Archive for the 'Vodafone' Category
From the LTE Americas 2009 Conference, Tony Melone, Verizon Wireless senior vice president and chief technology officer, said in his keynote this morning that Verizon Wireless’ commitment to network leadership is elementary as it rolls out the nation’s first 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network, and that this leadership commitment extends to “fostering global collaboration and enabling the broader ecosystem needed to exploit the capabilities of a great network.” Melone’s full remarks may be found at www.verizonwireless.com/lte.
He noted his company’s belief that “4G is much more than the sum of higher bandwidth and lower latency. ...
Posted on 6th November 2009
Under: 3G, SMS, Verizon, Vodafone |
LiMo Foundation™, a global consortium of mobile industry leaders today announced the Vodafone 360 Samsung M1, the second LiMo compliant device built upon LiMo Platform Release 2 (R2). This latest handset developed by Samsung offers mobile consumers a unique mobile experience presented through Vodafone’s stunning feature-rich, highly customizable Vodafone 360 user interface (UI) – providing a new set of Internet services for the mobile and PC that gathers all of a customer’s friends, communities, entertainment and personal favorites in one place. Following in the footsteps of the Vodafone 360 Samsung H1, the Vodafone 360 Samsung M1 ...
Posted on 4th November 2009
Under: Handset, Samsung, Vodafone |
The GSMA today announced that the CEOs of the world's leading communications companies, including Alcatel-Lucent, China Unicom, Ericsson, Google, Huawei, KDDI, Telefonica and Vodafone, will deliver keynote presentations at the 2010 Mobile World Congress, which will be held 15-18 February, 2010 in Barcelona. The GSMA also introduced App Planet, a new "event within an event" focusing on mobile application developers, which will be held at Mobile World Congress.
"The mobile communications industry continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, creating new opportunities and introducing new participants across the entire value chain," said Michael O'Hara, chief marketing officer ...
Posted on 29th October 2009
Under: Alcatel, China, Ericsson, Games, Google, RIM, Vodafone |
Vodafone and Research In Motion today introduced the BlackBerry Storm2(TM) smartphone for customers in seven European countries as well as South Africa.
The second generation of RIM's innovative and award-winning touch-screen smartphone, the BlackBerry Storm2 significantly improves the BlackBerry touch-screen platform with new technology and new features to let customers stay easily connected to the people, places and things that matter most.
In the busy holiday gift buying period, customers in the UK and Ireland will be able to get the new smartphone first through Vodafone, and it will be offered exclusively by Vodafone in Germany, Netherlands ...
Posted on 15th October 2009
Under: BlackBerry, RIM, Smartphone, Vodafone |
Vodafone and Apple today confirmed that they have reached agreement to bring iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS to the UK and Ireland in early 2010.
Beginning today, Vodafone UK and Vodafone Ireland customers can register their interest in iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS at www.vodafone.co.uk/iphone and www.vodafone.ie/iphone respectively. Pricing, tariffs and availability information will be announced locally in the future.
Vodafone now offers iPhone through thirteen of its operating companies.
Posted on 29th September 2009
Under: 3G, Apple, Vodafone |
* Vodafone 360 is a brand new set of internet services for the mobile and PC which gathers all of a customer’s friends, communities, entertainment and personal favourites (like music, games, photos and video) in one place
* At its heart Vodafone 360 has the most personal address book available, bringing together all of the contacts from the mobile phone, social networks and other internet accounts. It works across a range of mobile phones, including the new, exclusive Vodafone 360 phones, and synchs automatically with the PC
* Connected address book – Vodafone People, open to everyone on ...
Posted on 25th September 2009
Under: Google, Handset, Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung, Smartphone, Symbian, Vodafone |
LiMo Foundation today announced that global operators on LiMo’s Board of Directors will be launching new handsets during 2009/10 based upon the existing R2 & planned 2010 R3 release of the LiMo PlatformTM. Operators that intend to bring these handsets to market include NTT DOCOMO, Orange, SK Telecom, Telefonica, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone.
The LiMo Platform reflects best-in-breed IP contributions of major stakeholders across the mobile industry, which in turn enables operators to leverage a common, pre-integrated software platform across many devices while providing deeply customized experiences to their customers. The LiMo Platform allows full freedom of ...
Posted on 25th September 2009
Under: Handset, LG, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, Samsung, Verizon, Vodafone |
Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, announces plans to launch a 56Mb/s HSPA+ (High Speed Packet Access Plus) commercial solution in 2010. Huawei' s latest solution will enable operators to offer download speeds that is twice what is available today.
The 56Mb/s HSPA+ solution featuring multi-carrier and MIMO (multiple-input-multiple-output) technologies was successfully demonstrated in Beijing at P&T/Wireless & Networks Comm China 2009.
"Advances in mobile broadband, particularly record breaking data speeds and capacity of HSPA networks, have had a profound impact on the telecom industry and demonstrate the enormous potential ...
Posted on 21st September 2009
Under: Technology, Vodafone, Wireless |
"AT&T Inc. has reportedly emerged as the leading player in the global HSPA (high-speed packet access) market in terms of total subscriber connections. According to a recent report by the GSM Association, the second-largest US carrier has outpaced industry leaders such as NTT DoCoMo (DCM), Vodafone (VOD), Telefonica (TEF) and SK Telecom (SKM) in terms of HSPA penetration."
Posted on 5th August 2009
Under: AT&T, NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone |
"Spain's Telefonica is looking at the case for buying T-Mobile UK, the British mobile phone operator owned by Deutsche Telekom, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the situation."
Posted on 3rd July 2009
Under: T-Mobile, Vodafone |
A small plug-in box that will significantly improve customers’ mobile phone signal in their homes has been announced today by Vodafone UK.
Available online and in store from the 1July, the Vodafone Access Gateway service is the first of its kind anywhere in Europe. A neat box, similar in size to a router, plugs straight into any home broadband line to bring customers improved and more reliable 3G coverage indoors.
Quick and easy to install, the Gateway works with all 3G handsets and can support up to four voice calls at any one time. Customers will no longer ...
Posted on 24th June 2009
Under: 3G, Femtocells, Handset, Vodafone |
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global Android smartphone shipments will grow 900 percent in 2009. Healthy support from operators, vendors and developers is driving adoption. Apple iPhone OS will be the next fastest-growing smartphone operating system in 2009, with a 79 percent growth rate.
Tom Kang, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, “We forecast global Android smartphone shipments to grow an impressive 900 percent annually during 2009. The Android mobile operating system from Google gained early traction in the United States in the second half of 2008 and it is gradually spreading its presence ...
Posted on 13th May 2009
Under: Apple, Google, HTC, Motorola, Samsung, Smartphone, T-Mobile, Vodafone |
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today unveiled its 3G strategy to make life ‘easier, freer and trendier’ for consumers by combining telecom and IT with a 3G lifestyle.
ZTE announced its 3G strategy with the launch of its newest 3G terminal products for TD-SCDMA, CDMA and WCDMA divided into nine different terminal categories and 40 product types. The latest IT gadgets include netbooks, monitors, digital photo frames, wireless phones, home gateways, modules, wireless walkie-talkies and typical mobile phones and data cards which are all part of the comprehensive array ...
Posted on 22nd April 2009
Under: 3G, China, Vodafone |
Telefónica and Vodafone, two of the world’s largest telecommunications operators, today announce a wide-ranging strategic programme to share mobile network assets across selected European operations.
As part of the collaboration, Telefónica and Vodafone are actively exploring opportunities to cooperate in related areas such as the provision of transmission services.
Telefónica and Vodafone will use the agreements to aid the roll out of their respective networks, enhancing service quality for customers in the longer term. The agreements will also reduce the environmental impact of both companies’ roll out activities, due to the consolidation of existing sites and joint build ...
Posted on 24th March 2009
Under: Vodafone |
Vodafone announces hat it has signed deals with the world’s largest record companies Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music to offer their tracks and albums DRM free (without digital rights management) across Vodafone markets for both mobile phones and PCs.
The new deals are the first of their kind for a mobile network operator enabling dual delivery of DRM free music to a wide range of mobile phones and PCs with no need to sideload or synchronize. With over a million tracks available from every music genre, for the first time customers will be ...
Posted on 12th March 2009
Under: Music, Vodafone |
Yahoo! Inc., the owner of the second most-used search engine in the U.S., is in talks with Vodafone Group Plc about the distribution of its mobile search product in Europe, people familiar with the talks said.
Posted on 9th March 2009
Under: Vodafone, Yahoo |
ZTE Corporation ("ZTE"), a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, is to unveil a full portfolio of smartphones at the Mobile World Congress 2009. Ten different designs will be on display, including customised handsets for Vodafone and China Mobile.
The VF 1231 model will be the highlight of ZTE's showcase which has been developed especially for Vodafone. The smartphone is based on Windows Mobile platform and has a single chip for GSM and EDGE.
ZTE's smartphones range from low to high-end handsets. Latest models include the 'XIANG' series of 3.5G super slim HSDPA/HSUPA handsets, the ...
Posted on 11th February 2009
Under: China, Handset, Smartphone, Vodafone |
Open Mobile OS company Azingo today announced that Vodafone, the world's leading international mobile communications group, has selected Azingo as a partner to develop applications for mobile phones based on the LiMo platform.
"We are excited to partner with Azingo to develop cutting edge applications for our mobile phones based on the LiMo platform," said Guido Arnone, Director of Terminals Technology at Vodafone. "We're looking forward to working with Azingo's agile development teams to develop and deliver innovative communications solutions for our customers."
Both Azingo and Vodafone are core members of the LiMo Foundation, a dedicated consortium of ...
Posted on 5th February 2009
Under: Linux, Vodafone |
"Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone group by sales, increased its full-year guidance on Tuesday due to favorable foreign exchange movements and said customers had continued to use mobiles during the downturn."
Posted on 3rd February 2009
Under: Vodafone |
The economic crisis is inevitably affecting the telecommunications sector. Continuous strain in the credit market has a big effect on investments. The reduction in consumption is changing the adoption and acceptance of new services. During these difficult times the key to staying afloat is to implement an open and shared innovation model focusing on enhancing the effectiveness of processes and innovative business.
According to Saverio Romeo, Frost & Sullivan industry analyst, "The telecommunications sector will likely be hit by the recession in two main ways. First, due to the lack of credit in the global economy, investments ...
Posted on 24th January 2009
Under: Vodafone |
From the LTE Americas 2009 Conference, Tony Melone, Verizon Wireless senior vice president and chief technology officer, said in his keynote this morning that Verizon Wireless’ commitment to network leadership is elementary as it rolls out the nation’s first 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless network, and that this leadership commitment extends to “fostering global collaboration and enabling the broader ecosystem needed to exploit the capabilities of a great network.” Melone’s full remarks may be found at www.verizonwireless.com/lte.
He noted his company’s belief that “4G is much more than the sum of higher bandwidth and lower latency. ... 