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Alcatel-Lucent goes for mobile advertising

Alcatel-Lucent and 1020 Placecast, the leading cross-platform location-based advertising solution provider has announced that they will jointly provide mobile service providers and brands with a unique, location-based service – hosted by Alcatel-Lucent - that delivers highly relevant messaging and advertising to mobile consumers who opt into the service. More

Handset sales down, smartphones rise, says Gartner

Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 269.1 million units in the first quarter of 2009, a 9.4 per cent decrease from the first quarter of 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone sales surpassed 36.4 million units, a 12.7 per cent increase from the same period last year. "There were some signs of a recovery in markets such as North America and China, but overall sales in the first quarter of 2009 registered the biggest quarter-on-quarter contraction since Gartner began monitoring the market on a quarterly basis in 2001," More

Alcatel-Lucent and T-Systems agree on global framework

T-Systems and Alcatel-Lucent today announced they have concluded a global framework agreement under which Alcatel-Lucent is providing T-Systems and Deutsche Telekom with convergent communications solutions from its enterprise portfolio. This will make it even easier for T-Systems and the business customer branch of Deutsche Telekom, to supply their large enterprise customers (T-Systems) and business customers (DT), with proven IP solutions for voice and data networking. More

NSN wins Telenor Pakistan expansion contract

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has been awarded a frame contract to undertake Telenor Pakistan's network expansion over a period of five years. Telenor Pakistan, is further expanding its vast network and upgrading its infrastructure. This will enable the service provider to reach out to new subscribers, improve customer experience, and introduce additional feature-rich services quickly and cost effectively. More

Ericsson and Avea launch mobile broadband in Turkey

Turkish operator Avea will introduce high-speed mobile broadband services to its more than 12 million subscribers with the help of WCDMA/HSPA and mobile backhaul technology from Ericsson. The companies have signed a four-year contract for HSPA-enabled network. Ericsson will be one of the main suppliers and will integrate and deploy WCDMA/HSPA radio access and packet core networks, as well as a complete mobile-backhaul solution based on microwave transmission and optical transport. More

Vodafone & NSN to bring 3G in rural New Zealand

Vodafone New Zealand is looking to expand its 3G network to cover 97% of the places New Zealanders live, work and play by 31 May 2009 - a year ahead of schedule. Nokia Siemens Networks will provide site solutions and optimization for this expansion, which will see Vodafone customers across rural and urban areas gain access to high speed mobile broadband on the 900Mhz network. More

Bakcell to expand its GSM service in Azerbaijan

Bakcell, Azerbaijan's second largest mobile operator, is expanding its 2G network to meet the growing needs of consumers across the country. The network upgrade to EDGE provided by Nokia Siemens Networks will extend the coverage of the network and enhance the quality of service to Bakcell subscribers, addressing the growing need for new mobile data services. More

Verizon goes 4G with Alcatel-Lucent & Ericsson

In a move that will jump-start deployment of 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks globally, Dick Lynch, Verizon executive vice president and chief technology officer, detailed plans to build America’s first next-generation Long Term Evolution (LTE) network during his keynote remarks at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. New LTE Innovation Center will foster wireless growth. More

Synchronica pushes social networking support

Synchronica, the leading developer of mobile email and synchronization solutions, today announces new functionality within Mobile Gateway 4.0 that pushes social networking and news updates to any mass market mobile phone. A wide range of popular social networking sites, such as Twitter, Flickr, Picasa, LinkedIn, and Plaxo are supported. More

Mobile industry unites for Universal Charging Solution

The GSMA and 17 leading mobile operators and manufacturers today announced that they are committed to implementing a cross-industry standard for a universal charger for new mobile phones. The aim of the initiative, led by the GSMA, is to ensure that the mobile industry adopts a common format for mobile phone charger. More

Digicel advanced in 'green' power deployment

The GSMA today announced that Digicel, supported by the GSMA Development Fund, has completed the second phase of its green power network implementation and is using wind and solar energy solutions to power 25 base stations on the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu. Digicel, which is the leading mobile operator in Vanuatu, now carries more than 60% of its network traffic on base stations powered by renewable energy sources. More

Innovation in telecom key to economic recovery – UN report

The global financial crisis could provide entrepreneurial opportunities for budding information and communication technology (ICT) businesses, which in turn can power economic recovery, according to a new United Nations report. The report, Confronting the Crisis: Its Impact on the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Industry, highlights some harsh realities. More

Ericsson to demo 42Mb/s speed

Ericsson will perform the first-ever demonstration of the new HSPA multi-carrier technology for peak downlink data rates of 42Mbps at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Australian operator Telstra, currently pioneering HSPA downlink data rates of up to 21Mbps in their Next G(TM) commercial network, welcomes the demonstration of the multi-carrier technology. More

Nokia scales down R&D operations in Finland

Nokia plans to close the Jyväskylä site and concentrate mobile devices R&D in Finland at Tampere, Oulu, Salo and the Helsinki metropolitan area. The company plans to scale down Salo production with temporary lay-offs to align with market demand - operations continue uninterrupted. More

NSN launches combined 2G/3G/LTE base station

Nokia Siemens Networks has made the evolution path from 2G and 3G to LTE faster, greener and more cost-effective than ever with the launch of Flexi Multiradio Base Station. Building on the company's Flexi Base Station platform, the new Multiradio Flexi expands its supported technologies to cover GSM/EDGE, WCDMA/HSPA and LTE - all running concurrently in a single unit. More

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