MetroPCS begins Chinese Android Smartphone sale (USA)
By Editor on December 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
MetroPCS has started selling a low-cost Android smartphone, supplied by China’s Huawei. The smartphone is powered by the Android 2.1 (Eclair) OS; the Huawei Ascend is aimed at consumers wanting to move from a feature phone to a smartphone.
The smartphone is being offered for US$179 with smartphone tariffs starting from US$50 per month.
The Huawei Ascend is equipped with a 3.5-inch HVGA auto-rotate touchscreen with onscreen QWERTY keyboard for text input, along with a 3.2 megapixel camera and supports Wi-Fi connectivity.
According to Tom Keys, Chief Operating Officer of MetroPCS, the company’s customers desire more choices and are looking for the latest handsets and services that fit their personalities, lifestyles and budgets. With the addition of this device, they are again expanding their portfolio to provide customers with a chance to experience the latest technology with the value of affordable, flexible and predictable no annual contract wireless services.
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CGC launches Nokia C6 and C7 smartphones
By Editor on October 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Nokia’s partner Consolidated Gulf Co (CGC) in Qatar, has introduced two new Nokia smartphones the Nokia C6 and Nokia C7. CGC Chief Operating Officer, Anil Mahajan has announced the availability of the two phones across Qatar.
According to Mahajan, Nokia C6 and Nokia C7 are hi-tech smartphones made to meet people’s messaging and social networking needs, effectively and affordably. With loads of new age features and attractive designs, these Nokia devices are fully equipped to take total care of users’ mobility requirements efficiently.
Nokia C6 has a 3.2 inch touch screen with a full slide out QWERTY keyboard, a 5MP camera with autofocus and LED flash. Users can keep pictures and videos on phone or store even more with up to 16GB of expandable memory. Its large resistive touchscreen provides a great Internet experience and offers access to Facebook feeds directly on the personalized home screen.
Nokia C7 is a sleek social networking smartphone featuring a 3.5-inch AMOLED display, 8MP camera, HD video and 8GB internal memory, which can be expanded up to 32GB with a MicroSD card.
Equipped with integrated GPS, the phone enables users to enjoy live updates from social networks such as Facebook and Twitter and keep track of new emails directly on its three customized home screens. Nokia C7 offers the best in mobile entertainment as its users can capture high-quality photos and HD video using the 8 megapixel camera with dual-LED flash, watch Al Jazeera, National Geographic, BBC and many more channels with Web TV, listen to music on your car stereo with the built-in FM transmitter, use finger gestures pinch to zoom, flick to scroll and tap to select.
Both the devices also feature free Ovi Maps turn-by-turn navigation. Additionally, users can enjoy access to a plethora of Ovi services, including games, music, videos, chats and mails. A full suite of email and social networking capabilities means the Nokia C6 and C7 are perfect for people who want to stay up to date while on the go.
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Zain restructures management after Bharti deal
By Editor on June 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The management team of Mobile Telecommunications Co., known as Zain has been restructured after selling its African assets to India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd. Barrak Al Sabeeh has been appointed as chief operating officer, Ossama Matta as chief financial officer and Bashar Arafeh as chief commercial officer.
According to the company, it appointed Khalid Al Omar as chief executive officer of its Kuwait operations.
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NSN appoints new chief technology officer
By Editor on June 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Hossein Moiin will join Nokia Siemens Networks as its new chief technology officer on July 1. The role of CTO was created when the company eliminated is chief operating officer position in January.
Former COO Mika Vehvilainen quit joining Finnish airline Finnair late last year. The former BT man is charged with leading the vendor’s research and innovation.
According to Nokia Siemens, the new CTO will be responsible for developing and advocating the company’s technology strategy and long-term views on network architecture while Moiin feels that he will be able to guide the company in a direction that will benefit the largest number of people and organization.
On the other hand, Nokia Siemens Networks will also hope that Moiin can benefit its organization, given the ferocity of competition in the vendor space.
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Mehboob Chowdhury named the new CEO of Citycell (Bangladesh)
By Editor on March 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Mr. Mehboob Chowdhury has been named as the new CEO and Mr. David Lee as the new Chief Operating Officer of Bangladesh based mobile network operator, Citycell, at present owned by Singtel, Pacific Group and Far East Telecom.
Currently, Mr Chowdhury is the Chairman of South Asia Mobile Forum. Earlier, he was the Director Sales and Marketing of Grameenphone and later Chief Commercial Officer of Banglalink. Mr. Lee previously worked as Deputy Chief Commercial Officer at Pakistan’s Warid Telecom.¬
According to Citycells new CEO Mehboob Chowdhury, as the country’s lone CDMA mobile phone operator, Citycell has already achieved a lot in gaining customers satisfaction and is moving towards to offer better products and services and in his new role he will work towards making Citycell the most preferred telecom operator of Bangladesh.
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Verizon President Dennis Strigl to put down his papers by 2009-end (USA)
By Editor on September 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Verizon commuincations said that Dennis Strigl will put down his papers as president and chief operating officer by 2009-end, potentially paving the way for a clearer succession plan.
Mr. Strigl said he has been planning his retirement for months after more than 41 years in the telecommunications industry. He played a key role in the introduction of wireless service in 1984, and was also instrumental in the wave of telecom mergers that formed the current iteration of Verizon.
“He has been a major force in the transformation of Verizon, positioning the company to lead in all of our strategic growth areas,” Mr. Seidenberg said in prepared comments.
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T-Mobile celebrates 1st-year successes
By Editor on August 15, 2006 · Leave a Comment
OAKLAND– T-MobileUSAis staging a grand opening celebration at its FirstParkcustomer-care facility here after having hired at least 630 employees in the past year.
After an initial job fair that attracted hundreds of applicants, the company has continued hiring locals at the rate of around 25 per month, according to First Park Chief Operating Officer Leonard Dow. T-Mobile’s success helps provide an anchor for the FirstParkfacility, Dow said.
“We’re very, very fortunate to have T-Mobile here,” he said. “Sometimes people suggest that T-Mobile is to FirstParkas a major tenant would be to a commercial outlet. It just helps so much in our marketing that they elected to go here.”
Dow said the effects of his marketing efforts would be much more limited if representatives couldn’t point to T-Mobile as a company that had taken FirstParkup on its offer. T-Mobile came to Maineas a result of a team effort from a wide range of local entities, including representatives of FirstPark, Central Maine Growth Council, Colby
College, as well as Gov. John E. Baldacci, U.S.Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe and others. Some of these and other local and state-level public figures plan to attend the grand opening and tour, which will begin at 10 a.m.Thursday. The event will showcase the results of all the efforts from the various parties involved, the customer-care center’s general manager, Mark Nolan said. “You may be wondering why we’re just now having this grand opening event when we’ve actually been open for nearly 12 months,” he said. “It’s because we want the focus to be on our customer-service professionals.” Nolan said executives wanted to wait for the grand opening until they had the chance to put as much of the team in place as possible. Ultimately, T-Mobile will employ a full staff of 900 employees, according to their plans. The Oaklandfacility offers employees a cyber cafe, television lounge, workout room, mother’s room, ergonomic work stations, game room, garden patch and a deli.
Source- http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com
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