Operators upgrading 3G networks
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Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless are upgrading their 3G wireless networks with new technology that will increase speeds.
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3Com is releasing new Asterisk VoIP and WAN acceleration/optimization applications for its multiservice routers.
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Ofcom proposes changes to old mobile frequencies to boost the take up of 3G services.
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Cingular, the largest US mobile phone operator, is to launch a high-speed third generation (3G) network.
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(InfoWorld) - Some of the world's biggest cellular operators have gotten together to promote their vision of what next-generation mobile technology should look like. Sprint Nextel Corp., Vodafone Group PLC, China Mobile Communications Corp., Orange PLC, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Royal KPN NV and T-Mobile International AG & Co. KG announced Thursday they have formed the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) initiative. NGMN, a nonprofit group based in London, won't push a particular type of network but rather a set of guidelines that future technologies should follow, said Steve Falk, vice president of global standards at Sprint. "We think that we can speak with a more organized and concerted voice that we have in the past," Falk said. Vendors and standards organizations had stronger voices in the development of 2G (second-generation) and 3G systems. Carriers will represent the interests of their customers, the end users, he said. The group, which is already consulting with equipment vendors but will only include carriers as members, may be pitting itself against Qualcomm Inc., which developed much of the current 3G (third-generation) technology and has been criticized in some quarters for its royalty and licensing practices. The NGMN is looking toward the technologies to follow 3G systems such as HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) and EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized). Carriers are still deploying and upgrading those networks, which are based on GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access) respectively, but even faster technologies are coming down the road. Sprint, for one, has called WiMax its 4G technology and plans to roll it out across the U.S. within the next few years. In choosing WiMax, the carrier used some of the guidelines NGMN was formulating, Falk said. Among NGMN's recommended features are the following: - high data throughput with low latency - low operation and maintenance costs - support for authentication, security and differentiated quality of service Carriers also will favor technologies covered by FRAND (fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory) intellectual property rules, Falk said. "One of the principles of NGMN is an open and transparent IPR (intellectual property rights) regime," he said. The NGMN would like to see a single technology track and believes greater harmony will lower costs and speed up product development for vendors, too. "In some cases, 2G and 3G vendors have had to do very costly and time-consuming development on three to five different kinds of technology," Falk said. Being able to focus on one or two tracks, in turn, will help bring products and services to mobile subscribers faster and more economically, he said.
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We don't need no stinkin' 3G for our iPhone EDGE connections are popping up on O2's network as the company prepares to deploy the 2.5G technology.â¦
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HONG KONG -- Consumers have been promised a lot from the high-speed 3G (third generation) cellular networks being rolled out around the world, but is there much in it for businesses?
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Sprint has awarded a $3 billion contract to Motorola, Nortel and Lucent to upgrade its wireless network to handle high-speed Internet traffic over mobile phones and computers.
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Three, the new entrant mobile operator pioneering 3G services in the UK, is experiencing strong uptake of its football news and video clips service in an encouraging sign of likely consumer demand for data services on mobile phones.
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Vodafone have launched the long-awaited third generation, 3G, mobile phone service that offers video calls and music downloads. The use of 3G technology promises faster data rates for mobile users that will
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MURRAY HILL, NJ - Lucent Technologies has released a software upgrade for its wireless equipment that will allow operators to support high-speed data packet access (HSDPA) connections in 3G networks.
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Over the next month, NTT DoCoMo plans to test a Super 3G, or LTE (long-term evolution) cellular system capable of sending data at 300MBps.
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It's crunch time for Europe's mobile telephone giants. After spending billions of euros on third-generation licences, they now hope to persuade millions of customers to make the switch to the new 3G services with high-speed Internet access and video and music downloads.
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3GSM World Congress 2007 BARCELONA, Spain and ESPOO, Finland, February 13  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia  will expand its 3G radio access multi-operator solution to enable the sharing of a radio access network (RAN) between as many as four operators.
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The launch of High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) in the region is currently boosting the deployment of a new generation of broadband multi-media mobile telecommunications technology or third generation (3G) telecom technology.
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The mobile phone industry called on  Monday for regulators to open up the airwaves to make  high-speed third-generation (3G) services available to about  300 million more people.
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European mobile networks may be urging Apple to add 3G support in the iPhone.