AT&T Acquires T-Mobile USA in $39 billion
AT&T and Deutsche Telekomchave announced a definitive agreement under which AT&T will acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom in a cash-and-stock transaction
The Coexistence of 4G Titans
Wireless has now evolved to a more common and overlapping set of technologies and markets such that former distinctions between wireless and wired, streams of standards
Ubiquisys announces a personal femtocell – attocell
Ubiquisys has announced a personal femtocell – attocell.
TeliaSonera selects Huawei and Ericsson to build mobile network in Norway
TeliaSonera has announced plans to roll out a new, modern radio network in Norway to offer increased coverage and speed.
Picochip to introduce 3G USB basestation
Picochip has shared its vision for next-generation femtocells, including picoXcell™ technology that will allow its customers to create an entire 3G cellular basestation
Sprint introduces HTC EVO Shift 4G WiMAX smartphone
Sprint has introduced it’s second generation of 4G WiMAX handset HTC EVO Shift™ 4G.
ZTE wins USD 85M 3G contract with India’s Aircel
ZTE has won a USD85 million UMTS contract with pan-India mobile service provider Aircel to build and deploy an advanced SDR-based 3G network.
NEC Eyes Femtocell Market in India
Earlier this week NEC announced the launch of 3G Femtocell solution in India to enable operators to offer high-quality, high-speed 3G mobile services to its enterprise
Ubiquisys and Nokia Siemens Networks Offer 3G Femtocell Solution
Ubiquisys has announced a new standards-compliant 3G femtocell solution with Nokia Siemens Networks.
Verizon Awards Alcatel-Lucent $4 billion 3G/LTE Contract
Verizon Wireless and Alcatel-Lucent have entered in a four-year agreement expected to be worth US$4 billion for Alcatel-Lucent wireless network architecture and services to support Verizon Wireless
Ericsson & NSN named 3G supplier for Vodafone Essar
Indian operator Vodafone Essar has named Ericsson & Nokia Siemens Networks as 3G suppliers. Vodafone had won spectrum in 9 circles during India’s 3G auction earlier this year.
Aircel to launch 3G services in Q1 2011
Indian operator Aircel plans to invest $500 million for the initial roll out of 3G mobile services.
picoChip introduces public access femtocell solution
picoChip has announced a new femtocell chip specifically designed to extend the femtocell into the realm of public access infrastructure such as metro femto, rural femto and strand-mounted systems.
New spectrum auction of 900 and 1800 MHz frequencies in Denmark
Denmark’s National IT and Telecom Agency (Telestyrelsen) has anounced the dates for holding the auction of spectrum in 900 MHz and 1800 MHz frequency bands.
Huawei, ZTE win Indian contracts following security concerns
India’s Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) has signed a contract with Huawei to rollout TTSL’s 3G network in India earler this week.
Russia Wireless Broadband Summary
Because of Russia’s lack of wireline infrastructure and its booming demand for Internet, it is often referenced by industry analysts as one of the most promising market
India Wireless Broadband – The Story Unfolds
Most overseas vendors and industry forums are finding working in the Indian telecom sector to be no different from the screenplay of a complex Bollywood plot: unexpected twists and turns…
Sprint offering 3G femtocells
To resolve the indoor coverage related problems, Sprint is apparently offering an EV-DO femtocell to selected customers about two weeks ago after a case by case evaluation of each situation,
Tata Teleservices picks Nokia Siemens Networks for 3G
India’s mobile operator Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to support the launch of 3G. The network would based on WCDMA 3G and including HSPA+.
ZTE to build Telenor’s network in Hungary
Telenor Hungary has awarded a Hungarian GSM/UMTS/ LTE network construction contract to ZTE. A 200 million euro ($254 million) contract was announced today.
Ericsson: mobile data traffic triples in a year
Global mobile data has nearly tripled in the last year, growing more than 10 times faster than voice, says Ericsson.
India may put 3G on hold over security concerns
Concerned over the security issues, India’s home ministry has asked the department of telecommunication (DoT) to direct service providers to put all 3G services on hold till an effective system…
Alcatel-Lucent maintains CDMA lead, gets upgrade contract from China Telecom
According to Dell’Oro’s latest Mobility Infrastructure report, Alcatel-Lucent retains its leading position in CDMA space.
Harris Corporation teams with Nokia Siemens Networks to develop 700 MHz LTE Network Solutions
Harris Corporation, a communications and information technology company, has launched Harris VIDA Broadband LTE, its new solution for broadband mission-critical communications for first responders.
picoChip partners with Indian firms for 3G, 4G development
picoChip has been selected by Rancore Technologies Ltd for the development of 4G base stations for rolling out next-generation wireless telecom networks in India.
America Movil Aims To Launch 4G in Mexico
America Movil plans to launch 4G mobile services (LTE likely) in Mexico with recently acquired wireless spectrum earlier this month.
Vodafone Greece Introduces 3G Femtocell
Vodafone Greece has launched 3G Femtocell in Greek market to boost 3G mobile signal inside buildings.
Ericsson wins managed services contract from China Mobile
Ericsson has won managed services contract from China Mobile Hebei, a provincial company of China Mobile.
500,000 new 4G Subscriptions in 2010
4G technology deployments and subscriptions will begin to take root in 2010 but only in North America and Western Europe reports In-Stat.