Cingular plans to upgrade high-speed data network
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Cingular Wireless, the largest US cellphone service provider, has announced plans to upgrade its high-speed data network, allowing faster downloads than are now available on many home broadband connections.
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(InfoWorld) - Verizon Wireless on Thursday unveiled its first deployments of a faster mobile broadband service that multiplies speeds upstream to the Internet. The carrier announced five areas where Revision A of its EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) technology is commercially available. Verizon already has EV-DO in places across the country, but in a version that offers upload speed of less than 100Kbps. Revision A delivers between 300Kbps and 400Kbps upstream, according to Verizon. Downstream speed goes up with the new version, too, but less dramatically: Verizon says 450Kbps-800Kbps, versus about 400Kbps-700Kbps. EV-DO is one of two main families of 3G technology, going up against WCDMA (Wideband CDMA), which is being adopted in increasingly fast iterations by carriers that have used the popular GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) cell-phone system. Both are among a proliferation of emerging wireless technologies, including Wi-Fi and WiMax, that are expected to come in handy for users in different situations. But mobile operators in the U.S. and most other countries are still working on getting users to adopt the new services in large numbers. Verizon's network has the new technology in parts of Massachusetts, including Boston and its suburbs; Chicago, Gary, Indiana, and suburbs; Salt Lake City and other cities in Utah; the Richmond and Hampton Roads, Virginia, areas; and throughout the broadband coverage area in Florida. To take advantage of the new speed, which is offered as part of the carrier's existing BroadbandAccess service, subscribers will need compatible devices, two of which will go on sale Friday at Verizon's Web site. The company will be selling the USB720 modem, which plugs into a PC via a USB interface, and the AirCard 595, which slides into the PC Card slot on a notebook. Both are available immediately through Verizon's business sales channels. Verizon is the biggest U.S. carrier with EV-DO, but rival Sprint NextelÂ is farther along in upgrading to the new, faster version. Sprint said Tuesday it can reach 95 million people in 24 major markets with Revision A. Sprint first rolled out the new technology in October and most recently added South Florida, Portland, Oregon and Puerto Rico to its coverage area. There are several Revision A client devices available for Sprint's network, including three PC Cards and a USB modem, as well as stand-alone modems and a Sony notebook.
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The largest U.S. wireless service provider commits billions to network data speed upgrades.
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Verizon Wireless plans next week to expand its high-speed mobile data service to 11 more markets, including New York and Los Angeles, as well as 19 more airports.    The speedier laptop connections will be marketed only to businesses while the company adds coverage and readies services and devices for a consumer-oriented launch in 2005, Verizon Wireless said Wednesday...
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Cisco Systems plans on Monday to introduce a network switch that will increase traffic capacity to 15 trillion bits of data a second.
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(InfoWorld) - South Korea's LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics onÂ Tuesday demonstrated a technology upgrade for WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) networks that will allow for much faster upload speeds. Most current 3G (third generation) mobile networks based on WCDMA offer maximum uplink and downlink speeds of 384Kbps. The downlink speed can be increased with the use of HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), which allows downloads at speeds of 3.6MbpsÂ or more. Both LG and Samsung took advantage of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom World 2006 show in Hong Kong to unveil prototype HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) systems. LG expects to make HSUPA technology in handsets available during the second half of next year, said Choi Hyung Keun, a research engineer at LG's Mobile Handset R&D Center. Engineers at LG's research and development labs have gotten uplink speeds of up to 2Mbps using HSUPA, with average throughput at around 1.5Mbps, Hyung said. However, LG believes this speed can be increased. The technology is theoretically capable of speeds up to 5.8Mbps or so, he said. Samsung's HSUPA technology is also now capable of uplink speeds up to 2Mbps, the company said. The increase in uplink speed reduces the time a user takes to upload five MP3 files from five minutes with WCDMA to one minute with HSUPA, it said. Samsung plans to build its first HSUPA systems in Europe during 2007 for Orange SA and other operators. Telecom World runs through Friday.ADVERTISEMENTNEW IT SERVICES FROM IBM: EASIER TO BUY AND IMPLEMENTDiscover a simpler, more cost-effective way to get the solutions your company needs to grow more flexible and efficient.
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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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The company said it has benefited from growing demand for handsets that work on the new higher-speed networks being introduced by carriers in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
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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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Wireless carrier Sprint has signed contracts with Lucent, Nortel and Motorola for network upgrades, including the development of high-speed Internet services.
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Science & environment: Telecoms industry told to install high-speed network.
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erizon Wireless said on Wednesday that it would expand its wireless high-speed data network into 14 additional cities, including New York and Los Angeles, starting on Monday.
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Cingular, the largest U.S. wireless phone carrier, will offer a version of popular Internet social network MySpace on its phones in an expansion of their partnership, the companies plan to announce on Monday.
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O2 has outlined its plans to catch up with 3G rivals Orange and Vodafone by rolling out what it claims will be Europe&#39;s first super-fast 3G mobile data network.
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Sprint Nextel Corp  on Tuesday  said it will spend up to $3 billion over two years to build a  high-speed wireless data network using WiMax technology in a  bid to capture new growth from emerging mobile services.
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Agreement with Verizon will allow deployment of a citywide wireless network.
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Engineers expect the networking standard to hit new speeds by 2010.