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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
December 6th to December 13th 2007 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: France Telecom launches Orange services in Central African Republic EGYPT: Orascom Telecom to sell entire stake in HTIL Sawiris denies Orascom sale speculations GHANA: Cellphone companies oppose...
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Europeans switching to mobile phones
Almost one in five European Union households has gone wireless, cutting off their landline cables to use a mobile telephone only, a study by the EU statistical office showed on Tuesday. Eurostat said that last year 18 percent of households had mobile...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
13th of September to 20th of September 2007 ANGOLA: Angola Telecom engages Ericsson for coastal link installation BAHRAIN: Batelco offers recharge buffer for pre-paid customers BENIN: MTN resumes operations in Benin EGYPT: Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade Mobinil’s...
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Apple's navigation system for Mercedes...
According to German magazine Focus Apple is developing a navigation system for Mercedes-Benz. The technology will debut for the 2009 model year, exclusive to Mercedes automobiles. After computers, MP3-Playern and mobile phone the computer manufacturer...
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Win a free Samsung phone....
One step beyond in social networking or how to become famous and get a free Samsung phone.... Europe united by Samsung They recently shot and launched Europe United, a new music video for Samsung Mobile. The concept is fascinating (A combination of social...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
9th of August to 16th of August 2007 AFRICA: EMC to provide DVB-S2 IP trunking platform PT merges interest in all sub-Saharan African telecom companies into Africa Holding BENIN: Globacom to provide GSM services in Benin CONGO BRAZZAVILLE: MTC plans USD...
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Bluetooth range exceeds 1km
It's the size of a postage stamp, includes an omni-directional antenna, consumes less than 700mW and can reliably transfer data at open field ranges in excess of 1km using it's own antenna and still further when used with higher gain and directional external...
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Nokia to ship TD-SCDMA phones to China
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top cell phone maker Nokia expects to start selling phones for China's 3G mobile technology TD-SCDMA in the first half of next year, when the network is up and running, a company official said. "Currently we see that there...
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Samsung showcased a total of 53 phones
Samsung Electronics showcased a total of 53 mobile phones and its latest mobile technologies at CommunicAsia 2007, in Singapore. Key highlights were the Ultra Edition II 12.1(U700), Ultra Edition II 10.9(U600) 2.5G slider, and a fashion phone lineup including...
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Biggest Digital Picture Frame in the world
No one actually buys a digital picture frame for themselves, only as gifts. Case in point, this new one from Smartparts, which features a comparatively large 15-inch LCD, considering most top off at 10 inches. The company is pitching the frame as the...
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Motorola will rebound with new handsets
Next-generation Razr, smartphones, and combo devices will help firm rebound, CEO says. The day after announcing that 4000 employees will be laid off, Motorola CEO Ed Zander told investors that he plans to boost profits with a wide range of multimedia...
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Dream Phone
It's still not exist but it's what a phone should looks like today Features - HSPDA with Dual SIM support (CDMA/GSM or GSM/GSM) - USB/Bluetooth/Wifi - DLNA (could communicate with my TV/DSLBox/Hifi System/etc...) - 8 Mp Camera (with Multishots option,...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
January 10th to January 17th 2008 CONGO BRAZZAVILLE: Warid Telecom commences services in Congo EGYPT: MTN in talks with OTH to acquire stake in Mobinil GHANA: Celtel to commence operations soon Vodacom denies making fresh offer for GT stake ISRAEL: 012...
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Linux-based Palm OS II: not until 2008
Palm Inc. will unveil a platform but not until 2008 that runs the Palm OS on top of a Linux kernel, allowing the company to improve the performance and stability of its handhelds and smartphones, CEO Ed Colligan said. After announcing in April 2007 plans...
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Open call for talent by Nokia (N76)
Nokia is launching a contest to win a N76 by showing your talent... What do you have to do? Download the design template and use the design software of your choice to create your own design for the Nokia N76. Enter it in the contest and website visitor...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
28th of June to 5th of July 2007 AFRICA: Vodacom to launch WiMAX and ADSL services ANGOLA: Unitel acquires exchange equipment worth USD 150 million EGYPT: NTRA sets regulations for second fixed-line licence GHANA: Ghana Telecom expands broadband service...
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Apple says iPhone to go on sale June 29
Apple Inc. will start selling its iPhone on June 29, a debut that will test whether the company's design success with Mac computers and iPod media players can carry over into mobile handsets. Apple announced the date on Sunday, with three television commercials...
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Will iPhone Have More Features?...
Apple has a tendancy to under-promise as not to disappoint, so there's a good chance that there is some truth to these rumors. The source of the rumor is the VIM3 blog, and this juicy post . According to them, the iPhone will have these updated and/or...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
15th to 21th of June 2007 AFRICA: HiTs Telecom to sell stake in Hits Africa to fund expansion program Vodacom releases annual results for 2006 ALGERIA: Wmode partners with Nedjma to offer mobile content BAHRAIN: Batelco accepts new TRA pricing regulations...
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Motorola RAZR2 -- The Next-Gen RAZR
NEW YORK – 15 May 2007 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today invited the world to experience the evolution of the RAZR brand as it unveiled RAZR2, the ultimate iconic feature phone. Available July 2007 in several markets, the next-generation device packs...
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Mobile WiMAX Market Forecast
Mobile WiMAX will connect 8% of the world's 1.1 billion mobile broadband subscribers by 2012, accounting for nearly 88 million users worldwide, according to a report from Parks Associates, which also forecasts 52% of these subscribers will be from Asian...
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Global handset sales in 2007 could top 1.1B
The total number of handsets sold in 2007 could be over 1.1 billion thanks to quarter-on-quarter growth of at least 10 percent, according to Gartner. 289 million phones were sold worldwide in Q3 2007, an increase of 15 percent on the same period last...
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Global Handset Market share for Q3 2007
Global Handset Shipments (Millions of Units) Q3 '06 Q2 '07 Q3 '07 Nokia 88.5 100.8 111.7 Samsung 28.9 37.4 42.6 Motorola 53.7 35.5 37.2 Sony Ericsson 19.8 24.9 25.9 LG 16.5 19.1 21.9 Others 46.4 41.3 45.7 Total 253.8 259.0 285.0 Global Marketshare % Q3...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
October 18th to October 25th 2007 AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST: Orascom awards submarine network deployment contract to Alcatel-Lucent AFRICA: LG launches CD 3000 in Sudan; signs contract with Telkom Kenya ANGOLA: European Investment Bank grants USD 21 million...
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Africa & Middle East Telecom weekly news
23rd of August to 30th of August 2007 AFGHANISTAN: Afghanistan witnesses addition of 150,000 mobile subscribers each month AFRICA: Celtel to expand One Network service in Africa by 2010 ALGERIA: ARPT denies LACOM’s allegations BAHRAIN: Batelco signs new...