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As consumers, we are used to the continual productivity enhancements derived from having ever-increasing, computer-like handsets at our disposal. For those of us lucky enough to have in-depth RF industry knowledge, we know full well the complexity of a system that can deliver this near desk-like performance in the...

With the current deployment of high-bandwidth access networks happening at an ever-increasing pace, the need for efficient, high-bandwidth backhaul infrastructure becomes more and more relevant. In fact, the construction of these new access networks depends upon the backhaul network for both technical and financial performance. Today’s cellular networks typically...

The top 22 operators worldwide will contribute nearly 2.5 million subscribers by the end of 2009 – up from 1.24 million today – and close to 4 million by the end of 2010 according to the latest research report from Maravedis entitled “The Top 22: Operators Who Will Make...

Amid ongoing speculation of an early market crash for mobile broadband wunderkind WiMAX technology, a new study from telecom consultancy ABI Research finds that WiMAX has legs after all. Despite early reversals on the vendor front, such as Nortel’s exit from mobile WiMAX and Alcatel-Lucent “backing off” on its...

NEC Corporation of America (NEC), a premier provider of network and IT solutions, recently discussed at the CTIA Wireless show how its digital microwave radio solution – under the Nlite™ family brand – will help mobile operators ease their migration path to WiMAX and LTE mobile networks. As a...

Linkem Spa , one of Italy’s largest wireless broadband service providers, will deploy DragonWave ’s Horizon Compact radios for backhaul in its new nationwide WiMAX network. The company provides both nationwide Wi-Fi Hotspot services and Wireless DSL services. At the beginning of 2008 the company consolidated its position by...

NetHawk , a Finnish manufacturer of testing tools for telecom networks, and Testing Technologies have announced a strategic partnership to integrate and support customer oriented testing with Testing and Test Control Notation (TTCN-3). TTworkbench, Testing Technologies' test automation platform based on TTCN-3, will be integrated in the NetHawk EAST...

Two of China’s three main restructured telcos, China Mobile and China Unicom, have signed framework agreements worth CNY 7.6 billion (US$1.1 billion) with Nokia Siemens Networks. The Finnish-German vendor announced that the agreements with the two Chinese telcos are for 2G and 3G equipment and services for 2009. Nokia...

In the ever-competitive mobile telecom marketplace, winning contracts in a global market that is suffering from the current financial drop-out is no mean feat. In winning just more than 40 percent of new commercial contracts highlights the Shenzhen-based Huawei Technologies is clearly doing something very right. According to In-Stat,...

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the availability of SystemVue 2008.12, a new platform for electronic system-level (ESL) design. The new platform delivers modeling, design-flow improvements and baseband IP libraries that can cut months from physical layer (PHY) design time for high performance communications algorithms and system architectures in both wireless...