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http://www.iht.com/articles/537877.html
AMSTERDAM * T-Mobile, Europe's second largest mobile carrier, said on Wednesday that it had started the Continent's first trial of a high-speed wireless Internet service that uses Flash OFDM technology.
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Flash OFDM, or Flash Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, was invented by Flarion Technologies, a U.S. company that was spun off from Lucent Technologies, a major producer of telecommunications equipment.
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It could threaten the rollout of third-generation, or 3G, mobile phone networks, because it offers faster downloads for large computer files as well as new services like pictures, songs and video.
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The European test is taking place in The Hague. Other trials have already begun elsewhere. The British mobile operator Vodafone started a Flarion trial in Japan this year; Nextel Communications is testing in North America; and Telstra is conducting a test in Australia.
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"We have trials with tier-one operators in all regions now," said Flarion's European marketing director, Joe Barrett.
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T-Mobile, whose sister company T-Ventures is a shareholder in Flarion, remains cautious about the future of the new network technology.
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"T-Mobile is constantly investigating and screening new mobile broadband technologies," its head of systems engineering, Hans-Eckhard Krüger, said in a statement. "As a leader in existing wireless broadband technologies like 3G and WiFi, we are eager to learn more about future technologies."
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Flash-OFDM will start out on laptop computers. It will offer uninterrupted, high-speed connections even when a user's signal switches from one base station to another, for example allowing employees to access company networks as if they were in the office.
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Through simple additions of Flash OFDM computer boards, Flarion's technology can operate in the same radio spectrum and use the same antennas as Europe's 3G systems, but conditions governing the sale of 3G radio spectrum licenses now prevent this.
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Analysts say the restrictions have become an unnecessary burden, destroying the value of the licenses and wasting radio spectrum, when more efficient networks can pump greater amounts of information through the limited airwaves.
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Barrett said Flarion was lobbying for relaxed rules. "By the end of the year, regulators will give operators the option to use the 3G spectrum also for Flash OFDM," he said.
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Flarion has said that it does not want to dethrone Europe's 3G phone system and that the two systems can co-exist. 3G was designed for voice calls and modest data usage, and Flash-OFDM was originally designed for demanding computer users, it said.
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"We understand the industry does not want to be taken for a ride," Barrett said. "We've seen mistakes other companies have made in this industry and outside. We want this to be a global success and that doesn't mean trying to skin the market."
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Meanwhile, companies that sell infrastructure for 3G networks, like Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola, have said that 3G will be improved next year with a technology called HSDPA that will increase the speed of data transport.
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Network vendors also said they were hesitant to build network gear based on a technology that is owned only by one company.
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23% profit rise at Bouygues
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Bouygues, the world's third-biggest construction company and operator of France's No. 3 mobile phone network, said on Wednesday that its second-quarter profit rose by 23 percent from a year earlier, led by gains at the phone unit, Bloomberg News reported from Paris.
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Net income climbed to E180 million, or $218 million, from E146 million a year earlier, Bouygues said.
AMSTERDAM T-Mobile, Europe's second largest mobile carrier, said on Wednesday that it had started the Continent's first trial of a high-speed wireless Internet service that uses Flash OFDM technology.
.
Flash OFDM, or Flash Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, was invented by Flarion Technologies, a U.S. company that was spun off from Lucent Technologies, a major producer of telecommunications equipment.
.
It could threaten the rollout of third-generation, or 3G, mobile phone networks, because it offers faster downloads for large computer files as well as new services like pictures, songs and video.
.
The European test is taking place in The Hague. Other trials have already begun elsewhere. The British mobile operator Vodafone started a Flarion trial in Japan this year; Nextel Communications is testing in North America; and Telstra is conducting a test in Australia.
.
"We have trials with tier-one operators in all regions now," said Flarion's European marketing director, Joe Barrett.
.
T-Mobile, whose sister company T-Ventures is a shareholder in Flarion, remains cautious about the future of the new network technology.
.
"T-Mobile is constantly investigating and screening new mobile broadband technologies," its head of systems engineering, Hans-Eckhard Krüger, said in a statement. "As a leader in existing wireless broadband technologies like 3G and WiFi, we are eager to learn more about future technologies."
.
Flash-OFDM will start out on laptop computers. It will offer uninterrupted, high-speed connections even when a user's signal switches from one base station to another, for example allowing employees to access company networks as if they were in the office.
.
Through simple additions of Flash OFDM computer boards, Flarion's technology can operate in the same radio spectrum and use the same antennas as Europe's 3G systems, but conditions governing the sale of 3G radio spectrum licenses now prevent this.
.
Analysts say the restrictions have become an unnecessary burden, destroying the value of the licenses and wasting radio spectrum, when more efficient networks can pump greater amounts of information through the limited airwaves.
.
Barrett said Flarion was lobbying for relaxed rules. "By the end of the year, regulators will give operators the option to use the 3G spectrum also for Flash OFDM," he said.
.
Flarion has said that it does not want to dethrone Europe's 3G phone system and that the two systems can co-exist. 3G was designed for voice calls and modest data usage, and Flash-OFDM was originally designed for demanding computer users, it said.
.
"We understand the industry does not want to be taken for a ride," Barrett said. "We've seen mistakes other companies have made in this industry and outside. We want this to be a global success and that doesn't mean trying to skin the market."
.
Meanwhile, companies that sell infrastructure for 3G networks, like Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola, have said that 3G will be improved next year with a technology called HSDPA that will increase the speed of data transport.
.
Network vendors also said they were hesitant to build network gear based on a technology that is owned only by one company.
.
23% profit rise at Bouygues
.
Bouygues, the world's third-biggest construction company and operator of France's No. 3 mobile phone network, said on Wednesday that its second-quarter profit rose by 23 percent from a year earlier, led by gains at the phone unit, Bloomberg News reported from Paris.
.
Net income climbed to E180 million, or $218 million, from E146 million a year earlier, Bouygues said.
AMSTERDAM T-Mobile, Europe's second largest mobile carrier, said on Wednesday that it had started the Continent's first trial of a high-speed wireless Internet service that uses Flash OFDM technology.
.
Flash OFDM, or Flash Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, was invented by Flarion Technologies, a U.S. company that was spun off from Lucent Technologies, a major producer of telecommunications equipment.
.
It could threaten the rollout of third-generation, or 3G, mobile phone networks, because it offers faster downloads for large computer files as well as new services like pictures, songs and video.
.
The European test is taking place in The Hague. Other trials have already begun elsewhere. The British mobile operator Vodafone started a Flarion trial in Japan this year; Nextel Communications is testing in North America; and Telstra is conducting a test in Australia.
.
"We have trials with tier-one operators in all regions now," said Flarion's European marketing director, Joe Barrett.
.
T-Mobile, whose sister company T-Ventures is a shareholder in Flarion, remains cautious about the future of the new network technology.
.
"T-Mobile is constantly investigating and screening new mobile broadband technologies," its head of systems engineering, Hans-Eckhard Krüger, said in a statement. "As a leader in existing wireless broadband technologies like 3G and WiFi, we are eager to learn more about future technologies."
.
Flash-OFDM will start out on laptop computers. It will offer uninterrupted, high-speed connections even when a user's signal switches from one base station to another, for example allowing employees to access company networks as if they were in the office.
.
Through simple additions of Flash OFDM computer boards, Flarion's technology can operate in the same radio spectrum and use the same antennas as Europe's 3G systems, but conditions governing the sale of 3G radio spectrum licenses now prevent this.
.
Analysts say the restrictions have become an unnecessary burden, destroying the value of the licenses and wasting radio spectrum, when more efficient networks can pump greater amounts of information through the limited airwaves.
.
Barrett said Flarion was lobbying for relaxed rules. "By the end of the year, regulators will give operators the option to use the 3G spectrum also for Flash OFDM," he said.
.
Flarion has said that it does not want to dethrone Europe's 3G phone system and that the two systems can co-exist. 3G was designed for voice calls and modest data usage, and Flash-OFDM was originally designed for demanding computer users, it said.
.
"We understand the industry does not want to be taken for a ride," Barrett said. "We've seen mistakes other companies have made in this industry and outside. We want this to be a global success and that doesn't mean trying to skin the market."
.
Meanwhile, companies that sell infrastructure for 3G networks, like Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola, have said that 3G will be improved next year with a technology called HSDPA that will increase the speed of data transport.
.
Network vendors also said they were hesitant to build network gear based on a technology that is owned only by one company.
.
23% profit rise at Bouygues
.
Bouygues, the world's third-biggest construction company and operator of France's No. 3 mobile phone network, said on Wednesday that its second-quarter profit rose by 23 percent from a year earlier, led by gains at the phone unit, Bloomberg News reported from Paris.
.
Net income climbed to E180 million, or $218 million, from E146 million a year earlier, Bouygues said.
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