Articles tagged with: Voip and 3G

3 UK to Scrap Top-Up Fee Requirement for Skype Users

Hutchison 3G UK (3 UK) has announced that it will offer unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and instant messages at no charge to anyone with a 3 SIM card. Starting from next month, there will be no data charges or top-up fees for either contract or pay-as-you-go customers who use Skype on 3's UK network. Anyone with a 3 UK branded Skype-enabled handset will be able to buy a 3 SIM and talk as much as they want to other Skype users without ever having to pay another penny. more

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Telefonica Conducts 1st Tests of LTE Network in Spain

Spain's Telefónica has conducted its first tests on a live LTE network, installed at its Demonstrations Centre in Madrid. These initial real demonstrations or tests consisted of a voip call, and a videocall using an LTE mini-network installed by Ericsson; a video conference, and data and images downloads at speeds in excess of 140 Mbps, around 10 times those possible with current 3G networks using HSPA technology. more

Related Tags: tim, lte, hspa, ericsson, hsupa, usb-modem, mobile-broadband, telefonica, netbooks, hsdpa, Spain

Starent Networks Introduces Service Convergence Platform

Starent Networks has announced its XT30 Service Convergence Platform allowing operators to tap into existing mobile core networks in order to deploy new multimedia services on next generation Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks. This platform provides innovative voice and messaging solutions that bridge devices between legacy and next generation networks, and supports applications such as converged voip, Femtocells, messaging and presence solutions. more

iSkype Therefore iPhone

voip provider Skype has confirmed speculation and announced that it has launched a Skype application for the Apple iPhone, which will be available on the Apple App Store from today. The app also adds Skype calling and instant messaging to any second generation iPod touch with a compatible headset and microphone. more

Related Tags: wi-fi, iphone, skype, apple, ipod, edge, ovi, app-store, instant-messaging, gprs, presence

Comsys Mobile Offers WiMAX-GSM Handset Reference Platform

Fabless semiconductor vendor, Comsys Mobile has announced the launch of their latest ComMAX reference design platform, the CM1125RD - an optimized multimode mobile WiMAX/GSM-EDGE smartphone reference design platform. Based on the ComMAX CM1125 baseband processor and integrating solutions from Comsys Mobile's partners, it incorporates all the features and functionalities required of smartphones, from antennae up to application processor. more

Related Tags: m1, semiconductor, smartphone, wimax, mobile-wimax, edge, smartphones, gps, wimax-forum, ovi, battery, ims, gsm, life

Telecom Operators in Emerging Markets to Benefit from Technology Transfer in 2009

Over 50 telecom operators around the world are expected to benefit from new capacity-building programmes this year, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has announced. more

Related Tags: wimax, ict, rural, edge, wimax,

3G Americas Reiterates Need for Industry to Move Towards IPv6 Addressing

Industry trade body, 3G Americas has published a white paper which is outlining the needs in the Americas region to plan a transition to the internet addressing system, IPv6. The explosive growth in the wireless industry has created a requirement for always-available IP addresses. IPv4 addresses are rapidly diminishing and are likely to exhaust by 2012. more

Nokia to Integrate Skype VoIP Services into Nokia Phones

Skype and Nokia have announced a partnership that will bring Skype's voip platform to the Nokia range of mobile phones. Under the terms of the cooperation, Skype will be integrated into Nokia devices, starting with the Nokia Nseries. The Nokia N97 device will be the first to incorporate the Skype experience in the 3rd quarter of 2009. more

Related Tags: wi-fi, nokia, sim, skype, rsa, symbian, presence

Femtocell - a Revolutionary Residential Gateway for Fixed-Mobile Substitution

Much has been said about femtocells in recent times. Frost & Sullivan senior industry analyst M. Kumaresan believes that femtocells have the potential to revolutionize 3G services by enhancing user experience within an indoor environment, while serving as a major revenue proposition for mobile operators. more

Nokia Siemens Networks gives voice to LTE

With a simple upgrade to their circuit switched core network, over 220 of Nokia Siemens Networks' customer operators can smoothly start offering Voice over LTE much sooner than they thought. Nokia Siemens Networks says that they have developed a smart approach for providing voice service over LTE networks that operators can implement with simple and cost-effective software and hardware upgrades to their existing 3GPP circuit-switch core network. more