Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Apple redesigns antenna in Verizon iPhone The iPhone antennae are in a different location from the original iPhone. The new antenna layout includes four band slits on the left and right sides
Monday, December 20, 2010
West coast wireless startup willing to be patient The owner of Novus Wireless says he's in no hurry to launch service in B.C. and Alberta, hoping technology will advance enough to let LTE run on his spectrum. Read why an industry analyst is surprised
Friday, October 01, 2010
LTE leap suits a small carrier, says MetroPCS The U.S. carrier wanted to make sure it could get the attention of infrastructure and device vendors before more established mobile operators stole the stage.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Ericsson buying Nortel switch unit LM Ericsson has agreed to acquire Nortel Networks Corp.’s multi service switch unit, which includes the Shasta product line and employs 63 in Canada. Patrick Di Pietro, a former Nortel vice-president, is CEO of a company that had tried earlier to buy the switching assets
Thursday, August 05, 2010
Startup Wind Mobile has 100,000 subscribers: Analyst Wind is showing 'encouraging' signs, says Wireless Intelligence, while Mobilicity and Public Mobile have modest sales. However, another analyst says those two startups are doing better
Monday, July 19, 2010
Nokia Siemens buys Motorola wireless network unit The Finnish joint venture will acquire manufacturing operations for Motorola's GSM, CDMA, WiMAX and LTE products. About 7,500 Motorola employees will join Nokia Siemens Networks
Friday, February 26, 2010
Ericsson predicts 50 billion networked devices At a speech at the Toronto Board of Trade, Ericsson Canada Inc. chief technology officer Dragan Nerandzic said in 20 years, everything with a microprocessor will be connected to a network. Wireless users will want video content, such as updates to weather or sports on their handheld cellular devices, he said, though they will not be watching movies
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Nortel will try to sell patents: Analyst Nortel Networks is down to 534 employees in Canada in its services and corporate groups. It has not said what will happen to the patents. Employees on long term disability will be terminated Dec. 31, 2010 and Nortel has agreed to provide a severance payment fund that would give former employees a maximum of $3,000 each
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Nortel bankruptcy: One year later Nortel Networks Corp., once a US$28 billion network equipment maker, is now selling off its business assets. What has happened in the 12 months since it filed for court protection from creditors?
Monday, November 23, 2009
Ciena wins auction for Nortel units If approved by courts and regulators, Ciena will offer jobs to about 1,400 Canadian Nortel employees. Infonetics analyst Andrew Schmitt predicts this will provide relief to Nortel employees concerned about their future
Friday, November 13, 2009
Ericsson hires 900 Canadian Nortel workers The US$1.13 billion acquisition of financially-troubled Nortel’s CDMA and LTE wireless assets is now complete. Stockholm-based Ericsson has hired more Canadians than originally anticipated
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Bell, Telus meet Rogers' speed head-on Telcos to start HSPA Plus service next month in time for the December holiday period, and possibly ahead of the new wireless entrants. Plus, Rogers' iPhone monopoly comes to an end
Monday, October 05, 2009
iPhone reach extended through Bell, Telus: Globe A Canadian newspaper says the country's two largest incumbents will use the iPhone to show off an HSPA network overlay they have planned for next month, creating more competition for Rogers
Monday, October 05, 2009
Nortel waving goodbye to GSM gear Auction scheduled for Nov. 9, company announces, as it continues to discard assets
Thursday, August 06, 2009
OPINION: Why Ottawa shouldn’t block Nortel sale RIM is claiming there are national security implications if Ericsson gets Nortel’s carrier wireless assets. Members of Parliament should ask some hard questions
Thursday, July 30, 2009
UPDATE: Ericsson to seek government support for Nortel buy Executives from the Swedish telecom equipment maker could not say how many Nortel CDMA or LTE employees will stay on in Canada with Ericsson. But it plans to keep both its Montreal lab and the Nortel plant in Ottawa
Monday, July 27, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: Ericsson buys Nortel’s carrier wireless unit The Swedish telecommunications equipment manufacturer was the highest bidder and was willing to pay nearly double what Nokia Siemens Networks originally offered
Monday, December 15, 2008
China may issue 3G licenses this month Chinese operators are expected to spend more than US$29.2 billion on 3G equipment according to a report from the mainland. The report said these investments will help stimulate China's economy, which has seen growth slow somewhat because of the current global economic turmoil
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Will Bell and Telus shut down CDMA? A Montreal analyst suggests when Bell Canada and Telus Mobility get their HSPA network up and running, they may soon be supporting one too many networks. Forrester’s Brownlee Thomas gives her take on the deal
Monday, October 20, 2008
HSPA-compatible always-on protection for laptops released by Alcatel-Lucent The OmniAccess 3500 NLG PC card has its own processor, memory and OS allowing IT admin to communicate with the card anytime – even when the laptop is turned off 
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Bell calls in managers for pink slips As part of a plan to shake-up Bell Canada, 2,500 managers are being laid off. However, the company stressed service staff aren't affected
Thursday, June 12, 2008
3G network growth boosts Qualcomm's fortunes Demand has been higher than expected for Qualcomm's HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) and EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) chips, as well as carrier network upgrades
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Telus confirms it's pondering switch to GSM There have long been rumours that Telus will switch its wireless network from CDMA to GSM, and now a company executive confirms it's looking at the pros and cons. An industry analyst says its inevitable and now's the time to do it
Monday, January 21, 2008
Telus ponders switch from CDMA to GSM There are more drawbacks to switching than staying. Plus, join the debate: Give us your technology predictions for 2008.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Australian CDMA cut-off date moved to April Comunications minister isn't yet convinced of the 'equivalence' of Telstra Next G network and its older CDMA net.