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Posted on 09.11.06 by Nikhil @ 5:06 pm
Last month, I spoke with David Storey, chief executive of Relm Wireless, and Bill Kelly, the company’s chief financial officer. “We’re executing,” said Storey. “We’re growing at about 40%, and we want to grow faster. In ten years, we’ll have 10% of the market for two-way land radios.” If Relm can make that happen, the company will still be a relatively small player, but with sales close to $1 billion, up from $28.5 million in 2005. It looks like Relm (amex: RWC - news - people ) could be on its way. The company has carved out a very nice business for itself as a low price, high margin manufacturer of two-way land mobile radios. The radios that the company makes for the business and industrial markets differ significantly from the ones used for public safety, because businesses do not demand the same level of specifications that public safety officials want. For example, a business may not care if its radios have the longest battery life possible or if they can interoperate with other kinds of two way radios. With companies, radios generally operate off a single network, so businesses are usually happy with analog radio systems. Click Here for the rest of this story. Filed under: Stock Watch and Applications and Infrastructure and Cutting Edge Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.29.06 by Nikhil @ 11:41 am
India is a huge market for wireless and indeed, wireless technologies are catching on fast. But while much of the world is focused on third generation networks, India, perhaps, will be focusing more on WiMax, the high-speed wireless networks that are far more expansive than Wi-Fi networks. WiMax offers faster speeds at lower costs and could help to boost economic growth. Lots of big companies are supporting the technology in India. Intel, for instance, is working hard in India to drive the development of these networks. Read more about WiMax in India at Express Computer by Clicking Here. Filed under: Infrastructure and Cutting Edge Comments: None |
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Posted on 08.28.06 by Nikhil @ 1:36 pm
Some of you may remember XO, a wireless company that I have covered in the past. The company, which has been working on a new business model lately, now says that it has provided its fixed broadband wireless service to nine cities across the country. What this means is that those cities can now offer greater coverage at lower costs. This is good news for XO. Read more about this at Tophosts.com. http://www.tophosts.com/articles/003673.html Filed under: Stock Watch and Infrastructure Comments: None |
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Posted on 07.31.06 by Nikhil @ 11:43 am
There is some talk that Sprint Nextel could soon make an announcement that it will deploy mobile WiMAX in the 2.5GHz band. This would be big news since Sprint is the largest holder of 2.5GHz spectrum, and the company has never really explained what it intended to do with it. The company has been testing other technologies such as TD-CDMA and Flash – OFDM. You may recall that just recently, Intel and Motorola made a significant investment (about $900 million in total) to McCaw’s Clearwire, which is a mobile WiMAX play. If this news is actually true, it would be a big step forward for WiMax. You can read more about this at Signal Research. Filed under: Stock Watch and Infrastructure and News Comments: None |
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Posted on 07.27.06 by Nikhil @ 7:58 pm
Verizon Wireless along with its vendor partners Cisco, Lucent, Motorola, Qualcomm and Nortel, have been talking about creating a new architectural approach for next generation wireless networks. The guidelines behind this new approach is called Advances to IMS (A-IMS.) Find out more about this in telephonyonline.com. Filed under: Stock Watch and Infrastructure and News Comments: None |
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Posted on 07.26.06 by Nikhil @ 12:32 pm
Motorola says its going to sell its thinnest phone ever, the Motofone, in emerging markets, where the bulk of growth is expected. Motorola said the new phone is even smaller than its RAZR line at just 9 millimeters. This ultra-thin phone comes at a critical time for Motorola as emerging markets become the battleground for market share with Nokia. Ron Garriques, head of Motorola’s handset division told investors on Tuesday that Motorola “must go out there and disrupt the high growth markets”. The company said it would also improve its distribution in the emerging sectors. Find out more about the ultra-thin phone in telecoms.com. Filed under: Stock Watch and Infrastructure and News Comments: None |
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Posted on 07.06.06 by Nikhil @ 5:44 pm
There has been lots of talk about the Clearwire IPO recently. I’ve been skeptical. After all, the market is sketchy right now, the company is not profitable and it only has 20,000 subscribers. The big draw, of course, is that Craig McCaw runs the company. The news just out is that instead of going public, Clearwire will get a $900 million investment led by Intel Capital. Intel Capital will invest $600 million and the rest will come from others, including Motorola. Clearwire is the second largest 2.5 GHz spectrum holder in the U.S. With its $900 million, the company, undoubtedly, will deploy the high speed WiMax system. Read the press release from Clearwire. Good news for WiMax. Filed under: Infrastructure and Cutting Edge and News and Mergers/Acquisitions Comments: None |
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Posted on 06.29.06 by Nikhil @ 5:38 pm
Earthlink just had a big day. The company, which I have covered in Forbes Wireless Stock Watch, turned on its first citywide Wi-Fi system in Anaheim, Calif. The network is expected to be widely used not just by the locals, but by the tens of millions of tourists that come the city each year to visit Disneyland. Andy Seybold, a wireless technology guru who is generally skeptical of the success of municipal Wi-Fi networks, said that the network is going to change the face of telecommunications forever. There are several reasons. One is Reliability (In New Orleans, says Seybold, Wi-Fi was the last network to go down and the first to come back on line). Another was that the network will provide 90% coverage to the city of Anaheim to 90% of buildings’ exterior walls.That means the service extends indoors. Of course, there are many hurdles for Wi-Fi to overcome. Competing against the established carriers won’t be easy and issues, such as quality of service and customer service, could pose serious problems. But with the Anaheim municipal Wi-Fi system officially launched, we’ll sound find out. Filed under: Stock Watch and Infrastructure and Cutting Edge and News Comments: None |
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Posted on 06.09.06 by Nikhil @ 1:27 pm
No big surprise, perhaps, but it’s still a milestone. According to a report by Strategy Analytics, there are now more than 100 million users of third generation (3G) high speed technology. Most of this is thanks to growth in Asia where such services are offered by carriers such as NTT DoCoMo, Hutchison 3G and SK Telecom. But more growth will come over the next year from the U.S. thanks to 3G networks being deployed by carriers such as Cingular and Verizon Wireless. There are more details available at Networking Pipeline. Filed under: Infrastructure Comments: None |
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Posted on 05.27.06 by Nikhil @ 5:13 pm
Nokia and LG are looking for new markets to manufacture their handsets. One promising area seems to be India. The reason: India’s economy is large and booming and it has had success in manufacturing in other industries. Does that mean it will do well in handset manufacturing? Read more At ZDNet. Filed under: Stock Watch and Infrastructure and News Comments: None |
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