Nokia and Sanyo are calling it quits. The companies have decided not to move forward with a planned joint venture that would have focused on the CDMA handset market. Separately, Nokia and Siemens announced initial executive appointments for their planned joint venture, Nokia Siemens Networks. Nokia and Sanyo announced their plan to form the joint [...]
As this week’s launch by Vodafone shows, operators are racing to deploy and launch mobile broadband services, which will lead 3.5G subscribers worldwide to boom from 2.5 million at the end of 2006 to more than 200 million in 2010, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms & Media. HSDPA will account for the [...]
Sprint Nextel is expanding the reach of its data roaming capabilities through two new international agreements, one with Bell Canada and another with Iusacell in Mexico. Separately, Sprint unveiled an exclusive music series that will get up close and personal with artists. The reciprocal roaming agreements will enable customers to access e-mail, Internet and corporate [...]
T-Mobile UK is the latest provider to release 3G HSDPA services in the United Kingdom, providing speeds over 1 megabit per second, over four times faster than 3G. Vodafone UK announced plans last week to turn on HSDPA beginning June 22nd for their customers. This is made possible by HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), [...]
T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announces the availability of the newest generation of the T-Mobile Sidekick, while the highly anticipated device makes its official public debut tonight among Hollywood’s elite. Existing T-Mobile customers will be the first to be able to purchase the T-Mobile Sidekick 3. For an initial 12-day period beginning on Wednesday, June 28, [...]
Sprint Nextel Corp and Nextel Partners, Inc. today announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted approval for the pending acquisition of Nextel Partners by Sprint Nextel. This completes all required regulatory approvals and the companies expect to close the acquisition on Monday, June 26, 2006. Sprint Nextel’s purchase of Nextel Partners is being [...]
