4-A Chips Charge Smart-Phone Li-Ion Batteries
MD&D News Staff
Trumpeted as the first monolithic, 4-A Li-ion battery charger ICs, Summit Microelectronics’ configurable SMB349 and SMB359 operate from a 3.6-V to 16-V input range...
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FCC Gets Set To Release Additional Mobile Broadband Spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission Spectrum Task Force has announced a plan to increase value, utilization, and investment in mobile satellite service (MSS) bands. The plan will kick off with a commission proceeding in July...
WiMAX Forum Announces Enhanced 802.16e Standard
The WiMAX Forum has announced a proposal for enhancements to the IEEE 802.16e mobile WiMAX standard for submission into the next WiMAX Forum certification release...
3GPP Technology Sees 81% Growth
Propelled by an increase in 3G network deployments, upgrades to HSPA networks, mobile broadband subscriptions, netbooks, and smart phones, broadband operators (UMTS-HSPA) are reporting significant growth in revenue from data services...
USB Dongle Demonstrates TD-LTE Capability
USB dongles powered by the Sequans SQN3010 baseband SoC performed successfully as part of a China Mobile end-to-end TD-LTE demonstration network. The SQN3010 complies with the 3GPP R8 standard, supporting UE category 3 throughput of 100 Mbits/s...
Motorola Completes Phase I TD-LTE Field Trials
Motorola’s Networks business has successfully completed Phase I TD-LTE field trials with China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. This over-the-air trial included key functionality, performance, and mobility test cases in a multi-sector, multi-site environment that lays a solid foundation for large-scale TD-LTE deployment, the company says. ...
FCC, NAB Disagree During Broadband Plan Testimony
During recent testimony to the U.S. Senate, FCC chair Julius Genachowski disagreed about the effects that the FCC’s recent National Broadband Plan will have on small businesses....
WiMAX Forum Launches Global Initiative To Improve Performance
The WiMAX Forum has launched a global initiative to accelerate advanced WiMAX features that are designed to enhance the average performance of its current Release 1 technology by more than 50% while still complying with IEEE 802.16e...
LTE Or WiMAX? How About Both?
While LTE seems to have won the 4G war, WiMAX still will have a role in the years ahead. With this in mind, the Wavesat Odyssey 9010 and Beceem BCS500 manage both standards...
Companies Collaborate On Low-Cost Multimode 4G Handset
HelloSoft, Comsys Mobile, and dmedia will develop a low-cost, integrated WiMAX/GSM-EDGE/Wi-Fi phone...
Companies Team Up To Roll Out 4G LTE Network
Verizon Wireless will use DukeNet’s high-speed cell backhaul service to build what the companies are calling the first 4G LTE network in the U.S. According to the companies, DukeNet’s cell backhaul service provides scalable, reliable bandwidth between cell sites and mobile switching centers in the southeast...
USB Laptop Modem Expands HSPA+ 3G Coverage
The T-Mobile webConnect Rocket USB modem gives laptops access to T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network with theoretical peak throughput speeds of 21 Mbits/s....
Modem Manages LTE, UMTS, And GSM Networks
The triple-mode E398 modem from Huawei is compatible with LTE, UMTS, and GSM. Based on Qualcomm’s MDM9200 chipset, it enables users to surf with high speed provided by LTE technology while seamlessly switching to UMTS or GSM...
Report Calls 2.6-GHz Band Vital To Mobile Broadband Success
The licensing of the 2.6-GHz band, which the ITU calls the “3G extension band,” will be critical to unlocking the benefits of global-scale economies in the mobile broadband market, according to a report by Global View Partners in partnership with GSMA....
LTE Device Certification Expected By The End of 2010
The Global Certification Forum is on schedule to release an LTE device certification scheme by the end of 2010. According to the group, that should be in time for a wave of commercial network launches also expected toward the end of the year....
2009 Shows Tremendous Growth For WiMAX
WiMAX Internet deployments have reached 519 in 146 countries, including 95 WiMAX networks deployed by 2G operators, according to Informa Telecoms & Media. Of the 519 deployments, 112 were added in 2009, while 86 products received WiMAX Forum Certified status....
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