Archive for March, 2009
ZTE India Banking On 3G, Mobile Devices
Business Standard, India
DK Ghosh, CMD, ZTE Telecom India, added that their mobile devices are expected to contribute up to 30 per cent of ZTE India’s revenues. He said: “On the handset front, we will broaden our focus from just the lower-end mobile phones to smartphones in …
Topics: India, broadband, telecom, handset, phone, 3G
India Is Prime For Telecom Growth
Geek.com
An entire report titled “Indian 3G Mobile Forecast to 2012” is available, for a fee, at RNCOS, a leading market research and information analysis company. The report identifies several important telecom market companies operating in India…
Topics: telecom, 3G, India
China TechFaith Pushes New Line Of 3G Mobile Phones
China Wireless News, China
Chinese mobile phone manufacturer Qiao Xing Mobile Communication Company Ltd. will co-launch high-end 3G mobile phones in China with China TechFaith Wireless Communication Technology Limited.
Topics: CDMA, wireless, China Wireless News, handset, China, 3G
China Unicom: To Launch 3G Services In 55 Cities On May 17
Wall Street Journal, Hong Kong
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (CHU) Chief Executive Chang Xiaobing said Tuesday the company plans to launch third-generation wireless services in 55 cities on May 17. Chief Financial Officer Tong Jilu said separately the company …
Topics: iPhone, telecom, Asia, wireless, Hong Kong, 3G, China, China Telecommunications, China Unicom, China Telecom
RBC Says iPhone 3G ‘Pro’ won’t Boost iPhone Momentum
Apple Insider, VA
That said, one international expansion prospect with “big” potential is China, Abramsky told clients. Assuming Apple finalizes a deal with the nation’s second-largest wireless provider China Unicom, he believes the company could sell upwards of 1.5…
Topics: telecommunications, China Telecom, wireless, Gizmo, telecom, China, China Telecommunications, iPhone, 3G
China Mobile’s Nanjing Branch Overcharges Users
China Wireless News, China
The Nanjing branch of China Mobile has reportedly been involved in illegal charges of up to CNY30 million. According to local Chinese media, a national special audit of telecom costs arranged by the National Development…
Topics: China Mobile, China Wireless News, consumer, China, wireless, telecom
China Mobile Is Unaware of Investment Plans for MTN Assets
Bloomberg
The Chinese carrier is “not aware” of the investment plans reported by the newspaper, said Rainie Lei, a spokeswoman for Hong Kong-listed China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest mobile-phone carrier. China Mobile continues to seek suitable overseas …
Topics: Africa, carrier, China Telecom, telecom, Hong Kong, China Mobile, telecommunications, China Telecommunications, South Africa, wireless
Samsung Selects Chinese Firm For Chipsets
China Wireless News, China
China-based wireless baseband chipset provider Spreadtrum Communications has become Samsung’s newest supplier.
Spreadtrum’s QS520 GSM/GPRS and QS1001 EDGE transceivers have been designed into Samsung’s mobile…
Topics: wireless, China, China Wireless News
China Unicom: iPhone Negotiation Has Not Been Settled
China Wireless News, China
Chang Xiaobing, chairman of China Unicom, said while attending the recent China IT Leaders & CEO Shenzhen Summit 2009 that the negotiation between Apple and China Unicom for the introduction of iPhone into China is still ongoing and the result of the negotiation is also an open question.
Topics: iPhone, China, China Wireless [...]
China Satcom Dismemberment To Be Completed On April 1
Interfax, China
China Telecom is to absorb the telecommunications business of China Satcom on April 1.
Topics: China Telecom, China, telecommunications, telecom
Don’t Let Daylight Saving Confuse Your Phone This Weekend
Press Release, Telstra, Melbourne
With some mobile phones still set to traditional daylight saving time, Telstra has advised customers in NSW, Victoria, the ACT, Tasmania and South Australia to check their handsets on the morning of Sunday 29 March to ensure their device’s time setting has not automatically wound back a week early.
Review: Skype for iPhone. Verdict: Awesome.
In a few short hours, you will be able to download the native Skype iPhone client and install it on your iPhones and iPod Touch devices. And when you do, you’ll be able to replicate almost all of Skype’s functions. The reason I say almost is because the iPhone version of the app doesn’t support [...]
Is Video Communications On The Phone The Next Big Push?
Over the last few days as a lead up to CTIA in Las Vegas there has been a push from AT&T about video communications on mobile phones.
Blog RSS Feed: VoIP Watch
Topics: Las Vegas, USA, CNET, phone, wireless, AT&T, Nokia, iPhone, VoIP, blog
No More SkypePhone @ 3 ?
It looks like the SkypPhone2 has bit the dust with mobile operator 3 in favor of the newer and shinier Inq1. But they still do seem to be available in other 3 served countries like Australia.
Blog RSS Feed: VoIP Watch
Topics: carrier, AT&T, France, call, Australia, countries, 3G, calls, cellular, Skype
Samsung’s Touchscreen Finesse Heads to MetroPCS
Today Samsung showed off the SCH-r810 Finesse, a new touch phone bound for MetroPCS. It has quad-band 800/1700/1900/2100 MHz CDMA 1x for data. The Finesse runs Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface complete with widgets, and has a full HTML web …
Blog RSS Feed: Phone Scoop
Topics: phone, blog
Finalized Standard or Not, 802.11n Continues to Grow
The gradual deployment of 802.11n continues. The process, which was no doubt delayed by the inability of the industry to finish off the standard, seems to be moving along. IT World offers a good summation of where things stand.
Blog RSS Feed: Caller IP
Topics: call, blog
Ring! Ring! Hot News, 30th March 2009
In Today’s Issue: Sony Ericsson warns on profits, top exec quits – we reveal the Sharapova factor; new SE gadget advertised as “comes with BBC iPlayer”; Moto shuts down video store; high speeds with unfeasible numbers of copper lines; Blockbuster’s CPE video distribution play; Nokia cans $5bn worth of outsourcing contracts; CAPEX down 20%; horror [...]
TUANZ Endorses Crown Fibre Proposal
Computerworld New Zealand, New Zealand
The proposal notes: “The government is confident that the development of an ultra-fast broadband network will provide New Zealanders with the base infrastructure that will support advanced broadband services, including high-speed, real-time internet …
Topics: broadband, government, Internet, New Zealand, TUANZ
Inquiry Likely On Roaming Charges
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand
NZ Communications said it wanted to be up and running and the commercial agreements were not linked to the wider debate about the investigation. For the past five months Rebstock has been filling in for the New Zealand telecommunications commissioner …
Topics: New Zealand, New Zealand Telecom, NZ Communications, regulation, telecom, telecommunications
NZ Unveils High-Speed Broadband Network Proposal
Wall Street Journal
Telecom Corp. of New Zealand (TEL.NZ), the country’s dominant telecoms operator, would have to decide whether to join the scheme, or continue its current plan which was to build fiber to street cabinets servicing 84% of lines by 2011/2012 that will …
Topics: broadband, government, New Zealand, telecom, telecoms
