GLG News by Hardware Sellers

3GPP has agreed in principle on the interface requirements from the Femto Access Point to the core network. However, the detail is yet to be worked out fully. However, it is just one aspect of standardization and there are many other aspects that must come together in order to make Femtocells plug and...

Some of what we report is a self fulfilling prophecy We are not one number, driving to one result Consumers will be selective in their indulgences

LTE is going to win WiMax because LTE is a part of the 3GPP. WiMax is mainly supported by Intel that has never been successful in the wireless industry. Practically, I don’t see a mobile user, with 2 or 4 or even 4 inch screen, using more than 10Mbps on his device. Given that most of the fancy devices...

The new iPhone is a 3G UMTS HSDPA capable device does not have a lock-unlock mechanism. The UMTS standard, is a universal standard. By definition UMTS stands for Universal Mobile Terrestrial System. Therefore, the lock-unlock mechanism is not required anymore. The GSM-GPRS-EDGE iPhone, which was Appl’s...

Nortel did not see a solid business case for IMS with its mighty footprint in major carriers. With the IMS having such as a difficult time proving its business case, the question is how much longer inferior vendors such as Sonus, Motorola, and Veraz will continue to push IMS.

Nortel announced that it has stopped the development of two major technologies: WiMAX and IMS. This indicates that Nortel was not able to penetrate these two markets, WiMAX for being a niche and small as well as IMS where it could not effectively compete with Ericsson, NSN, and ALU. The strategy is...

Security is very important to endusers, expecially now. Microsoft image is not what is desired right now. Enduses are not willing to spend money and time to learn new OS.

Getting out of WiMAX is a good move for Nortel. Nortel must focus on a single 4G technology and makes an attempt in becoming a substantial player in LTE. With Nortel exiting an Cisco not executing on WiMAX, the only strong players remain Motorola and Alvarion. The question is how long would the Nortel...

Alltel operates a mobile network that is very compatible to Verizon Wireless. Alltel's customer base is all on CDMA. Alltel operates a GSM network (as a result of acquisition of Wester Wireless) that is mostly used for roaming of large GSM carriers' subscribers (AT&T and T-Mobile). Alltel's integration...

This acquisition should be fairly straight forward for Verizon Wireless, given the technology match in the CDMA operation of Alltel. It could negatively impact Motorola since they are also a CDMA radio vendor and Verizon does not use Motorola radios. Nortel will be a big winner when the transaction...