BROWSING: HSDPA
Memory vendors to see shift from HSDPA technology
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-High Speed Download Packet Access technology stands to create a major shift in the cellular handset memory market when the technology is deployed in networks and handsets beginning next year, according to research from Allied Business Intelligence.The technology will put pressure on...
EDGE, CDMA2000, UMTS deployments counted in separate research
EDGE and UMTS technologies are both on a roll, says new research. But while EDGE accounts for more deployments, all eyes are on the benefits UMTS can bring. However, CDMA is singing its own song. At the CDMA Americas Congress in Miami, the technology's...
Cingular reported to be close to DoCoMo partnership
TOKYO—Japanese telecommunications giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. is reportedly set to join Cingular Wireless L.L.C. in a partnership designed to unify third-generation wireless technology, according to published reports in Japan.The deal is expected to be similar to DoCoMo’s partnership with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which...
Companies offer HSDPA test products
DRESDEN, Germany-Two companies announced High Speed Downlink Packet Access test products yesterday.Radioplan announced a commercial simulation and optimization toolset for W-CDMA's HSDPA technology.WiNeS 3.1 is the latest version of the company's third-generation optimization solution. The new version includes several updated vendor-specific RRM algorithms, import...
Carriers increase infrastructure spending, businesses increase WLAN spending
Both the mobile infrastructure space and wireless local area network arena are heading toward sunnier times, according to reports by the Dell'Oro Group.WLAN is enjoying a big boost with a 75-percent increase in enterprise-class equipment sales. The study also expects that segment to grow...
Nextel 3G opportunities open wide at 1.9 GHz
If Nextel Communications Inc. takes spectrum at 1.9 GHz as part of the plan to solve interference at 800 MHz, the carrier finally might be able to extricate itself from the fringe of industry that its disparate spectrum holdings and iDEN network technology has...
Cingular rolls forward with UMTS, Sprint considers 3G alternatives
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. used last week's Lehman Brothers 2004 Global Wireless financial conference to announce its UMTS rollout plans, while rival carrier Sprint Corp. backed off earlier promises that it would wait for DV technology to roll out its high-speed data offering.Cingular said that...
Cingular to test UMTS services using Lucent equipment
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a deal with Lucent Technologies Inc. to deploy a UMTS-based trial network in Atlanta this summer supporting internal users who the carrier said it will use to evaluate mobile voice, high-speed data and multimedia services.The network will operate in Cingular's...
IMS deployments could compel carriers to upgrade networks
Vendors are looking to deploy the Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem platform not only to differentiate themselves, but also to raise the stakes for third-generation wireless applications and services by compelling operators to upgrade their networks.Major vendors like Nokia Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks...
Qualcomm positions in chip game with impact in all protocols
In an apparent counter-punch to a recent Nokia Corp.-backed initiative with Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm Inc. has seized the spotlight with a series of chip announcements, drawing attention to itself as a premier player in the space. The announcements include a W-CDMA...
Qualcomm counters Nokia-backed chip initiative
Barely a week after Nokia Corp. announced an initiative with Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm Inc. has seized the spotlight with a series of chip announcements, drawing attention to itself as a premier player in the space.The announcements include a W-CDMA chipset that...