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City of Maastricht Selects Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite

December 14, 2007

Nokia announced that the City of Maastricht, Netherlands has selected Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite as their standard platform for mobile applications. The solution enables the administrative officers of the City of Maastricht to integrate 900 Nokia Eseries devices into the Cisco corporate IP telephony system and synchronize contact and calendar details. Furthermore, the city will offer wireless email to some of the employees. To ensure an easy roll out and management of all services, the City of Maastricht is using Nokia Intellisync Device Management. The deployment of the service has started and is estimated to be completed in the beginning of next year.

“Mobile working is increasingly important wherever business is conducted. The efficiencies and the cost-savings it delivers are important criteria for a city such as ours,” said Marc Lustermans, project manager, City of Maastricht. “We have selected Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite as our standard mobility platform given the modular structure of the mobileware which means that it can grow and be customized according to our evolving mobility needs today and tomorrow.”

In order to ensure an easy and cost-effective deployment of the different mobile services, to simplify administration and configuration of the mobile phones in use, device management is an integrated part of the total solution.

“It was important that the City of Maastricht integrated its mobile infrastructure plans into the overall IT strategy for the organization,” says Scott Cooper, senior vice president, Mobility Solutions Unit, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia. “We recommend that all businesses take a similar, more strategic approach towards mobility. Done right, an organization can gain advantage by improving speed and quality of service, while encouraging collaboration and communication between employees, customers and partners.”

“We were looking for innovative yet secure mobility solutions, as a high level of security and data protection is imperative for us as a municipal organization,” said Lustermans. “One decision criterion for the Nokia solution resulted from the fact that we can fully integrate the wireless email solution behind the firewall and hence keep full control of the solution within our own IT department.”

Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite provides access to powerful collaboration tools such as email, contacts, calendar, device management and synchronization of file and data and business applications. Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email as part of Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite works in any groupware environment – ISP, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes or Groupwise – and can run on any kind of device platform – Symbian, Windows, Palm or Pocket PC. The highly scalable email solution supports more than 100 different devices in addition to Nokia Eseries portfolio. Nokia Intellisync Call Connect client ties employees’ mobile phones into a company’s telephony system. Workers then have all system functions available to them even when out of the office.

Source: Nokia Press Release

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December 14, 2007

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Ericsson / Network / News

Vodafone Germany First to Launch Ericsson’s BTS Power Savings

December 14, 2007

Vodafone Germany is the first operator to put Ericsson’s (NASDAQ:ERIC) new Base Transceiver Station (BTS) Power Savings feature in place. The feature, which is commercially available, significantly reduces energy consumption in mobile networks and therefore makes an important contribution to cutting carbon-dioxide emissions.

During periods of low network traffic, the feature effectively puts those parts of the network that are not being used in standby mode – overcoming the traditional practice of having radio equipment continually turned on, which can result in energy being wasted.

Depending on the network traffic pattern, this innovation can save between 10 and 20 percent of the energy per BTS when a base station is in use, while still providing the same services and quality to end users. The feature is compatible with all Ericsson GSM radio base stations introduced since 1995.

Vodafone Germany will install the energy-saving software upgrade across its base stations by the end of 2007. This initiative is part of the operator’s strategy to cut energy consumption in its mobile networks. Installing this software is expected to reduce energy usage and corresponding carbon-dioxide emissions.

Ulf Ewaldsson, Vice President and head of Ericsson’s radio network business, said, “Reducing energy consumption is a key area where the telecommunications industry can make a positive contribution to international efforts to respond to climate change. At the same time, reducing power consumption also reduces operational expenditures for operators, so it is a win-win.”

Hartmut Kremling, Chief Technology Officer of Vodafone Germany, said, “Our initiative with Ericsson shows that Vodafone takes its responsibility for the environment seriously. We have a leading role in this field in the telecoms sector.”

If deployed across the 1 million GSM Ericsson base stations globally, the power-saving feature could mean a collective energy saving of 10-20 percent in the radio access networks, which could result in a reduction in carbon-dioxide emissions of 1 million tons. This highlights that sustainability and cost reductions can go hand in hand.

Ericsson’s BTS Power Savings feature is the latest in a series of energy optimization innovations that Ericsson is driving to help reduce total cost of ownership, while at the same time improving the environmental performance of mobile network growth worldwide. In 2006, Ericsson reduced the power consumption of its latest generation of WCDMA base stations by 35 percent and has pioneered the introduction of alternative energies, such as biofuel and solar power, to make mobile telephony economically and environmentally sustainable in emerging markets.

Source: Ericsson Press Release

3G / Cellphones / News

NTT DoCoMo and Fujitsu to Launch 3G Mobile Phone for Kids

December 13, 2007

NTT DoCoMo and Fujitsu will launch the new FOMA F801i. After the successful SA800i model, also designed for children, now NTT DoCoMo brings another child-friendly phone, packed with safety and convenience features. It will be available starting December 20.

FOMA F801i is manufactured by Fujitsu and offers a high level of security as well as a facile usability. It is ergonomically designed to be used by small hands and its body is waterproof, withstanding accidental contacts with water. The phone comes with an amulet-style remote controller, a 100-decibel safety alarm, a high-intensity, easily visible LED, and GPS functions that allow parents to know exactly where their kids are.

All the handsets released in the FOMA series by NTT DoCoMo are 3G-enabled, meaning the F801i is also a 3G device. The phone measures 105 x 48 x 17.8 millimeters and weighs 120 grams. It can provide up to 185 minutes of talk-time and up to 570 hours of stand-by. The display is a 2.7 inch QVGA one, perfect for the not so perfect 1.3 Megapixel camera. There are four colors available: white, black, light blue and orange.

There’s no word about pricing yet, nor about a possible release in other countries.

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Cellphones / News

Verzio Releases World’s First 3G Dual SIM Mobile Phone

December 12, 2007

Verzio, a Singapore-based computing, communications and consumer electronics brand, released Verzio Duplii, world’s first 3G dual-SIM tri-band mobile phone. Besides offering 3G and tri-band capabilities, it can use two SIM cards simultaneously, meaning users can make calls from any of the SIM cards with ease.

Measuring 105 x 50 x 18 millimeters and weighing 110 grams, Duplii offers a nice 2.2 inch 262k TFT display with a 240 x 320 pixel resolution, a 2.0 Megapixel camera, microSD card support, WAP, Bluetooth, music player and FM radio. The phone uses a Qualcomm and Philips platform, enabling minimal power consumption, and its PC Sync capability allows full data synchronization. Verzio Duplii can provide a talk time of up to 3 hours, a video conference time of up to 2 hours and a stand-by time of 195 hours.

Verzio Duplii is currently available only in Philippines for about $350 (Duplii) and $280 (Twinn). Maybe it will be released in other Asian countries at the beginning of 2008.

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