Articles tagged with: Bric and Ict

Radiocomp Demos Protocol-Agnostic Remote Radio Head for LTE Networks

Infrastructure vendor, Radiocomp says that it has developed the world's first protocol-agnostic remote radio head (RRH) for mass deployment of LTE infrastructure. Radiocomp is using PMC-Sierra's PM7832 bricTM 2 interface controller to implement a multi-mode RRH platform that supports both CPRI (v2.1, V3.0, & V4.0) and OBSAI RP3-01 v.4.0 protocols.  more

Related Tags: 3g, sim, base-station, wimax, lte, chipsets, 4g

IDC Predicts Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments To Fall 8.3% in 2009

The worldwide mobile phone market felt the full effects of the economic crisis in the fourth quarter of 2008 as shipments fell 11.6% year over year, marking the first time the holiday quarter has not recorded double digit growth in seven years. This closed out a year that was dismal at best, yet overall 2008 managed to grow 4.3% over 2007. This has set the stage for what IDC predicts to be a very rough 2009, with the most recent market forecast anticipating growth of -8.3% for the year.  more

Related Tags: iphone, smartphone, eu, apple, smartphones, idc, seven, apple-iphone

Worldwide mobile cellular subscribers to reach 4 billion mark late 2008

ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Touré announced in New York that worldwide mobile cellular subscribers are likely to reach the 4 billion mark before the end of this year. Dr Touré was speaking at the high-level events on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in New York, where he also participated in UN Private Sector Forums addressing the global food crisis and the role of technological innovation in meeting the MDGs.  more

Related Tags: rsa, rural, driving, rcom, mobile-broadband, m-commerce, itu, compete, new-york