4g operators
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News Report co-author Dr Alastair Brydon added the "vast majority" of mobile network operators will upgrade to LTE rather than WiMax, "resulting in over four times more LTE users [then WiMax] by the end of 2015". [05 Aug 2008]
An End-to-End QoS Framework for 4G Mobile Heterogeneous Environments
White Paper The IP protocol will glue multiple technologies, for both access and core network, in a common and scalable framework that will provide seamless communication mobility not only across those technologies, but also across different network... [18 Jul 2008]
Challenges and Opportunities for Transport Providers & Mobile Operators
White Paper Although mobile backhaul transport providers have very different needs than mobile operators, their interests dovetail when it comes to efficient and optimized multiservice backhaul networks. Mobile... [04 Jul 2008]
Nortel ditches WiMax in 4G race
News The two largest US operators, AT&T and Verizon Wireless, have already announced they plan to use LTE to build their 4G wireless networks. Telecom equipment maker Nortel Networks is ditching its WiMax... [16 Jun 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment But he also had fears too, warning operators they are facing the real possibility of becoming 'bitpipes' as innovative new players such as Apple arrive on the scene - a concern surely informed by the slowing growth he... [29 May 2008]
Femtocell market hotting up
News At least that's the hope of the Femto Forum, an industry association of operators, telecoms hardware and software vendors, content providers and start-ups, working to smooth the path for development and adoption of the... [21 May 2008]
Comcast and Time Warner to invest in 4G…
News Cable operators have been eating away at phone companies' traditional phone businesses, and phone companies are starting to make inroads in certain markets with their TV services. Wireless from A to Z [26 Mar 2008]
High Quality Mobile TV: The Challenge for Operators to Deliver High-Quality TV to Mobiles
White Paper As with "Triple Play" and "Quad Play" offerings from operators using multiple distribution methods, the ideal is to simplify choice. Consumers should be able to access content from a single supplier and pay a single bill... [01 May 2007]
4G coming 'in three years'
News While European operators are pressing ahead with rollouts of HSDPA networks - a type of 3.5G - their counterparts in the land of the rising sun are already working on the subsequent generation. NTT DoCoMo, Japan's... [04 Jan 2007]
3G: Are you planning for what comes next?
News Operators including China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone have all signed up to the Next Generation Networks Mobile Initiative (NGNMI). Some operators have already started laying plans... [15 Sep 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: A 4G future
Comment The real downer for mobile operators is that they will have to get into the 4G game to survive. Written at the convention centre in Gwangju, South Korea and despatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi... [05 Sep 2006]
Update: Nortel sheds UMTS access for $320m
News It will also pick up the majority of Nortel's customers and sell to one in four UMTS operators worldwide. Nortel has announced plans to shed its UMTS access business, claiming a lack of proper scale has hampered the... [01 Sep 2006]
Sprint Nextel already looking to 4G
News But mobile operators are nervous about using their 3G networks, which were not built for broadcasting television. Barrabee said: "Voice will continue to be a killer application for the mobile operators... [28 Jun 2006]
Voice ain't dead yet - but what about telcos?
News Meanwhile Ovum predicts voice over wi-fi, WiMax and 3G will be low-level threats to mobile operators in the next five or six years because there are still technology and standards issues to work out in these areas. [16 May 2006]
NTT DoCoMo flirts with mobile WiMax
News DoCoMo is not the first of the country's telecoms operators to get involved with mobile WiMax. Japan's NTT DoCoMo is eyeing a WiMax network. The mobile operator has said it has applied for a licence from the Japanese... [30 Mar 2006]