RAN Vendors

Nokia has denied reports it is developing a smartphone that runs on Google's Android operating system, a move that would mark a major change in strategy for the Symbian-supporting vendor.

Ericsson is upgrading Philippine operator Smart with WCDMA/HSPA kit nationwide, in a deal claimed to be the first commercially deployed HSPA network in the 850MHz band in Southeast Asia

Information Week notes that LG Electronics is looking to move ahead of Samsung to become the second-largest mobile phone maker by 2012.

Ericsson - the world's largest mobile network infrastructure vendor - today announced it has scored deals in China worth almost US$2 billion.

Nokia has introduced what it claims is its "most rugged handset to date."

India's state-owned mobile operator BSNL has confirmed it is studying bids from Ericsson India and Huawei for a contract to supply 93 million GSM lines in India, which is believed to be one of the largest tenders of its kind.

Huawei today launched the world' s first convergent Base Station Controller (BSC) which integrates both the GSM BSC and the UMTS RNC (Radio Network Controller) into one multi-mode controller.