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Articles tagged with: andrew
Symbian Releases More Source Code as Open Source
The Symbian Foundation has announced a significant milestone in its plan to move the entire Symbian platform into Open Source - the release of the platform microkernel (EKA2) and supporting development kit under the Eclipse Public License (EPL). more
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Shazam surpasses 50 million users and attracts further investment
Music identification service, Shazam has announced that more than 50 million people around the world have used the Shazam service, an increase of 15 million users since February of this year. Shazam is also announcing a strategic investment from Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers. more
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Technology addiction disrupts teenage learning
Technology addiction amongst teenagers is having a disruptive effect on their learning, according to new research published by Cranfield School of Management. Over a third (39.3%) of 11-18 year olds surveyed admitted that text shortcuts damaged the quality of their written English, particularly in terms of spelling. more
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Andrew Asks Court to Clear New Technology in Patent Case
Antennas vendor, andrew has filed a complaint in the US District Court in Delaware seeking a declaratory judgment that its new multiple range estimation location (MREL) system for locating mobile devices does not infringe an existing US patent held by TruePosition. more
Related Tags: trueposition, location-based-services, three, security, USA
Vodacom Taps Andrew for Wireless Coverage In South African World Cup Stadiums
andrew Solutions says that it has won a contract from South Africa's Vodacom to deploy indoor coverage in five of the 10 South African stadiums to be used for the 2010 World Cup. andrew's multi-operator ION-M optical distributed antenna system supports current GSM 900/1800 and UMTS frequency bands as well as next generation LTE and WiMAX networks. The systems' basic architecture involves fiber optic and coaxial cables, master and remote units, and other subsystem products that receive and transmit signals from dedicated operator base stations to customer handhelds throughout the facility. more
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Low-Cost Handsets to Account for over Half of all Mobile phones by 2014
New research from Juniper Research has shown how the mobile handset market is becoming increasingly polarised between low cost handsets for emerging markets and high-end smartphones for developed regions - with the mid-range handset market being squeezed. more
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Apples's iPhone 3GS Costs $178.96 to Manufacture
With the new iPhone 3G S's Bill of Materials (BOM) and feature set nearly the same as the previous model in the iPhone line, you might think the product's component selection would be virtually unchanged. However, a dissection conducted by iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service reveals some interesting changes in the parts and suppliers. more
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UMTS900 Operator Case Study Shows Cost and Coverage Benefits
The Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) has published a new UMTS900 operator case study on Optus in Australia, which shows significant cost and coverage benefits of deploying 3G mobile broadband services with UMTS900. The case study examines the business drivers and practical experiences of Optus, who launched UMTS900 in May 2008. It confirms the findings from GSA's earlier UMTS900 case study on Elisa Corporation in Finland, and also provides additional insights. more
Related Tags: optus, umts900, 3g, gsa, gsm, opex, indoor-coverage, Australia
Iusacell Selects Level 3 for IP Traffic to the USA
Mexico's Grupo Iusacell has contracted with Level 3 Communications to provide high-speed Internet Protocol (IP) services. The Level 3 network will carry telecommunications traffic delivered to the U.S. from Iusacell in Mexico. more
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Mobile entertainment industry confident despite economic crisis
The findings of the latest Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) Business Confidence Index (BCI) on the $32bn global mobile entertainment industry has shown that the industry remains confident despite the current economic challenges, predicting average revenue growth of 28% for the coming year. The report is compiled by KPMG on behalf of the MEF. more
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