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Articles tagged with: W CDMA and Tim
Top-five handset OEM signs first Coolteq deal
Nujira, a developer of mobile phone platforms says that it has signed a deal with an unnamed handset manufacturer to provide its Coolteq-l handset development platform. The unnamed customer is reported to be one of the world's top five handset makers. more
Related Tags: coolteq, nujira, power-amplifiers, hsupa, cdma, ovi, lte, wcdma, edge, 3g, 3gpp, seven, oem, bandwidth
Caribbean & Latin America - CDMA Enters its "Sunset" Phase
The technology story in the Caribbean & Latin America (CALA) region is simple: most US based technologies are in full retreat, while the international GSM/w-cdma standards are proliferating. During the quarter, the number of customers connected to AMPS, TDMA and CDMA systems declined by 4.4m overall, bringing the number of disconnections so far this year to 19.9m, or 5.2% of the starting base. more
Related Tags: 3g, sim, ict, rural, cdma, iden, gsm, vivo
Smartphone sales buck the recession
A report by Infonetics Research is forecasting an 8% drop in the total number of mobile phones sold in 2009, to 1.1 billion worldwide (down from 1.2 billion in 2008), in line with predictions from Nokia, among others. Smartphones were the best-performing segment of the mobile phones market in 2008 and the only segment to show unit and revenue growth in the second half of the year as the world economy entered recession. more
Related Tags: android, nokia, iphone, smartphone, samsung, wimax, motorola, eu, ict, smartphones, cdma, hspa, ericsson, lg, infonetics-research, symbian, open-source, wimax,, gsm, operating-system
New Zealand telco, Digital Island says that it has signed a MVNO deal with Telecom New Zealand to add mobile phone services to its portfolio. The firm will carry out a two month pilot with existing customers beginning in April, followed by a full commercial service from July. more
Related Tags: nokia, sim, samsung, mvno, cdma, ovi, telecom-new-zealand, partner, New Zealand
Brazil's Penetration Set to Surpass 80% as Total Market Reaches 140m
Brazilian penetration is racing upwards, with a 14.0pp gain in the twelve months ending 30th September 2008 taking the figure to 73.2%. This compares to an 8.3pp gain in the prior twelve months. At the time of writing, penetration is likely to be approaching 80%, and although it is common for markets to slow down as 100% penetration is neared, a penetration rate in excess of 90% by the end of 2009 is a possibility. more
Related Tags: cdma, tim-brasil, brasil-telecom, oi, gsm, vivo, claro, Brazil
Italian Market continues to slow but Wind weathers storm
For the second successive quarter the Italian mobile market saw a net loss to its customer base, a decline of 0.17m taking the total below 85m with an end-quarter figure of 84.93m. Almost a quarter of a million customers were lost in the first half of the year. As a result, annual net additions were at their lowest level for four years with a twelve-month gain of 4.08m, while proportionate growth of 5.0% was the worst figure for five years. more
Related Tags: vodafone, wind, hutchison, Italy