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Articles tagged with: Asia Pacific and Lte
Contactless Smart Card Market Expected to Weather the Storm Caused by Economic Uncertainties
With Asia Pacific being a highly diverse geographic region with dissimilar market conditions, participants in the contactless smart card market should be prepared for varied reactions to the economic downturn. While countries that have not yet achieved mass deployment of contactless smart cards could experience further delays, more advanced countries such as Japan and South Korea that possess strong contactless infrastructure and high penetration rates are unlikely to slow down drastically. more
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Evolving Landscape of Mobile Broadband in Asia
Asia's mobile subscriber total is expected to surpass 2 billion subscribers by 2012 when 63 percent of the regions' residents are expected to own a mobile phone. However, the fact remains that in 2008 only 8 percent of the region's subscriber base was using 3G and launches in several Asian markets have left much to be desired in terms of subscriber and revenue uptake. more
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Mobile broadband to be worth $137 billion by 2014
Users of mobile broadband services (3G and 3G+ technologies) will grow from 181 million in 2008 to over 2 billion in 2014, growth of 1024%, according to Ovum's latest research. more
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Motorola Opens LTE Test Center in the UK
Motorola says that it has opened a LTE trial network and testing lab in Swindon, UK. This latest expansion of Motorola's LTE trial facilities offers operators the ability to engage in LTE technology field trials and detailed real-world equipment testing at the UK site. Additionally, Motorola can host the core elements of the LTE network for operators that require a hosted LTE trial in EMEA. more
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Ericsson Q2 Profits Plunge 70%
Ericsson has reported that its second-quarter profit fell 70 percent because of costs to cut jobs and falling sales of phones made by its Sony Ericsson joint venture. Net income fell to SEK1.9 billion (US$320 million) from SEK6.4 billion (US$1.07 billion) a year ago. Revenue rose 2 percent to SEK48.5 billion (US$8.1 billion) in the quarter. more
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Motorola to Include LTE Spectrum Bands in First Commercial Product Release
Motorola has announced that its first commercial release of Long-Term Evolution (LTE) solutions next year will now also include products for the 700MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum bands. The timing for commercialization of products in specific frequency demands will be based upon a combination of general radio spectrum licensing trends globally as well as individual customer demands. more
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Wireless Industry Shipped Over One Million BTS Units in 2007
The global base station market grew by 58.5% in units in 2007, according to the latest report from EJL Wireless Research. "The GSM/EDGE base station market again outpaced our projections from a year ago while WCDMA shipments finally hit mainstream with 114.4% growth," says founder and President, Earl Lum. more
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