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Articles tagged with: Ericsson and Target
Mobile Phone Towers to Monitor African Weather
A new partnership has been announced that will place weather monitoring stations on up to 5,000 mobile phone towers operated by Zain, and other mobile networks, across the African continent. The initiative is being backed by the Global Humanitarian Forum, ericsson, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the Earth Institute at Columbia University. more
Related Tags: zain, weather, , lake-victoria, towers, security, united-nations, africa, cell-phone, farming, geneva
TeliaSonera to Offer Podcast Based Moble Adverts
Sweden's TeliaSonera has signed an agreement with ericsson to deploy a podcast based advertising platform. The "Personal Pod Advertising" is currently being implemented and will be launched commercially during 2009. more
Related Tags: teliasonera, podcast, mobile-advertising, Sweden
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, ovi, apple, rsa, motorola, eu, samsung, social-networking, lg, blackberry, mobile-internet, teenagers, oem, weather
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, ovi, iden, gartner, sony, digitimes, windows
BSNL Launches 3G Services in 11 Cities
ericsson has issued an update on its Sept 2007 contract win from India's BSNL - and says it achieved the country's biggest simultaneous launch of 3G services to date, across 11 major cities. As part of its roll-out strategy, BSNL plans to launch 3G services using WCDMA/HSPA technology across more than 700 cities in the first phase. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, mobile-tv, wcdma, cdma, hspa, mobile-broadband, bsnl, partner, music, 3g-network, video-on-demand, India
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, t-mobile, nokia, samsung, motorola, qualcomm, omtp, rsa, phone-charger, vodafone, telenor, micro-usb, telefonica, telecom-italia, sony, 3, gsma, phone-chargers, nokia,, charger, mobilkom, motorola,, telefonica,
Industry Big Guns with no Bullets to Fire
After a devastating end to 2008, the future is looking bleak. At the start of 2009 the mobile industry is starting to implement strategic job cuts and closing of overseas offices. This is just the beginning. The New Year started with Nortel Networks filing for Chapter 11. Many companies are not far behind. The question remains: how will some of the largest blue chip companies fare this year? Based on recent findings, Frost & Sullivan expects several firms to have a tough time fighting this year's projected internal and external challenges. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, 3g, microsoft, nokia, iphone, intel, samsung, wimax, mobile-wimax, motorola, eu, apple, ict, edge, wind, nortel, netbooks, ovi, compete, sony, touch-screen, wimax,, operating-system, windows, 700mhz, chipset, ces, razr
Ericsson Profit Margins Under Pressure - But Better Prospects than Rivals
Fitch has affirmed the debt ratings for ericsson as stable and the Issuer Default rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating of 'BBB+.' Fitch said that the affirmation of ericsson's ratings reflect the company's leading industry position in mobile network equipment, a growing Professional Services business, which should provide some earnings protection in light of the coming industry downturn, healthy liquidity and strong balance sheet. more
Related Tags: nokia, wcdma, alcatel-lucent, cdma, gsm, weather, fitch, debt-ratings, chipset, latin-america, nokia,, backup
Sony Ericsson Sales Drop 10% - Loss Shrinks
Sony ericsson has reported a 10% drop in sales to ¢â€š¬2,808 million (US$3,777 million) compared to the third quarter of 2007, citing a shift in production to cheaper phones as well as exchange rate fluctuations. The company posted a net loss of ¢â€š¬25 million (US$33.6 million) - lower than the average of ¢â€š¬74 million loss which had been expected by analysts. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, sony
GSMA Launches Renewable Energy Push For Mobile Networks
The GSMA launched new project with the goal of helping the mobile industry use renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, or sustainable biofuels, to power 118,000 new and existing off-grid base stations in developing countries by 2012. Achieving that target would save up to 2.5 billion litres of diesel per annum and cut annual carbon emissions by up to 6.3 million tonnes. more
Related Tags: base-station, wind, digicel, base-stations, idea-cellular, gsma, renewable-energy, solar, connect
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