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Articles tagged with: W CDMA and GSM
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, wcdma, 3g, , core-network, cdma, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, radio-access-network, interoperability, China
Caribbean & Latin America - CDMA Enters its "Sunset" Phase
The technology story in the Caribbean & Latin America (CALA) region is simple: most US based technologies are in full retreat, while the international GSM/w-cdma standards are proliferating. During the quarter, the number of customers connected to AMPS, TDMA and CDMA systems declined by 4.4m overall, bringing the number of disconnections so far this year to 19.9m, or 5.2% of the starting base. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, ict, rural, tim, cdma, iden, vivo
Smartphone sales buck the recession
A report by Infonetics Research is forecasting an 8% drop in the total number of mobile phones sold in 2009, to 1.1 billion worldwide (down from 1.2 billion in 2008), in line with predictions from Nokia, among others. Smartphones were the best-performing segment of the mobile phones market in 2008 and the only segment to show unit and revenue growth in the second half of the year as the world economy entered recession. more
Related Tags: android, nokia, iphone, smartphone, samsung, wimax, motorola, eu, ict, smartphones, tim, cdma, hspa, ericsson, lg, infonetics-research, symbian, open-source, wimax,, operating-system
LTE Cannot Come Soon Enough for Some Operators
For some operators, LTE cannot come soon enough, states the latest report from Analysys Mason, which details how wireless data traffic will grow tenfold in developed markets in the period to 2015. However, there are many roads to a data-optimised RAN and LTE is only one component. more
Related Tags: mobile-data, lte, cdma, hspa, ran, play, life
China Unicom Selects Alcatel-Lucent to Deploy 3G Networks in 14 Provinces
Alcatel-Lucent says that it has been selected by China Unicom to deploy 3G w-cdma networks in 14 Chinese provinces. Initial network deployments in the cities of Tianjin, Baoding, Wenzhou, Taizhou, Guiyang and Guilin are expected to be completed in May, 2009. more
Related Tags: 3g, base-station, china-unicom, wcdma, edge, alcatel-lucent, cdma, iden, shanghai, partner, alcatel-lucent-shanghai-bell, bell, China
Nigeria's Second Best Quarter for Subscriber Growth
Nigeria's Q3 08 growth could not match the record-breaking levels seen in the previous quarter, when 7.38m new connections were added - more than double the best figure recorded in any other African nation. However, its third-quarter boost of 4.11m was the second best figure ever recorded in the market, which is particularly impressive given that one of the top three operators, Glo, suffered a loss of 0.6m customers in the quarter. At the end of Q3, there were 55.8m connections in Nigeria, up 51% year on year with annual net additions of 18.8m. more
Related Tags: mms, lte, mtn, rcom, cdma, vodacom, celtel, ncc, visafone, Nigeria
Brazil's Penetration Set to Surpass 80% as Total Market Reaches 140m
Brazilian penetration is racing upwards, with a 14.0pp gain in the twelve months ending 30th September 2008 taking the figure to 73.2%. This compares to an 8.3pp gain in the prior twelve months. At the time of writing, penetration is likely to be approaching 80%, and although it is common for markets to slow down as 100% penetration is neared, a penetration rate in excess of 90% by the end of 2009 is a possibility. more
Related Tags: cdma, tim, tim-brasil, brasil-telecom, oi, vivo, claro, Brazil
European Mobile Subscriber Growth Falls to Sixth Successive Low
Quarterly net additions in the European mobile market moved to their highest level so far in 2008 in the third quarter, hitting 13.7m, after 9.8m and 11.0m in the first two quarters respectively. Proportionate growth followed suit, climbing to 1.8%, from 1.3% and 1.5% in the two prior periods. more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, cdma
WCDMA equipment up 12% in 3Q; Nokia Siemens leads in mobile switch subsystems
After ramping up in 2Q08 in large part due to Beijing Olympics preparations, the worldwide radio access network (RAN) equipment market slid 6% to $9.6 billion in 3Q08 on sharp declines in the CDMA segment, reports market research firm Infonetics Research. more
Related Tags: nokia, base-station, smartphone, huawei, core-network, cdma, ericsson, mobile-broadband, nortel, ran, sharp, base-stations, fmc, siemens, nokia-siemens