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Articles tagged with: Ericsson and Ovi
Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments Down by 15.8% in First Quarter
The worldwide mobile phone market began 2009 with an expected sequential downturn, exacerbated by the challenges of the ongoing worldwide recession. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 244.8 million units in the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09), approximately 15.8% lower than the 290.8 million units shipped during 1Q08. The first quarter of a new year is typically characterized by seasonally lower shipment volumes following a busy holiday quarter with channels clearing out excess inventory. But the 1Q09 decline was especially sharp due to weak end-user demand, currency volatility, and lack of credit for merchants as consumers and the supply chain adapt to the recession. more
Related Tags: motorola, idc, nokia, samsung, lg, sony-ericsson, driving, smartphones, rural, sony, sharp, oem, sanjay-jha, pace, africa, feature-phones
Financial Sites Popular Among Older European Mobile Web Users
comScore has reported that financial services sites, such as those offering banking and stock trading services, are the most popular among European mobile subscribers older than 55, while teenagers are more likely to visit social networking, entertainment and even comic sites on their mobile devices. more
Related Tags: comscore, apple, rsa, motorola, eu, samsung, social-networking, lg, blackberry, mobile-internet, teenagers, oem, weather, target
Lebanese Operator Upgrades Core Network
Alfa, one of the two mobile operators in Lebanon has announced the completion of its first phase related to the Core Network modernization, after swapping out old generation equipment with the ericsson supplied kit. more
Related Tags: alfa, core-network, iden, roaming, sms, gprs, billing, Lebanon
Recession or Not, Wireless Backhaul Expansion Continues Strongly
Worldwide revenues from backhaul leasing are expected to double over the next 30 months, according to a new study from ABI Research. The growth curve even accelerates after 2012, resulting in a fivefold revenue increase between 2009 and 2014. more
Related Tags: ethernet, , 3g, nokia, iphone, eu, itu, lte, abi-research, alcatel-lucent, verizon, microwave, verizon-communications, bt, backhaul, siemens, embarq, harris, nokia-siemens, laptop, nokia-siemens-network, wave
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, palm, blackberry, rim, sony, kyocera, mobile-internet, touch-screen, navteq, sprint, nextel, smart, windows, las-vegas, ctia, kyocera-wireless, navigation, indoor, garmin-asus, music, webos, touch-screen
Gartner Says: Carriers Will Struggle Without Major Innovation and Change
Shifts in customer demand, a changing competitive landscape, a weak economy and new government policies will shape carrier strategies during 2009 and 2010, according to Gartner. Carriers will struggle to maintain and grow their market position in this shifting landscape, and success will demand investment strategies that are aligned with the pace of recovery in each country and region. more
Related Tags: , sim, intel, social-networking, ict, itu, edge, vodafone, o2, tim, lte, outsourcing, iden, gartner, telus, 3, backhaul, billing, call-center, life, telia, pace, network-sharing,
Sony Ericsson names Replacement Boss for North America Markets
Sony ericsson has announced that Anderson Teixeira, currently Head of Region Western Europe is to take over as President of Sony ericsson US and Head of Region North America. Kristian Tear will succeed Teixeira as Head of Region Western Europe and will combine this new role with his current responsibilities as Head of Sony ericsson's Global Customer Operations. more
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New GSM Network to Launch in Vietnam
Hutchison Telecom has announced that its Vietnamese operation, Vietnamobile will launch its GSM services tomorrow ( 9th April). Vietnamobile, the partnership between Hutchison Telecom and Hanoi Telecom Joint Stock Company, will launch its service over its GSM network with footprint present at 64 provinces in Vietnam. more
Related Tags: , cdma, nortel, hutchison-telecom, gsm, hutchison, s-fone, evn-telecom, hanoi, Vietnam
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, iden, mimo, hspa-evolution, ctia
ZTE Aims to be a Top-5 Phone Manufacturer This Year
China's ZTE is close to breaking into the top-5 of global handset manufacturers after it saw handset shipments jump by 40% in 2008 to reach 45 million units, according to the Taiwan based DigiTimes publication. The company had set itself a target of gaining a top-5 placement by 2011, but did accept that shrinking market share in competitors could bring that date forward. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, t-mobile, windows-mobile, wcdma, huawei, vodafone, tim, wind, zte, cdma, iden, gartner, sony, digitimes, windows, target
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