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Articles tagged with: GSM and Eu
ZTE First-Quarter Profits Up by 29%
China's ZTE has reported that its first-quarter revenues reached RMB 11.67 billion (US$1.71 billion), representing an increase of 35% compared with the same period last year. Net profit was RMB 78.66 million (US$11.54 million), representing an increase of 29.17% compared with the same period last year. more
Related Tags: zte, wcdma, 3g, , cdma, China
Electricity Meters to Transmit Usage Data over T-Mobile Network
Echelon Corp. and T-Mobile USA have announced an alliance to accelerate the adoption of the smart grid in the North American market by reducing the communications cost of smart meters through the deployment of Echelon's Networked Energy Services (NES) system over T-Mobile's gsm network. As part of the agreement, Echelon will utilize an embedded T-Mobile SIM within a cellular radio module to enable all the Echelon smart meters on a given low voltage transformer to communicate back to the utility over the smart grid, and T-Mobile will offer users of Echelon's NES system and pricing plans for data usage. more
Related Tags: echelon, t-mobile-usa, electricity-meters, smart-grid, sim, t-mobile, , driving, tim, ovi, iden, backhaul, smart, operating-system, billing, security, smart-meters, health, embedded-sim,
Nokia Shows Off 3rd NFC Capable Mobile Phone
Nokia has shown off its third fully integrated Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile phone, the Nokia 6216 classic. The new arrival is Nokia's first SIM-based NFC device which enables operators to build NFC services on to the SIM card. The Nokia 6216 classic is expected to start shipping in the third quarter of 2009 in select markets with an estimated retail price of EUR 150 before taxes and subsidies. more
Related Tags: nokia, nfc, near-field-communication, gsm-association, itu, sim, 3g, , sim-card, tim, near-field-communications, taxes, microsd, fm-radio, music
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
Related Tags: orange, , deutsche-telekom, 3g, sms, european-commission, viviane-reding, gsm-association, itu, vodafone, teliasonera, wind, lte, hutchison-3g, telenor, ovi, iden, telefonica, telecom-italia, kpn, teenagers, belgacom, hutchison, wind-hellas, btc, telekom, adult-content, tdc, mobilkom, Belgium
Outremer Applies for Mobile License in Mauritius
Outremer Telecom says that last month, it tabled an application for a Mobile licence for Mauritius with that island's telecom authorities, the ICTA, for the deployment of gsm and 3G networks by 2010. The application has been tabled by City Call, a Group subsidiary that has been present in fixed telephony in Mauritius since 2005. more
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Smartphone sales buck the recession
A report by Infonetics Research is forecasting an 8% drop in the total number of mobile phones sold in 2009, to 1.1 billion worldwide (down from 1.2 billion in 2008), in line with predictions from Nokia, among others. Smartphones were the best-performing segment of the mobile phones market in 2008 and the only segment to show unit and revenue growth in the second half of the year as the world economy entered recession. more
Related Tags: android, nokia, iphone, smartphone, samsung, wimax, motorola, w-cdma, ict, smartphones, tim, cdma, hspa, ericsson, lg, infonetics-research, symbian, open-source, wimax,, operating-system, nokia,, os, apps
EU Moves Closer to Approving 3G at 900Mhz
The decision by the European Parliament to accept the amendment of the gsm Directive to allow UMTS (WCDMA-HSPA) technology to be deployed in the 900 MHz band has been welcomed by the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA). more
Related Tags: asia-pacific, 3g, wcdma, rural, mts, cdma, hspa, iden, mobile-broadband, european-union, gsa, umts, union, wave, global-mobile, parliament, european-parliament
Hong Kong Undreground Railway Extension Gets Mobile Phone Coverage
A major extension to Hong Kong's mass transit railway will feature another wireless communications network from wireless confined-coverage system solutions provider, Radio Frequency Engineering (RFE). Enlisted by mobile network operator, SmarTone-Vodafone, RFE will design, supply, install and commission a turnkey commercial wireless communications solution for the MTR's new LOHAS Park Station and tunnel extension. more
Related Tags: 3g, mobile-tv, wimax, itu, fire-brigade, vodafone, core-network, mts, cdma, iden, 1800mhz, network-management, trains, subway, railway, indoor, radio-frequency, pmr, mobile-radio, tunnel, seamless, Hong Kong
Shareholders Pushing for Sale of US Cellular to Larger Rival
Further consolidation in the USA's telecoms market could be imminent as shareholders are reported to be pressuring U.S. Cellular to seek a buy-out from one of its larger rivals. The company is 81% controlled by Telephone & Data Systems (TDS), which is itself facing pressure from several large shareholders to put itself up for sale. more
Related Tags: t-mobile, wcdma, ict, metropcs, sprint-nextel, lte, verizon-wireless, cdma, verizon, alltel, anti-trust, u.s.-cellular, sprint, target,
Optimising the Interoperation of UMTS and GSM at 900 MHZ
Wireless operators can recover as much as 50 percent of the spectrum lost to transition zones when deploying UMTS at 900 MHz with legacy gsm networks, according to Sean Cordone, PhD, Vice President of Engineering at ISCO International. Dr. Cordone is the author of a whitepaper released today. more
Related Tags: 3g, wimax, lte, mts, hspa, hsupa, hspa+, umts, prague, 3g-network, 2g
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