Archive for January, 2010
Far EasTone and Motorola Partner to Launch WiMax in Taichung city
WiMax.Com
Motorola announced today that Far EasTone Telecom of Taiwan has launched WiMax 4G service in Taichung city with Motorola’s end-to-end WiMax solutions.
Topics: 2G, 3G, 4G, Asia, broadband, Motorola, telecom, WiMax
Google prepares 3G fix for Nexus One
CNET
An over-the-air update to Google’s Android phone could help with 3G network connections and may arrive in about a week.
Topics: 3G, NextG
AT&T Gets Support from Apple on iPhone Complaints
Mobile Tech Today
AT&T, the exclusive wireless carrier for the Apple iPhone in the U.S., will improve its 3G network. The San Francisco-based company’s network has been at the core of many iPhone user complaints since the smartphone’s launch in 2007.
Topics: 3G, carrier, iPhone, wireless
Globe Telecom adds 2,000 more 3G, WiMAX sites in the Philippines
WiMax.Com
Globe Telecom, the Philippines’ number two telco, announced its plan yesterday to add 2,000 additional sites for 3G and WiMAX in 2010. Gil B. Genio, chief of business and carrier services, told reporters about his company’s plan to add 1,000 new sites and upgrade 1,000 existing sites to handle increased demand.
Topics: 3G, Asia, [...]
FCC asks Google, carriers about termination fees
CNET
Commission asking Google and the four major wireless operators to explain how they inform customers about charges for canceling service before the contract expires.
Topics: 3G, carrier, FCC, NextG, termination fees, wireless
Booyah expands mobile gaming’s horizons
Fierce Wireless News
Mobile gaming is becoming increasingly more complex and closer to console gaming. FierceDeveloper’s latest Developer Workshop profiles Booyah, which is combining social networking with gaming.
Topics: iPhone, wireless
FDA Selects InnerWireless DAS for Complete Coverage
Mobile Tech Today
RICHARDSON, Texas, and McLEAN, Va., Jan. 26, 2010 — More than 7,000 workers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new White Oak campus have complete wireless connectivity to all four national carriers -– AT&T, Sprint/Nextel, T-Mobile and Verizon -– for their government-issued and personal smartphones and BlackBerry® devices thanks to [...]
Verizon Wireline Job Cuts Drag on Q4
Unstrung
Verizon posts $653 million net loss, even as Verizon Wireless adds 2.2 million new mobile subscribers
Topics: Verizon, wireless
Digging into the packet core
Fierce Wireless News
Mobile players have invested more than $3 billion in the packet core space during the past six months alone. And, according to those in the market, the reason is clear: Thanks to dramatic increases in data traffic, and the looming prospect of widespread 4G, the packet core is poised to become a critical [...]
Yota Secures Spectrum, Plans WiMAX Launch in Peru
WiMax.Com
Russian WiMax operator Yota has won its bid to operate broadband internet services in Peru, according to news service Andina in that country. Yota del Peru will launch the 2668 MHz – 2692 MHz band in the provinces of Lima, Callao and Trujillo and the 2668 MHz – 2690 MHz band in the [...]
Report: Microsoft kicking ‘Project Pink’ into high gear
Fierce Wireless News
Microsoft is hard at work on its “Project Pink” mobile effort, and is designing both a premium mobile services platform and one or more Windows Mobile devices aimed at the teenage and twenty-something market, according to a ZDNet report.
Topics: iPhone, Microsoft, NextG, T-Mobile, Verizon, wireless
LTE Watch: Testing Times
Unstrung
Spirent signs on with Verizon, LTE not as fast as promised, and AlcaLu’s connected car comes to Europe
Topics: Europe, NextG, Verizon, wireless
Ban on PrePay Phones in J&K lifted by India
Wireless Federation
Amidst violence and terror, people of Jammu & Kashmir will get a fresh breeze of air since the ban imposed by India’s Department of Telecommunication over the PrePay mobile services last October has been restored. Existing pre-paid subscribers can start using their phones once their ownership details have been reconfirmed.
Topics: NextG, pre-paid, telecom, [...]
Wi-LAN sued by Telus over patent ownership
Wireless Federation
Wi-LAN Inc’s relation with patent-litigation suit is not vey new but this time it is at a receiving end as Telus Corp. and Telus Communications Inc. have filed a suit in Calgary alleging ownership of some of its patents.
Topics: NextG, wireless
At stake in broadband push: Wireless spectrum
CNET
Underutilized wireless spectrum is expected to play a major role in a federal push for universal access to high-speed Net connectivity. Some proposals were outlined at CES.
Topics: 3G, broadband, NextG, wireless
