Wireless
Orange, RIM launch BlackBerry solution in Armenia
Orange Armenia and Research In Motion (RIM) have introduced the BlackBerry solution in Armenia. The BlackBerry solution brings together smartphones, software and services to allow wireless access to e-mail, phone, calendar, web, multimedia and other business and lifestyle applications.
With this launch Orange customers will be able to use BlackBerry smartphones to stay connected to people [...]
American Tower subsidiary acquires Essar Telecom Infrastructure
American Tower’s Indian subsidiary, Transcend Infrastructure (TIL), has acquired Essar Telecom Infrastructure (ETIPL) from the Essar Group, for approximately $430m in cash.
Pursuant to the transaction, which was previously announced in February 2010, the company acquired ETIPL’s portfolio of over 4,600 wireless communications tower sites, as well as a number of towers under construction.
The acquired portfolio [...]
RIM announces BlackBerry App World updates
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced updates to BlackBerry App World, the official application store for BlackBerry smartphones. BlackBerry App World provides BlackBerry smartphone customers with an integrated service for discovering, downloading, recommending and managing mobile applications for personal or business use. BlackBerry App World now supports new payment options, includes discovery and search features, [...]
Verizon Wireless launches Samsung Intensity II
Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) have announced that the Samsung Intensity II is now available online. The device will be available in Verizon Wireless stores in the coming weeks.
Made partly from recycled plastic, the Intensity II boasts a horizontal slide-out QWERTY keyboard, a music player, one-touch access to social networking sites, and [...]
Singtel offers data plans for iPad with Wi-fi + 3G in Singapore
Singtel is now offering dedicated data plans for iPad with Wi-fi + 3G in Singapore. All data plans come with a MicroSIM card and will be available without a contract, aiming to provide the freedom to activate a plan at any time.
The company said it will offer an affordable range of plans with the option [...]
Movial launches end-to-end MeeGo services, apps
Movial, a player in internet, Linux and mobile devices, has announced its end-to-end MeeGo Services for cross device and cross architecture development.
Movial said that it has leveraged its domain know-how in Maemo, Moblin and Qt to offer device manufacturers immediate design and integration know-how for commercialisation of devices and applications on MeeGo.
The company has also [...]
Dust unveils location sensing technology
Dust Networks, a supplier of standards-based wireless sensor networking products, is expanding the capabilities of its wireless sensor networking (WSN) technology to include location sensing.
Dust Networks has married its pioneering work in standards-based time synchronised mesh networking with new time-of-flight ranging capabilities to deliver the Time Synchronized Positioning Time-of-flight (TSPT).
Using multi-channel time-of-flight ranging on IEEE [...]
TVC Canada deploys Anda’s carrier ethernet solutions
Anda Networks, a player in fibre and copper-based access platforms for wireline networks or wireless backhaul applications, has announced a distribution partnership with TVC Canada, a regional unit of international distributor TVC Communications.
Through the partnership, TVC Canada will distribute Anda’s Carrier Ethernet solutions for business services and wireless backhaul capabilities, providing Canadian cable operators and [...]
Huawei appointed to Board of Directors of CWTA
Huawei, a provider of next-generation telecommunications network solutions, has announced the election of Carl Liu, President of Huawei Canada, to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA). The association is the authority on wireless issues, developments and trends in Canada.
Liu has 20 years experience in the telecommunications industry. Liu was most [...]
Sagem, UPEK partner on fingerprint-based identity capabilities
Sagem Wireless, a player in the design and delivery of customised connected lifestyle devices and services, has formed a partnership with UPEK to bring fingerprint identity capabilities to a range of new devices that Sagem Wireless is expected to launch later this year, including new Android-based mobile devices.
With fingerprint identity solutions offered by Sagem Wireless [...]
