Articles tagged with: Nokia, and Edge

Rules Change in the Mobile Handset Outsourcing Business

With the structure of the mobile handset supply chain upended by the global economic crisis, the old rules for the contract manufacturing of wireless devices have been overturned, leaving new pitfalls for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers, according to iSuppli Corp. more

Nokia Working on "Augmented Reality" for Mobile Phones

The University of Southern California (USC) and Nokia's Research Center (NRC) in Hollywood have announced a research collaboration framework agreement that centers on advanced mobile user experiences. The umbrella framework agreement allows Nokia and USC to work together on multiple projects in a variety of areas and will streamline the process for commercializing USC inventions. more

Orascom Telecom Agrees to Resell Nokia's Ovi Platform

Orascom Telecom and Nokia have announced a cooperation to make Nokia's mobile content platform, Ovi available to Orascom Telecom customers in its countries of operation. Orascom Telecom operates GSM networks in Algeria (Djezzy), Pakistan (Mobilink), Egypt (Mobinil), Tunisia (Tunisiana), Bangladesh (Banglalink) and Zimbabwe (Telecel Zimbabwe). more

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Mobile Phone Content Developer Platform Adds Video Information

dotMobi has announced the inclusion of Mobizoft video content adaptation data into its mobile device capabilities database, DeviceAtlas. As forecast by analyst firm Infonetics Research, the number of worldwide mobile video subscribers is set to soar to over 46 million by 2010. To help content providers take advantage of that, Mobizoft, a provider of mobile Internet-enabling products, now contributes its device-level data to help DeviceAtlas users create content for the burgeoning mobile broadcast market. more

Related Tags: ofta, mobile-video, mobile-content, dotmobi

EU Nations to Push DVB-H Over Other Mobile TV Standards

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Mobile Phone Market Shrugs Off the Economic Downturn

World stock markets have recently taken a beating and the US domestic market teeters on the edge of recession but based on just-released mobile device shipment figures, it seems no one bothered to tell the mobile handset vendors, except for Motorola. more

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Most Telecom Carriers will Fail to Transform into Successful Content Enablers

Traditional telecom carriers can no longer rely on conventional competitive tactics such as price cuts, promotions and basic product bundling to maintain their edge in the consumer segment, warned Gartner. Speaking at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, Gartner analysts today said that non-traditional telecom players like Apple, Google and nokia, which have a strong understanding of consumers, are adopting new business models that are forcing carriers to reassess their approach and service delivery. more

Nortel: The dilemmas of wireless broadband adoption

The primary concern is the cost of handsets, which according to Kevin Taylor, Nortel's VP for mobility and converged core networks, can amount to 70% of an operator's costs when launching a new service. That cost can easily translate into a prohibitively high cost of the service for the end consumer. more

UPDATE: Nokia Jumps Into Online Music, Adds New Phones

Mobile Phone Vendors Face Product Price Hit

According to IDC's latest EMEA Mobile Phone Tracker, the first quarter of 2007 witnessed total mobile phone shipments (including traditional mobile phones and converged devices) of 89 million units, representing year-on-year growth of 9%, which is up from around 82 million units in 1Q06. more

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