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Ooredoo and ZTE extend partnership in major equipment deal

ZTE will now supply Ooredoo with Radio, Cloud Core, Transport and 4G/5G CPE/Terminals Qatar’s Ooredoo Group and Chinese equipment vendor ZTE have announced an extension to their existing partnership. ZTE will now supply the telco with radio, cloud core, transport and 4G/5G CPE/terminals, as...

@ CES: ZTE Corp. makes bold predictions for 2011

LAS VEGAS — ZTE Corp. had a banner year in 2010 and it wants to build on that momentum even further in 2011. The company experience a 30% growth rate in handset sales from 2009 to 2010 and a nearly 50% jump in terminal...

@ CES: ZTE Corp. makes bold predictions for 2011

LAS VEGAS — ZTE Corp. had a banner year in 2010 and it wants to build on that momentum even further in 2011. The company experience a 30% growth rate in handset sales from 2009 to 2010 and a nearly 50% jump in terminal products...

VZW-Qualcomm name JV focusing on M2M biz

Verizon Wireless and Qualcomm Inc. announced their joint venture company focusing on machine-to-machine (M2M) communications would be named nPhase and headed by the original company's president, Steve Pazol.Qualcomm bought nPhase three years ago and renamed it Qualcomm Global Smart Services. The 50-50 joint venture...

Multimedia not limited to developed markets, chipmaker contends

Multimedia capabilities in phones are not just in demand in mature markets, but are also sought after in developing markets, according to Raj Talluri, general manager of cellular media systems solutions for Texas Instruments Inc.'s wireless terminals business unit.Talluri said during a TI Web...

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DanielsDavid Parker has been promoted to managing director at Daniels & Associates. Parker is a member of the firm's Telecommunications Group and is responsible for advising communications service providers and telecom infrastructure companies on mergers & acquisitions and corporate financing. He has been with...

TI’s wireless chief, Delfassy, retires

Texas Instruments said Gilles Delfassy, senior vice president and head of the firm's wireless terminals unit, will retire this year after 28 years with the company. Delfassy, 51, has led the wireless unit since its inception in 1995, guiding TI's efforts in wireless to...

Qualcomm adds to IPR stable with Airgo buy

First OFDMA and now MIMO. Qualcomm Inc.'s acquisition of Airgo Networks and its Multiple-Input, Multiple-Out technology, as well as the company's previous purchase of Flarion Technologies Inc., position Qualcomm to play big in future wireless broadband.The behemoth San Diego-based chipmaker last week announced it...

Qualcomm wades deeper into MIMO with Airgo purchase

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. apparently couldn't resist adding Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output technology to its already huge portfolio of wireless technology. The behemoth chipmaker announced it is buying MIMO creator Airgo Networks Inc. for an undisclosed amount to extend its mobile broadband offering by integrating Airgo's 802.11a/b/g...

Did you get the memo? MIMO is all the rage

Did anyone else notice that during the recent WiMAX World trade show, every vendor launching WiMAX gear touted Multiple Input, Multiple Output technology as part of its solution? Indeed, Aclatel Inc., Fujitsu Network Communications, Motorola Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and...

Crown Castle’s TV service gets new name, marketing campaign

Crown Castle International Corp.'s media subsidiary debuted a new name and marketing campaign amid details about its plans to use its tower network and unencumbered spectrum rights to launch live mobile TV in the nation's top 30 markets, including a launch in New York...

TI’s processor delivers better video, partners with DoCoMo

TOKYO-Texas Instruments Inc. announced that its new OMAP2430 processor for mobile phones is being sampled by potential customers, delivering improved video performance that is up to four times better than the company's previously produced processor, the OMAP2420. The company said the OMAP2430 isn't in...

SunCom deploys Ericsson core network

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it won a contract to provide regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Inc. with a next-generation core network throughout the operator's southeastern U.S. coverage area. Ericsson explained that SunCom is deploying Ericsson's Mobile Softswitch solution to carry voice and data traffic...

TI’s processor delivers better video, partners with DoCoMo

TOKYO-Texas Instruments Inc. announced that its new OMAP2430 processor for mobile phones is being sampled by potential customers, delivering third-generation video performance that is up to four times better than the company's previously produced processor, the OMAP2420. The company said the OMAP2430 isn't in...

SunCom deploys Ericsson core network

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it won a contract to provide regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Inc. with a next-generation core network throughout the operator's southeastern U.S. coverage area.Ericsson explained that SunCom is deploying Ericsson's Mobile Softswitch solution to carry voice and data traffic on...

Siemens partners with Novatel Wireless for HSDPA gear

Infrastructure vendor Siemens AG and PC card maker Novatel Wireless Inc. announced they jointly will sell High-Speed Downlink Packet Access products. Siemens will supply the HSDPA infrastructure gear, and Novatel will offer compatible PC cards as a "preferred partner." "To ensure the economic success...

MSV gains 6th patent

RESTON, Va.-Mobile Satellite Ventures announced the grant of another comprehensive patent for fundamental aspects of its ancillary terrestrial component technology. This patent is the sixth in a series of patents covering systems and methods for coordinating space-based and terrestrial use of satellite frequencies for...

Handset makers, carriers release new phone wares

Several handset makers and carriers have taken advantage of the spotlight of the CTIA show in New Orleans to release handset-related news this week.Cingular Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America announced the availability of the Samsung p777, the first phone in Samsung's new line of...

Three wireless firms announce new funding

SAN DIEGO-Semiconductor company Sequoia Communications led the fund raising pack last week with $15 million in its fourth round of financing, while ringtone company Improvista Interactive Music Inc. and wireless credit card processing company Way Systems Inc. also announced new funds.Sequoia sells technology that...

Three wireless firms announce new funding

Semiconductor company Sequoia Communications led the fund raising pack Wednesday with $15 million in its fourth round of financing, while ringtone company Improvista Interactive Music Inc. and wireless credit card processing company Way Systems Inc. also announced new funds. Sequoia sells technology that integrates...

Samsung bundles medical data with handsets

DALLAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it developed a variety of software packaged for the medical profession in an effort to sell its Palm OS- and Windows Mobile-based smart phones. Samsung said it developed portable versions of drug references and clinical journals from Mobile MerckMedicus,...

VoiceSignal speech technology in Samsung MM-A700

WOBURN, Mass.-Speech-recognition company VoiceSignal Technologies launched its next-generation speech solution on the Samsung MM-A700 wireless phone available through Sprint PCS.The software offers a one-command voice interface for dialing and launching applications on the phone. Users are able to dial numbers by using commands such...

Verizon Wireless, Samsung offer camera phone

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced it will sell a new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. camera phone with a unique rotating screen design for $180 with a two-year agreement. Sprint PCS sells a similar Samsung camera phone for around $200.The Samsung SPCH-a610 for Verizon features an...

InterDigital signs new licensee

KING of PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its InterDigital Technology Corp. subsidiary signed a nonexclusive worldwide royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp. The agreement covers the sale of wireless terminals and infrastructure built to IS-136/GSM/GPRS/EDGE and W-CDMA/CDMA2000/TD-SCDMA standards. "This agreement...