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MWC – ZTE Debuts World’s First LTE-A CoMP Prototype

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 ZTE, a global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today showcased its LTE Advanced (LTE-A) prototype in Spain, which is the first LTE-A CoMP (Coordinated Multipoint Transmission) prototype in the world. During the demonstration, the system achieved downstream peak speeds of over 1Gbps, enabling participants to become the first to experience the speeds offered by fourth generation wireless communication technologies. ZTE also unveiled plans to introduce commercial LTE-A products in 2012, in response to the growing demand for high-speed data communications.

ZTE’s LTE-A prototypes incorporate a number of key technologies, such as carrier aggregation, multi-antenna enhancement, relay technology, and multi-point joint transmission. Through the use of CoMP technology in the solution, throughput on the edge is dramatically increased.

MWC – Scalado showcases HDR and advanced image capture technology on TI’s OMAP 4 platform

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Scalado, a provider of high-performance imaging technologies, applications and services for the mobile industry, has today announced that it will be offering a live demonstration of its new innovations on the OMAP 4 platform from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) at Mobile World Congress (MWC).

By pre-integrating Scalado’s Framework with TI’s OMAP 4 technology, mobile users will have access to instant high dynamic range imaging (HDR). HDR allows users to create stunning images by automatically taking multiple photos at different exposure settings and then processing all of the best elements of each shot into a single image with perfectly balanced lighting.

“For Scalado there is no difference between a Digital Still Camera, a mobile phone, or any other image capturing device. Ultimately, the end user is the most important player here, and therefore has the right to have the same user experience on any device,” says Fadi Abbas, Scalado’s VP BizDev/CMO and Co-founder. “HDR, for example, should be a default feature, and not just a post-capturing feature, as it is on many of today’s most popular mobile devices.”

By working together, Scalado and TI will make it simple for handset manufacturers to easily integrate advanced, fully-optimised imaging applications such as instant full-resolution image handling, advanced ‘zero shutter lag’, burst-mode image capturing, HDR imaging, 3D capturing, and instant zoom/pan at the moment the image is captured.

“Showcasing Scalado’s new technology, framework and methodology on our OMAP 4 platform is evidence of TI’s belief in the potential of HDR in mobile devices,” says Fred Cohen, director, OMAP wireless ecosystem, TI. “We look forward to continuing our work with Scalado to bring this new, compelling technology to TI customers, delivering the next generation of highly advanced imaging solutions to the market.”

Scalado remains at the heart of the mobile imaging market, and is currently working with all major platform, camera and phone manufacturers to deliver innovative new functionality with a very short time to market. Testament to this fact is that more than 600 million mobile phone handsets now feature Scalado software, and Scalado lists all of the top five tier 1 mobile phone manufacturers and top 10 ISP/Sensor companies as its licensees.

MWC – Orange Telecom joins Verizon Wireless in Wireless Power Consortium

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The Wireless Power Consortium (“WPC”) today welcomed Orange Telecom to its growing member list of more than 70 leading consumer electronics and technology companies from around the world. European mobile network operator Orange joins leading U.S. service provider Verizon Wireless in support of Qi (pronounced “chee”), the global standard for wireless charging.

“We are delighted to welcome Orange to the Wireless Power Consortium,” said WPC Chairman Menno Treffers. “The engagement of mobile service providers brings the benefits of wireless charging rapidly to a very large group of consumers.” 

The WPC also announced that members are demonstrating new products and prototypes using its universal wireless charging standard, Qi (pronounced “chee”) at the 2011 Mobile World Congress. As the world’s universal wireless charging standard, Qi brings simplicity, convenience, and flexibility to consumers because it ensures interoperability between any Qi-enabled device and any Qi charger, regardless of brand or manufacturer. 

Peters Suh announces commercial launch of Wholesale Applications Community

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Mobile Europe’s Keith Dyer spoke to Peters Suh, CEO of the Wholesale Applications Community, just before Suh went on stage at WAC’s press conference. Suh outlined the core announcements that WAC was about to make, the operators and handset vendors involved, and outlined the progression of WAC releases, including WAC 3.0.

MWC – FreeMove Alliance Strengthens its International Footprint with MegaFon

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FreeMove, the mobile telecommunications alliance between Deutsche Telekom Group, France Telecom Orange Group, TeliaSonera and Telecom Italia today announced its partnership with leading Russian telecoms operator, MegaFon. The agreement will strengthen the alliance’s multinational offering by expanding its footprint to encompass the full Russian market.

With a subscriber base of 57 million, MegaFon is the second largest operator in Russia’s growing telecoms market, both in terms of subscriber numbers and revenue share, and is the clear market leader in the emerging mobile internet space, claiming 35,6% of total data revenue. Under the agreement, MegaFon will offer FreeMove’s advanced enterprise mobility solutions to its increasingly multinational client base.

Claes Bidemar, Management Board member, FreeMove, commented: “Russia’s growing economy is driving demand for more seamless and efficient mobility services to simplify communications across its vast borders and beyond. We are delighted to collaborate with MegaFon to meet the business needs of our customers and enhance our global network.”

Sergey Soldatenkov, MegaFon’s Chief Executive Officer, said: “Our partnership with FreeMove will provide us with the tools to offer our growing number of multinational customers increased simplicity, efficiency and transparency across their mobile operations. Through joining the alliance, we will be able to better support our enterprise customers as they meet the challenges of a rapidly changing communications environment and strengthen our position in Russia’s highly competitive market.”

Fabien Gustafsson, General Manager, FreeMove, commented: “Now with operations in 38 countries, the FreeMove alliance remains committed to supporting the growth and ambition of our customers with the expansion of our international footprint. Our partnership with MegaFon marks another important step in our evolving growth story and we will continue to build on this in 2011.”

MWC – GSMA-Led Task Force Defines Market Requirements for a Standardised Embedded SIM

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The GSMA, along with a group of leading mobile operators, today announced it has finalised the market requirements for the development of a standardised embedded SIM. The task force, formed recently to explore the development of a new SIM solution that can be remotely activated and used in a number of different devices, will submit the results of its analysis to ETSI, the telecommunication standards body, by the end of February 2011. This will pave the way for the delivery of an embedded SIM standard worldwide, reducing fragmentation and driving scale for ‘connected’ devices across various industries including automotive, consumer electronics, healthcare and utilities.

“The SIM has been at the heart of the mobile industry, helping to make the GSM family of technologies the most secure, ubiquitous and successful communications system in the world,” said Alex Sinclair, chief technology officer at the GSMA. “By creating a standardised embedded SIM, we will drive global momentum for new, innovative and cost-effective connected devices that will enhance everyday lives.  This is important because industry fragmentation can greatly hinder the advancement of mobile technology to the detriment of our industry and users all over the world.”

The embedded SIM is based on a set of requirements that will allow the remote management of operator credentials on a SIM card. This means that SIMs in embedded devices, which in most cases can’t be removed, can be securely updated with operator credentials up to and even after the point of sale, and will also allow the secure re-provisioning of alternative operators during its lifespan. The embedded SIM will be used in addition to existing SIMs rather than replace them, and traditional SIM-supported devices will continue to work on operator networks. The embedded SIM will also be based on already standardised SIM form factors and will remain as a ‘physical entity’, with the enhanced security that a physical implementation provides.

Besides the standardisation work within ETSI, efforts will continue by the task force to ensure that the embedded SIM will provide the essential trust and security relationships necessary to protect the data provided by all parties in the value chain.

In addition to driving momentum for a range of new and exciting connected devices, the embedded SIM will also encourage the development of new machine-to-machine (M2M) services by making it easier to bring mobile broadband connectivity to non-traditional devices such as cameras, music players, e-readers, in-car systems, health monitors and smart meters. Devices featuring the new SIM activation capability are expected to appear in 2012.

MWC – WeDo Technologies Announces BASE Mobile Prepaid

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WeDo Technologies, a specialist in revenue and business assurance solutions, today announced the availability of BASE. BASE is targeted specifically at mobile network carriers with up to one million subscribers.

Taking advantage of WeDo Technologies’ global customer base and its market leadership, allied with more than 10 years of experience deploying its proprietary revenue assurance solution, the company now presents a new low TCO and fast deployment tool for small operators that want to protect their revenues with nothing less than the best the market can offer. With BASE Mobile Prepaid Template WeDo Technologies offers Tier 3 mobile operators a system that in a very short time frame and with a low budget addresses the key issues and processes within the mobile operator prepaid revenue streams.

Rui Paiva, Chief Executive Officer at WeDo Technologies, said: “With this new offering, WeDo Technologies is able to address, in a competitive way, Tier-3 carriers. Roughly one third of the mobile operators in the world have less than 1 million subscribers and many of these still don’t have commercial revenue assurance tools. Smaller carriers with more pragmatic attitudes generating good margins on voice and certain data services do not grab quite so many headlines, but this market has exactly the same needs of their bigger counterparts and we want to make sure we have the right offer for them.”

Traditionally, the prepaid market attracts subscribers with tighter budgets and there are a wide range of prepaid MNOs and MVNOs successfully operating globally. From a broader perspective, the prepaid model is a huge success worldwide, particularly in the developing markets which WeDo Technologies expect represent the best target market for its BASE Mobile Prepaid Template.

Telmap integrates mobile ads from NAVTEQ LocationPoint

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Telmap, specialist in mobile location-based services, today announced it will integrate location-aware mobile ads into its location-based services via NAVTEQ LocationPoint, one of the world’s fastest growing hyper-local mobile ad networks. The agreement promises to connect advertisers with millions of mobile users of Telmap services with NAVTEQ LocationPoint hyperlocal mobile ads and special offers.

Telmap is a provider of end-to-end, white label mobile location-based services that enrich on the-go experiences through integration of local content, community interactions, and relevant retail offers. The Telmap Mobile Location Companion is the world’s first personalized mobile location companion designed to serve user search, mapping and navigation needs while on-the-go, offering a variety of location-related content such as traffic, speed cameras and points of interest information. With NAVTEQ LocationPoint ads, consumers using the Telmap Mobile Location Companion receive location- and context-aware banner ads and special offers and can view branded points-of-interest on the map. 

A primary aggregator of global top quality mobile ad inventory, NAVTEQ’s LocationPoint Advertising Network spans smart phones, personal navigation devices, and mobile applications. The NAVTEQ-Telmap relationship will provide both big brands and local businesses with large-scale audience reach and the ability to target and engage on-the-go users as they near points of purchase. 

NAVTEQ LocationPoint is a mobile ad network comprising global publishers that delivers hyper-local mobile ads and special offers when consumers approach advertised locations. Built-in features make it easy for consumers to go, shop, buy, or save coupons for later use. Location-relevance and consumer-friendly features deliver a superior end user experience.

“Telmap is aware of the huge potential location-based advertising encompasses, bringing valuable and personal retail offers to consumers when they are in a geographic position to buy,” said Motti Kushnir, CMO, Telmap. “Our agreement with NAVTEQ enables us to leverage the key relationships each side has with mobile operator and advertisers alike.”

“We’re pleased to welcome Telmap to our growing list of publishers,” said Chris Rothey, vice president, advertising for NAVTEQ. “Telmap brings millions of on-the-go users into the NAVTEQ ad network and NAVTEQ LocationPoint brings an ad experience that is in sync with Telmap’s desire to provide a compelling advertising proposition that is relevant and useful to mobile consumers.”

MWC – Orga Systems launches new Mobile Money System

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Orga Systems, a specialist in real-time charging and billing, has launched Mobile Money System (MMS). Orga Systems has designed a secure and scalable solution enabling telecom operators and financial institutions to offer advanced mobile financial and payment services. MMS provides comprehensive functionality for the successful day-to-day management of a large-scaled mobile money distribution network. Mobile phones represent a cost-effective solution and mobile money transfer and payment services will bridge the gap for unbanked users to access financial services. These facts further underline the importance of real-time based mobile money solutions.

As mobile money services offer the most convenient alternative to existing traditional payments systems worldwide, this is a huge revenue stream for Mobile Network Operators. Orga Systems’ MMS ensures simple usage, security and availability, while boosting customer retention and revenue growth. In addition, it creates end-user experiences through attractive services like:

              a.. Deposit cash into a mobile account
              b.. Cash out from an MMS salesperson
              c.. Send mobile money to other mobile money accounts
              d.. Pay bills (e.g. health care)
              e.. Pay for goods from the MMS account
              f.. Recharge prepaid airtime accounts

MWC – Nextreaming releases Smooth Streaming Player SDK for Android and iOS

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Nextreaming, a provider of multimedia software for handsets, announced the commercial availability of the latest NexPlayer SDK for Android and iOS, now supporting also adaptive streaming according to the Smooth Streaming standard. The Player SDK includes the latest features as defined by IIS, being compliant with the already available Smooth Streaming services.

The player is showing premium quality for video and music streaming services through Mobile Operator Networks and Wireless Internet thanks to the specific optimisation of the codecs, protocols and rendering modules for the different Android/iOS versions and the specific device chipsets. In addition, NexPlayer SDK with Smooth Streaming inside has been combined with leading DRM solutions such as PlayReady.

The new upgrade of NexPlayer SDK complements the previous SDK capabilities such as HTTP Live Streaming, Download, Progressive Download and Local Playback. The latest 3GPP and Windows Media Codecs such as H.264 and WMV/WMA are also included.

The player is now ready for Service Providers, Broadcasters and Mobile Operators, who will distribute it for download in applications via the Android and iPhone/iPad Application Markets. The player functionality and user interface are fully customisable and can be also combined or integrated into any other existing application. Sample UI in source code is provided, enabling this way a very fast integration process and time-to-market by application makers.

The video and audio quality provided by NexPlayer SDK is based on the large experience of Nextreaming in optimising its media player for particular mobile platforms. NexPlayer SDK provides in addition excellent robustness and secured interoperability enabling quick time to market.

Dr Il-Taek Lim (Nextreaming CEO) said: “The excellent and growing market acceptance of Android and iOS devices together with the high performances of those platforms make them a strategic target for Nextreaming media players. With the always aim to provide the best multimedia experience in every handset, Nextreaming decided to extend the capability of NexPlayer with this widely used streaming technology. Nextreaming will keep upgrading NexPlayer SDK for Android, iPhone and iPad with the latest technology and the shortest time to market.”

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