Verizon Communications said it wants to test 100 Gbps optical transport gear, apparently seeing demand for that kind of long-haul transport bandwidth fairly far ahead of other telcos. The company also acknowledged that it’s nearing a decision on its vendor for a so-called “God box” multi-service edge device, despite launching the RFP only this summer.
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Nokia unveiled a handset last week that will hand off a live call made on a cell network to a WiFi connection when one is sensed. The Nokia 6301 uses UMA (unlicensed mobile access) to make use of wireless hot spots for calls. Aside from saving minutes on a cell plan, the dual-mode phone offers […]
Telstra and the Australian government seem to jab at each other on a frequent basis in a way that makes disputes between major U.S. telcos and the Federal Communications Commission seem positively genteel.
Most recently, the government is looking to block a plan by Telstra to shut off its traditional CDMA wireless network in January 2008. […]
Vodafone CEO Arun Sarin and Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg announced at the Goldman Sachs investor conference this week that both carriers are planning on using the same technology for their 4G networks and that both are working on the LTE standard. While both Vodafone and Verizon own stakes in Verizon Wireless (45 percent and 55 […]
Tom Meredith, chief financial officer with Motorola, admitted that Apple’s move to include WiFi in the iPhone is forcing mobile operators to seriously consider selling devices with WiFi capability included. Motorola, according to Meredith, has not been able to convince service providers to allow WiFi connectivity–until now.
“Carriers didn’t want to have anything to do with […]
Cisco is the latest enterprise WLAN company that isn’t waiting for the 802.11n standard to be completed. The dominant WiFi player for the enterprise announced several integrated enterprise products based on the Draft 802.11n standard, which is designed to boost WiFi’s throughput and range. Previously, Cisco said 802.11n wasn’t ready for the enterprise, but now […]
Apple has lowered the price of the 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399 and dropped the 4GB iPhone model altogether, citing a clear customer demand for the model with more internal memory. The price reduction seems to be a strategic move as Apple launches WiFi-enabled iPods that look to echo all the features of the […]
On the heels of a report from the Wall Street Journal, MetroPCS publicly announced its desire to acquire Leap Wireless for $5.5 billion in stock plus $2 billion in acquired debt for a deal worth $7.5 billion. Leap has not publicly responded to the bid, nor did it take part in the analyst conference call […]
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