May 31st, 2008
[Chinese government announces telecommunications restructuring plans including the formation of three comparable competitors, 3G licensing plans, BS top management changes. ]
Beijing (xfnwk) — “China unveiled its plan for restructuring the telecommunications sector, ending a long entrenched separation of mobile and fixed line services.”
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May 30th, 2008
[”The trend in the mobile industry is leaving the era of a simple combination of hardware functions and marching into the era of contents convergence”, according to Samsung.]
Taipei — Samsung said that a new pattern of using mobile devices, such as doing the Internet with every kind of mobile device, watching TV on game device, […]
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May 29th, 2008
[The pre-paid HOP1800 gsm handset has no display, and will be marketed through convenience stores as a “disposable” phone.]
Irvine, Calif. — Hop-On, Inc. today announces that its GSM cell phone, the Hop1800, is now available in the United States for $10 USD, and worldwide. One of the new breed of ultra convenient cell phones, the […]
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May 28th, 2008
[Japan’s education reform panel recommends parental guidance.]
Tokyo — “Japanese youngsters are getting so addicted to Internet-linking cell phones that the government is starting a program warning parents and schools to limit their use among children.
The government is worried about how elementary and junior high school students are getting sucked into cyberspace crimes, spending long hours […]
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May 27th, 2008
[Google expects 3000 developers to attend the “Google I/O” conference which opens Wednesday. On top of the agenda will be Google’s Android mobile OS platform.]
Burlingame, Calif. — “It’s all about openness and sharing at Google.
“That’s the message the Internet giant will be chanting at its third-annual developer conference in San Francisco this week. The two-day […]
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May 26th, 2008
[Wavesat introduces its new 4G Broadband Wireless chipset named Odyssey.]
WiMAX World EMA, Munich — Wavesat, a leading supplier of Broadband Wireless semiconductor solutions, introduced its new family of 4G Broadband Wireless chipset named OdysseyTM, with a unique flexible, multimode 4G architecture enabling WiMAX Wave2, WiFi, XG-PHS and seamless migration to future 4G technologies such as […]
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May 25th, 2008
[Nokia expects increased use of the Linux OS as its portfolio of web-enabled devices grows.]
By Tarmo Virki, Paris (Reuters) — “The world’s top handset maker Nokia Oyj expects the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to increase as the role of its Internet-focused devices grows, company officials said.”
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May 24th, 2008
[AT&T officially announces that qualifying LapTopConnect users can now access more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots free of charge including nearly 7,000 Starbucks locations.]
San Antonio — AT&T Inc. announced that qualifying LaptopConnect customers can now access more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots free of charge. Users can access Wi-Fi at nearly 7,000 participating Starbucks locations […]
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May 23rd, 2008
[Netflix Player by Roku is using Atheros Wi-Fi technology to deliver streaming movies and TV from the Netflix website to subscribers TVs.]
Santa Clara, CA — Atheros Communications, Inc., a leading developer of advanced semiconductor system solutions for wireless and wired communications, today announced that its Wi-Fi technology delivers the convenience of wireless connectivity to the […]
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May 22nd, 2008
[picoChip announces industry’s first LTE femtocell and picocell reference designs - the PC8608 Home eNodeB and PC8618 eNodeB respectively.]
Berlin & Bath, England — picoChip today announced the availability of the industry’s first LTE femtocell and picocell reference designs, the PC8608 Home eNodeB and PC8618 eNodeB respectively. Both PC86xx family small-cell LTE reference designs build on […]
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