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Articles tagged with: Ctia
Understanding Patient Activation Levels Can Improve Adoption of Mobile Health Technologies
Mobile healthcare companies can increase adoption of the new technology by understanding their customers' "activation levels" in light of a newly released Harris Poll showing strong physician and consumer interest in the emerging industry. more
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CDMA Certification Forum Now the Sole Certification Authority for all CDMA2000 Devices
The CDMA Certification Forum (CCF) has announced that the ctia CDMA Certification Program has been integrated into the CCF certification process by creating a ctia Certification Market Endorsement. This latest milestone comes in addition to the CDMA Development Group (CDG) transferring its 1, 2 and 3 test guidelines and endorsing the CCF as the official certification authority for all CDMA2000 devices worldwide. more
Related Tags: cdma, cdg, testing
Huawei Opens LTE Laboratory in North America
Huawei has announced the opening of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) laboratory located in Texas, USA. Initially established with prototype equipment in the autumn of 2008, the facility has been upgraded to fully support commercial product releases for North America. The lab recently implemented Huawei's first commercial LTE solution release targeted at operators in the United States and Canada. Additionally, local research and development teams are now able to work more closely with North American operators to rigorously test LTE systems before delivery. more
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Pressure Group Calls for 5-Year Freeze in US Cellphone Taxes
US pressure group, MyWireless.org has called for a 5-year break for consumers from new state and local wireless taxes. Bi-partisan legislation, entitled the ‘Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009,' is currently being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives, and calls for a moratorium to be placed on new wireless taxes and fees at the state and local levels for a period of five years. more
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Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech
This month's International ctia Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, wi-fi, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, samsung, wimax, apple, isuppli, sprint-nextel, gps, tim, wind, lte, docomo, ericsson, ovi, palm, blackberry, rim, sony, kyocera, mobile-internet, touch-screen, navteq, sprint, nextel, smart, windows, las-vegas, kyocera-wireless
Cellular Networks Should Surrender Revenue From Illegal Cell Phones
A firm which sells mobile phone jammers for use in prisons is demanding that phone companies be forced to hand over revenues from call time generated by contraband phones. The CEO of CellAntenna Corporation, Howard Melamed said tha the money would pay for the extra guards and equipment needed to tackle the growing epidemic of inmates using cell phones in prisons. more
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American Businesses Bullish on Wireless Technology
A new national study released by the US trade body, the ctia - in conjunction with Harris Interactive - finds that almost half, 45%, of business decision makers state that wireless applications are important or absolutely essential to remaining competitive in today's highly competitive marketplace. more
Related Tags: itu, tim, ovi, iden, customer-care, harris-interactive, harris, USA
CTIA Reports US Mobile Data Revenues Jumped 39% in 2008
The US trade body, the ctia has published the findings of its semi-annual industry survey, which includes numerous positive metrics on the industry's continued growth and popularity. In particular, wireless revenues showed impressive year-to year gains, as wireless data service revenues for the year 2008 rose to more than $32 billion. This represents a 39% increase over 2007, when data revenues totaled $23.2 billion. Wireless data revenues for 2008 amounted to nearly 22% of all wireless service revenues, and represent what consumers spend on non-voice services. more
Related Tags: mms, text-messaging, ict, ovi, iden, mobile-broadband, text-messages, life, USA
Ericsson pushes HSPA to Offer 56Mbps Mobile Download Speeds
Ericsson says that it will break its own HSPA world record with the world's first demonstration of HSPA multi-carrier MIMO technology, providing peak downlink data rates of 56Mbps, at the ctia Wireless exhibition. more
Related Tags: world-record, hspa, ericsson, ovi, iden, mimo, hspa-evolution
Smart Billing Helps Operators Maximize Revenues from Next-Gen Networks
As more advanced services become available on next-generation networks, innovative pricing and billing models are more effective than flat-rate plans to help operators maximize revenues and improve their subscribers' overall experience, according to a Comverse presentation for the upcoming ctia Wireless 2009 conference. more
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