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Articles tagged with: GSM and Apple
Apples's iPhone 3GS Costs $178.96 to Manufacture
With the new iPhone 3G S's Bill of Materials (BOM) and feature set nearly the same as the previous model in the iPhone line, you might think the product's component selection would be virtually unchanged. However, a dissection conducted by iSuppli's Teardown Analysis Service reveals some interesting changes in the parts and suppliers. more
Related Tags: iphone, iphone-3gs, stmicroelectronics, infineon, triquint, broadcom, toshiba, iphone-3g-s, umts, wlan, nand, andrew, flash
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, gsm-association, ict, edge, lte, ovi, ota, sicap
Apple's iPhone Appears on China Unicom Website
In a move which is bound to fuel speculation, China Unicom's Shanghai division has posted details of the Apple iPhone upon its customer website. Although no details are offered about availability, the model being displayed does seem to have had at least one modification for the local market - it supports Chinese language inputs, suggesting the specifications have come from an internal document. more
Related Tags: 3g, iphone, china-unicom, china-mobile, td-scdma, cdma, iden, shanghai, apple-iphone, China
China Unicom Confirms in Talks with Apple of iPhone Sales
China Unicom's chairman Chang Xiaobing has confirmed that the company is in talks with Apple over an option to sell the iPhone handset in the country. He did not elaborate on the talks, citing confidentiality agreements. more
Related Tags: 3g, iphone, china-unicom, wcdma, china-mobile, td-scdma, cdma, in-stat, China
Apple's iPhone and Afghanistan's Taliban
It has been reported that Mullah Zaif, the Taliban's former ambassador to Pakistan is using an Apple iPhone in Afghanistan. Hamish Macdonald, a reporter for the Al Jazeera TV channel is spending a month in Afghanistan reporting on life for people in the country - and reported on the unlikely development in Afghanistan's mobile phone market. more
Related Tags: iphone, ict, apple-iphone, towers, Afghanistan
China's Handset Industry Growth Slowed in Second Half of 2008
According to statistics of the ITIS project - a project initiated by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and conducted by Taipei-based MIC - China's mobile phone industry reached a shipment volume of 175.2 million units in the third quarter of 2008, representing 6.2% sequential growth and 4.3% year-on-year growth. The industry's growth rate, which peaked in 2006, gradually slowed down to mid-single digits. This indicated that the Chinese mobile phone industry was significantly impacted by a slowdown in global market demand. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, nokia, iphone, motorola, china-unicom, huawei, zte, china-telecom, cdma, ericsson, lg, sony, mic, China
China's Handset Industry Growth Slowed in Second Half of 2008
According to statistics of the ITIS project - a project initiated by Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs and conducted by Taipei-based MIC - China's mobile phone industry reached a shipment volume of 175.2 million units in the third quarter of 2008, representing 6.2% sequential growth and 4.3% year-on-year growth. The industry's growth rate, which peaked in 2006, gradually slowed down to mid-single digits. This indicated that the Chinese mobile phone industry was significantly impacted by a slowdown in global market demand. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, nokia, iphone, motorola, china-unicom, huawei, zte, china-telecom, cdma, ericsson, lg, sony, mic, China