Incremental Improvements Define The 2012 Mobile World Congress |
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Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief
The usual players all showed up at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with lots of improved devices, but no real game-changing breakthroughs... |
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....
Oregon ISP Launches First HSPA+ Network
BendBroadband launched what it says is the nation’s fastest wireless data network. The service is the first U.S. deployment of High Speed Access Plus (HSPA+) wireless network standard, and it is upgradable to the Long-Term Evolution (LTE) standard. It is only available in central Oregon....
WiMAX Forum Uses Stimulus Funds to Establish Broadband in Rural Areas
More than 300 WiMAX applications accounted for 25% of the total last mile broadband stimulus applications received by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture’s RUS fund, the WiMAX Forum says. WiMAX technology can bring 4G broadband services to rural areas, which are usually the last priority for wireless carriers....
White Space Radios Create Innovative Options for Wireless Devices
Many companies are finding new ways to use white space frequencies to improve wireless devices....
Rural White-Space Network Shows Promise For Broadband Deployment
The white-space frequencies that are now available were used for the first time in rural Virginia recently to implement a broadband access network. Now, Claudville has a new, faster wireless broadband connection thanks to white-space radio technology from Spectrum Bridge....
Operators Demonstrate International WiMAX Roaming
Clearwire International LLC, Tatung InfoComm, and VMAX publicly demonstrated Mobile WiMAX global roaming during the WiMAX Forum Member Conference in Taipei last month. The conference also highlighted Taipei’s WiMAX ecosystem, including the anticipated rollout of six WiMAX networks in Taiwan by the first quarter of 2010. ...
ITU Approves Universal Phone Charger Standard
The ITU has approved an energy-efficient one-charger-fits-all mobile phone standard. The Universal Charging Solution (UCS) is part of the ITU’s push to have the role of information and communications technologies recognized in the draft Copenhagen Agreement as part of the solution toward mitigating climate change....
3GPP Partners Propose IMT-Advanced Radio Technology
The 3GPP Partners formally proposed the evaluation of LTE Release 10 & beyond (LTE-advanced) as a candidate for IMT-Advanced. 3GPP’s proposal to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) includes a comprehensive description of LTE-Advanced, which the organization says has considerable support from the world’s leading mobile operators....
Mobile WiMAX 2.0 Testing Underway
Samsung Electronics and Yota are now testing Mobile WiMAX 2.0 (IEEE 802.16m), which Yota calls the most probable candidate for the new commercial standard among the IMT-Advanced (advanced IMT-2000) generation. Its data transfer speed is four times faster than current Mobile WiMAX (802.16e) networks....
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