Articles tagged with: O2 and GSM
Tesco Expanding UK Mobile Phone Business
The UK's dominant grocery retailer, Tesco is to expand the number of its in-store "phone shops" which promote its own-brand MVNO products. The company is reported to be aiming to have 100 of its phone shops by the middle of next year, up from around 50 at the moment. more
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Nortel Software Upgrade Reduces GSM Base Station Power Consumption
Nortel is launching a "Smart Power Management" software platform that the company says helps reduce radio network power consumption in GSM networks and delivers significant energy and cost-savings for mobile operators. Power reductions that can be achieved through this solution were demonstrated in a trial conducted in February 2009 with China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC) - the parent company of Hong Kong listed China Mobile. more
Related Tags: sim, base-station, tim, china-mobile, cdma, ovi, iden, nortel, bts, smart, beijing
O2 Germany to Upgrade Network to Support 28Mbps Data Download Speeds
Telefónica o2 Germany has announced plans to upgrade its network to HSPA+, and start offering peak download speeds of up to 28Mbps in the second half of this year. The network upgrade will initially occur in Munich - where o2 has its headquarters. more
Related Tags: base-station, huawei, mts, hspa, telefonica, o2-germany, base-stations, telefonica-o2, Germany
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
Related Tags: sim, eu, gsm-association, rsa, ict, itu, edge, lte, telefonica, climate-change, telefonica-o2
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
Related Tags: nokia, base-station, edge, capex, nokia-siemens-networks, siemens, nokia-siemens

