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Analyst: Wait before rushing into LTE
News Operators should wait for kinks in the technology and business case to be ironed out, before embarking on full-scale upgrades to 4G standard, long term evolution, says Ovum.
Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Network infrastructure, Verizon Communications Inc., Ovum, Operator, revenue, network, mobile, HSPA, 4G
4G could mean end of CDMA
News CDMA's main subscriber base appears to be in Asia, but its growth may not last for long as the world prepares to upgrade to its competing standard, LTE.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, 3G (Third Generation), Next-generation technology/networks, Mobile, Asia, Internet Access, phone, performance, 4G, Telstra Corp.
China govt does telco reform right
News update The country's third telecoms restructuring in a decade facilitates market competition and provides least resistance in rollout, says research firm Ovum.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Mobile/Wireless, Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., Unicom, China Unicom, China Netcom, China Telecom, network, marketing
Apple said to be working on 'world-mode' iPhone
News The AppleInsider blog says it's gotten wind of a "hybrid iPhone", due in the third quarter of 2010, that would work on both GSM and CDMA.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, AppleInsider, Phone, handset, Carrier, UMTS, GSM, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple Inc.
Donut SDK for Google's Android ready
News Google's latest version of Android, version 1.6, is now available via a software development kit for developers to use prior to wider availability in October.
Tags: Open source, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc., Smart Phone, Sprint Communications, Developer, SDK, API, Google Android, CDMA
Ericsson to pay US$1.1B for Nortel wireless tech
News Swedish telecom giant beats out Nokia Siemens Networks and a private equity firm, in an auction for the CDMA and LTE wireless tech assets of bankrupt Nortel.
Tags: Data Management, Mobile/Wireless, Networking technology, Nortel Networks Corp., Siemens AG, Telecommunications, Wireless, Bankruptcy, Canada, asset
Google releases Donut code, denies multitouch
News Latest version of the Android mobile OS does not have multitouch support, according to a Google developer.
Tags: Mobile applications, Code, Google Inc., Developer, release candidate, mobile operating system, Google Android, Apple iPhone, blog, CDMA
Thai telecom TOT may recall, upgrade 470 MHz
News The state telecom enterprise had signed an agreement with a consortium led by Starcom and Huawei to upgrade its analogue cellular system to accommodate wireless internet and voice services.
Tags: Cable, Network infrastructure, 3G (Third Generation), Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Telecommunications, Spectrum, Wireless, consortium, Cable, phone
China lifts roadblock for 3G phones
News The Chinese government has approved licenses that will permit high-speed mobile phone network services, a move expected to help bring higher-end services.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Investments, Mobile/Wireless, License, Telecommunications, Reorganization Plan, China Unicom, phone, 3G, China Telecom
Gasping for air, Nortel to sell off wireless tech
News Deal, under which Nokia Siemens will pay US$650 million, is yet another signal that the end is near for the one-time giant in telecommunications gear.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Network infrastructure, Financial, Nortel Networks Corp., Siemens AG, Telecommunications, Wireless, Toronto, wireless technology, Canada
China Unicom: Free at last
News The cellular operator's days of operating with a handicap--due to political decisions--seems to be over, or is it really?
Tags: Mergers, Acquisitions, Network infrastructure, Mobile/Wireless, Unicom, China Unicom, China Netcom, China Telecom, network, TD-SCDMA
TD-SCDMA's headstart to ensure foothold
News update China's homegrown 3G standard may have issues, but its headstart over competing technologies will likely ensure its foothold in the market, say analysts.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Development/design, Network infrastructure, Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., performance, China Telecom, W-CDMA, TD-SCDMA, China
Telstra's CDMA shutdown: No gain without pain?
News Customers have to bear the pain as Telstra closes its CDMA and moves to Next G network.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Australia, Telstra Corp., job, network, revenue, CDMA, principal analyst, Australian Associated Press Pty Ltd., president
Mobile M2M connections set to rocket
News The number of mobile network connections used for machine-to-machine communications will grow from 37.5 million in 2007 to 186 million in 2012, says analyst.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Mobile/Wireless, M2M, Security, Mobile, Japan, W-CDMA, Machine-to-machine Connection, network, CDMA
Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News Femtocells could help speed the arrival of next generation mobile broadband networks, such as WiMax and LTE (long term evolution).
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Mobile/Wireless, Next-generation technology/networks, WiMax, Mobile, Generation Network, Silicon.com, chairman, network, UMTS
