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LTE key to mobile data growth, says Ericsson
Ericsson has highlighted trends that demonstrated strong growth in demand for Mobile Broadband and Long Term Evolution (LTE) services in the Middle East and around the world, as part of [...]
Ericsson teams up with MTN for m-wallet services
Ericsson MTN Group are establishing a strategic partnership to launch m-wallet services in Africa and the Middle East. MTN will become the first operator to deploy Ericsson Converged Wallet platform, [...]
Qualcomm boosts augmented reality technology with new brand, SDK
Qualcomm has released a version of its development kit for augmented reality apps, which from now on will be marketed under the Vuforia brand name. Augmented reality allows computer-generated content [...]
Ericsson to demo broadcast video over LTE
Ericsson in collaboration with Qualcomm, will demonstrate evolved Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (eMBMS) at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 in Barcelona. eMBMS is a highly efficient means of broadcasting content [...]
ZTE launches TD-LTE pico base station
ZTE has launched what is claimed to be the industry’s first, next-generation TD-LTE multi-mode Pico base station at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona, Spain. The new Pico base station [...]
Orange to release Intel-based Santa Clara smartphone
Mobile operator Orange has joined the companies backing Intel’s move into smartphones, and will start to ship the Android-based “Santa Clara” during the summer, it said on Monday. Today, ARM-based [...]
Greenpacket to showcase high-gain TDD LTE modem at MWC
Greenpacket, a developer of next generation mobile broadband and networking solutions, announced that it will reveal the world’s first high-gain TDD LTE modem at the upcoming Mobile World Congress. The [...]
Ericsson enters data centre market
At Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Ericssonis launching its new offering for building and optimising data centres. This is a prioritised area for telecom operators looking to offer public [...]
Etisalat to stop Indian network after losing mobile licenses
Middle-East mobile operator Emirates Telecommunications, known as Etisalat, is suspending its network and services in India, following a court order cancelling the mobile licenses of its Indian joint venture. The [...]
Nokia biggest Windows Phone vendor in Q4
Nokia shipped 900,000 Windows Phones during the fourth quarter, which was enough to become the world’s number one Microsoft smartphone vendor, market research company Strategy Analytics said on Friday. Microsoft’s [...]
Alcatel-Lucent integrates Wi-Fi with mobile networks
Alcatel-Lucent is integrating Wi-Fi with mobile networks with its lightRadio architecture, allowing users to move seamlessly between the two networks and authenticate using the SIM card, the company said on [...]
Nokia Siemens and Qualcomm to demo bandwidth boosting multiflow feature
Nokia Siemens Networks and Qualcomm are planning to demo a feature that will allow users to receive data from two base stations at the same time at Mobile World Congress [...]
LTE boosts mobile gear by 17% in 2012
Thanks to 4G LTE technology, the global market for mobile communications gear will grow 17% in 2012, according to research firm IHS, formerly iSuppli. The revenue received by manufacturers of [...]
STC selects Ericsson for LTE network
Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has selectedEricsson(NASDAQ:ERIC) as one of the main vendors in the company’s deployment of its LTE network inSaudi Arabia. Utilising Ericsson’s end-to-end LTE solution, STC will be [...]
Mobile World Congress sneak peek
It might be hard to imagine there will be that much more for makers of smartphones, tablets and other wireless offerings to reveal at Mobile World Congress at the end of this [...]
