With 128 commercial HSPA networks rolled out and more than 300 HSPA devices available around the world, mobile broadband is moving quickly toward becoming a mass market, Ericsson President and Chief Executive Officer Carl-Henric Svanberg said today at the company’s Strategy and Technology Summit in London. As evidence he gave several examples where, in commercially [...]
Speaking at the Canalys Navigation forum in Barcelona, Michael Halbherr shared insights about the current state of navigation and plans for updates and improvements for Nokia Maps. Launched in February of this year, the Nokia Maps mobile application and the Nokia Map Loader for PC’s have each been downloaded over 1 million times. A key [...]
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has supplied and successfully integrated its IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) solution into mobile operator Vodafone’s network in the Czech Republic, bringing fixed-mobile converged services to business customers. Under an agreement signed earlier this year, Ericsson was responsible for delivery and systems integration of its advanced IMS solution, along with project management, network design [...]
Apple has bowed to pressure from iPhone owners complaining about the $200 (£99) price cut to the device made on Wednesday. US shoppers who bought the iPhone in the last 14 days will be eligible for a full refund or credit, as is Apple’s standard policy. However owners of iPhones bought before that will be [...]
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced it had won a turnkey contract valued at USD 1.3 billion to supply GSM and WCDMA/HSPA equipment and related telecom services to Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), the largest telecom operator in India. Under the agreement, Ericsson will be responsible for the expansion and upgrade of BSNL’s existing GSM network and [...]
Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and Endemol International B.V. today announced a global partnership agreement to develop interactive TV and user-generated content via Ericsson’s ‘Me-On-TV’ solution. The Ericsson ‘Me-On-TV’ solution was developed in partnership with Endemol, a global leader in TV and digital entertainment, and Dutch technology company Triple IT. ‘Me-On-TV’ is a network and device-independent technology, allowing [...]
Sony Ericsson has added some color to its Cybershot line of mobile phones with the release of a Plum Edition of the K550i handset. The new color suits the phone perfectly and makes it look young and bold, although it comes with no additional specification upgrades of any sort. The Plum Ruby new color is [...]