Articles tagged with: WCDMA and Lte
Top-five handset OEM signs first Coolteq deal
Nujira, a developer of mobile phone platforms says that it has signed a deal with an unnamed handset manufacturer to provide its Coolteq-l handset development platform. The unnamed customer is reported to be one of the world's top five handset makers. more
Related Tags: coolteq, nujira, power-amplifiers, hsupa, cdma, ovi, tim, w-cdma, edge, 3g, 3gpp, seven, oem, bandwidth
Qualcomm and Broadcom Wave a Paper and Declare "Peace For Our Time"
The acrimonious patent battle between Qualcomm and Broadcom is finally over. The two firms have entered into a settlement and multi-year patent agreement, which will result in the dismissal with prejudice of all litigation between the companies, including all patent infringement claims in the International Trade Commission and U.S. District Court in Santa Ana, as well as the withdrawal by Broadcom of its complaints to the European Commission and the Korea Fair Trade Commission. more
Related Tags: broadcom, qualcomm, td-scdma, cdma, ovi, iden, tim, ict, wimax, european-commission, eu, semiconductor, 3g, compete, patents, 4g, USA
1.45 Million BWA/WiMAX Subscribers Added in 2008
Worldwide, approximately 1.45 million BWA/WiMAX subscribers were added during 2008, while the wcdma subscriber base increased by more than 90 million. The average quarter-over-quarter subscriber growth rate in 2008 was 21.5%, according to the 7th issue of the 4GCounts Quarterly Report from Maravedis. more
Related Tags: , 3g, base-station, wimax, mobile-wimax, arpu, maravedis, cdma, iden, bsnl, base-stations, partner
3G-4G to Account for 30% of Global Wireless Subscriptions by 2013
At the end of 2008, only 11% of worldwide wireless subscriptions were 3G. By the end of 2013, the percentage of 3G and 4G subscriptions will reach 30%, reports In-Stat. This trend is reflected in fourth quarter 2008 wireless infrastructure contract awards. more
Related Tags: 3g, mobile-data, samsung, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, cisco, huawei, clearwire, zte, alcatel-lucent, cdma, hspa, in-stat, 802.16e, wimax,, ev-do, 4g
Shareholders Pushing for Sale of US Cellular to Larger Rival
Further consolidation in the USA's telecoms market could be imminent as shareholders are reported to be pressuring U.S. Cellular to seek a buy-out from one of its larger rivals. The company is 81% controlled by Telephone & Data Systems (TDS), which is itself facing pressure from several large shareholders to put itself up for sale. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, eu, ict, metropcs, sprint-nextel, verizon-wireless, cdma, verizon, alltel, anti-trust, u.s.-cellular, sprint, gsm, USA
HSPA Drives Mobile Infrastructure Market Growth in 2008
According to a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the worldwide total mobile infrastructure market revenue grew 5 percent in 2008, driven by the nearly doubling and quadrupling of revenue of the wcdma and WiMAX markets, respectively. more
Related Tags: 3g, base-station, smartphone, wimax, smartphones, driving, cdma, hspa, mobile-broadband, dell, gsm
Nokia Siemens Networks Wins Chinese Contracts Worth $1.1 Billion
China Mobile and China Unicom have separately signed agreements to purchase 2G and 3G mobile equipments and services from Nokia Siemens Networks during 2009. Under the framework agreements Nokia Siemens Networks will roll out wcdma networks for China Unicom in 11 provinces across China. In addition, it will provide China Mobile with TD-SCDMA and GSM networks. more
Related Tags: 3g, nokia, wimax, china-unicom, edge, china-mobile, td-scdma, cdma, hspa, nokia-siemens-networks, gsm, siemens, nokia-siemens, China
WiMAX Has Early Lead Over LTE in Wireless 4G Race
Mobile WiMAX will outpace LTE over the next few years due to its head start on deployments, says research firm, In-Stat. Mobile WiMAX already has commercial deployments, while LTE won't be commercially available until late 2009. However In-Stat believes WiMAX and LTE will take very different paths. more
Related Tags: wimax, mobile-wimax, cdma, hspa, verizon, in-stat, 802.16e
Ericsson launches Evo RAN for sustainable radio networks
Ericsson is introducing Evo RAN, a Radio Access Network (RAN) solution enabling operators to run GSM, wcdma and LTE as a single network. The solution also includes a new common network controller, the Evo Controller 8000. more
Related Tags: base-station, edge, cdma, hspa, ericsson, ran, radio-access-network, gsm, tdd
Nortel Completes LTE-TDD Wireless Demo in China
Nortel says that it has successfully completed the first end-to-end video streaming session using a Time Division Duplex (TDD)-based LTE network, working with commercial grade LTE Base Station and device prototypes in China. This is an important milestone in the development of next generation wireless services for TD-SCDMA mobile network deployments in China, as well as advancing the deployment of LTE for service providers using TDD spectrum. more
Related Tags: 3g, base-station, driving, china-mobile, td-scdma, cdma, hspa, mobile-broadband, nortel, 3gpp, tdd, beijing, China

