Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-LucentChina: With China Telecom as the sole equipment provider for the carrier’s CDMA/EV-DO Rev. B network at the Expo 2010 in …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Infrastructure Awards: ALU boosts China Telecom; ZTE wins Canada contract; and more >
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reality Check: Time for wireless operators to rethink offer design and order delivery >by jscarboby jscarbo
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.For many years, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">@WWDC: Apple holds firm to leader status with iPhone 4 >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
SAN FRANCISCO – Although millions of fanboys and industry watchers have already seen what turned out to be the new iPhone 4 today, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs still had …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">No porn for Windows Phone 7 >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
Today Microsoft revealed the policies governing the marketplace on its upcoming Windows Phone 7 series devices via a post on its Windows Team blog. Amongst the announcements, no adult content allowed.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Power: The biggest mobile challenge >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
At a recent Google event the search engine giant’s co-founder raised an important issue that is still very much an unsolved problem for the mobile industry.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Cell charging gumboots >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
Mobile operator Orange and unfortunately named GotWind have teamed up to create a pair of cell phone charging and rather funky wellington boots for the UK’s Glastonbury music festival.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Smartphone for the home? Yes, says DSP Group >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
As mobile phones become smarter and smarter, one firm firmly believes your home phone shouldn’t be left behind. DSP Group, which has been churning out wireless chipsets for over two decades thinks it’s time for people to have smart-home-phones and is the first company to come up with an Android based home phone product.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">iPad car charger tips up >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
If your iPad runs out of fuel your car may offer an optimum charging solution, according to Chinese firm Mettei Technology, which is peddling its USB car charger for the fruity device.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Flash Networks brings Harmony to congested networks >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
Congested cellular networks are an increasing and crippling problem. Many firms have only just begun grappling with the severe overload issues being caused by increased end user demand for video and rich media beamed over dilapidated and outdated cellular network infrastructure, but Flash networks – the self-proclaimed leading provider of intelligent mobile Internet services – believes it has an answer.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Apple unveils iPhone 4 >by Matt Kapkoby Matt Kapko
SAN FRANCISCO—Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone 4 today, calling it the “biggest leap since the original iPhone,” making it the thinnest smartphone on the planet, Jobs said. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Computex: the biggest winners and losers >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
Now that the frenzied craziness that is Computex Taipei is done and dusted for another year, we can all take a step back and take a look at some of this year’s winners and losers.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint says HTC Evo 4G sets sales record >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
Sprint Nextel Corp. said sales of its HTC Evo 4G handset broke single-sales-day records at the company, even leading to temporary shortages at some stores.Previously, the nation’s third-largest carrier said …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">RCR Unplugged: Computex Bits n Bytes – Last days >by Sylvie Barakby Sylvie Barak
A cabal of companies have thrown their weight behind the e-reading phenomenon here at Computex Taipei, proclaiming it to be not only the technological way forward, but green to boot.BenQ, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Telecom sector down 47,800 jobs from one year ago >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
The telecommunications sector had 4,600 fewer jobs in May than in April, employing 929,500 positions in May. However, the year-over-year employment figures show a loss of 47,800 jobs since May …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Verizon Wireless expands Vcast Video to Android >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Just ahead of the expected announcement of a refreshed iPhone from Apple Inc., Verizon Wireless announced this morning that it was making its Vcast Video service available to its growing …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">LTE on track for 22 deployments by year-end, 45 by 2012 >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
The Global mobile Suppliers Association said that it expects 22 LTE networks to be up and running by the end of this year with an additional 23 networks operational by …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: The next generation of location-based services >by jscarboby jscarbo
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Reader Forum: A cost-effective solution for rural backhaul >by jscarboby jscarbo
Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Computex Bits n Bytes – Last days >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
We give you the best of what’s left from the Computex show in Taipei.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">SIMORE shows off mobile payments >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
Mobile payments is widely agreed to be an up and coming industry and here at Computex Taipei there was certainly evidence that vendors are pushing ahead with products to facilitate the transition from ATM cards to SIM card transactions.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Samsung shows off iPhone killers in Korea >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
With Apple’s new 4G iPhone in the pipelines, Samsung the world’s number two handset maker is showing what its got, with two new hot phones of its own.
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Leap cautious on LTE >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Leap Wireless International Inc. has plans, and a small test in place, for LTE service, but the carrier is looking to take a steady approach to rolling out the technology …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint Nextel begins selling HTC Evo, a 4G handset first >by Tracy Fordby Tracy Ford
Sprint Nextel Corp.’s HTC Evo 4G handset went on sale today, accompanied by an advertising campaign that focuses on “first” inventions, starting with the wheel and including gramophones, trains, planes, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Worst of the Week: iPretend >by Dan Meyerby Dan Meyer
Hello! And welcome to our Friday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AMD shows off its Fusion APU >by sylvie barakby sylvie barak
AMD’s Fusion APU looks like a monster. Its future CPUs due in the first half of 2011 feature not only the traditional CPU but also a multi-functional graphics chip built in as well.