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Articles tagged with: Nokia and Rural
Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments Down by 15.8% in First Quarter
The worldwide mobile phone market began 2009 with an expected sequential downturn, exacerbated by the challenges of the ongoing worldwide recession. According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, vendors shipped a total of 244.8 million units in the first quarter of 2009 (1Q09), approximately 15.8% lower than the 290.8 million units shipped during 1Q08. The first quarter of a new year is typically characterized by seasonally lower shipment volumes following a busy holiday quarter with channels clearing out excess inventory. But the 1Q09 decline was especially sharp due to weak end-user demand, currency volatility, and lack of credit for merchants as consumers and the supply chain adapt to the recession. more
Related Tags: motorola, idc, samsung, lg, sony-ericsson, ericsson, ovi, driving, smartphones, sony, sharp, oem, sanjay-jha, pace, africa, feature-phones
Telefonica and Nokia partner to mobilize education in Latin America
Telefonica and nokia have signed an agreement to bring educational content to remote schools in Latin America through the use of mobile technology. The agreement will expand the current scope of Telefonica Foundation's "Proniño" and "Educared" social programs - two private initiatives focused on using information and communications technologies in the improvement of the quality of education in the region. more
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Vodafone New Zealand Expects to Complete 3G Upgrade Early
Vodafone New Zealand says that it plans to complete its rollout of 3G coverage to 97% of the places New Zealanders live work and play by the end of this May, a year ahead of schedule. more
Related Tags: 3g, base-station, vodafone, outsourcing, telecom-new-zealand, customer-care, nokia-siemens-networks, 900mhz, siemens, partner, nokia-siemens, play, New Zealand
Using Mobile Phones to Boost Health Care Provision
Three of the world's leading foundations involved in global health, technology and humanitarian assistance - the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations Foundation and The Vodafone Foundation - have announced an agreement to form the Mobile Health (mHealth) Alliance, a partnership that will work to maximize the impact of mobile health, especially in the developing world. more
Related Tags: google, microsoft, cisco, cisco, qualcomm, itu, vodafone, lte, mit, gsma, smart, vodafone-foundation, united-nations, mhealth, nokia,, health
A group of charities in India which help transgendered people (known as hijras) away from begging and prostitution have signed a deal to set up a mobile phone assembly factory. nokia, Motorola and Foxconn have sub-contracted assembling of spare parts to the MASS Trust. more
Related Tags: foxconn, motorola, wikipedia, itu, tamil-nadu, nokia,, India
Nothing kills innovation like having to reinvent the wheel. Imagine how dull your diet would be if you had to build a new stove and hammer out a few cooking pots every time you wanted to test a new recipe. Until just a couple of years ago, electronics researchers testing new high-speed wireless technologies faced just this sort of problem; they had to build every test system completely from scratch. more
Related Tags: motorola, ericsson, nasa, testing, nokia,, students, toyota, mango
Europe to Boost Rural Broadband Internet Access
The European Commission says that it is earmarking €1 billion (US$1.3 billion) to achieve 100 % high-speed internet coverage for all European citizens by 2010 as part of the European Economic Recovery Plan. On average, 93 % of Europeans can enjoy a high speed online connection but in some countries broadband covers less than half of the rural population. more
Related Tags: european-commission, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, eu, satellite, oecd, television, eu27
China's Handset Market Market to Defy Economic Downturn
Defying an expected 10.7 percent decline in global mobile handset shipments, China's domestic wireless phone market is set to maintain its growth in 2009, with a 7.7 percent increase for the year, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: samsung, isuppli, huawei, 3g-license, zte, china-mobile, cdma, gsm, smart, 3g-licenses, global-mobile, China
Huawei Finally Wins Costa Rican 3G Contract
Huawei has won a US$235 million contract to build a 3G network in Costa Rica, according to local media. Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) deputy manager Claudio Bermudez said the 3G network should be operational throughout the Central American nation by the end of 2009. more
Related Tags: wimax, itu, huawei, zte, ice, tdma, 3g-network, Costa Rica
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