Nokia Siemens to Purchase Select Motorola Wireless Businesses
Motorola has announced that Nokia Siemens Networks has agreed to purchase some of Motorola’s network business units for $1.2 billion in cash. The deal includes the purchase of Motorola’s CDMA technology and patents along with business relationships with 50 other CDMA, GSM, WCDMA, WiMax and LTE vendors including China Mobile, Clearwire, KDDI, Sprint, Verizon Wireless […]
Nortel Gives Up on Restructuring, Will Sell Assets to Nokia-Siemens Networks
After declaring bankruptcy in January, Canadian telecommunications conglomerate Nortel Networks has decided to end its current restructuring activity and will liquidate all of its core assets by accepting a $650 million bid by Nokia Siemens Networks for the most lucrative part of its carrier-networks division and a wireless-research unit in a statement filed on Friday. […]
Nokia-Siemens Networks Announces US Compatible LTE Platform
In a press release today, Nokia-Siemens Networks has announced the availability of base stations and cell site equipment built around preliminary LTE standards which will work with AWS spectrum on the 700Mhz and 1700Mhz bands. The intent of the announcement is twofold: Provide spectrum winners such as Verizon and T-Mobile USA with possible equipment that […]
Nokia-Siemens Networks Announces Pending EDGE Evolution Launch, EGPRS-2
In a press release today, Nokia-Siemens Networks has announced the pending launch of its Dual Carrier EDGE software upgrade solution for GSM/EDGE networks starting in the third quarter of this year. The solution is expected to increase maximum downstream speeds to 592kbps while preparing networks for another upgrade in the form of EGPRS2, which is […]
Nokia-Siemens Completes First Real-World LTE Trial in Berlin
In a press release, Nokia-Siemens Networks has announced that they have successfully completed the first multi-user trial of an LTE network in an urban area. The trial was conducted by placing a base station at the top of the Heinrich Hertz Institut building in the center of Berlin, Germany which is home to the Fraunhofer […]