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Femtocell Trials to Start in Singapore

09.May.2008 05:26 AM
Hwai Lin Khor | Research Analyst, Wireless

Singapore will have its first taste of femtocell this mid May following the announcement from its No. 2 mobile operator, StarHub. 200 of its existing cable broadband customers will test the technology over a six-month period to assess its ability to improve residential wireless coverage and conseque... [ read ]



Goodbye Xohm, Hello New Clearwire JV

06.May.2008 06:32 PM
Philip Solis | Principal Analyst, Mobile Broadband

The WSJ is reporting that Sprint and Clearwire have reached an agreement, along with Intel, Google, and cable operators Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Brighthouse.  The spun-off 4G group from Sprint and Clearwire are valued at approximately $9 billion, and with the additional $3.2 billion in f... [ read ]



TD-SCDMA IC design house Commit leaving the TD-SCDMA game; what lies ahead?

29.April.2008 02:28 PM
Hwai Lin Khor | Research Analyst, Wireless

The recent news that the China-based TD-SCDMA IC design house Commit will cease operations at the end of April 2008 after failing to gain revenue for its TD-SCDMA venture deals a severe blow to the TD-SCDMA community, particularly when TD-SCDMA is yet to take off. Commit is one of the few success... [ read ]



Service Providers - Provision Your Networks Correctly

09.April.2008 03:14 PM
Philip Solis | Principal Analyst, Mobile Broadband

The BBC is finding that it has to argue its position against ISPs who want to charge the BBC extra because they are selling more access capacity than their network can handle. This is about wired networks, but there is of course the same issue in mobile wireless networks - for the issue being dis... [ read ]



Sprint Delays Xohm Lauch

07.April.2008 07:46 PM
Philip Solis | Principal Analyst, Mobile Broadband

Sprint has decided to delay the Xohm launch from April 2008 to perhaps June 2008. At a two-hour media and analyst event at CTIA in Las Vegas last week, Sprint did not have much to say - they announced a new handset. Obviously, this was not the originally intended announcement, which was almost cer... [ read ]



CTIA News

02.April.2008 04:34 PM
Nadine Manjaro | Senior Analyst, Mobile Networks

Word at CTIA is that HSPA is reaching its capacity limits in Korea, with video causing degradation in voice quality. Perhaps stronger QoS is needed to prioritize voice calls over video.  It is estimated that about 50,000 customer complaints per month are related to this issue. [ read ]



Verizon Wireless Launches Its Open Development Initiative

19.March.2008 10:59 AM
Philip Solis | Principal Analyst, Mobile Broadband

I had the opportunity to attend Verizon's launch of its "Open Development" initiative today. There were no surprising revelations made at this event, but there was a lot of clarification as to Verizon's plans. Verizon Wireless will allow vendors to work within a retail framework, where dev... [ read ]



Com One's Phoenix Wi-Fi Radio a Good Example of Wi-Fi's Proliferation Into CE

07.March.2008 05:53 PM
Philip Solis | Principal Analyst, Mobile Broadband

ABI Research has always expected Wi-Fi to proliferate in consumer electronics.  It has very quickly in some ways, such as in portable game devices - the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP.  However, Wi-Fi's attach rate has been slower going into audio and video.  Understandable, for video, ... [ read ]



Symbian Achieves Strong Growth Amidst Challenging Market Developments

14.February.2008 06:07 AM
Shailendra Pandey | Industry Analyst, Mobile Wireless

“Tough times lie ahead of Symbian in the coming years”. Many, including me, agree to this statement, and quite a few in the industry said this at the start of 2007. Credit goes to Symbian that at least its results for 2007 still indicate strong growth for the company. 77.3 million Symbia... [ read ]



Nokia’s Plan to Acquire Trolltech Raises Concerns for Symbian

30.January.2008 07:42 AM
Shailendra Pandey | Industry Analyst, Mobile Wireless

Nokia has announced plans to acquire Trolltech stating the acquisition will enable it to accelerate its cross-platform software strategy for mobile devices and desktop applications, and develop its Internet services business. However, if we look beyond this initial statement, it is becoming very cle... [ read ]



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