Bostonians who rely on telephone and cable TV companies for their high-speed Internet service will soon have a third option. Sometime next month, cellphone carrier Sprint Nextel Corp. will launch the region's first 4G wireless data service, designed to deliver broadband speeds far faster than today's 3G services. The new service, already available in about 50 US cities, can bring the Internet to desktop and laptop computers as well as Sprint's smartphones. "We should launch sometime...

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea: SEC) wants to increase its LTE-on-Android talent pool as it develops pre-4G devices for a US launch. The firm is advertising for an LTE RIL Engineer to work closely with its other Android product development engineers. A radio interface layer (RIL) engineer would be working on connecting the Android OS with the LTE radio in the phone. The location of the position -- in Bridgewater, N.J. -- is also interesting. This means that the right candidate could also work...

Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks are now just months away from going live in the USA, so let's run down what you can expect in the way of this proto-4G technology in the coming year. MetroPCS MetroPCS Inc. (NYSE: PCS) has previously claimed that it will have "the first LTE wireless network featuring smartphones" in the US. The operator plans to launch in the "second half of this year." It hopes to have a smartphone that supports both CDMA and LTE ready for the network. So...

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), a 50-50 joint venture between Nokia Corp. ( NOK - Analyst Report ) and Siemens AG ( SI - Analyst Report ), won an eight year contract from LightSquared. The deal is worth more than $7 billion. This is closely followed by NSN's announcement just a day before to buy Motorola Inc.'s ( MOT - Analyst Report ) network-equipment business unit for $1.2 billion in cash. As per the terms of the contact, Nokia Siemens will install and maintain a new U.S. 4G LTE mobile broadband...

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Award Solutions' Senior Consultant John McKeague will be speaking at the pre-conference workshop LTE Essentials at the LTE Forum on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 in Stockholm, Sweden. Join HanseCom Media and Communications and LTE Forum 2010 at this one-day workshop, which provides a comprehensive high-level view of LTE and is intended for those in sales, marketing, product line management, and executives who need to understand LTE and its place in the 4G wireless landscape. The LTE Essentials workshop...

NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Porto, Portugal, 03/16/2010 - Speakers include representatives of 3GPP, GSMA, Telenor and TeliaSonera and leading analysts of idate and Ventura team . The wireless business is undergoing a major shift from voice-driven to data-driven services. Studies indicate that data revenue has grown by more than 30% per year, whereas voice revenue grew by just 4%. When mobile phones became popular, the 2G cellular networks they utilized did not provide enough bandwidth to support...

Agilent Technologies Inc. has partnered with China's Southeast University for R&D on 3GPP-LTE systems performance. The company is providing test instruments and funding for researching ways to obtain higher data rates and high-quality services with increased spectrum and power efficiency. Mike Kawasaki, education programme manager at Agilent, said that the company sees the R&D collaboration with Southeast University as a continuation of Agilent's drive to be a key technology partner...

Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent (ALU.N) has won a three-year contract to help build a nationwide wireless network for privately held Canadian startup Globalive Wireless. Globalive, which is working on launching national wireless service, spent more than C$442 million ($405.5 million) on buying spectrum during a government auction held a year ago. Under the deal, Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent will supply Globalive with its 3G radio access network, including radio network controllers, base stations...

Huawei announced today the opening of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) laboratory in Richardson, Texas. Initially established with prototype equipment in fall 2008, the facility has been upgraded to support commercial product releases for North America. The lab recently implemented Huawei’s first commercial LTE solution release targeted at operators in the U.S. and Canada. The lab is equipped with Huawei’s SingleRAN DBS3900 eNobeB (which supports CDMA-LTE and UMTS/LTE dual mode operation)...

- JV to Leverage Qualcomm's Network Technology and Device Management Service, and Verizon Wireless' Network Expertise and Simplified Device Certification Process - SAN DIEGO and BASKING RIDGE, N.J., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) and Verizon Wireless today announced an agreement to form a joint venture to provide machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless communications and smart services offerings across a wide variety of market segments, including healthcare...

Telecom equipment provider ZTE Corp. (0763.HK, 000063.SZ) expects to build more than 60,000 BBU+RRU (Baseband Unit + Remote Radio) base stations to support 2G, 3G and 4G networks in India by the end of fiscal 2010, C114.net reported July 28 citing foreign media reports. ZTE plans to recruit 1,000 new employees to operate the new base stations, the report said. ZTE announced July 28 that it plans to construct a commercial UMTS network in Belarus for European mobile operator Turkcell's Byelorussian...

23rd July , 2009 US :As wireless mobile networks continue to grow and become more robust, the path to Long Term Evolution (LTE) remains strong with operators deploying the technology the first half of this next decade, a new Visant Strategies report finds. "LTE for many operators, if not almost all operators, is the 4G end goal for upgrading wireless networks," said report author Andy Fuertes of Visant Strategies. "In the most established markets carriers are systematically deploying...

Jul 17, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- ALVR | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Alvarion, a provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, announced a WiMAX pilot with French operator Bollore telecom in Marina Port Vauban in the south of France. The pilot is based on Alvarion's end-to-end mobile WiMAX 4Motion solution operating at 3.5 GHz frequency band. The pilot is conducted in cooperation with the Antibes municipalities and will showcase Alvarion's end-to-end 4Motion solution...

Keewaywin and Round Lake First Nations in Canada are providing IP-based GSM cellular services utilizing Lemko Corporation's Node1TM 4G Core Network solution. This delivers mobile communication to remote parts of northern Ontario, bridging the Digital Divide between urban and rural lives. Schaumburg, IL (PRWEB) July 21, 2009 -- Keewaywin and Round Lake First Nations in Canada are providing IP-based GSM cellular services utilizing Lemko Corporation's Node1TM 4G Core Network solution. This delivers...

Denmark this week got the auction process for its 2.5GHz spectrum underway, with the National IT and Telecom Agency (NITA) announcing a public consultation on the auction. The spectrum, which will be auctioned on a national basis, is suitable for providing 4G wireless broadband services based on standards such as LTE or WiMAX, but could also be used for other applications such as mobile TV. 205MHz of spectrum will be auctioned in total, including 190MHz in the 2.5GHz band (2500–2690MHz) and...

Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that its Carrier Ethernet Service Delivery (CESD) platforms are providing the backhaul solution for Clearwire’s CLEAR™ 4G mobile WiMAX service in Las Vegas that launched today. As a key infrastructure component of Clearwire’s nationwide 4G WiMAX deployment strategy, Las Vegas represents the latest market where Ciena platforms are providing 4G backhaul for the CLEAR service in addition to deployments in...

HAMPSHIRE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The number of LTE next generation networks is set to grow significantly with the number of subscribers exceeding 100 million by 2014, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The LTE report found that these market numbers will be buoyed by the embedding of broadband capabilities within consumer electronics devices such as MP3 players, Netbooks and digital cameras. Market Momentum Juniper Research forecast that whilst subscribers will largely use handsets...

Interference Cancellation Technology Increases Uplink Data Throughput and Capacity by up to 60 Percent SAN DIEGO and SHENZHEN, China - July 05, 2009 - Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, and ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced their collaboration to significantly enhance the capacity and performance of UMTS systems with the integration...

TOKYO AND SAN DIEGO (July 5, 2009)—NTT DOCOMO, INC. (TSE: 9437; LSE: NDCM; NYSE: DCM) and San Diego, California-based PacketVideo Corporation, a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE) and a pioneer in wireless and digital home multimedia software and service applications, today announced that DOCOMO has acquired a 35-percent stake in PacketVideo for $45.5 million. The all-cash transaction, effective immediately, is intended to strengthen DOCOMO’s position in advanced music...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today announced the industry's lowest-noise, fully integrated frequency synthesizer. The PowerWise(R) LMX2541 provides less than 2 milli-radians (mrad) root-mean-square (rms) noise at 2.1 GHz and 3.5 mrad rms noise at 3.5 GHz, outperforming the nearest competitor by 10 dB in both in-band phase-locked loop (PLL) noise and spurious performance. The LMX2541 is well-suited for local oscillator (LO) applications...

Integration of third parties' software with TI DSPs offers femtocell OEMs reduced costs and faster time to market LONDON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Femtocells World Summit -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) announced today the selection of Continuous Computing(R), a leader in wireless protocol software, and mimoOn GmbH, a leader in software defined radio solutions, as third parties to offer integrated solutions for HSPA and LTE enterprise and residential femtocells. Continuous Computing's...

Leading Japanese Operator Expands Service Offerings While Maximizing Subscriber Experience TOKYO & TEWKSBURY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Starent Networks, Corp. (Nasdaq: STAR), a leading provider of infrastructure solutions that enable mobile operators to deliver multimedia services, today announced KDDI, one of the largest Japanese operators, is deploying its Security Gateway to provide Wi-Fi service for their growing subscriber base. KDDI’s ‘Wi-Fi WIN’ service provides secure...

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network to enable NewCore to deliver wholesale wireless broadband services geared toward rural users PARIS and ST. CLOUD, Minn., June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Minnesota-based NewCore Wireless, a wholesale provider of wireless communications services, selected Alcatel-Lucent to deploy a 3G Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network to offer its customers -- other mobile service...

June 15, 2009 Despite the buzz about LTE, only 11% of total cellular subscriptions worldwide are 3G, according to market research and consultancy In-Stat. By 2013, the percentage will rise to 28%. Meanwhile, LTE is moving beyond talk and into real contract awards. HSPA is the main beneficiary of the drive to 3G as it leads both new deployments and contract awards so far in 2009. Ericsson and Huawei led the infrastructure providers in new contract awards for HSPA. The new, high profile contract awards...