Posts Tagged ‘nokia’
Mobile Handsets: Nokia denies utterly rumours it will make an Android-based device
July 6th, 2009 | 
Author: The report, carried in The Guardian, took a cue from “industry insiders” to predict the launch of a touch-screen Android device at Nokia World in September. When contacted by ZDNet UK later Monday morning, a Nokia representative issued an “outright denial” of the piece.
“There is no truth to this story whatsoever,” a statement from the company read. “It is a well-known fact that Symbian is our platform of choice for smartphones.”
Going for Android would certainly have been a surprising move for Nokia, given the time and money it has put into opening up Symbian. Nokia’s operating system (since it bought out Symbian’s other stakeholders last year) is likely to reappear in its new, open-source guise next year.
Nokia also has another open-source mobile platform in Maemo, which it is actively promoting as part of its Intel partnership.
Meanwhile, fairly realistic-looking images have been leaked of Sony Ericsson’s Android phone, currently code-named “Rachael.” The device appears to be part of SE’s high-end Xperia line and is said to run on Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon processor.
Posted in Communications | 
Tags: blog, blogs, car, handsets, Mobile, mobile platform, money, nokia, operating system, qualcomm, smartphone, sony, sony ericsson, symbian, system, time and money, world | 
Comments Closed
Roaming: Vodafone UK offers new tariff for mobile Internet access
From July 1, business and consumer customers, across Europe, can access the internet from their mobile phone for just Pounds Sterling 4.99 per day for up to 25MB. Those who choose to only read a couple of emails, or quickly check Facebook for example, and keep their usage below 1 MB, will be charged on a per kb rate. Receiving and replying to a short email will use around 100KB, which would cost just 50p.
Once a customer reaches 1MB the cost will be Pounds Sterling 4.99, but the next 24MB are free. This would be enough data to browse approximately 250 internet pages, read and reply to 25 emails, find your way to a restaurant on Google Maps, read eight news stories on the BBC website, change your status on Facebook and watch three 90 second videos on YouTube. Any further internet usage will be charged at Pounds Sterling 4.99 for each 25 MB.
This greater clarity and value has also been introduced for laptop users who want to use the internet when they are abroad. Customers with their laptops in Europe will receive 50MB for Pounds Sterling 9.99.
For the purposes of roaming, a day is classified as midnight to midnight UK time so customers need to be aware of their time zone. Outside Europe, customers will be charged Pounds Sterling 14.99 for each 25MB when accessing the internet via their mobile and Pounds Sterling 29.99 for 50MB through a laptop.
Vodafone is currently the only UK operator to offer per day data roaming charging which when broken down equates to just 20p per MB in Europe. Later in the summer, customers will receive real time alerts as they approach the end of their data allowance.
On June 1, Vodafone UK abolished roaming charges for Vodafone Passport customers in 35 countries across Europe. Until August 31, Vodafone Passport customers can call, text and send picture messages from overseas for the same prices as they would at home.
For further information on data roaming visit vodafone.co.uk/data roaming. Information about Vodafone Passport and the summer roaming promotion can be found at vodafone.co.uk/roaming
Vodafone offers voice, messaging and mobile broadband services on a wide range of devices and supporting technologies. Data services continue to grow in customer popularity with easy access to social networking sites through the latest mobile phones such as the Nokia N97.
Vodafone UK Customers to Get Even Better Value When Using the Internet Overseas
Posted in Communications |
Tags: amp, bbc, blog, blogs, broadband service, business, email, facebook, Free, google, information, Internet, internet access, laptops, maps, Mobile, mobile broadband, mobile internet, mobile phone, mobile phones, Network, Networking, nokia, roaming charges, social networking, social networking sites, t mobile, vodafone, vodafone uk, world, youtube |
Comments Closed
Mobile: Intel has signed a wide-ranging agreement to develop new chip architectures and software
Posted in Communications |
Tags: application, blog, blogs, Computing, Internet, Mobile, nokia, smartphone, Software, Wireless |
Comments Closed
Gartner: Nokia Siemens Networks has bid for part of Nortel’s wireless division. The deal adds value for CDMA and LTE carrier customers.
Carriers including Verizon Wireless, Telus, Bell Mobility and Videotron have chosen Nokia Siemens Networks for recent contracts in the areas of LTE and IP Multimedia Subsystem, High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) and High-Speed Packet Access Evolution (HSPA+). Nortel engineers have expertise in these areas and can add to Nokia Siemens Networks’ expertise in GSM, W-CDMA and WiMAX. This combined knowledge will help support carrier network transformation initiatives, particularly by ensuring seamless handoffs between LTE and CDMA. We expect support for Nortel’s flagship wireless products to be safe with Nokia Siemens Networks and for contracts to be honored.
The sale to Nokia Siemens Networks will generate $650 million, a significant addition to Nortel’s $2.7 billion in cash. The money may be used for continuing operations or to pay down debt. Nortel’s remaining assets include LG-Nortel, enterprise solutions, carrier voice switching, metro Ethernet and optical solutions, and its remaining wireless technologies in GSM and 3G UMTS core switching. Customers in these Nortel product areas must wait for the next set of announcements, as they have since Nortel entered creditor protection in January 2009.
Bid for Wireless Assets Means Big Changes for Nortel Customers
Iran: monitoring mobile networks by the government agaist demonstrators and opponents
Iran is well known for filtering the net, but the government has moved to do the same for mobile phones.
Nokia Siemens Network has confirmed it supplied Iran with the technology needed to monitor, control, and read local telephone calls.
It told the BBC that it sold a product called the Monitoring Centre to Iran Telecom in the second half of 2008.
Posted in Communications |
Tags: blog, blogs, Mobile, mobile phone, mobile phones, Network, nokia, Technology |
Comments Closed