Sierra Wireless and Tomen Electronics Corp. today announced they have signed an agreement that designates Tomen as the primary distributor for all Sierra Wireless products in Japan, marking the formal entry of Sierra Wireless into the Japanese 3G wireless market. According to Gartner, revenue from mobile data services in Japan is forecasted to rise from [...]
Verizon Communications on Monday reported a slight increase in third-quarter profit to nearly $2 billion, as the phone giant added 1.9 million net wireless customers. The New York-based company posted net income of $1.92 billion, or 66 cents a share, compared with year-ago profit of $1.87 billion, or 67 cents a share. Revenue rose 26% [...]
TDC Mobile is planning an extension of its 3G coverage by an additional 23 towns before year-end. A similar number of towns till follow in first quarter of 2007. TDC launched its 3G network last October in Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg. Since then towns have followed in quick succession, and now the 30 largest [...]
Nokia and Ukrainian fixed line and broadband operator, Ukrtelecom JSC, have signed a three-year frame agreement for the supply of 3G core and radio network as the operator is extending its services to the mobile domain. Nokia will support Ukrtelecom’s Utel branch in opening the first WCDMA 3G/HSDPA network in Ukraine which will enable the [...]
Nokia announced plans today release its first personal navigation device, the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation. The Nokia 330 offers seamless coverage from one European country to the next with spoken and visual directions on a 3.5 inch touch screen. Nokia plans to release the new personal navigation handheld in select channels across Europe later this [...]
More providers are encouraging the use BlackBerry handhelds as tethered modems, but few are detailing how it’s done. We have created the following article to assist in the set up of your GSM/GPRS BlackBerry for use as a tethered modem for your Windows based PC. The following article applies to users of the new BlackBerry [...]
