Mediate introduces MT6236 platform (Taiwan)

On 03.30.11, In Mobile, By Editor

MediaTek, Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company has introduced its new MT6236 platform. MT6236 targets the feature-rich multimedia market and supports high-end graphic displays; web browsing and full-finger touch functionality.

It features 5 megapixel camera, mobile TV, HVGA display, integrated Bluetooth, and full HTML browser. The MT6236 platform is pre-integrated with MediaTek’s software solution to reduce the design cycle time. MediaTelk also announced that it has opened an office in Dubai.

With the new office, MediaTek hopes to strengthen its regional connections and to grow its business by over 20% in the region.

 

 

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AT&T Deploys TE Connectivity Distributed Antenna Solutions at The Broadmoor Resort

On 03.24.11, In Mobile, By Editor

TE Connectivity today announced that it has deployed its InterReach Fusionâ„¢ distributed antenna system (DAS) to provide clear and consistent mobile services for AT&T customers at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The installation ensures strong mobile services for employees and guests at the perennial 5-star award-winning resort nestled in the Rocky Mountains.

The deployment at the 700-room resort includes

75 remote antenna units (RAUs) covering the main hotel buildings, golf and spa buildings, conference center, and cottages areas. A base station deployed by AT&T’s Antenna Solutions Group to feeds the DAS, providing on-site network capacity for AT&T customers using the 850 and 1900 MHz frequency bands.

We provide a first-class experience for our guests at The Broadmoor Hotel, and part of doing that involves making sure that their cell phones work wherever they are on the property,” said Kevin Meyer, telecommunications manager at The Broadmoor. We are delighted that AT&T and TE Connectivity have provided a system that ensures seamless mobile services throughout our resort.”

TE Connectivity is a preferred partner of AT&T’s Antenna Solutions Group, whose mission is to enhance mobile coverage at major resorts, stadiums, hotels, and other premium properties around the United States.

The Antenna Solutions Group has embarked on a major program to deliver enhanced coverage at dozens of facilities.

Installing distributed antenna systems in high-traffic areas and facilities, such as The Broadmoor, offers our customers enhanced wireless coverage and access to the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network while at the resort,” said Jace Barbin, Vice President and General Manager of AT&T in the Rocky Mountain Region. We are committed to offering our customers the best-in-class wireless service, and the new system installed at the Broadmoor is one such example of this investment.”

Properties like The Broadmoor rely on our DAS solutions because they uniquely provide consistent signal strength and coverage at each antenna point, no matter how far that antenna is from the original signal source,” said Chris Jurasek, vice president and general manager, Wireless and Services at TE. Our systems are the preferred choice of major hospitality properties around the world, including the Burj Al Arab in Dubai, the Greenbrier in Virginia, and major Las Vegas hotels.”

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Vivendi to expand network in Middle East (France)

On 03.22.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Vivendi is currently in discussions with telecommunications companies and banks in the Middle East to expand its operations in the region, after opening an office recently in Dubai.

According to Jean-Bernard Levy, Vivendi’s chairman, they are working with partners that have not been disclosed. It’s a young office and they hope to announce more partnerships within weeks and months. They are working to make it happen.

The group, which among many assets owns Universal Music and a majority stake in French pay-TV company Canal+, also holds a 53% share in Maroc Telecom in Morocco. In 2010, Vivendi also signed a content deal with Qatar’s Qtel through Universal Music.

The company has a solid path to growth in the MENA region, Mr Levy added, confirming the music video website Vevo will launch in the Middle East by the end of June and the UK within weeks, as joint venture between Vivendi, Abu Dhabi Media and Sony Music.

Vevo has so far been limited to North American consumers, who are able to choose from 26,300 music videos uploaded by major artists so far. Unique viewers to the site which launched in December 2009 – had reached 43.7 million as of June 2010.

Mr Levy stated that it has been a tremendous success and this will help consumers from the Middle East to access thousands of videos and music content.

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BroadHop and Saudi Telecom Present on Unique Policy 2.0 Service Deployment at Management World Middle East

On 03.18.11, In Mobile, By Editor

BroadHop, Inc., the leader in next generation policy control platforms for telecom operators and Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the leading Middle East telecommunications operator, will present a real world success story on how implementing a Policy 2.0-based value added service improves customer experience, reduces churn and increases loyalty, at this year’s TM Forum Management World Middle East held March 22-23, 2011 at the Hilton Jumeirah, Dubai.

Ahmed Alshaia, Section Head, Data and Broadband VAS, STC and Kishen Mangat, Vice President of Solutions and Co-founder, BroadHop, Inc., will present on Wednesday, March 23 at 9:25 a.m. as part of the Customer Experience track. Session attendees will hear about STC’s unique and highly personalized ‘Prayer Time’ service and how BroadHop’s Quantum Network Suite – enables the delivery of more innovative services and capabilities, including real time parental control, granular content filtering, and flexible pricing.

As a key operator in the region, STC offers a diversified set of network access capabilities to its customers via xDSL, FTTx, WiMAX and GPRS/3G and upcoming LTE services. By using Policy 2.0, STC has been able to monetize subscriber traffic streams, enhance the subscriber user experience, offer personalized services as well as control the explosion of bandwidth growth within its network. Mr. Kishen Mangat and Mr. Ahmed Alshaia will cover the key areas of how Policy 2.0 addresses today’s operator needs including:

  • Service velocity
  • Complexity in delivering innovative services
  • Back end monetization gap
  • Integration challenges
  • Scalability & Performance — enabling service complexity, while protecting the control plane
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Du to select LTE providers for network launch (UAE)

On 01.25.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Du is reportedly in the process of choosing the provider of its Long Term Evolution (LTE) network.

According to Hatem Bamatraf, the Dubai-based firm’s Senior Vice President for network development, they have agreed with a number of suppliers to do testing and… test under a number of scenarios.

Finnish vendor Nokia Siemens Networks, Sweden’s Ericsson and Chinese firms Huawei and ZTE have reportedly been shortlisted to supply the equipment for Du’s 4G rollout.

Bamatraf added that he expects the technology to be commercially available sometime this year, but could not specify a particular date. He did reveal that it would be mainly available in certain ‘hotspots’ throughout the UAE: they don’t expect to go 100% across the country, like the 3G [network]… There will be areas such as the TECOM areas or Jumeirah or the shopping malls that will have it. You won’t need it along the roads because you won’t need to use such fast data while you’re driving.

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UAE defer prepaid iPhone 4 sales

On 01.18.11, In Mobile, By Editor

­The UAE based mobile network operator, Du has deferred sales of Apple’s iPhone 4 to prepaid tariff customers following an increase in people unlocking the handsets then selling them on the black-market.

The phones are subsidized by the company but can be sold with market-ups of 50-80% by black market dealers if they unlock or jailbreak the handsets.

According to Du’s COO, Farid Faraidooni, they became aware of this trend through the company’s network technologies, which detected a number of iPhone4 smartphones that had been sold by them and yet were inactive within the country. They also received information from abroad that smartphones sold by du are actually operating in neighboring countries.

According to sales assistants at Etisalat stores across Dubai, they have also been instructed to suspend sales of the prepaid iPhone 4, but blamed the decision on a lack of handsets to sell, not a ban by the company HQ. The iPhone 4 was launched in the UAE last September.

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Etisalat, Du initiate testing of shared networks (UAE)

On 01.05.11, In Mobile, By Editor

Etisalat and Du have reportedly begun the testing of their shared networks ahead of a national launch scheduled for later this year.

Last year both companies finalized discussions to gain access to each other’s broadband internet and television infrastructure. The move is designed to break the duo’s monopolies within their respective areas, enabling consumers countrywide to choose their preferred fixed line service provider.

Currently Du’s internet and pay-TV services only cover small areas of Dubai, including Dubai Marina and Media City; while Etisalat is barred from operating in these areas, it holds a monopoly on providing fixed services in the rest of the country.

According to Khalifa al Shamsi, the Senior Vice President of marketing at Etisalat, the operator has started home-testing the service to ensure its network can be accessed in Du’s territory. However, he did not say when the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) would approve the move to make the two networks available throughout the UAE. Meanwhile, Du’s chief commercial officer, Farid Faraidooni, stated that the company had also started its own internal testing for the technology that would make network convergence possible.

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Axiom Telecom calls off IPO (Dubai)

On 12.07.10, In Mobile, By Editor

Dubai-based mobile-phone distributor, Axiom Telecom has canceled its initial public offering of shares and listing on the Nasdaq Dubai because of liquidity and market concerns.

According to the company, while there were sufficient orders to fully cover the IPO book at the price range, primarily due to demand from high quality international investors in Europe and the U.S; there were widespread concerns about market conditions and liquidity. The board has therefore decided to withdraw the offer at this juncture to protect current and future shareholders of Axiom.

The Axiom IPO would have been the first in the United Arab Emirates in about two years.

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Telecel Zimbabwe introduces per second billing

On 11.29.10, In Mobile, By Editor

Telecel Zimbabwe has switched all its customers to per second billing. Promotions only available previously with per minute billing are now available in a revised form as per second billing promotions.

Telecel has also slashed the cost of international SMS text messages from 22 cents to nine cents. It has reduced the cost of a local SMS from nine cents to seven cents.

Previously Telecel customers could choose to switch between per second billing and per minute billing, depending on which was most advantageous for them.

Following the switching of all customers permanently to per second billing, Telecel has adapted its cheap international calls to per second billing. International calls to 23 major international destinations now cost only 24 cents per minute.

Calls can be made for this price to the United Kingdom, United States, South Africa, Canada, Australia, China, India, Dubai, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Egypt, Brazil, Germany, France, Spain, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Russia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.

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Samsung and Giorgio Armani to launch I9010 Galaxy S

On 11.16.10, In Mobile, By Editor

Samsung has teamed up with Giorgio Armani to launch a designer handset – the Samsung Galaxy S. Samsung I9010 Galaxy S Giorgio Armani is pre-loaded with Armani logos, wallpapers and apps.

The Samsung  Galaxy S is a successor to Samsung Captivate smart phone which is  exclusively for AT&T, US. The new Giorgio Armani Galaxy S phone is alike the Captivate – a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, a 1GHz processor, 16GB internal storage, 5 megapixel camera with HD recording and lots of connectivity options.

The handset is bundled with a 5-megapixel camera, a multimedia player, push e-mail service, along with 16GB of memory. This Android phone will be retailed for US$965.

The fashion gadget will hit the Giorgio Armani boutiques and some major retailers in Italy, France, UK, Germany, Dubai, China, Hong Kong, Spain, Russia and the Netherlands from next month.

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