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Motorola has completed the industry's first over-the-air Long-Term Evolution (LTE) data sessions in the 700MHz spectrum using its LTE Radio Access Test Network and LTE eNode-B platform with a prototype LTE device. This testing was achieved in Motorola labs and at an outdoor location in central Illinois.

The sessions included mobile video streaming and various high data rate applications. The demonstrations also included execution of applications priority which guarantees throughput using quality of service (QoS) aspects of the LTE standards.
Cox Communications announced its plan to add wireless offerings to its bundle of digital cable, high-speed Internet and telephone in 2009. Today, more than 64% of Cox customers buy multiple services from Cox and one-third subscribe to all three products.

Cox will use the Nationwide Sprint Network to quickly enter the market in 2009. At the same time, Cox is concurrently building its own 3G wireless network for additional market launches in 2009. Cox will also test 4G technology utilizing LTE (long term evolution). Earlier this year, Cox joined CTIA (the international association for the wireless telecommunications industry), the Rural Cellular Association and CDMA Development Group (CDG).


First HSPA+ 20 Mbps Call Made by Qualcomm

Qualcomm has completed the world’s first data call using High-Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) network technology.  The call achieved a data transfer rate of more than 20 Mbps in a 5 MHz channel.  HSPA+ will allow operators to double the data and triple the voice capacity of their networks compared to current HSPA deployments.  The successful data throughput was achieved on Qualcomm’s MDM8200(TM) product, the industry’s first chipset solution for HSPA+. 

Virgin Juniper & Nortel 40G Trial Successful

nortel.jpgVirgin Media has teamed with Nortel and Juniper Networks to prepare to meet ongoing network demands from its customers for ever-increasing speed and bandwidth.

The 40G North-South trial, on Virgin Media’s existing 10G network, shows how Virgin Media is ready to respond to the growing customer appetite for bandwidth-hungry entertainment services such as catch-up TV, video-on-demand, advanced multimedia communications and high speed Internet with up to 20Mb and 50Mb now in trials.

The successful 40G trial, conducted over a 350km (217 mile) span of Virgin Media’s current UK 10G network, demonstrated the economic feasibility of optimizing existing optical network assets and scaling the network to achieve market-leading transmission rates.

Infineon HSDPA XMM 6080 for Samsung Handsets

logo-infineon.gifInfineon Technologies AG  announced that Samsung Electronics, Inc., Seoul, Korea, has chosen Infineon’s HSDPA Platform XMM 6080 for their new family of HEDGE (HSDPA/EDGE) mobile handsets. Samsung is introducing a comprehensive family using the Infineon XMM 6080 platform. The platform includes the HSDPA/EDGE baseband, power management, single chip 3.5G RF transceiver and is complemented by Infineon’s protocol stack for HEDGE phones.

This  solution enables customers to significantly reduce their component count, footprint, complexity and cost of designs. The XMM 6080 platform will enable Samsung to introduce a wide range of new HEDGE (HSDPA/EDGE) phones reusing the proven Infineon core architecture.

Infineon has already started volume shipments of its platform. The Samsung HEDGE phones with the XMM 6080 are expected to be available in the second quarter of calendar year 2008.

RIM BlackBerry to Be HSPA 3.5G

RIM is developing a HSDPA enabled BlackBerry, confirmed in a Financial Times interview when the paper queried  CEO  Mike Lazaridis.

"One of our prototypes - a 3.5G BlackBerry. It's very fast over third-generation networks that have HSDPA," said Lazadaris.

verizon.jpgVerizon today announced plans to develop and deploy its fourth generation mobile broadband network using LTE - Long Term Evolution - the technology developed within the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards organization.

The selection of LTE provides Verizon and Vodafone joint owners of Verizon Wireless an opportunity to adopt a common global access platform with compatibility to existing technologies of both companies. Trials will begin in 2008.

“Today’s 4G announcement, coupled with our Open Development initiative announced earlier this week present a major growth opportunity for Verizon Wireless,” said Doreen Toben, chief financial officer of Verizon. “Fourth generation’s higher data speeds will usher in a new era of wireless applications and appliances, all of which can benefit from connecting to the nation’s premier wireless network.”

WiMAX World attendees were treated to uninterrupted connections on the "WiMAX Love Boat" that cruised the Chicago River.The seamless service of web browsing, VoIP)calls, video streaming and MobiTV while moving past access point sites along the route of the cruise was provided by Motorola and Sprint. The system also worked on the streets and trains of Chicago.

Sprint plans on launching their Xohm mobile Internet in Chicago and D.C. markets by the end of this year.

AT&T Speeds Up Uploads & Survey Sez Small Biz Can't Survive Without It

att&tlogo.jpgAccording to a Rueters story AT&T plans to speed up it's data speeds when it upgrades to it network increasing upload speeds to a range of 500 to 800 kilobits per second from its current speed of about 120 kbps. AT&T is comparatively slow to its rivals when it comes to data causing iPhone users to unlock their phones for better data speeds on other carriers.

AT&T's recent study, proves that small business needs its wireless---four in 10 (42 percent) of small business owners surveyed said they could not survive -- or it would be a major challenge to survive -- without wireless technology.

Motorola Shows New 3G/4G WiMAX Modem Chipset for Handhelds

Motorola today announced it will be showcasing its mobile WiMAX chipset modem solution at WiMAX World USA. The chipset is part of Motorola's new "controlled application centric architecture" that will support 3G and 4G mobile devices.

Dsigned to deliver ultra-high-speed functionality through thin devices, this WiMAX chipset modem solution is optimized for both size and low power consumption to further connect consumers around the globe with mobile wireless broadband. It is scheduled to be released in early 2008.

armani_phone.jpgGiorgio Armani is working with Samsung to design a series of consumer electronics devices, beginning with a classy credit-card sized mobile phone that has a touch-sensitive screen, 3 megapixel camera and Bluetooth. An added feature is a haptical UI, where users can feel an immediate mild vibration when they touch icons on the display.

The phone will be available first in Europe for 650 Euros, about US $915, In addition to working together on the phone, the two companies will design an LCD TV, to be unveiled in January.

2008 Breakout Year for Mobile WiMAX Deployments

2008 promises to be a breakout year for WiMAX, according to presentations scheduled for the upcoming 2007 WiMAX World USA Conference & Expo in Chicago. Top executives from key industry players such as Intel, Sprint Nextel, Motorola, Samsung Electronics, and Nokia Siemens Networks will be joining leading market analysts to discuss how and why WiMAX is poised to revolutionize the mobile wireless sector.

"WiMAX for mobile broadband is coming of age," says Berge Ayvazian, conference co-chair and chief strategy officer at Yankee Group.

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