Global vendor strategies - 17/02/08

ALU and NEC plan a JV to develop LTE technology. Simultaneously, speculation is growing that Motorola may combine its mobile infrastructure business with Nortel Networks: in sight a new $10bn company, with 16% global share of the market.

Samsung and ALU have announced a GSM-WiMAX handover platform enabling roaming between the two technologies.

ALU and LG have formed a strategic alliance and expand collaboration on Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile broadband technology