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Articles tagged with: Wind
Three Bidders for Italian 3G Radio Spectrum
Italy's Ministry of Economic Development has announced that three of the country's four incumbent operators have submitted bids for additional 3G radio spectrum. Telecom Italy, Vodafone and wind have submitted bids, but Hutchison 3G Italy (3 Italia) chose not to, despite requesting tender documents. more
Related Tags: telecom-italy, vodafone, hutchison-3g--italy, 3-italia, hutchison, Italy
Fitch: European High-Grade Telecoms Maintain Good Liquidity
..an TMT group. "Many telecom companies have been keen to take advantage of the open window by securing early refinancing flexibility even though financing costs have escalated." Recent demand for telecom paper has remained strong as mos more
Related Tags: fitch-ratings, deutsche-telekom, telefonica, telecom-italia, kpn, portugal-telecom, vodafone, capex, iden, eu
Mobile Application Revenues to reach $25bn by 2014 as Apps Stores Hit Mass Market
Direct and indirect revenues from mobile applications are expected to exceed US$25 billion by 2014, with growth fuelled by a raft of store launches targeting both high-end and mass market handsets, according to a new report from Juniper Research. more
Related Tags: juniper-networks, vas, walled-garden, ovi, tim, smartphones, smartphone, compete, billing
Telecom Italia Mobile Lost 1.5 Million Customers in 2008
The Italian market lost a total of 135k customers over the year, with net losses in Q2 and Q4 trumping the smaller net gains in the other two periods. The year closed with a total base of 88.58m, compared to 88.72m, while penetration dropped from 152.6% to 152.4%. more
Related Tags: telecom-italia-mobile, tim, vodafone, h3g, eu, arpu, 3g, ovi, Italy
Turkish Operator Deploys Wind-Powered Base Station
Turkish mobile network operator, Avea has deployed what it says is the first hybrid wind-powered base station in the country. The new 6kW wind turbine was manufactured by Scottish firm Proven Energy and installed by Turkish resellers Girasolar. more
Related Tags: avea, wind-power, solar-power, base-station, orange, motorola, lte, sun, Turkey
Pannon Commissions Wind-Powered Base Station
Hungary based mobile network, Pannon says that it recently commissioned the country's first wind-powered base station. The village of Kálló in Nógrád County offers suitable wind conditions throughout the year, meaning the wind generator can contribute up to 50% of the base station's power demand. more
Related Tags: pannon, wind-power, base-station, solar-power, o2, tim, base-stations, Hungary
Ultrasound imaging now possible with a smartphone
Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand. more
Related Tags: washington-university, ultrasound, windows-mobile, microsoft, smartphone, rural, itu, smartphones, tim, vas, palm, massachusetts, windows, USA
EU calls on mobile operators to continue to improve child safety policies
Half of 10 year-old, 87% of 13 year-old and 95% of 16 year-old children in the EU have a mobile phone, but half of European parents worry mobile phone use might expose their children to sexually and violently explicit images (51%) or bullying by other children (49%), according to a survey. The European Commission has now called on mobile operators to do more to keep children safe while using mobile phones by putting in place all the measures in the voluntary code of conduct, signed by 26 mobile operators in 2007. more
Related Tags: orange, deutsche-telekom, 3g, sms, european-commission, eu, viviane-reding, gsm-association, itu, vodafone, teliasonera, lte, hutchison-3g, telenor, ovi, iden, telefonica, telecom-italia, kpn, teenagers, belgacom, gsm, hutchison, wind-hellas, btc, telekom, adult-content, Belgium
Next-Generation Mobile Broadband Technologies to Close the Gap With Fixed Broadband
..ploying 3G long-term evolution (LTE). Many operators will leapfrog from HSPA to 3G LTE, as the window of opportunity for HSPA Evolved is insignificant when compared to 3G LTE. Analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that by 2013, there will be more
Related Tags: 3g, base-station, mobile-data, smartphone, wimax, mobile-wimax, eu, smartphones, tim, lte, capex, hspa, ovi, mobile-broadband, backhaul, wimax,
Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech
This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more
Related Tags: android, google, sony-ericsson, wi-fi, microsoft, nokia, sim, iphone, samsung, wimax, apple, isuppli, sprint-nextel, gps, tim, lte, docomo, ericsson, ovi, palm, blackberry, rim, sony, kyocera, mobile-internet, touch-screen, navteq, sprint, nextel, smart, windows, las-vegas, ctia, kyocera-wireless