Safety & Security
Cellular Infrastructure To Flatten Out
February 20, 2008 6:54 am | by Rhonda Wickham | News | CommentsAlthough the cellular infrastructure market has experienced tremendous growth over the last two decades thanks to the buildout of wireless networks in developed and emerging countries, IMS Research expects all of that to change in the coming years.
U.S. Wireless Growing, But Predictable
February 19, 2008 7:20 am | by Evan Koblentz | News | CommentsThe U.S. business and residential wireless market will reach $248.5 billion by 2012, growing 12.6% annually from $137 billion in 2007, a new report by Insight Research states.
Sun Sets on Analog Networks
February 15, 2008 6:44 am | by Rhonda Wickham | News | CommentsOn Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, the FCC is letting wireless operators shut down their analog networks.
Open Network Access Changes in Japan
February 15, 2008 6:42 am | by Evan Koblentz | News | CommentsNTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest wireless carrier, must open its network to smaller competitors such as Japan Communications, a government communications official ordered.
Getting OTA Right
February 14, 2008 10:52 pm | by Evan Koblentz | Articles | CommentsOver-the-air techniques are being used more frequently. However, there’s a disconnect between the industry and users regarding actual performance.
Predictability Defines Auction
February 14, 2008 10:47 pm | by Elliott Drucker | Articles | CommentsThe FCC auction of 62 MHz of spectrum in the 700 MHz band is still going hot and heavy as this issue goes to press. Although anything can happen, we can draw some conclusions from the 26 rounds of bidding
Bringing the World to Remote Regions
February 14, 2008 10:39 pm | by Brad Smith | Articles | CommentsBesides their Third World status, they all have something else in common. They’re getting telecommunication through wireless networks, some of them powered by the sun or even bicycles.
AT & T Taps Alcatel-Lucent for Upgrade
February 14, 2008 6:51 am | by Rhonda Wickham | News | CommentsAT&T signed an expansion agreement with Alcatel-Lucent, in which the equipment supplier will provide technology.
U.S., Canadian BB Users Suffer Outage
February 12, 2008 8:12 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsBlackBerry users across the United States and Canada suffered through a major service outage yesterday, the second disruption in less than a year. Research In Motion (RIM) has not identified the cause of the outage
Agilent Technology Expands Wireless Testbeds
February 12, 2008 7:45 am | by Evan Koblentz | News | CommentsAgilent Technologies announced a variety of new testing products for wireless networks this week at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.
Motorola, Nortel Talking Joint Infrastructure Venture
February 11, 2008 8:04 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsMotorola and Nortel Networks are reportedly discussing combining their wireless-infrastructure units to form a joint venture, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Startup Launches Wireless Broadband for Rural Markets
February 8, 2008 7:21 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsRural wireless broadband startup Stelera Wireless launched services in its first two U.S. markets.
AT & T Announces 3G Expansion Plans for 2008
February 7, 2008 7:06 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsAT&T has announced details of the company's network expansion plans for the year. Highlights include deploying 3G wireless broadband service to more than 80 additional cities in the U.S.
Audit: Operators 'Struggling' to Deliver on Mobility Promise
February 6, 2008 7:28 am | by Wireless Week Staff | News | CommentsDitech recently concluded an audit of mobile service over 16 operators in 12 countries and was startled by the number of calls affected by voice quality impairments originating in the caller's environment or a mobile handset or headset.
AT & T's 700 MHz Acquisition Approved
February 5, 2008 7:10 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsAlthough AT&T could still be bidding in the FCC's current auction, it looks to have already won a nice chunk of 700 MHz licenses.
DukeNet Buys 115 Tower Sites
February 4, 2008 7:05 am | by Rhonda Wickham | News | CommentsDukeNet Communication Services (DNCS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Duke Energy Corporation, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 115 wireless communication towers
AT & T Data Network Goes Dark
February 1, 2008 7:00 am | by Teresa von Fuchs | News | CommentsAT&T's wireless data networks went down in the Southeast and Midwest United States yesterday
The New Balancing Act
January 31, 2008 9:03 pm | by Craig Kuhl | Articles | CommentsThe influx of data and video traffic over wireless networks, coupled with the shifting usage patterns of consumers who consider wireless to be their primary means of communication, are pushing the network reliability envelope like never before.
All Aboard for Data
January 31, 2008 8:53 pm | by Monica Alleven | Articles | CommentsClearly, data revenues continue to rise for the largest nationwide carriers. SMS may be the big cash cow, but other services are starting to gain fans.
Usage Density
January 14, 2008 8:47 pm | by Elliott Drucker | Articles | CommentsThe other day, I downloaded a large file – about 100 MB (800 Mbit) – to my office computer using my “basic level” DSL service. Because there was no other loading on my DSL at the time, the download took approximately 15 minutes at an average speed of just less than 1 Mbps.
Coping with Demand for Mobile Data
January 2, 2008 1:16 pm | by Michael J. Flanagan | Articles | CommentsThe challenge has been laid down for wireless network operators to provide extensive data capabilities and to make them cost-competitive for subscribers. This is going to put a massive strain on their network infrastructure in the coming months.
Data Booms Down Under
December 31, 2007 8:06 pm | by Brad Smith | Articles | CommentsIn the last few years, Sol Trujillo and his photograph have spent so much time in newspapers and on television, you might think he was running for political office.
