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... |
Motorola Wins China Unicom W-CDMA Contract
China Unicom has awarded a commercial W-CDMA contract to Motorola Inc. Under the agreement, Motorola will provide W-CDMA radio access network equipment, packet switched core network (PS core), and 2G/3G interoperability functions that will enable a seamless integration of China Unicom’s GSM and W-CDMA networks. ...
Tatung University Launches WiMAX Network
VIA Technologies is participating in the Tatung University WiMAX Application Lab project, which brings together industry partners and Taiwan government agencies to build a completely WiMAX covered campus. Indoor and outdoor WiMAX coverage at the university launched today during the school’s “Open House.”...
Mobile Encoders Support ATSC Mobile DTV Standard
The 4Caster C4 convergence encoder and M2 mobile encoder from Envivio Inc. support the proposed ATSC Mobile DTV candidate standard for mobile television broadcast in the U.S. In fact, the company says that multiple vendors will use Envivio products in their demonstrations of complete ATSC Mobile DTV video delivery solutions at NAB 2009, April 18-23 in Las Vegas. ...
Wi-Fi: A Must-Have For New Cell Phones
More and more cell phones are incorporating Wi-Fi connectivity. According to a recent ABI Research survey, 44% of the current crop of smart phones currently has built-in Wi-Fi. ABI expects this percentage to grow to 90% by 2014. The study also found that 77% of users of Wi-Fi enabled phones are completely or very satisfied with their device....
Telus To Launch HSPA Network In Alberta
Telus is building a next-generation wireless network, based on the latest version of High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), in Canada. Telus expects the $700 million investment to ensure an optimal future transition to LTE. ...
Motorola Demonstrates 700-MHz LTE Network At CTIA
Showing off the standard’s next-generation wireless broadband capabilities, Motorola deployed a live 700-MHz LTE demonstration network in Las Vegas during the International CTIA Wireless 2009 show. During the LTE Live Drive tour, visitors experienced the real-life performance of LTE in an urban environment....
3GPP Publishes World’s First Femtocell Standard
The Femto Forum, 3GPP, and the Broadband Forum have announced that the world’s first femtocell standard has been officially published by 3GPP, paving the way for standardized femtocells to be produced in large volumes and enabling interoperability between different vendors’ access points and femto gateways....
Top 22 Operators Account For 50% Of All WiMAX Subscribers
The top 22 operators worldwide will contribute 2.5 million subscribers to the total number of WiMAX users by the end of 2009—up from 1.24 million today—and close to 4 million by the end of 2010, according to a report from Maravedis titled “The Top 22: Operators Who Will Make or Break WiMAX.” ...
China Taps Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia For 3G Networks
With its growing consumer base, China is a ripe target for many telecommunications companies. The large nation faces a number of geographic challenges that make the expansion of wireless services a logical choice—and those consumers are going to want premier services and speed, requiring 3G and the groundwork for 4G. So, China’s telecom industry is turning to Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent to implement key components of that infrastructure. ...
LTE RRH Taps Interface Controller To Support CPRI And OBSAI
Radiocomp has developed the world’s first protocol-agnostic RRH for the mass deployment of LTE infrastructure, according to the company. It uses PMC-Sierra’s PM7832 BRIC-2 interface controller to implement a unique multimode RRH platform that supports both CPRI and OBSAI RP3-01 V4.0 protocols....
New Industry Group Targets Voice Over LTE Development
Representatives from top companies in the wireless industry have teamed up to form the Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA) Forum, which will focus on defining a set of specifications for enabling the delivery of voice services over LTE access networks based on the current 3GPP GAN standard....
GSA Confirms 26 Operators Committed To LTE
According to the GSA, 26 network operators have committed to deploy 3GPP LTE systems. In fact, the GSA says that up to 10 operators are expected to launch commercial LTE services in 2010. Nokia, the world’s largest handset vendor, has committed to LTE as its preferred network for devices and plans to launch data-intensive devices for those networks in 2010. ...
Licensed Wireless Backhaul Solutions Meet ETSI Standards
Trango Systems will release two licensed wireless IP ETSI-compliant backhaul solutions that meet ETSI standards...
Alternatives To GPS Will Play A Bigger Role
Many next-generation location-based services (LBS) are designed for use in urban and indoor environments where GPS underperforms or even fails...
Alliance Formed To Standardize, Promote Internet Media
Formed by leading streaming media companies, the Internet Media Device Alliance (IMDA) will work to develop and promote a set of open, interoperable standards and device profiles that will maximize the growth of a global consumer market in Internet-connected media devices...
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