Newest Wireless Green Initiative Targets Chargers
Feb 19, 2009 Telecoms
The days of dealing with that tangled box of one-device/one-charger spaghetti may be coming to a close, making life easier for businesses and individuals alike. In Barcelona this week, the GSM Association said it will team with 17 global wireless carriers and equipment manufacturers to implement...Tags: Barcelona, Chargers, Global Equipment, Global Wireless, Gsm Association, Initiative, Spaghetti, Targets, Wireless Carriers
GSM Group, Gates Family Back Third-World Mobile-Banking Initiative
Feb 19, 2009 Telecoms
Besides new products and services, this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona heralded a new program, sponsored by the GSM Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aimed at expanding the availability of financial services to millions of people in the developing world through m...Tags: Amp, Barcelona, Bill Gates, Developing World, Financial Services, Gates Family, Gsm Association, Gsm World, Initiative, Melinda Gates Foundation, Mobile Banking, Mobile World, Third World, World Congress
‘Eye of the Storm’ Manages World’s Largest 802.11n Wireless Deployment
Feb 19, 2009 Telecoms
The University of Minnesota has unified the monitoring and management of its extensive 802.11n wireless network using Entuity’s “Eye of the Storm,” achieving its original project objective of deploying state-of-the-art technology to create a new, centrally managed network. One of the...Tags: Eye Of The Storm, Original Project, Project Objective, State Of The Art, State Of The Art Technology, University Minnesota, University Of Minnesota, Wireless Deployment
Sprint Financials Down, But Not Out
Feb 19, 2009 Telecoms
In its just reported 4Q08 financials, Sprint Nextel lost 1.3 million more subscribers plus $1.62 billion (including $1 billion as a write-down the goodwill value of Nextel to zero) along with taking a 14-percent dive in revenues year over year. After subtracting the Nextel write-down and the co...Tags: 1 Billion, Goodwill Value, Lost, Nextel, Sprint Nextel, Subscribers
Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent Ace Verizon LTE Order
Feb 18, 2009 Telecoms
Verizon has chosen Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent as the primary vendors for its initial rollout of Long Term Evolution/System Architecture Evolution (LTE /SAE) -- a major setback for Motorola and Nortel. Dick Lynch, Verizon’s executive vice president and CTO, disclosed his company’s choice...Tags: Ace, Alcatel, Alcatel Lucent, Dick Lynch, Ericsson, Executive Vice, Initial Rollout, Lucent, Major Setback, Motorola, Nortel, Sae, System Architecture, Term Evolution, Verizon, Vice President
Comcast Results Impacted By Clearwire WiMAX Write-Down
Feb 18, 2009 Telecoms
What could have been a nice quarter considering the economy, Comcast instead saw its profits plunge by 30 percent because of a $600 million write-down of its investment in the “new Clearwire.” In a quarterly and annual report that met expectations, Comcast (these days the fourth-largest...Tags: Annual Report, Clearwire, Comcast, Comcast Results, Economy, Investment, Met, Plunge, Profits
Sonus: Say You Want An ‘Evolution?’
Feb 18, 2009 Telecoms
Sonus Networks launched what it’s calling its “mobile evolution” strategy, a move to penetrate the wireless broadband market with the same TDM-to-IP proposition it’s been pushing for the wireline market. “All we’ve ever done is migration of TDM to IP,” says...Tags: Broadband Market, Evolution Strategy, Migration, Mobile Evolution, Sonus Networks, Tdm, Wireless Broadband
MEF Vets Mobile Backhaul Definitions
Feb 18, 2009 Telecoms
The Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) released its first-ever “Implementation Agreement,” choosing to define the use of Carrier Ethernet for mobile backhaul for what is to eventually emerge as a series of similar specifications for how best to use Ethernet for various purposes. The choice of...Tags: Carrier, Definitions, Implementation Agreement, Metro Ethernet Forum, Mobile Backhaul, Vets
In Barcelona, It’s All About LTE
Feb 18, 2009 Telecoms
A large chunk of the world’s wireless industry is gathering in Barcelona, Spain, this week for the annual ritual of the Mobile World Congress. Based on the flow of information emanating from the show, it might be more apt to call it the Wireless Broadband Congress because, for the first time, the...Tags: Barcelona Spain, Chunk, Mobile World, Wireless Broadband, World Congress
ICO Gets Clearance For Hybrid MSS Operations, Including Broadband
Feb 17, 2009 Telecoms
The Federal Communications Commission has given the go-ahead to a new plan forwarded by a subsidiary of ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited to use an ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) in conjunction with its mobile satellite services (MSS). ATC authority will allow the division, Ne...Tags: Atc, Broadband Communications, Conjunction, Federal Communications Commission, Global Communications, Ico, Mobile Authority, Mobile Satellite Services, Mobile Services, Subsidiary
