Articles tagged with: Mts and Edge

World's First Femtocell Standard Published by 3GPP

Three trade bodies, The Femto Forum, 3GPP and the Broadband Forum have jointly announced that the world's first femtocell standard has been officially published by 3GPP, paving the way for interoperability between different vendors' access points and femto gateways. The new standard, which forms part of 3GPP's Release 8, and interdependent with Broadband Forum extensions to its Technical Report-069 (TR-069), has been completed in just 12 months following cooperation between the three groups. more

Related Tags: 3g, sim, privacy, lte, core-network, ovi, femtocell, 3gpp, femto-forum, femtocells, umts, interoperability

Sony Ericsson Shows Off New Clam-Shell Phone

Sony Ericsson has announced its latest mobile phone, the clam-shell T707, a phone that lights up when you receive a call and you can personalise the light settings to each of your friends, so you always know who wants you. If you are too busy to answer, simply end the call with a wave of your hand over the screen - you can also do the same gesture to snooze the alarm. more

Related Tags: sony-ericsson, 3g, sim, ericsson, sony, partner, wave

ZTE, Other 3G Device Providers Play Active Role in Deploying 3G Networks in China

CCID, a research firm in China disclosed recently in an industry report which predicted that the rapid deployment of 3G networks in China will eventually result in the creation of about 660,000 3G subscriber lines by Q3 this year. This will make China the country with the largest 3G network construction in the world. more

Toshiba Offers Up Details of Snapdragon Smartphone

Toshiba has announced the details of its much heralded Snapdragon based smartphone - the Toshiba TG01. The Toshiba TG01 will be available across Europe in Summer 2009. more

New 5 Megapixel Cameraphone from Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson has shown off a 5 megapixel camera with sliding lens cover. The phone also includes recent software developments, including Face Detection, which finds up to three people in the frame at a time and Smile Shutter, which automatically picks out natural smiles. more

Related Tags: sony-ericsson, gps, hspa, ericsson, sony, lens

Global Mobile Market to Exceed US$900 Billion in 2008

A report from IDATE says that the world telecom services market is estimated at US$1,365 billion in 2008 - a 4.2% increase over the year before - and is expected to be worth over US$1,416 billion in 2009. With a total turnover estimated at US$742.2 billion in 2008, mobile services account for 54% of the telecom services market and single handedly deliver all of the sector's growth. But the annual growth rate has dropped from more than 12% in 2007 to 8% in 2008. more

Low-Cost Cyber-Shot Cameraphone from Sony Ericsson

Sony Ericsson has shown off a new mobile phone - the C510 Cyber-shot, its most affordable Cyber-shot phone to date, and an application upgrade to the C905 Cyber-shot phone.

The C510 Cyber-shot comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera (described as "reliable", as if previous models were not?) along with Smile Shutter - a technology that detects a person's smile and immediately takes the photo. more

Related Tags: sony-ericsson, hspa, ericsson, hp, camera-phone

ST-NXP Wireless Brings 3G/UMA to Mass Market

ST-NXP Wireless says the world's first 3G unlicensed mobile access (UMA) chipset platform is now in mass production, paving the way for a new range of converged fixed and mobile phones with enhanced multimedia capabilities. more

100 Million New UMTS Subscribers in Past Year

3G Americas, a wireless industry trade association representing the GSM family of technologies has reported that Umts/HSPA technology added over 100 million subscriptions in the twelve months ending in the third quarter 2008 - achieving a significant milestone in subscriber additions. more

Related Tags: hspa, hsupa, mobile-broadband, dongle, latin-america, usb, caribbean

Russia's MTS Profits Down on Currency Losses - Delays Network Upgrades

Russia's Mobile TeleSystems (mts) has reported a 21% drop in 3rd quarter net profits to US$515.6 million, which the company put down to currency losses on its US dollar debt. Consolidated revenues were up 27% y-o-y to US$2.8 billion due to subscriber additions, rising voice traffic and VAS adoption throughout the Group more

Related Tags: capex, hspa, vas, moscow, mobile-telesystems, Russia