Wireless
Trilogy increases stake in NZ operation
Trilogy International Partners (Trilogy), a US-based telecommunications holding company, has announced its intention to acquire an additional 26 per cent stake in 2degrees, a Greenfield mobile wireless operator in New Zealand, bringing Trilogy’s interest in the venture to 52 per cent. Trilogy agreed to purchase the interest currently held by Hong Kong-based General Enterprise Management [...]
Nokia Siemens to buy LTE, CDMA assets from Nortel
Nokia Siemens Networks has signed an agreement to acquire key assets from Nortel. The agreement is being seen as a step towards strengthening Nokia Siemens Networks’ position in Long Term Evolution, or LTE, next generation wireless technology and expanding its market presence in North America. The planned $650m acquisition, which will bring together the complementary [...]
Airtel launches ‘Push-to-Connect’ service on Motorola iDEN Network
Motorola Home & Networks Mobility has announced that Airtel Wireless has launched ‘Push-to-Connect’ service in the province of Alberta, Canada, using Motorola’s iDEN handsets and an iDEN Harmony wireless communication system. With Motorola’s iDEN cellular technology, users can make regular voice calls, share data and also have immediate contact for two-way conversations with the simple [...]
ZTE, Qualcomm collaborate to boost UMTS system performance
Qualcomm, a developer of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, and ZTE, a provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, have announced their collaboration to improve the capacity and performance of UMTS systems with the integration of Qualcomm’s Uplink Interference Cancellation (ULIC) technology into ZTE’s next-generation UMTS base station products. The companies claim by using [...]
WACS consortium and Alcatel-Lucent sign contract
The WACS consortium and Alcatel-Lucent have signed a turnkey contract valued at several hundred million US dollars to deploy a new submarine cable network that will provide the first direct connection between Southern Africa and Europe. Named the West Africa Cable System (WACS), this 14,000 km-long submarine network system is expected to bolster internet and [...]
EMS, Telenor and RIM launch BlackBerry Solution in Pakistan
EMS, Telenor and Research In Motion (RIM) have announced the launch of the BlackBerry solution in Pakistan. The BlackBerry solution brings together smartphones, software and services to allow wireless access to e-mail, messaging, phone, organiser, web and multimedia applications, as well as other business and lifestyle applications. Telenor customers in Pakistan will now be able [...]
Samsung selects Spreadtrum as chipset supplier
Samsung, a player in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies, has selected Spreadtrum Communications, a wireless baseband chipset provider in China, as a new chipset supplier. Spreadtrum’s QS520 GSM/GPRS and QS1001 EDGE transceivers have been designed into Samsung’s mobile phone models that are to be shipped internationally. The company has commenced volume shipment [...]
Motion launches J3400 rugged tablet PC
Motion Computing, a player in mobile computing and wireless communications, has announced the latest in its line of rugged tablet PCs. The company informed that the J3400′s lightweight package and integrated features allow it to adapt to a range of work environments. Suitable for mobile workers, the tablet PC features a swappable dual battery feature [...]
Epson unveils projectors for the classroom
Epson, a projector brand, has introduced four new projectors optimised for the classroom. The company informed that the new PowerLite 84, 85, 825, and 826W offer extended lamp life up to 6,000 hours, a built-in closed captioning decoder, USB Plug ‘n Play technology, an internal 10-watt speaker, network connectivity for remote presentations (via wired LAN), [...]
Syniverse to provide mobile number portability in India
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in India has selected Syniverse Technologies, a provider of business and technology solutions, as one of two companies that will implement mobile number portability (MNP) services in the country. Syniverse was awarded a letter of intent to provide India’s telecommunications operators with number portability clearing house and centralised database solutions for [...]
