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Mobile big guns back LTE as next-gen network

News Several companies yesterday agreed to sign their names to the Long Term Evolution (LTE) framework for the next generation of wireless technology. The largest handset maker in the world, Nokia, was joined by Alcatel-Lucent, NEC, NextWave Wireless...

Tags: lte, 4g, 3g, mobile

[15 Apr 2008]

WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News WiMax could prove to be the winner in the 4G race against the long-term evolution of 3G, simply because the technology is here first. Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco Sprint Nextel, said during a panel discussion at this...

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

Comcast and Time Warner to invest in 4G

News Comcast and Time Warner Cable are looking to help bankroll a new joint venture between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire to deliver 4G wireless services, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Wireless from A to Z

Tags: comcast, 4g, time warner, operator

[26 Mar 2008]

Virtual tech will 'kill the office'

News Nortel Networks is looking to the next generation of employees to shape the workplace of tomorrow - and high on its agenda is exploring the role of web 2.0 technologies and virtual worlds such as Linden Lab's Second Life.

Tags: nortel, second life, wireless, person

[31 Jan 2008]

T-Mobile cosies up to femtocells…

News Mobile operator T-Mobile is to kick off trials of femtocell technology in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK in the second quarter of this year. It may also push out a limited deployment of the tech before the year's out.

Tags: 3g, femtocell, t-mobile

[17 Jan 2008]

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 largest mobile operator, will have...

Tags: ntt docomo, 4g, docomo

[04 Jan 2007]

Nortel to WiMax watchdogs: 'Get on with it'

News Nortel's head of technology has hit out at regulators whose procrastination he feels is holding back the rollout of long-range wireless broadband technology WiMax. John Rose, CTO of the networking company, has accused watchdogs of causing delays in...

Tags: spectrum, wimax, nortel

[05 Dec 2006]

3G: Are you planning for what comes next?

News Some of the biggest names in mobile have clubbed together to think up just what they're planning as the successor to 3G. Operators including China Mobile, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone have all signed up to the Next Generation Networks...

Tags: 4g, t-mobile, vodafone, orange

[15 Sep 2006]

Agenda Setters: Where are they now... Kun-Hee Lee

News As the countdown begins to silicon.com's seventh annual Agenda Setters poll of tech's 50 most influential individuals, it is time to look back at those who held top 10 positions in 2005. Today we catch up with last year's number seven, Kun-Hee Lee.

Tags: kun-hee lee, agenda setters

[12 Sep 2006]

Nortel moves into software

News Nortel is attempting to revamp its image with a move into software. The decision to diversify from its hardware heritage follows several moves by Nortel this year to slim down its core functions to focus on mobility and convergence.

Tags: nortel

[06 Sep 2006]

Update: Nortel sheds UMTS access for $320m

News Nortel has announced plans to shed its UMTS access business, claiming a lack of proper scale has hampered the unit's progress. Alcatel has signed on the dotted line with a Memorandum of Understanding to acquire the loss-making unit for $320m.

Tags: nortel, alcatel

[01 Sep 2006]

Samsung flashes its 4G

News Samsung is claiming to have cracked 4G, while most of the mobile industry couldn't tell you what it is yet. The electronics giant says it will demo 4G at the Samsung 4G Forum in Jeju Island in South Korea.

Tags: 4g, samsung

[31 Aug 2006]

Sprint bets $3bn on 4G WiMax network

News Sprint Nextel plans to spend $3bn over the next two years to build a fourth-generation wireless network using WiMax technology. The wireless operator said on Tuesday it is partnering with Intel, Motorola and Samsung Electronics to build the network...

Tags: 4g, sprint, wimax

[09 Aug 2006]

Qualcomm CEO: PC industry should fear us

News Paul Jacobs, CEO of chipmaker and 3G IP giant Qualcomm, has revealed he believes the mobile industry has little to fear from IT, despite the advent of disruptive technologies such as VoIP and WiMax. The phone, according to Jacobs, is the future of...

Tags: qualcomm, 4g, wimax, 3g

[11 Jul 2006]

Sprint Nextel already looking to 4G

News During a keynote speech at Yankee Group Research's Wireless Leadership Summit in New York on Tuesday, Sprint Nextel CEO Gary Forsee said the company, which officially closed the books on its $6.5bn merger with Nextel on Monday, is already looking...

Tags: sprint nextel, 4g

[28 Jun 2006]

What will your mobile look like in 2015?

News What will your mobile look like in 2015? Like a necklace, some specs, or a ring? See the photos here. Those are just some of the ideas dreamt up by 26 design students from London's Central St Martins College of Art and Design, tasked by phone maker...

Tags: design, st martins, nokia

[13 Jun 2006]

Voice ain't dead yet - but what about telcos?

News Though mobile telephony and voice over IP (VoIP) have stolen the thunder of fixed-line voice communications, voice itself is still a vital application in the telecoms world. Mike Cansfield, head of telecoms strategy practice at analyst Ovum, today...

Tags: mobile, voip

[16 May 2006]

NTT DoCoMo flirts with mobile WiMax

News Japan's NTT DoCoMo is eyeing a WiMax network. The mobile operator has said it has applied for a licence from the Japanese ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to run a test WiMax network. The outdoor network will be set up in the Yogiyo...

Tags: mobile, kddi, wimax

[30 Mar 2006]

RFID-tagged driverless cars on roads by 2056

News The UK's transport infrastructure will be radically changed over the next 50 years by RFID tracking tags, embedded sensors and an artificial intelligence network that will reduce congestion and pollution, according to scientists from the...

Tags: ladyman, transport, rfid

[26 Jan 2006]

China and Japan announce 4G alliance

News China and Japan have decided to get together to develop the next generation of mobile telephony: 4G. An agreement to that effect will be signed on 26 August in Tokyo between state representatives, a spokesman for the Japanese ministry for interior...

Tags: japan, china, 4g

[25 Aug 2005]

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