The Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2010, which is taking place in Barcelona from Monday, ends today, being marked by the presentation of much more than traditional phones. A number of devices or notebooks were on display.
Companies have introduced operating systems, applications for smartphones and structural. Mobile operators and enterprises bet big on these too.
One of [...]
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Smartphones : a growing problem for networks
Vittorio Colao, chief executive of the world’s largest cellphone networks operator, told in Barcelona that instead new business models needed to be created to cope with the demand for data services.
The comments added at the annual gathering of handset makers, chipmakers and service providers, the rapid growth of smartphones such as Apple’s iPhone, operators are [...]
Feb
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2010
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Open application stores, the next aim for wireless operators
World’s one of the most prominent groups in Wireless technology has today announced its intention to go for an ‘open application store’ which can be capable vend applications to all mobile phone users.
The ‘Wholesale Applications Community’ as it had been named, comprises of 24 of the biggest mobile network operators including China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, [...]
Feb
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2010
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Microsoft comes up with an upgrade
Microsoft Inc. has unveiled an upgrade of its mobile service. The launch was done during the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona. The series is considered very promising and is called the Windows Phone 7 Series.
Steve Ballmer the Chief Exeecutive Office of Microsoft did the unveiling and said that the Windows Operating Systems are going [...]
Feb
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Nokia X6 with Vodafone UK @ £299
Nokia X6 with Vodafone UK @ £299 : – Nokia X6 will be released this month in the UK with Vodafone. This smartphone to go on sale in the UK. The 16GB version of the X6 is now available for £299 with the 32GB version going for £449.
The Nokia X6 is likely to be pitted [...]
Feb
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VodafoneUK suspends staff member after obscene tweet
(Mobile Phones News) Vodafone was forced to release a stream of apologies, replying to each user individually to say “we weren’t hacked. A severe breach of rules by staff in our building, dealing with that internally. We’re very sorry”. By the evening the company had been forced to release that message to hundreds of individual [...]
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Vodafone to relaunch femtocells
On Monday, Vodafone UK relaunched its femtocell product, hoping that new pricing and a shiny new brand will encourage take-up of the 3G-boosting devices.
Femtocell is a small device that plugs into a broadband line and improves indoor mobile coverage by boosting the signal. But it also has the added benefit, for operators at least, [...]
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Vodafone becames operator of Apple’s iPhone
Vodafone has started to sell the Apple’s iPhone after O2, Orange and Tesco and said it had already taken pre-orders on 50,000 devices. The iPhone was originally exclusive to O2, but that has now changed with other service providers now getting their hands on the popular mobile phone.
The CEO of Vodafone confirmed in a [...]