Columbia, Md., USA – The Florida Atlantic University will unveil today the Tecore Networks Wireless Laboratory at a ribbon-cutting ceremony inaugurating its new College of Engineering & Computer Science building. This new 97,000 square foot “living learning laboratory” is expected to be the first academic building in the State of Florida designed and built to [...]
We'd like to think that there's a small band of Apple fanatics that, while completely smitten with the ubiquitous electronics brand, have managed to remain iPhone-less due to some bizarre form of brand loyalty to Verizon and/or a lack of desire to stand in line for six hours waiting for a new phone. Those torn [...]
The recent increase of mobile data usage and emergence of new applications such as MMOG (Multimedia Online Gaming), mobile TV, Web 2.0, streaming contents motivated the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to work on the Long-Term Evolution (LTE). LTE is the latest standard in the mobile network technology tree that previously realized the GSM/EDGE and [...]
Tecore Networks converted Oklahoma Western’s entire GSM network into an all Internet provider environment. Using iCore platform, Oklahoma Western could upgrade and support legacy and next-generation protocols simultaneously. Tecore consulted Oklahoma Western on upgrading its mobile network, providing new services like picture and multimedia messaging based on the iCore Multimedia Messaging Service Center. The conversion [...]
According to the the Financial Times (UK), the threat of legal action could delay plans for the LTE spectrum auction. The legal action comes from two mobile network producers, Vodafone and O2 and the dominant land line provider, BT. UK regulators planned to auction off LTE spectrum space in the first half of 2011, but legal [...]
Verizon announced that its LTE testing is on track. The company, using GSM technology for the first time in the companies’ history, will launch LTE in 25-30 U.S. cities by the end of 2010 according to CTO Dick Lynch. Lynch also stated that after 60 days of trial work in Boston and Seattle, the company [...]
T-Mobile is using the 3G standard UMTS to build upon a GSM concept and offer a faster successor to earlier standards like EDGE. This upgrade of its current network is complete and now they will begin their deployment of a4G network, first via HSPA+ and then LTE. Like many other major carriers T-Mobile has already [...]
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland’s capital Helsinki. Nokia is engaged in the manufacturing of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries, with 128,445 employees in 120 countries, sales in more than 150 countries and global annual revenue of EUR 50.7 [...]
ZTE Corporation, China’s telecom equipment and device manufacturer announced that they are promoting LTE with Vodafone’s German subsidiary. In order to cooperate with many of Europe’s telecommunication operators to promote LTE testing and construction, ZTE Corporation has established an LTE research center in Germany. The company has increased its investment in the development of LTE, [...]
Swedish network equipment vendor Ericsson said it will buy Nortel Networks Corp.’s GSM business in the U.S. and Canada for $70 million on a cash and debt free basis. Ericsson last week said it had completed the acquisition of Nortel’s CDMA assets, as well as its LTE, or Long Term Evolution, assets in North America. [...]
