Mobile and Wireless
Intel, Nokia announce strategic relationship
Intel and Nokia have announced a long-term relationship to develop a new class of Intel Architecture-based mobile computing device and chipset architectures, aimed at combining the performance of powerful computers with high-bandwidth mobile broadband communications and ubiquitous internet connectivity. To realise this shared vision, both companies are expanding their relationship to define a new mobile [...]
Ericsson to acquire Elcoteq’s operations in Tallinn
Ericsson has signed an agreement with Elcoteq, a supplier to Ericsson, for part of its manufacturing operations in Estonia. The purchase price is E30m, relating to inventory and some minor assets. The agreement also includes transfer of about 1,200 employees. Ericsson expects the move to secure manufacturing capacity in Estonia. The company’s decision is claimed [...]
Ericsson provides converged IP solution to O2 in Germany
Ericsson has been selected to provide Telefonica O2 Germany with an IMS core system with an IMS-based VoIP application server. These two contracts include hardware deployment and software systems integration services. This will see O2 migrate its existing fixed and mobile systems into a converged IP-based Next-generation network (NGN). Ericsson will also integrate in Germany [...]
Airtel, Alca-Lu form managed services joint venture
Bharti Airtel, an integrated telecom service provider headquartered in India, and Alcatel-Lucent, a communication solutions provider, have formed a joint venture to manage Bharti Airtel’s pan-India broadband and telephone services and help Airtel’s transition to next generation networks. Under the joint venture, Alcatel-Lucent will design, plan, deploy, optimise and manage Bharti Airtel’s broadband and telephone [...]
Ericsson, Mobicom bring mobile broadband to Mongolia
Mongolian operator Mobicom has launched a high-speed mobile broadband network in the country, powered by Ericsson’s HSPA technology. The launch will enable Mobicom to introduce mobile broadband services to its subscribers across Mongolia, starting in the capital Ulaanbaatar. Ericsson informed that its HSPA technology is aimed at providing fast data-transmission speeds, boosting network capacity and [...]
Vip, RIM launch BlackBerry Storm in Serbia
Vip mobile, a member of Mobilkom Austria, and Research In Motion (RIM) have introduced the BlackBerry Storm smartphone – featuring a ‘clickable’ touch-screen – to customers in Serbia. Purpose-built for Vodafone and its partners, the smartphone will be available in Vip mobile centers across Serbia. The price starts from RSD1 including a 1GB data package [...]
Globe Telecom launches Acision-powered fixed-mobile convergence solution
Acision, a messaging company, and Globe Telecom, a telecommunications company in the Philippines, have launched a fully convergent solution that works across both fixed and mobile networks for post-paid subscribers. Enabled by Acision’s real-time, location-based charging solutions, Acision Flexible Charger and Acision Location Gateway, the service is designed to boost network traffic, primarily voice, by [...]
Orange inks mobile and internet deal with Wikimedia
Orange and the Wikimedia Foundation have announced a wide-ranging strategic partnership designed to mutually benefit each organisation’s users by extending the way people can access free knowledge. Orange, the European telco player, will initially provide customers in France, the UK, Spain and Poland with access to co-branded content from the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation [...]
Telefonica, Nokia partner to ‘mobilise’ education in Latin America
Telefonica and Nokia have signed a strategic agreement to bring educational content to remote schools in Latin America through the use of mobile technology. The two companies aim to transform the delivery of education in isolated areas as a way to close the digital inclusion gap in the region and promote social development. The agreement [...]
Airtel offers 1 cent/min call rates from US to India
Bharti Airtel, an integrated telecom services provider headquartered in India, has launched a calling rate of 1 cent a minute on its online calling card service Airtelcallhome.com. The company believes this will enable NRIs (Non-resident Indians) in the US to call friends and family back in India at competitive rates in the market. Airtel has [...]
