Monthly Archive: September 2007

3G / Ericsson

Ericsson Release the First HSPA platform to Mass-market Multimedia

September 13, 2007

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced its U335 WCDMA mobile platform, the first to enable the introduction of mass-market HSPA multimedia devices capable of new services such as mobile TV, mobile video blogging and other services demanding both high uplink and downlink data speeds.

The Ericsson U335 combines high-speed uplink data with state-of-the-art multimedia functionality at a price level that makes true mass-market consumer devices possible. It differs from Ericsson’s previously announced HSPA platforms, which have focused primarily on network access for PC-card products and high-end feature phones, making the U335 the first platform enabling HSPA devices for all segments on the market.
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Cellphones / LG / News

LG Telecom to Launch EV-DO Rev.A Handsets in Korea

September 12, 2007

LG Telecom rolls out two new handsets which support ‘CDMA2000 1x EV-DO Rev.A’ including high-speed multimedia service.

The ‘EV-DO Rev.A(model: LG-LH2000)’ from LG features swing style 2.2-inch LCD, and supports video calling and T-DMB at price of mid-500,000(KRW). Samsung’s ‘EV-DO Rev.A(model: SPH-W3150)’ also employed 2.2-inch LCD and adopted T-DMB, video call and mp3 player controlled by voice recognition. Its suggested price is early 600,000(KRW).

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3G / Ericsson

Ericsson CEO: Mobile Broadband is Becoming a Mass Market

September 11, 2007

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 launched HSPA networks, data traffic has quadrupled over the past year and is accelerating. Ericsson has laid the foundation for this development with its technology, which connects more than one billion people around the world.
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Cellphones / Nokia

Nokia Revamps its Location-Based Experiences

September 11, 2007

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 point highlighted by Halbherr, head of the location-based experience team in Nokia Multimedia was the evolution of Nokia Maps from the first version, announced in February, to the next phase, which is available for download today. “We have taken a lot of the consumer feedback that we received when we launched Nokia Maps and are feeding that into the next versions of the product,” said Mr. Halbherr.
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