CECT-Chinacomm signs for WiMAX cooperation with Taiwan makers Tweet

China-based mobile broadband service provider CECT-Chinacomm Communications has signed MOUs with five Taiwan-based network equipment and service companies, including Accton Technology, Alpha Networks and D-Link, for cooperation on WiMAX network infrastructure and services.

Accton, Alpha, D-Link, along with Phihong Technology and eASPNet Taiwan, will help CECT build broadband wireless Internet-access (BWA) service networks in China.

CECT-Chinacomm is setting up BWA networks in 12 large cities in China with more than 10,000 base stations in total. The BWA networks will be completed in three years, and CECT-Chinacomm will procure WiMAX CPE (customer premises equipment) and service from these Taiwan-based companies.

The Taiwan-based companies have been chosen as partners because they have supplied products for WiMAX operators in Taiwan, CECT said.

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Motorola Executives Scheduled to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences Tweet

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – A keynote presentation by Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) Co-CEO, and CEO of Mobile Devices and Home, Sanjay Jha is scheduled to take place at approximately 9 a.m., Eastern Time, U.S.A. on Thursday, May 27, 2010, at the Barclays Capital Global Communications, Media & Technology Conference in New York.

Mobile Devices and Home Business executives Marc Rothman, Chief Financial Officer and Christy Wyatt, Corporate Vice President, Software and Services Product Management, will deliver a joint presentation at approximately 11:25 a.m., Eastern Time, U.S.A. on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Technology Conference in New York.

Both presentations will be webcast over the internet. The live webcasts and webcast replays will be available through Motorola’s Investor Relations website at www.motorola.com/investor.

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NII Holdings Teams with Motorola for Intelligent Optimization Service to Increase Network Efficiency Tweet

Motorola’s services improve network efficiency, resulting in better service quality for Nextel iDEN® subscribers in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – NII Holdings,Inc. (NASDAQ: NIHD), a leading provider of mobile communication services operating under the Nextel brand in Latin America, has teamed with the Networks business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) by selecting its Intelligent Optimization Service (IOS) to enhance network efficiency for the Nextel iDEN® networks in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. These agreements between Motorola Argentina S.A. and Nextel Argentina; Motorola Industrial Ltda. and Nextel Brazil; and Motorola de Mexico, S.A. and Nextel Mexico cover service to more than seven million users across the three countries.

Motorola’s optimization services help ensure NII’s networks operate at maximum performance by minimizing interference among sites, reducing dropped calls and increasing network availability. Leveraging market-leading analytical techniques and information compiled from millions of calls made over the network, Motorola IOS is able to incorporate a wealth of live market data to optimize the end user experience. The optimization services are deployed by Motorola professional services experts who have a deep understanding of mobile network demands and operational characteristics.

“Our relationship with Motorola spans more than 12 years, so they have a clear understanding of our iDEN business,” said Alan Strauss, NII vice president and chief technology officer. “By working closely with NII’s engineering teams, Motorola has enabled us to automate our spectrum planning process and deliver the best quality of service to our customers now and in the long-term.”

“By teaming with NII, Motorola has delivered optimization services that enable continued delivery of exceptional quality to customers in Latin America as NII continues to expand its business,” said Dave Wangrow, vice president, Motorola sales and service for iDEN International. “Optimization services are part of Motorola’s comprehensive portfolio of iDEN products and services designed to help mobile network operators provide best-in-class push to talk and telephony services.”

Motorola offers a complete portfolio of multi-vendor, multi-technology optimization solutions that are delivered to meet specific customer performance goals. Leveraging best practice methodologies, tools and global delivery expertise, Motorola service professionals team with network operators to enrich subscriber experiences, manage network integration complexity and reduce operational costs and risk.

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Who’s using mobile data? Tweet

LONDON, England - It’s pretty common knowledge that mobile data services are growing rapidly – thanks to cheaper tariffs, mobile devices that are built with internet access in mind and the continuing optimisation of web sites and services to work well on mobile clients. What we know less about is who and how people use mobile data services. New research from mobile entertainment portal myxer might surprise you.

It’s women. Women download twice as much mobile content as men, according to this study. Looking at the site’s statistics from April, women downloaded 4.5million items – or 67 per cent of the total – compared to just 2.2million downloads from men. There are not only many more women using the site, but also the average individual female user downloaded 17 per cent more content than the average male.

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If you did find that surprising, then the picture when it comes to most of the big social networking sites on the Web may come as something of a shock. (click for a bigger image).

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It’s easy to come to some slightly dubious conclusions from this regarding the extent to which women might be bigger and better communicators than men. I’d like to sidestep that particular can of worms and instead shoe-horn in something important about women and mobile phones from an international perspective. A bunch of other research has shown that ownership of a mobile phone by women has consistently been linked to improved employment opportunities and gender equality. One study conducted in South Africa noted:

Employment increases by 15 percentage points when a locality receives complete network coverage… most of this effect is due to increased employment by women, in particular those who are not burdened with large child care responsibilities at their homes.

…women experienced large gains in employment…. Household income increases in a pro-poor way when cellular infrastructure is provided and the estimated decreases in extreme poverty are substantial.

I think we’d all agree that the Internet is a massively enabling force and as poorer countries across the world start gaining access to vital services through their mobiles, it will undoubtedly lead to increased empowerment and equality of opportunity for women.

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Android one finger zoom tutorial – Part 1 Tweet

The UI software development team at Sony Ericsson is preparing a set of tutorials so that your apps can have the same rich and fast user interface as the built-in apps on the XPERIA™ X10 mini.

The first tutorial is now available on our Developer Blog. It shows you how to make your own one finger zoom control like the one found in the Camera and Album applications in the XPERIA™ X10 mini. The one finger zoom tutorial has four parts:

* Part 1 shows you how to make a basic, interactive, zoom control that allows you to zoom into an image.
* Part 2 adds logic for controls, such as zoom and drag
* Part 3 discusses input methods and screen size
* Part 4 looks at dynamics, usability and enhancing the user experience.

The tutorials include video demos, source code and everything you need. You can leave questions and comments on the blog and swap ideas.

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Nokia Xseries…10 things you should know Tweet

GLOBAL – This week’s spotlight has been cast on Nokia’s Xseries line-up of devices. Introduced at Nokia World 2009, these musical maestros come with distinctly up-tempo talents. Consisting of the Nokia X6, Nokia X6 16GB, Nokia X3 and most recently the Nokia X2, the Xseries is seriously blooming. Do you know everything you need to know? Join us after the jump to find out ten things you need to know about Nokia’s music makers.

1. Music is what Xseries phones do best
Xseries handsets are all about the music. Each and every one comes with separate media controls, mammoth speakers, FM radio and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

2. Nokia X6 is Nokia’s first capacitive touchscreen
It’s soon to be joined by the Nokia N8, but the pioneer of capacitive touchscreen in Nokia was indeed the Nokia X6. Placing a world of music at your fingertips, the latest capacitive technology offers smoother, gesture-based navigation.

3. You don’t have to punt for a touchscreen
If touchscreen isn’t your thing then you can still bag yourself a musical masterpiece from the Xseries. The X3 and the newly announced X2 both come with standard keyboards, but if you see yourself as more of a tactile sort then opt for the 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen Nokia X6.

4. Comes with Music rules the roost
It’s not exclusive to Xseries devices but Comes with Music is certainly available. The Nokia exclusive Comes with Music service offers à-la-carte music direct to your device. It doesn’t even end there: transfer your tracks to your PC via Ovi Player and then continue to re-fill your device with new tracks.

5. Ovi Music also on offer
If free-flowing music isn’t your bag, then dive into the millions of tracks in the Nokia Music Store. Available at the prod of a finger and yours to keep forever. Browsing and downloading is incredibly easy, and Bluetooth stereo means you can enjoy unlimited music with no wires (or strings) attached.

6. Nokia X3 lands with access to Ovi Store
Nokia X3 was the first S40 Nokia phone with direct access to the Ovi Store, where you can download games, videos, podcast and applications to your hearts content.

7. Super-charged Nokia X6 will keep you dancing
The Nokia X6 is a marathon performer in the battery stakes; offering up to 35 hours of music playback from a single charge. Here’s a tip for you: if you’re looking for ways to eek out that little bit more on any Xseries device just dim the display, switch off the wifi and Bluetooth until you need them and change the network mode from Dual to GSM.

8. Hot swappable micro SD card are a-go on Xseries
With oodles of music a touch away, the memory needs to match your musical library. Every Xseries devices comes toting a hot-swappable micros SD card for you to swap and switch your musical grey matter. The X6 comes with a mammoth memory up to 32GB, and both the Nokia X3 and Nokia X2 pack 16GB.

9. It’s all about the accessories
You’ve nabbed yourself a phone with more than one musical talent and but you feel the need to share your latest tunes. Along with the great speakers on all Xseries devices if you feel the need to annoy your parents/colleagues/flatmates in the process this Nokia Mini Speaker MD-9 should do the trick. This compact speaker is powered by a couple of AAA batteries, so it’s portable and it’s also good for up to 50 hours music playback.

10. Don’t mistake the Nokia X3 with the Royal Navy’s
The Royal Navy has its very own compact, high tech X3, way back in 1942. The X3 was a midget submarine designed to attack stationary warships by dropping timed explosive charges beneath them and then retreating. It was actually a hybrid craft, using a 30hp electric motor and a diesel engine modified from a London bus.

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[Smartfony] for the Japanese operator NTT DOCOMO Tweet

As we already noted in our news, the Japanese operator of the mobile connection NTT DOCOMO presented 20 new telephones, among which there were three models of [smartfonov], carried out into a separate series - docomo Of smartphone. One of them this is already well known BlackBerry Of bold 9700, whose sales are outlined in July - August:

Another model - these are Android of [smartfon] of the company Of sharp - LYNX SH-10B, is equipped equip of 5 (!) by the one inch sensory display, and which has the form of micro-laptop computer or [mininetbuka] (to whom as it will be convenient), due to the characteristic manner of disclosure and presence of the complete QWERTY- keyboard:


LYNX SH-10B has support GPS of navigation, possibility to use an operator store of the applications of docomo of market, support of 3G networks (HSDPA of 7.2Mbps, HSUPA of 5.7Mbps), wireless technologies Of bluetooth (v2.1+EDR) and Wi-Fi. Furthermore, in the novelty is present wide-format 5 one inch sensory display (NEW MOBILE ASV LCD) by the permission of 960[kh]480 of points, 5,3 [MP] camera (CMOS - complementary metal oxide semiconductor) with the auto-focus and slot under microSD of the map of memory. The dimensions of device compose 83x148x17,8 mm, and weight - 230 grams. The beginning of sales is planned for the middle of the summer of this year.

Third [smartfon] in a new series - thin (12,9 mm) dynapocket T -01b from Toshiba with the sliding QWERTY- keyboard, built on the base of the operating system Windows Of mobile of 6.5 Professional and 1 GHz of the processor Of qualcomm “Of snapdragon”:




dynapocket T -01b has 4,1- one inch sensory OLED display (by permission of 480[kh]800 of points) and the firm tuned and friendly interface. Furthermore, here there is the place GPS of navigation, to slot under microSD of the map of memory, 3,2 [MP] to camera, to support to 3G (HSDPA of 7.2Mbps, HSUPA of 5.7Mbps) and GSM to networks, to the wireless technologies Of wi-Fi and Bluetooth of v2.0+EDR. The dimensions of this device compose 123x66x12,9 mm, and weight - 160 grams. The beginning of sales is planned in June - July.

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