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Articles tagged with: GSM Association and Lte
EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies
Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. The European Commission has now called on mobile operators to do more to keep children safe while using mobile phones by putting in place all the measures in the voluntary code of conduct, signed by 26 mobile operators in 2007. more
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Sicap Offers Device or SIM Based NFC Platform
Sicap has announced its ability to provision contactless applications indifferently to any device or SIM designed for NFC (near field communication) services. The battle by device and SIM manufacturers to bind operators to their technologies has until now hindered the launch of large scale contactless payment services, despite the incentives of a lucrative business model and a revolution in usage of the mobile phone. The main issue for operators is that conflicting interests have resulted in the NFC secure element, essential for bank transactions, being embedded either in the device, or in an SD (secure digital) card, or in the SIM. more
Related Tags: sim, nfc, near-field-communication, apple, ict, edge, ovi, ota, gsm, sicap
Telefonica: ICTs can reduce 15% of global emissions by 2020
Telefónica has pledged to lead an information and communication technologies (ICT) industry initiative to cut global CO2 emissions by 15 per cent before 2020. The world's fourth largest telecommunications company reinforced its drive to combat climate change by challenging ICTs to step up the development of energy-efficient devices, applications and networks. more
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NFC Implementation in Handsets on the Right Track with SWP but Delays Still Expected
The chicken and egg scenario that has bogged down the embryonic NFC market has taken steps forward in recent weeks. The mobile operatorsÃ' preference for the Single Wire Protocol (SWP) form for NFC implementation received official endorsement from the GSM Association last month. This followed the final ratification of the standard and a signing of a memorandum of understanding with EMVCo. in September. Now some industry insiders are expecting large volume shipments of NFC handsets in the second half of 2009. more
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Embedded Systems Will Drive Demand for 4G Mobile Data
A major push to include embedded 4G technologies in a wide range of mobile and consumer devices will create a built-in market for anticipated 4G services such as mobile WiMax and LTE, but it also will force some fundamental changes in the mobile industry ecosystem, particularly in the relationships between network operators and device suppliers, according to the latest report from Unstrung Insider. more
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Global Mobile Phone Subscribers to Reach 4.5 Billion by 2012
According to MIC (Market Intelligence Center), an ICT industry research institute based in Taipei, global mobile phone subscribers hit 3.1 billion in 2007, thanks mainly to the continuing increase of prepaid subscribers with double SIM cards and corporate clients in the US and European markets. With the global mobile phone penetration rate reaching approximately half of the global population, growth momentum of global subscribers is expected to slow down after 2008. more
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Nearly 24 Million Subscribers to use 3G LTE Technology by 2012
Juniper Research predicts that subscriber numbers for 3G LTE (Long Term Evolution) will approach 24 million by 2012, just two years after the early versions of the technology are expected to be deployed. more
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