Mobile Milestone: Data Surpasses Voice Traffic
Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOM, 3/24/2010 Mobile data bits traveling around the world outnumbered voice traffic for the first time during December of 2009, according to wireless equipment vendor Ericsson. Worryingly, that data traffic was generated by an estimated 400 million smartphones set against 4.6 billion mobile subscribers making voice calls. What happens when everyone has a [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Cisco, Ericsson
Telstra to trial future wireless technology, LTE, on Next G
Stuart Corner, ITWire, 3/18/2010 Telstra has announced plans to start trialling in its Next G network the Long Term Evolution (LTE) 3G technology capable of delivering wireless broadband at, theoretically almost 200Mbps. Telstra plans to conduct trials starting from May in its laboratories and in the network in urban and rural areas in conjunction with [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Ericsson, HSPA, LTE, Nokia
Report: Sony cooking up new smartphone to challenge Apple
Phil Goldstein, FierceWireless, 3/4/2010 Sony is developing a new smartphone with Sony Ericsson that will be capable of playing PlayStation games, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The report, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, said Sony is taking a more active role in crafting handsets in its joint venture with [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Ericsson
Mobile reformation: Piecing together Mobile World Congress
Keith Mallinson, FierceWireless, 3/4/2010 American poet John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887) based his well-known poem about misconceptions on an old tale from India. It is a salutary warning on the shortcomings of uncoordinated investigations on component parts and their relationships with the whole. Similarly, we should be recognise the limitations of piecemeal, space-by-space analysis of announcements, [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Ericsson, Femtocell, GSM, LTE, Skype, WiFi
Windows Phone 7 Series: everything you ever wanted to know
Joshua Topolsky, Engadget, 2/18/2010 Microsoft just planted a massive flag in the ground with the debut of Windows Phone 7 Series. The company’s new mobile operating system is a radical and potent departure from the past, and there’s a lot to take in — so we’ve gathered together all our knowledge and impressions of the [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: 3G, AT&T, Ericsson, HTC, MMS, Samsung, SMS, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone, WiFi
Windows Phone 7 Reviews Are In: ‘A Completely New Smartphone OS’
Tricia Duryee, MocoNews, 2/15/2010 Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series is getting rave reviews from the likes of Gizmodo and Engadget. You can practically see the Engadget reviewer’s eyes widen as he tries out the phone, offering first impressions: “This really is a completely new OS—and not just Microsoft’s new OS, it’s a new smartphone OS, [...]
In: iPhone, Mobile Technology, WinPhone · Tagged with: AT&T, Ericsson, HTC, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon
Mobile firms unite to offer single apps platform
Yahoo! News, 2/14/2010 A group of mobile phone operators launched Monday an alliance to build a single platform for the hugely popular applications that allow users to play games and read news on their handsets. The goal of the 24 operators is to unite a “fragmented marketplace” and give developers of applications a single route [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Ericsson, Nokia, Vodafone
3G router serves both wired and wireless users
Eric Brown, eWeek Linux, 2/12/2010 NetGear announced a Linux-based 3G mobile router developed in collaboration with Ericsson. The NetGear MBRN3300E 3G Mobile Broadband Router combines an internal 3G radio, an 802.11n WiFi access point, an Ethernet swtich, and four Ethernet ports, sharing 3G bandwidth over WiFi and Ethernet, says the company. Like the Novatel Wireless [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, API, Ericsson, GPS, HSPA, Linux, MiFi, WiFi
AT&T to Deploy 4G LTE Network in 2011
Gizmodo, 2/10/2010 LTE is exciting stuff (if you don’t know what the heck LTE is, we have an explanation here). AT&T has just inked deals with Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson, who supply AT&T’s 3G equipment, solidifying 2011 as the year of 4G. AT&T’s “field trials” of LTE are promised for later this year—a soft launch that [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Ericsson, LTE
RIM Making Necessary Changes as Smartphone Competition Heats Up
Michael Barkoviak, Daily Tech, 2/8/2010 RIM making adjustments to better compete with the iPhone and Droid smartphones A TD Newcrest analyst said Research In Motion is making necessary changes to keep up with rival smartphone manufacturers, as the company continues to look for new ways to increase the number of apps it offers. Analyzing industry [...]
In: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Ericsson, HTC, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Verizon