China Mobile to trial TD-LTE networks in 3 China cities in 2H10, says company executive Tweet

China Mobile will trial its TD-LTE networks in three cities in China in the second half of 2010, company vice president Sha Yuejia said at a technology seminar held in Taipei recently.

China Mobile plans to install 100 TD-LTE base stations in each of the cities, said Sha, without naming the cities.

Additionally, China Mobile, together with telecom equipment suppliers, is pushing TD-LTE technology to overseas markets, and prospects are high for non-China-based carriers to adopt TD-LTE as a 4G standard, according to Mohammad Akhtar, vice president and general manager, Networks, Motorola Asia Pacific.

With the support of equipment vendors and telecom carriers, the TD-LTE ecosystem is growing rapidly, said Akhtar, adding that TDD (time division duplexing) operators can fully leverage the spectrum advantages to build up their TD-LTE networks and therefore, accelerate the roll-out of TD-LTE infrastructures.

In other news, China Mobile had a total of 4.28 million 3G subscribers as of the end of February 2010, accounting for less than 1% of its 532 million total subscribers, Sha noted.

China Mobile posted net profits of NT$115.2 billion yuan (US$16.88 billion) on revenues of 452.1 billion in 2009, Sha revealed.

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China market: Smartphone sales to top 100 million in 2013, says China Mobile executive Tweet

Sales of smartphones in the China market are expected to top 100 million units in 2013, accounting for 40% of total handset sales, according to Huang Xiaoqing, general manager of China Mobile Research Institute.

Additionally, the market value of handset applications in the China market will reach 11.09 billion yuan (US$1.62 billion) in 2013, increasing 15 fold from 2009, Huang said, citing an internal estimate of China Mobile. Huang was in Taipei recently.

Sales of Ophones, which are built to support China Mobile's Open Mobile System (OMS), will also gain momentum in China along with the growing popularity of smartphones, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

China Mobile has stepped into the development of 3D technology and gaming engines for the Ophone, aiming to compete with iPhones, the sources revealed.

More than 20 hardware device makers, including Acer, Asustek Computer, Lenovo, Motorola, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics (LGE), Dell and Sony Ericsson, have already joined the supply chain of Ophones, said the sources, noting that a total of about 35 Ophone models are expected to launch in 2010.

The ASPs (average selling prices) of Ophones are expected to drop from about 4,000 yuan in 2009 to 2,000 yuan in 2010, and further decline to 1,000 yuan by year-end 2011, estimated the sources.

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LG STRENGTHENS BONDS WITH SUPPLIERS AT THIRD GLOBAL SUPPLIER’S DAY Tweet

SEOUL – LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, met with over 350 supplier companies from inside and outside Korea at the third Global Supplier’s Day held in Seoul. This annual event allows LG to forge closer relationships with its global partners and helps shore up the competitiveness of all companies involved through the innovation derived from global cooperation.

With the event focusing mainly on open innovation – LG executives met with more than 1,000 representatives from suppliers around the world. Among the speakers at the event was Derek Lidow, CEO of iSuppli, who delivered a compelling address called “Where the Wild Things Are: Innovation in the Electronics Jungle” which stressed the ongoing importance of innovation at electronics companies.

Hosted by Thomas Linton, Executive Vice president and Chief Procurement Officer (CPO), the Global Supplier’s Day was attended by LG Electronics CEO Yong Nam, the heads of LG Electronics’ five business units, as well the CEO or Senior Executives of major suppliers such as Microsoft, Qualcomm, Hynix, Sanyo and Toshiba Semiconductor.

“We had great achievement last year because of our supplier’s contribution. However, we are now facing big challenges this year.” said LG CEO Yong Nam. “We’d like to innovate together and also we’d like to work together to have a sustainable relationship going forward.”

Linton took the opportunity to show the attendees a new official website aimed at fostering collaborative innovation between LG and its suppliers. In addition, he introduced everyone to LG’s new Global Procurement Policy, published in January of this year, and the company’s Green Initiatives, which aim to promote sustainable growth and save energy throughout a product’s entire life cycle.

Showing their more charitable side, LG and its partner companies took part in an auction of memorabilia from the event, with all proceeds going to Good Neighbors International, a Korea-based humanitarian NGO. And LG’s most esteemed suppliers received one of 14 awards, including Hynix Semiconductor, which received the top global supplier award for its invaluable contribution.

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Nokia acquires MetaCarta Inc. Tweet

Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced that it has acquired MetaCarta Inc. MetaCarta, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a privately owned company which employs over 30 people and has expertise in geographic intelligence solutions. MetaCarta's technology will be used in the area of local search in Location and other services.

About Nokia
At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.2 billion people connect to one another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices with innovative services through Ovi (www.ovi.com), including music, maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive digital mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks provides equipment, services and solutions for communications networks globally.

About MetaCarta Inc.
MetaCarta Inc. provides powerful technology for finding anything written about any place. MetaCarta unique technology combines geosearch and geotagging capabilities allowing users to find content about a location in internal and external data stores. MetaCarta's products make data and unstructured content "location-aware" and geographically relevant for easier organization and quicker action.

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Unlimited music download service redefines China's mobile digital music landscape Tweet

Nokia's global mobile music leadership underlined with launch of DRM-free Comes With Music -service for millions of consumers in China.

Beijing, China and Espoo, Finland - Nokia further increases its global footprint in the mobile music space with the launch of its ground breaking service, 'Comes With Music', in China. This announcement sees China's number one mobile brand drive further innovation in the music space by introducing the first device and PC-based free, legal, DRM-free music download service in the world's biggest mobile market.

The launch of Nokia's unlimited music download offering in China adds further momentum to Nokia's leadership in the world's highest growth markets including Brazil, Russia and Indonesia. The forthcoming launch of the service in India will add significant scale and differentiation in another critical market.

In a local partnership with Huadong Feitian, the China launch further showcases Nokia's expertise in delivering music services, tailored to local consumer needs. The service delivers a rich catalogue of local artists, unique features developed for the Chinese market, and a seamless, high quality music download experience.

Comes With Music will be available to consumers across China via a broad range of devices and through an extensive nationwide retail network. At launch, consumers can get unlimited music downloads with the purchase of any one of eight devices, to include the Nokia X6 32GB and Nokia X6 16GB, Nokia 5230, Nokia 5330, Nokia 5800w, Nokia 6700s, Nokia E52 and Nokia E72i. Entry level prices will start from EUR 140, excluding local taxes and subsidies.

"This launch delivers a truly mass market music offering from China's most loved mobile brand. Our broad range of Comes With Music enabled devices and the high quality, DRM-free catalogue form the perfect legal download recipe for the world's biggest market for mobile phones," says Liz Schimel, Global Head of Music, Nokia. "Globally, we have expanded the reach of our music service to 30 markets in just 18 months. We are excited to see consumers building collections of the music they love through our service, and we are firmly on the path to delivering legal digital music to all parts of the world. It's fantastic to have so many local and global labels partner with us to deliver this service in China. The industry came together to support us in innovating the mobile music business model in this unique market."

The service will include catalogues from the major global labels Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, EMI Music, and a host of local independent labels, including Huayi Brothers Media Group and Taihe Rye.

"China is a massive opportunity and a challenging market to address. Nokia is the undisputed dominant mobile player within China - there is no better partner with whom to develop the market in new, imaginative ways and make the most of its potential," says Rob Wells, Senior Vice President, Digital, Universal Music Group International.

"We are delighted to be expanding our partnership with Nokia to bring Comes With Music to the Chinese market," says Thomas Hesse, President, Global Digital Business, U.S. Sales and Corporate Strategy, Sony Music Entertainment. "We think there is great potential to convert China's massive audience of music fans into consumers of legitimate digital music with compelling services that are easy-to-use and broadly available across a wide array of mobile devices."

Song Ke, CEO, Taihe Rye, says; "We are very excited by the opportunity to have our music catalogue not only available in China, but to the rest of the world. Lovers of Chinese music can now download content from Comes With Music, broadening the market for our artists globally."

"Establishing legitimate online music services in emerging markets is imperative for the music industry's ongoing effort to remake itself," said Mike McGuire, Research Vice President with Gartner's Media IAS team. "It is important for the music industry for services to get up and running in emerging markets such as China and India in order to develop compelling, legitimate online alternatives for artists and music labels, and consumers in these new markets."

Note to editors:
The Comes With Music service will be known locally within China as Yue Sui Xiang.

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Nokia completes acquisition of Novarra Tweet

Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced that it has completed the acquisition of Novarra, Inc., initially announced on March 26, 2010.

Novarra's mobile browser and services platform will be used by Nokia to deliver enhanced Internet experiences on Nokia Series 40 mobile phones.

About Nokia
At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.2 billion people connect to one another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices with innovative services through Ovi (www.ovi.com), including music, maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive digital mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks provides equipment, services and solutions for communications networks globally.

About Novarra
Novarra, the Internet Mobility company, provides high performance mobile internet browsers and platforms for operators, handset manufacturers and internet brands to create new services and revenue streams for smartphones, features phones and mobile broadband devices. The solutions deliver a high quality mobile user experience for services including full rich web browsing, search, widgets, apps, video and advertising. Global, commercial deployments over eight years have proven consumer satisfaction, uptake and increased data service revenues. http://www.novarra.com/

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how to restore files or folders are hidden by the virus Tweet

My computer when infected by virus and that makes me more confused is the virus hides important files or folders. So, when I want to do a backup before reinstall, file or folder I found difficult. I try some antivirus programs like Avira personal, Kaspersky, AVG and more, I thing the virus has entered into memory, the virus can not be resolved and my files or folders that hidden by can not be found.

Apparently, I know the viruses that infect my computer is a local virus, so I use local antivirus. Thankfully, the virus could be exterminated, so I do not need to reinstall my computer. But strangely, the important files and folders still do not visible. After nearly half a day, find out about this incident, finally I met with an article about how to restore files or folders are hidden by the virus. This is because some viruses are giving hidden attributes and system in files or folders that infected.

After I knew the cause, and I was able to restore files or folders that hidden by the virus, so I share the tips. The trick is to manage the computer displays the files or folders hidden and system attributes its through the folder options. Here are tips to restore a file or folder that had been hidden by the virus, please refer to either:

1. Open you Windows Explorer
2. Click Tools menu and then Folder Options
3. In Folder Options window, uncheck the "Show hidden files and folder". The function this option for display hidden files or folders atribute.
4. Then, to display file system attributes, remove the check mark (grass) on the option "Hide protected operating system files (Recommende)."
5. Click OK to save the change and close Folder Options window
   

Now, check the your files or folders are hidden by virus. Has appeared in windows explorer? If you have, see that files or folders. The files or folders will be visible only faintly. Files and folders will not be shown if you copy it to another computer without doing the settings in folder options. To do this, you need a software. The software that you need is works to change the attributes of a file or folder. One of the software which I think is very good enough is Attribute Changer.

With using Attribute Changer software, you can change the files or folders attribute with one click. You simply right-click a file or folder, then select Change attribute. In the window Attribute Changer choose the appropriate attribute. So you can restore files and folders are hidden by viruses, then the set of attributes to normal and remove the check mark on the hidden and system option.

With Attribute Changer software, to restore files or folders are hidden by the virus is very easy. And the Attribute Changer software can be downloaded for free. Alright, if you want to free download Attribute Changer software, please copy and paste this address in your browser: www.softpedia.com/get/System/File-Management/Attribute-Changer.shtml.

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