AT&T to Deploy Femtocell Technology from UK Firm ip.access
AT&T has signed an agreement with UK small scale cell site solutions developer ip.access worth $500 million over five years in order to deploy femtocell technology with the goal to distribute the devices for as little as $100. Femtocells are small scale base stations that operate using a high-speed internet connection in order to take […]
LG to Launch Voyager on Sprint, AT&T (Updated)
Update: Electronic Times has retracted the story, citing errors in translation. Represenatives from LG declined to comment when we asked if this was due to the Voyager name remaining exclusive to Verizon, or the underlying hardware remaining exclusive. The retraction however removed reference to Sprint… and simply states that LG plans to bring touch phones to […]
AT&T to Complete HSPA Network Upgrade This Year
AT&T Vice-President of Network Architecture Hank Kafka has made definitive statements regarding the carrier’s progress in upgrading its 3G W-CDMA enabled markets. Speaking at a roundtable meeting sponsored by the GSM Association, Kafka stated that AT&T had 255 markets with HSDPA access in 2007 and expects to add more with a total goal of 350 […]
AT&T Announces Pending MediaFLO Launch
In a press release today, AT&T has announced the pending launch of its new MediaFLO-based mobile television service after many false starts, which the company will simply name AT&T Mobile TV. The service will be identical to VCAST Mobile TV currently offfered on Verizon Wireless, with the addition of two channels exclusive to AT&T subscribers […]
Sprint to Build Unified Network Platform
In a report filed by IDG/Yahoo, Sprint Vice-President of Core Technologies Ben Vos has announced intentions to build a unified core network that will converge the CDMA, iDEN, and nascent WiMax networks onto one platform during the VON.x conference on Tuesday. The platform will be an all IP based network on a common optical backbone […]