Articles tagged with: Lte and Sim

G&D Introduces Over-the-Air SIM and Device Management Platform for LTE Networks

Giesecke & Devrient today announced that its Over-the-Air (OTA) platform now offers SIM and mobile device management for handsets on lte networks. The expansion of SmartTrust DP capabilities now provides mobile operators with a single platform for managing subscriber equipment regardless of network technology. more

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Verizon Communications Quarterly Profit up 5.3%

.. US$26.6 billion, compared with the first quarter 2008 - largely thanks to the acquisition of Alltel earlier this year. Excluding the Alltel boost, revenues would have grown by 3.3 percent. The company posted net income of US$3.21 billion, up by 5 more

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Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech

..mpetitors throughout the wireless business have offered or are preparing alternative products - the so-called ‘iPhone killers,' which employ touch-screen technology." The majority of these iPhone killers are employing resistive touch-screen tec more

Gartner Says: Carriers Will Struggle Without Major Innovation and Change

Shifts in customer demand, a changing competitive landscape, a weak economy and new government policies will shape carrier strategies during 2009 and 2010, according to Gartner. Carriers will struggle to maintain and grow their market position in this shifting landscape, and success will demand investment strategies that are aligned with the pace of recovery in each country and region. more

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Contactless Smart Card Market Expected to Weather the Storm Caused by Economic Uncertainties

..vel, or access control - especially when there are cheaper alternatives and converting to smart cards may not be a priority at this point in time," says Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Michelle Foong. "For instance, contactless more

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Nano changes rise to macro importance in a key electronics material

..niobate is a ceramic dielectric, a class of materials used to make capacitors, filters and other basic components of wireless communications equipment and other high-frequency electronic devices. A useful dielectric needs to have a large dielec more

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World's First Femtocell Standard Published by 3GPP

..grating femtocells with mobile operators' core networks had to be filtered down to a single standard. This new standard is crucial in turning the many femtocell operator trials taking place around the world into mass market commercial deployments, more

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Singapore Network Offers PrePay Mobile Data for Visitors

..avelers to the country. The network operator said that the new service will provide a cheaper alternative to the broadband connection services provided at most hotels. The service will also benefit the occasional broadband users who do not wish more

There is a Role for Challengers in the European Mobile Communications Market

.. performance on par with 3's historic performance in 2004. As an alternative to the three MNOs in Spain, Yoigo entered the market in December 2006 as a no-frills operator with simple, low cost and efficient service. At the time of Yoigo's entr more

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Nokia Dismisses WiMAX as a "Wireless Betamax"

Nokia has dismissed WiMAX as a failed idea and likened it to the Betamax video format which lost the video tape war in the 1980s. Nokia's head of sales and manufacturing, Anssi Vanjoki told the Financial Times that he doesn't "see that WiMax is taking hold anywhere in a big way," more