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3Roam launches microwave Gigabit-class switch

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3Roam, a specialist in advanced networking for high-capacity wireless IP transport, today introduced the WLS502 platform, its microwave Gigabit-class switch targeting ISPs, triple-play operators and private networks.

Supporting all interference-free frequencies in the licensed bands, from 6 GHz to 38 GHz, the WLS502 provides an all-in-a-box solution to transport highly demanding content, such as IPTV, video-surveillance alongside voice and data, with a throughput of up to 800 Mbps, over distances up to dozens of kilometers. The WLS502 is the alternative for 3Roam’s customers to renting expensive capacity from wholesale operators, with return on investment within the first year, it says.

The WLS502 integrates two radio modems in a single half-rack unit, creating the lowest cost cross-polarization solution in the market. This dual-modem architecture is combined with 3Roam’s unique X-ATPC technology minimizing cross-polarization interferences, improving traffic aggregation and load-balancing intelligently between the two wireless interfaces, which is usually not possible when using separate single-modem equipments.

The WLS502 integrates seamlessly into any IP network, with its 6 port Gigabit switch providing advanced VLAN and QoS management. Its end-to-end latency below one hundred microseconds also helps meet stringent requirements for voice communication and video transport.

The WLS502 is said to be the wireless alternative for Gigabit-class links, link protection or relay sites.

Weak growth in over-hyped mobile data traffic dampens need for LTE, claims research

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Mobile network operators can easily meet the demands on their networks at the current growth rates without huge investment in LTE, and could even emerge from the initial phase of market growth with substantially improved revenue-per-byte rates and much healthier margins, according to the latest research from global telecoms, media and technology adviser Analysys Mason.

“There is a lot of exaggerated talk about mobile operators facing massively increasing pressure on their networks, and having to use every resource possible to make costs, revenue and traffic growth align. The problem with the view that there is a huge impending wave of mobile data is that it does not correlate to measured traffic on mobile networks,” says Rupert Wood, Principal Analyst at Analysys Mason.

According to Analysys Mason, measured mobile data traffic growth in Europe is nothing like as fast as ‘doubling every year’, a frequently reiterated claim. Its research indicates that while European mobile data traffic grew by 110% in 2009, it will grow by about 35% in 2010, and that there is no real prospect of a pick-up in growth rates in 2011.

According to Wood, what is missing is an accurate sense of the relative size and dynamics of different types of mobile data traffic. Mobile broadband traffic generated by PCs is by far the largest part, accounting for over 90% of traffic, but it is also the part with the slowest growth. “In fact in some markets mobile broadband traffic growth has already come to a standstill”, says Wood. “Subscriber bases are still growing, but each subscriber uses on average less and less.”

The other misunderstood area, according to the research, is the proportion of smartphone-generated data that actually flows over cellular networks. This, claims Wood, is actually very low, probably as little as 10–20% in countries where most households have a fixed broadband connection. “The bulk of advanced smartphone traffic is generated indoors and most of it goes over Wi-Fi and fixed broadband. Mobile operators have little influence over consumer behaviour in this respect, and indoor traffic has consequently been lost to them.”

Mobile operators stand to benefit from these trends. So long as they derive more money per byte from handset data than from PC data, then they will get an improving mix of a low-value and high-value data without a damaging capacity pressure on their networks. The short-term danger they face is that they will not be able to hold on to that price premium. The longer-term danger, though, is over-investment in LTE before the demand is there. That, claims Wood, would lead to a further devaluation of data transport.

Ericsson wins first “RAN plus core” LTE contract

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Will support TDC LTE rollout in Denmark

Ericsson has won radio and core network contracts for the deployment of LTE in TDC’s mobile network in Denmark, marking the first time Ericsson has won an LTE contract for both core and radio elements. Ericsson will also extend its managed services deal with the operator to the LTE network.

The contract includes radio access network with RBS 6000 series, a “complete” Evolved Packet Core solution as well as the “full scope” of managed services. The roll out of the network starts immediately, TDC said.

Jess Ibsen, CTO of TDC said, “Choosing Ericsson is a continuation and expansion of TDC’s strategic cooperation with Ericsson.”
To date, Ericsson has signed commercial LTE contracts with seven major global operators, including the two live commercial LTE networks (TeliaSonera in Sweden and Norway, and MetroPCS in the USA.

Three of Denmark’s operators (TDC, Telenor, Telia) paid arout €45 million EUR for 20 MHz paired spectrum, plus 10 MHz unpaired band in the case of Telia and Telenor. Hutchison 3, who opted for 10 MHz of paired band and 25 MHz of unpaired, paid just below €1million.

ZTE launches new Android smartphone in France

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ZTE has launched the 2.1 Éclair smartphone in France, featuring a 3.5” multipoint capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 480×800 pixels.

The new smartphone is marketed under the ZTE brand, said to highlight the company’s expansion into the French market.

The handset includes a 3.2 million pixel camera, alongside other vital capabilities of contemporary smartphones such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Email, Internet, video player / recorder, MP3 player and FM radio. The phone will also be sold with a 2GB microSD card to help users make the most of its multimedia capabilities.

The ZTE BLADE weighs in at just 110g and includes both brightness and proximity sensors. It is embedded with a Qualcomm QCT MSM7227-1 microprocessor and a micro USB 2.0 port. The 1250 mAh battery is rated for up to 8 days standby time and 4 hours talk time. Web browsing has been made quick and easy, making the most of the 3G network (UMTS & HSDPA).

Commenting on the launch, ZTE’s Head of Mobile Terminals Department, Emmanuel Rousseau said: “After the CUTE in February and the LINK in May, the BLADE is a significant new step for ZTE in France. With this smartphone, we would like to develop enthusiasm for the Android platform by providing a powerful and stylish phone at a reasonable price.  This step is part of our strategy to move up-market and participate in the development of our brand in the French territory.”

ZTE says it now has a wide range of sophisticated low cost handsets that will allow the company to strengthen its market position in France offering more people more efficient terminals at accessible prices.

EC backs project to address mobile fragmentation

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EC backs project to address mobile fragmentation

MOSQUITO to document and define fragmentation for developers

The EC is co-funding a $700,000 project aimed at finding open source solutions to help developers address the issue of fragmentation in mobile devices and platforms.

The project is called MOSQUITO, which stands for Mobile software and services, Standardisation, Quality, Interoperability, Testing, Open source. At present, the project has seven participants drawn from across the industry, France Telecom, Funambol, inno, ETSI, IBBT and Telecommunication Metrology Center of MIIT.

The project has several goals, which are to:
·         Provide comprehensive documentation on fragmentation to help developers understand its issues and consequences
·         Define roadmap for reducing mobile internet application fragmentation
·         Support actions that improve the working environment to develop mobile internet services and demonstrate the way forward on convergence
·         Provide major contributions to the future internet
·         Lower barriers for service providers, in particular SMEs, to develop mobile internet services through standardised open (source) platforms and interfaces
Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO of Funambol, one of the participating companies, told Mobile Europe, “The problem in mobile is fragmentation, and the only way to get a solution to this problem is to use a community. MOSQUITO will look at the issue and document and find solutions to the issue. The angle the project is taking is open source and open standards to look at how we can define a framework to deal with the issue.”

The aim of the project, Copabianco stressed, is not to somehow eliminate fragmentation, and arrive at some overall approach to mobile applicaitons performance. Instead, the goal is to catalogue existing and evolving fragmentation, and come up with solutions for developers to help that address that.

“Fragmentation is innovation” said Capobianco, “and means we are seeing a lot more innovation than in some monolithic market. It can be a pretty good thing but not if it is out of control and cannot be managed. Then is is problematic.”

MOSQUITO’s own website says, “MOSQUITO aims to help define a sustainable level of fragmentation, which will not act as a barrier to the full development of the mobile phones applications market. Facilitating entrance to the market will attract developers, in particular SMEs, to develop mobile internet services through standardised open (source) platforms and interfaces.”

Study shows spending on mobile broadband up 40% year on year

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Nokia Siemens Networks’ Mobile Broadband Study 2010 reported a 40% increase in average monthly spend on mobile broadband compared to 2009. According to NSN, this can be attributed to increased use of mobile broadband among existing customers and higher penetration of the service in market segments with more disposable income. Added to this, is the wide availability of bundled or subsidized offers for laptops and netbooks with the purchase of a mobile broadband connection, it says.

“The study highlights that demand for mobile broadband is rapidly increasing due to its potential to deliver the connected experience people want, wherever they are,” said Beppe Donagemma, head of West & South Europe, Nokia Siemens Networks. “However, the quality of experience needs to improve to increase adoption. Operators need to prepare their networks to handle future volume and data traffic types to sustain mobile broadband growth.”

According to the study, the majority of mobile broadband users in France, Germany, Spain and the UK want a better mobile broadband experience – faster data speeds, improved quality and better coverage. For a better experience, more than half of the respondents (58%) are interested in high-speed mobile broadband and 30% are even willing to pay a premium for it. The majority of users also said they would be interested in LTE as a preferred next step for improved broadband.

Almost a third of users said they intend to spend more time accessing the Internet via mobile broadband (31%), while a quarter of non-mobile broadband users expressed interest in taking it up.

The study also found that about 80% of the users accessed the Internet with a mobile broadband connection from home. According to the study, about half of the mobile broadband subscribers use mobile broadband on the go, and one in five fixed broadband users is looking to move to mobile broadband. This highlights that mobility remains an important aspect in Internet consumption, says NSN.

The importance of mobility is further underscored by the finding that subscribers are more likely to use smaller devices, such as mini laptops/netbooks (34%), smartphones and smart devices (25%) to access mobile broadband, compared to PCs (27%) and standard laptops.

Open Kernel Labs OKL4 now deployed in more than one billion devices

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Open Kernel Labs, a provider of embedded virtualization software for mobile phones and broadband Internet devices, today announced that its software is now deployed in more than one billion mobile devices, with growth in its installed base of 57 percent.

OK Labs is one of only 29 companies recognized for deploying products in 100 million or more handsets in the sixth semi-annual VisionMobile list, current as of the end of June 2010. According to VisionMobile research, just twelve products from ten companies had managed to reach more than 700 million deployments as of that date.

“The growth in shipments of Open Kernel Labs OKL4 parallels the dramatic growth of mobile devices over the past few years,” said VisionMobile Research Director, Andreas Constantinou.

“As OK Labs deployments surpass the one billion mark, we continue to invest in new technology and to launch new products,” said Steve Subar, Founder and CEO, OK Labs. “In 2010 alone, we released the OK Labs Mass-Market Smartphone Solution, the Nirvana Phone concept (together with Citrix) and, most recently, OK Labs SecureIT Mobile, a solution for secure and certified mobile devices.”

Gatwick airport uses barcodes to get sticky

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Gatwick airport uses barcodes to get sticky

People get bored at airports, I suppose. But this is still an unlikely use of barcode + mobile, I think.

Gatwick Airport is using 1D barcodes to give links to information about the airport – specifically about upgrades it is carrying out.

A Release says:
“Gatwick Airport has unveiled a novel way of bringing its £1 billion investment programme to life, through a barcode ‘Gatwick Discovery Tour.’ Becoming the only airport in the world to use standard barcodes as an audio-visual information tool, Gatwick is also the first UK brand to work with stickybits (www.stickybits.com), whose free mobile application is used to scan the codes.

Gatwick is kicking the tour off at the North Terminal inter-terminal shuttle departure point. A video shows how the new shuttle route between the North and South Terminals was built

Over the coming weeks and months, more barcodes will be introduced at check-in and just after security in the North Terminal as well as the forecourt areas and immigration in the South Terminal.”

 

Telefonica moves M2M market on with Jasper Wireless

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With many ticking M2M as a growth area for service revenues in 2011, Jasper Wireless will have been pleased to announce today that it is behind Telefonica’s platform to manage M2M and embedded mobile devices.

Jasper Wireless will “power” the Telefónica Control Center, that enables M2M enterprise customers and device manufacturers to connect and manage embedded mobile devices
Jasper Wireless said that the collaboration will accelerate market entry for a new generation of connected consumer devices, including PNDs, e-Readers, digital photo frames, cameras, and gaming. Additionally, it will bring automation and advanced control features to enterprise applications in sectors such as automotive, smart grid, tracking, security and mobile healthcare.
Jasper Wireless said that its platform for connecting M2M and consumer electronic devices provides a model that minimises the complexity of embedding connectivity into devices by automating operational processes.
“Connected devices are the future of consumer and industrial electronics.  With Jasper Wireless’s support, Telefónica is ready to offer tailored services to its enterprise customers, including flexible business models, real-time monitoring and diagnostics, and enhanced customer support.  The Jasper Wireless platform enables Telefónica to offer our existing customers a complete solution for designing and managing connected devices,” says Carlos Morales, Global M2M Director, Telefónica.
“Mobile operators worldwide are looking to capitalise on the demand for connected consumer and enterprise devices. Combining its network and Jasper’s platform, Telefónica is able to simplify connectivity and management processes, enabling a rapid introduction of embedded mobile devices to the market,” says Jahangir Mohammed, chief executive officer, Jasper Wireless.

Vodafone uses Good for device management launch

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Vodafone UK is using device management technology from Good Technology to address the enterprise smartphone management market.
It has launched a service called Vodafone Smartphone Professional to enable businesses to manage corporate data residing on smartphones,  including Android, Windows and Nokia devices.

Through an online portal, IT administrators can control applications, restrict a device’s functionality and remotely wipe confidential information from a lost or stolen device. The service, which incorporates Good Technology’s ‘Good for Enterprise’ solution, includes over-the-air and on-device encryption of business data such as email, calendar and contacts.
Vodafone is using the service to upsell to business, by including “a generous data allowance” for each user.
“With smartphones becoming increasingly popular, securing the way data is accessed and stored on these devices is crucial,” says Peter Kelly, Enterprise Director at Vodafone UK. “Many businesses want to allow employees to use the mobile device that they choose to do their job most effectively. With Vodafone Smartphone Professional, businesses have the peace of mind that mobile devices and data are secure on the UK’s best network.”
The service also includes helpdesk to helpdesk support, giving access to Vodafone’s team.
Vodafone Smartphone Professional is available for a small service fee, charged per user per month following initial set-up charges.

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