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The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure …

BOSTON—More than 100 million people worldwide now use W-CDMA and CDMA2000 1x EV-DO third-generation technology on their cell phones, according to ongoing research by Strategy Analytics. After reaching the 100 million milestone early this month, the firm said the number …

All eyes will be on Germany next week as teams from 32 nations open play in the FIFA World Cup, a four-week, 64-game tournament to determine the planet’s best soccer club. And the wireless industry is hoping many of those …

Hysteria about Voice over Internet Protocol is apparently not without cause, as VoIP is claiming a big (and-getting-bigger) piece of the communications market. Earthlink Inc. and Linksys, a Cisco Systems Inc. subsidiary, late last week teamed up to offer retail …

With equipment orders not rolling in like they used to, or at least having slowed down slightly, equipment vendors are looking for new ways to bring in revenues. At the same time, carriers are looking to tap into new revenue …

The following list details this week’s infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.   Cellular Austria: L.M. Ericsson …

BARCELONA, Spain—The GSM Association said it has started interoperability trials for video services in Europe, Asia and the United States that would allow wireless users to share live video clips across networks. The trials include more than twenty mobile operators …

BARCELONA—Voice over Internet Protocol company Skype Ltd. declared 2006 the year that it would “go mobile,” and announced that international carrier Hutchison Whampoa’s 3 group operators in several countries are ready to offer Skype-enabled mobile devices. Skype said that mobile …

Welcome to a new weekly feature at RCR Wireless News! Every week we will collect all the important equipment agreements across the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries, plus any others that catch our fancy. We hope you enjoy it! The …

Nokia Corp. announced that its softswitch solution has been chosen by Hutchison 3G Austria to optimize the operator’s mobile network. “We are confident that Nokia’s cost-efficient MSC Server System keeps us ahead in the competition,” said Jan Trionow, chief technology …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced that its softswitch solution has been chosen by Hutchison 3G Austria to optimize the operator’s mobile network. “We are confident that Nokia’s cost-efficient MSC Server System keep us ahead in the competition,” said Jan Trionow, chief …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it won a seven-year contract to manage wireless operator 3’s network and IT infrastructure in the United Kingdom. The deal is worth an estimated $1.9 billion. Ericsson said the deal calls for 3 to retain ownership …

WASHINGTON-Despite the increasing use of wireless services worldwide, companies offering wireless services have seen their monthly recurring revenues drop by 13 percent during the past year, according to a report from TeleGeography Research. The report found that global wireless average …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. is set to deploy its High-Speed Downlink Packet Access solution in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom after signing a deal with T-Mobile International AG. The technology will give T-Mobile’s customers data speeds up of 1 …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG and NEC Corp. said they are working with Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.’s 3 Ireland to deploy its W-CDMA third-generation network. The companies will supply 3 Ireland’s W-CDMA/UMTS radio access network. The deal includes Node-B radio base stations and …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. has won a contract to supply a W-CDMA network and network management solution to 3 Ireland, which launched its third-generation network in late July in Ireland. The deal marks a new country entry for Nokia with the …

TAMPA, Fla.-Nearly a dozen major players from the wireless and technology industries unveiled a joint venture that will offer a registry service for the “.mobi” Internet domain. The suffix was approved early this month by the Internet Corporation for Assigned …

With 1.5 billion mobile-phone users worldwide, even a niche wireless market can be massive. At least, that’s what C. Neil Farnsworth is hoping. The managing partner of content rights broker Media Rights America L.L.C. inked a deal last week with …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Vidiator Technology Inc. is teaming with content rights broker Media Rights America L.L.C. (MRA) to offer video clips of extreme sports, soccer and Brazilian models to mobile users. The deal grants Hutchison Whampoa Group subsidiary Vidiator the rights to …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will complete the sale of its 20-percent stake in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd. to Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. June 23, nearly two years earlier than first planned, and will accordingly amend its consolidated financial forecasts, …

Startup VKB Inc. is now selling a $200 mobile-phone accessory the company believes could significantly improve the way wireless users interact with their phones. About the size of a cigarette lighter, the company’s new BTVKB gadget uses a red laser …

Similar to mechanics in the automotive world, test-and-measurement companies are the quiet heroes of wireless technologies. They take little credit when the networks hum and huff, yet they witness each technology’s creation day and play parts in their burial rites. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed an exclusive managed services contract with H3G Italy for the overall management of H3G Italy’s third-generation network, which has more than 2.6 million subscribers. The value of the contract was not disclosed, but Ericsson noted the …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed an exclusive managed services contract with H3G Italy for the overall management of H3G Italy’s third-generation network, which has more than 2.6 million subscribers. The value of the contract was not disclosed, but Ericsson noted the …

TOKYO-Japanese wireless equipment supplier NEC Corp. has set up a new mobile network operation outsourcing company in Hong Kong. NEC said the new business will focus on new third-generation projects in China. NEC agreed recently with Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) …