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Articles tagged with: Smart and GSM
Palm Pre Stands to Shake Up Smart Phone Status Quo
Palm's new Pre smart phone holds strong potential for robust sales growth, and may have a major influence on other platforms as well as the technology supply chain, according to iSuppli Corp. Palm Pre shipments could amount to 1.1 million units in 2009. However, if Palm quickly introduces a new Pre that supports the 3G GSM standard, sales could rise to 1.3 million during the year. Furthermore, if Palm opens up the licensing of its webOS operating system used in the Pre, the software could have a wider influence beyond the company's own products. more
Related Tags: palm, palm-pre, isuppli, operating-system, lcd, displays, widgets, display, os, webos
Electricity Meters to Transmit Usage Data over T-Mobile Network
Echelon Corp. and T-Mobile USA have announced an alliance to accelerate the adoption of the smart grid in the North American market by reducing the communications cost of smart meters through the deployment of Echelon's Networked Energy Services (NES) system over T-Mobile's GSM network. As part of the agreement, Echelon will utilize an embedded T-Mobile SIM within a cellular radio module to enable all the Echelon smart meters on a given low voltage transformer to communicate back to the utility over the smart grid, and T-Mobile will offer users of Echelon's NES system and pricing plans for data usage. more
Related Tags: echelon, t-mobile-usa, electricity-meters, smart-grid, eu, sim, t-mobile, , driving, tim, ovi, iden, backhaul, operating-system, billing, security, smart-meters, health, embedded-sim,
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, o2, tim, china-mobile, cdma, ovi, iden, nortel, bts, beijing, cmcc
Chinese Handset Production Growth Down to Single Figures
..nd its advantages in smart phones and WCDMA baseband chips, accounts for 13% of the total market. In light of the growth in the recent years, TI's position in mobile handset chips market has been weakened significantly. In the meantime, TI is m more
Related Tags: broadcom, wi-fi, 3g, nokia, mobile-tv, motorola, wcdma, qualcomm, ict, itu, gps, driving, td-scdma, cdma, memory-chips, memory, ccid-consulting, mp3, freescale, global-mobile, China
Toshiba Moves into NFC Capable SIM Market
Toshiba has announced the development of a SIM card for use within mobile phones supporting NFC (Near Field Communication) services - which it expects to start sampling from Q3 this year. Toshiba's newly developed USIM card meets the latest specifications of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute-smart Card Platform (ETSI SCP) and the GSM Association (GSMA). It is also compatible with the GSMA's Pay-Buy-Mobile programme, and offers full support for mobile contactless services, and meets all the security levels required for international payment applications. more
Related Tags: sim-card, sim, nfc, near-field-communication, gsm-association, itu, toshiba, smart-card, usim
China's Handset Market Market to Defy Economic Downturn
..ducts of 2009. However, smart phones and handsets supporting 3G and the China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) standard also will represent high-growth segments. In term of total unit shipments, Huawei and ZTE are likely to be the leaders more
Related Tags: nokia, samsung, isuppli, rural, huawei, 3g-license, zte, china-mobile, cdma, 3g-licenses, global-mobile, China
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