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Orange secures UK exclusive on Xperia X10
Orange today announced it will shortly launch the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, the first Android device to be unveiled by Sony Ericsson. Available from early April across all Orange retail channels, the X10 will be free on select pay monthly price plans and is exclusive to Orange in white.
SwissQual offers drive test solution for LTE
SwissQual, the independent Swiss network quality measurement company, is now offering a drive test solution for LTE network testing. The new solution offers a Diversity probe providing RF scanning together with application layer testing including FTP, HTTP and
Alcatel-Lucent introduces upgrades to Wireless Packet Core
Alcatel-Lucent today announced 'significant' upgrades to its mobile packet core solution along with an approach to IP network and policy management that will, says Al-Lu, 'bring the IP capabilities of 4G networks to today's 3G subscribers'.With
Kyivstar and OJSC VimpelCom tie-up cleared in Ukraine
VimpelCom has welcomed the approval by the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMC) of the establishment of VimpelCom Ltd. by the Telenor Group and Altimo, combining their common assets in OJSC VimpelCom and Kyivstar.
Telmap and BlueSky Positioning collaborate on A-GPS SIM
Telmap, a specialist in mobile location solutions, and BlueSky Positioning, enabler of A-GPS for the SIM card industry, jointly announced today a cooperation to bring for the first time, real-time search, mapping and navigation to mobiles, with A-GPS SIM. The cooperation is said to show the ability of BlueSky Positioning's A-GPS technology to incorporate navigation onto mobile phones which lack integral GPS capabilities.
Research says shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets increased 92 percent in 2009
According to a new research report by Berg Insight, global shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/WCDMA handsets increased 92 percent in 2009 to 150 million units. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 38.7 percent, shipments are forecasted
Simfonics selects LogNet for MVNO enabling platform
LogNet Systems, a global provider of customer management and billing solutions for multiple play service providers, today announced that the company has been selected to deploy its MaxBill product suite for Simfonics, a pan-European Mobile Virtual Network Enabler
Mentum launches latest backhaul engineering software
Mentum, a wireless access and backhaul network planning and optimization company, announced today the release of Mentum Ellipse 7.