a myriad of compelling data applications such as ...
Posted on 3rd March 2009
Under: 3G, CDMA, China |
Sierra Wireless today announced the availability of a new software development kit (SDK) supporting original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) using the Linux operating system. This addition expands the company's suite of available SDKs for developers working on applications utilizing Sierra Wireless products.
"Sierra Wireless is committed to supporting the widest possible range of customers and applications for 3G mobile broadband," said Trent Punnett, senior vice president, Marketing and Corporate Development for Sierra Wireless. "The Linux SDK allows developers integrating Sierra Wireless products into Linux-based systems - including portable devices, machine-to-machine systems, fixed wireless terminals, vending, and fleet management ...
Posted on 8th December 2008
Under: 3G, CDMA, Linux, SMS, Umts |
Nokia announced today that Research In Motion (RIM) has renewed a multi year patent license agreement. The agreement covers the worldwide use of standards essential patents for GSM, WCDMA and CDMA2000 technologies. The financial terms of the agreement consist of an up-front payment and on-going royalties payable to Nokia.
"Today's announcement demonstrates the success of Nokia's increased focus on patent out-licensing," said Ilkka Rahnasto, Vice President, Intellectual Property Rights, Nokia. "This agreement confirms Nokia's leading role in developing key technologies and the value of our patent assets."
Nokia has built one of the strongest and broadest IPR portfolios ...
Posted on 4th December 2008
Under: CDMA, Nokia |
KDDI, Japan's second largest cellular operator, will deploy a next-generation Long-Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network using a core networking solution from Hitachi collaborating with Nortel.
The new LTE network from Hitachi and Nortel will provide an overlay to the existing CDMA mobile network, enabling instant access to the bandwidth-intense multimedia content and applications demanded by KDDI's tech savvy 30 million mobile consumers and business users. The network will significantly improve user experience through greatly reduced download times for music and video services as well as providing anywhere, anytime access to bandwidth-hungry applications such as video, real-time mobile ...
Posted on 3rd December 2008
Under: 3G, CDMA, Kddi, Multimedia, Nortel |
