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Articles tagged with: Ericsson and T Mobile
T-Mobile Hungary to Upgrade Network to HSPA+
Hungary's Magyar Telekom says that it has awarded a contract to ericsson to upgrade its network to support HSPA+ services. more
Related Tags: magyar-telekom, lte, hspa+, budapest, Hungary
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, windows-mobile, wcdma, huawei, vodafone, tim, wind, zte, cdma, ovi, iden, gartner, sony, digitimes, windows, target
Future sharing opportunities for Mobile Network Operators
Opinion by Steven Hartley, senior analyst at Ovum
The notion of one network is not entirely far-fetched. After the savings of
passive sharing have been realised, where can future savngs come from? In our
forthcoming report 2020 vision for mobilewe predict that operators will seek
increasingly active forms of sharing. Sharing ever more of your infrastructure
might sound ridiculous today, but all forms of sharing sounded ridiculous ten
years ago.
more
Related Tags: sim, eu, ict, mvno, o2, driving, tim, wind, lte, ovum, one-network, backhaul, spice, managed-services, option
Voice over LTE Initiative Launched
A group of leaders in the wireless industry comprised of Alcatel-Lucent, ericsson, Huawei, Kineto Wireless, LG Electronics, Motorola, Nortel, Samsung, Starent Networks, T-Mobile and ZTE have announced a joint effort, referred to as the Voice over LTE via Generic Access (VoLGA) Forum. The joint effort aims to define a set of specifications within the forum for enabling delivery of voice services over LTE access networks based on the current 3GPP Generic Access Network (GAN) standard. more
Related Tags: 3g, samsung, motorola, huawei, starent-networks, lte, zte, alcatel-lucent, mts, nortel, lg, 3gpp, volga, voice-over-lte, motorola,
Are Smartphones Immune to the Financial Crisis in Western Europe?
The market for Western European converged mobile devices (commonly referred to as smartphones) experienced a good performance in the last quarter of 2008. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 9.3 million units, 25.9% higher than the 7.4 million shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 31.9 million units, 36.1% higher than the 23.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
Related Tags: android, google, 3g, windows-mobile, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, smartphone, samsung, eu, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, vodafone, smartphones, gps, ibm, wind, idc, lg, htc, blackberry, compete, rim, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, blackberry-bold, oem, omnia, operating-system, windows, storm, wave, os, feature-phones, barcelona
Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales Down by 5% in Q4 '08
The global economic downturn had a significant impact on the mobile phone industry as worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 314.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 4.6 per cent decline from the fourth quarter of 2007, according to Gartner. Manufacturers continued to struggle against low consumer confidence in both emerging and mature markets. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, 3g, nokia, smartphone, samsung, motorola, eu, ict, smartphones, gps, driving, lte, verizon-wireless, verizon, gartner, iden, lg, blackberry, rim, blackberry-storm, touchscreen, reliance, sony, 3, oem, omnia, walkman, storm, music, africa, motorola,
Western European Mobile Phone Market now in Recession
Three consecutive quarters of negative growth have led the Western European mobile phone market into recession. According to IDC's European Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped 53.6 million units in 4Q08, 13.5% lower than the 62 million units shipped in 4Q07. For the full year 2008, vendors shipped 190.5 million units in Western Europe, 5.9% lower than the 202.5 million units shipped in 2007. more
Related Tags: android, sony-ericsson, 3g, windows-mobile, nokia, sim, iphone, social-networking, smartphone, samsung, motorola, eu, skype, 3-uk, cisco, cisco, apple, itu, smartphones, wind, open-handset-alliance, idc, lg, blackberry, compete, personal, touchscreen, sony, 3, oem, inq1, windows, sanjay-jha, chipset, windows-live, storm, music, global-mobile, barcelona, mobile-world-congress
Industry to Settle on a Generic Phone Charger for All Mobile Phones
The GSMA and 17 mobile operators and manufacturers have announced that they are committed to implementing a cross-industry standard for a universal charger for new mobile phones. The aim of the initiative, led by the GSMA, is to ensure that the mobile industry adopts a common format for mobile phone charger connections and energy-efficient chargers resulting in an estimated 50 per cent reduction in standby energy consumption and the potential elimination of up to 51,000 tonnes of duplicate chargers. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, orange, nokia, samsung, motorola, qualcomm, omtp, rsa, phone-charger, vodafone, telenor, micro-usb, telefonica, telecom-italia, sony, 3, gsma, phone-chargers, nokia,, charger, target, mobilkom, motorola,, telefonica,
Ericsson Expands 3G Netowork Management Contract in the UK
Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the 50:50 joint venture formed by 3 UK and T-Mobile UK to integrate and manage their 3G radio access networks (RAN), has selected ericsson to provide managed services to complete the consolidation of their 3G infrastructure. Under the terms of the contract, about 220 T-Mobile staff have transferred to ericsson. more
Related Tags: 3g, nokia, base-station, 3-uk, rsa, t-mobile-uk, mobile-broadband, ran, 3, backhaul, infrastructure-sharing, play, mbnl, managed-services, 3g-network, network-sharing, 2g, UK
Sony Ericsson pre-loads Fun Text in Customised Handset
Sony ericsson has announced a deal with mobile messaging service provider Fun Text to pre-load the Fun Text application onto one of its new handsets, which Hutchison 3G is to launch in Q2 this year. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, 3g, mobile-messaging, hutchison-3g, sony, symbian, 3, sprint, wap, UK
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