Mobile and Wireless
TurboTax Allows Taxpayers to Prepare, File Taxes From Android Smartphones, Tablets
TurboTax, a software from Intuit, enables tax preparation and e-filing directly from a mobile device. TurboTax mobile apps for Android users include Snaptax, Taxcaster, Mytaxrefund and TurboTax Card Mobile. Here’s a quick look at each of them. SnapTax: This app is designed for taxpayers with a simple return (1040EZ). It allow users to prepare and [...]
Sonera wins 4G frequencies in Finnish auction
In a Finnish 4G frequency auction, Sonera was awarded frequencies with which it can build a next generation ‘super-fast mobile broadband network’ in Finland. Teliasonera has informed that the company will start building the network immediately, and aims to open the network for the first pilot customer during the first quarter of 2010. The company [...]
Ericsson to supply convergent charging, billing solution to Al-Madar
Ericsson has informed that it will provide Al-Madar Al-Jadid, a mobile operator in Libya, with a convergent charging and billing solution that will enable its mobile subscribers to enjoy benefits such as flexible tariffs and full control of costs, bonuses and rewards. Ericsson will also supply related systems integration services. Through this convergent charging and [...]
NTT Docomo launches movie creation service
NTT Docomo has launched a new service for movie creation, ‘Keitaide Dougawo Tsukurou’, which allows its users to compose and edit their own media content with the ability to create themes, tell stories and share with their friends by Ubitus Cloud Computing platform. Ubitus media effects solution is an on-the-fly media cloud processing and delivery [...]
Quova helps F5 improve its IP geolocation capability
F5 Networks, a player in Application Delivery Networking (ADN) and Quova, a provider of IP geolocation data and services, have announced a partnership and OEM agreement. The partnership is expected to improve F5′s ability to provide intelligent context-aware application delivery solutions to IT organisations worldwide. The Quova technology maps IP addresses and related data to [...]
Sybase 365, TNZI to launch joint IPX voice service
Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, a player in mobile messaging and mobile commerce services, and Telecom New Zealand International (TNZI), a division of Telecom New Zealand, a full-service telecommunications provider, have announced a new partnership for the availability of a joint IPX voice service offering. The companies are working together to offer a voice [...]
Ericsson completes Nortel acquisition in North America
Ericsson has completed its acquisition of substantially all of Nortel’s CDMA business and LTE assets in North America. The acquisition includes the transfer of important CDMA contracts with North American operators including Verizon, Sprint, US Cellular, Bell Canada, Telus and Leap, as well as LTE assets, certain patents and patent licences relating to CDMA and [...]
Qualcomm samples new smartphone chipset family
Qualcomm, a developer of wireless technologies, products and services, is sampling a new smartphone chipset family. The MSM7x30 family lays emphasis on multimedia performance, supporting high-definition video recording and playback, improved graphics with dedicated 2D and 3D cores, and an overall chip design optimised for a responsive Web experience. The company claims that its MSM7x30 [...]
Zayo Bandwidth expands fibre-to-tower service offerings
Zayo Bandwidth, a provider of bandwidth infrastructure solutions for carrier, enterprise and government customers, will deploy TDM and Ethernet services to an additional 300 wireless tower sites in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas of Pennsylvania in support of the current mobile platform and the upcoming transition to 4th generation technologies. The deployment is aimed [...]
Artificial Life to expand its business activities in China
Artificial Life recently announced its strategic decision to expand its business activities in China. All iPhone and iPod touch games and applications of Artificial Life will be translated into simplified Chinese and launched in China as soon as possible, the company informed. In addition, the company will create new and specially tailored iPhone & iPod [...]
