Articles tagged with: GSM and WCDMA

AT&T Starts Migrating GSM Spectrum to 3G Services

­USA based AT&T has started re-allocating some radio frequency from its gsm to its more advanced WCDMA and LTE networks in New York City.  more

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Mobile Device Royalties Approaching the $20 Billion Mark

­The gsm, WCDMA, and LTE royalties on cellular phones will continue to grow for the next few years, but are starting to flatten out, reports ABI Research. gsm handset royalties are already playing a much less significant role for royalty revenues, with gsm/WCDMA/LTE handset royalties becoming increasingly significant.  more

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Switzerland to Permit 3G at 900Mhz - Extends Licenses

Switzerland's telecoms regulator, ComCom has renewed the gsm mobile telephony licences of Orange, Sunrise and Swisscom until the end of 2013. All the countries gsm licences, which were provisionally extended in April 2008, will now all expire at the same time (Swisscom, Sunrise, Orange and In&Phone). This gives ComCom an opportunity to implement a comprehensive reallocation of all the mobile telephony frequencies which are free today or which will become free in 2013 or 2016.  more

Related Tags: comcom, orange, sunrise, swisscom, tele2, 3g-license, Switzerland


Ericsson to cover Faroe Islands and its offshore with mobile broadband

Ericsson has signed an eight-year contract with Faroe Islands based operator, Faroese Telecom to build and deploy a WCDMA/HSPA network for both the 2100MHz and 900MHz frequencies. This will enable Faroese Telecom to deliver high-speed mobile broadband services to remote areas across the Faroe Islands and even offshore platforms in the North Atlantic.  more

Related Tags: faroese-telecom, 3g, 900mhz, scotland, Faroe Islands


Mongolia Gets HSPA Network Upgrade

Mongolian operator MobiCom has launched a HSPA upgrade, with the network supplied by Ericsson. The launch enables MobiCom to introduce mobile broadband services to its subscribers across Mongolia, starting in the capital Ulaanbaatar where about 40 percent of the country's 3 million inhabitants live.  more

Related Tags: mobicom, hspa, ericsson, cdma, 3g, mobile-broadband, 3, partner, ulaanbaatar, Mongolia


ZTE First-Quarter Profits Up by 29%

China's ZTE has reported that its first-quarter revenues reached RMB 11.67 billion (US$1.71 billion), representing an increase of 35% compared with the same period last year. Net profit was RMB 78.66 million (US$11.54 million), representing an increase of 29.17% compared with the same period last year.  more

Related Tags: zte, eu, 3g, , cdma, China


Motorola Wins Chinese 3G Contract

Motorola says that it has won a W-CDMA contract with China Unicom for an undisclosed amount. Under the contract, Motorola will provide China Unicom with W-CDMA radio access network equipment, packet switched core network (PS core), and 2G/3G interoperability functions that will enable the integration of China Unicom's gsm and W-CDMA networks.  more

Related Tags: china-unicom, motorola, w-cdma, 3g, , core-network, cdma, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, radio-access-network, interoperability, unicom, China


Ericsson Wins 4-Year 3G Upgrade Contract in Turkey

Turkish operator Avea has signed a four year contract with Ericsson for a WCDMA/HSPA upgrade. Under the agreement, Ericsson will be one of the main suppliers and will integrate and deploy WCDMA/HSPA radio access and packet core networks, as well as a complete mobile-backhaul solution based on microwave transmission and optical transport.  more

Related Tags: avea, tim, cdma, hspa, ericsson, mobile-broadband, microwave, packet-core, Turkey


EU Moves Closer to Approving 3G at 900Mhz

The decision by the European Parliament to accept the amendment of the gsm Directive to allow UMTS (WCDMA-HSPA) technology to be deployed in the 900 MHz band has been welcomed by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).  more

Related Tags: asia-pacific, 3g, eu, rural, mts, cdma, hspa, iden, mobile-broadband, european-union, gsa, umts, union, wave, global-mobile, parliament, european-parliament


Qiao Xing Mobile and TechFaith to Co-Launch 3G Mobile Phones in China

Chinese handset manufacturer, Qiao Xing Mobile has announced that it will work with China TechFaith, an original developed product (ODP) provider focused on research and development of cell phone solutions, to co-launch 3G mobile phones in China.  more

Related Tags: 3g, cdma, ev-do, research-and-development, techfaith, cell-phone, China


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