Articles tagged with: O2 and Edge

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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Nokia Siemens Wins Contracts in Czech Republic and Slovakia

Telefónica o2 has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to extend its mobile networks in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Under a three-year contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will be the sole supplier of the 2G and optionally 3G networks covering Slovakia and 2G and 3G in the Czech Republic's two major cities, Prague and Brno. more

Telefonica: ICTs can reduce 15% of global emissions by 2020

Telefónica has pledged to lead an information and communication technologies (ICT) industry initiative to cut global Co2 emissions by 15 per cent before 2020. The world's fourth largest telecommunications company reinforced its drive to combat climate change by challenging ICTs to step up the development of energy-efficient devices, applications and networks. more

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HTC SHows Off Two New Smartphones

.. based HTC Corp. has unveiled two new flagship devices, the HTC Touch Diamond2 and HTC Touch Pro2, which both support HTC's latest TouchFLO 3D interface. TouchFLO 3D has been more deeply integrated into a customized version of Windows Mobile 6 more

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Doubling the GSM Voice Capacity with Standard Handsets

For the first time in the world, four calls have been carried in one GSM radio timeslot. This significant step in GSM evolution path was taken today by Nokia Siemens Networks who successfully completed a drive test for the Orthogonal Sub Channel (OSC), that doubles the voice capacity of GSM radio network. more

Ericsson Wins Slovakian Network Core Contract

Ericsson has been chosen as sole supplier by T-Mobile Slovakia for mobile core IP infrastructure. The contract, which includes Redback's SmartEdge products, will boost network capacity and manage increased traffic growth. more

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Telefonica Gets a Debt Ratings Upgrade

Fitch Ratings has upgraded Telefonica and its subsidiary o2's Long-term Issuer Default ratings (IDRs) to 'A-'(A minus) from 'BBB+', respectively. The agency has simultaneously upgraded Telefonica Finance USA's preference shares to 'BBB+' from 'BBB'. Telefonica's short term rating of F2 is affirmed. more

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Huawei Wins Czech 3G and GSM Network Contract

Telefƒ³nica o2 Czech Republic says that it has awarded a contract to Huawei to provide UMTS network infrastructure and modernization of its 2G network to include an EDGE upgrade. No financial details were provided.
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Nokia Siemens Picks Up Germany Network Contracts

Nokia Siemens Networks has won a three-year contract with Telefonica o2 Germany to enhance the capability of o2's 2G and 3G networks by upgrading some 200 base stations. The company said that it also won a separate "modernization project" with o2. more

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

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