By Editor on January 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Android-powered smartphones would be launched by ZTE which has joined the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), in the first quarter of 2010.After phone and PC maker Lenovo and rival kit vendor Huawei, ZTE becomes the third Chinese equipment supplier to join the OHA.
The announcement was made after Korean phone maker LG plans to launch 20 smartphones based on a range of operating systems including Android, Windows Mobile and Linux.
According to Lin Qiang, general manager of ZTE Smartphones, the company has has invested heavily in the research and development of Android smartphones during the last year because of its trend and popularity and is committed to invest in this innovative platform to meet the market demand.
By Editor on January 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Increase in the global handset sales has been planned by LG Electronics under which the company aims to sell 140 million units in 2010, a rise of 20%. About 20 new smartphones would also be launched by the company in 2010, of which more than 10 would be Android- based. Major focus would be on home market Korea and North America.
Other 2010 handsets model would be based on Linux and Windows Mobile systems. Production of easy-to-use smartphones aimed at first-time owners would also be the focus of the company in the first half of 2010, before moving into premium handsets with cutting-edge designs later in the year.
By Editor on January 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: In its bid to become one of the top two mobile device manufacturers in the world by 2012, a raft of plans has been drafted by LG Electronics for its mobile business. The plan includes the goal of 20 percent increase year-on-year besides selling 140 million handsets in 2010. Details of a concerted drive into the global smartphone market are also included in the plan.
About 100 mobile retail stores in the developing world has been opened by the company in 2009 but the it still feels the need of a strong push into the Korean and North American markets.
Special smartphone business division was established by LG besides boosting the smartphone R&D workforce by 30 percent last year. LG’s current year target is to 20 smartphones based on operating systems including Android, Windows Mobile and Linux.
With the launch of a device supporting 3-Way Sync technology allowing seamless viewing of all mobile, PC and web content over a wireless network will also be unveiled as an innovation by LG.
By Editor on December 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vietnam leading mobile operator, Vinaphone will start international roaming service by 2010. The decision came after the company joined Conexus, an alliance of international mobile phone providers. Through
this agreement, subscribers to one of the alliance’s members and VinaPhone’s users will be permitted to use the services provided by all the other members of the alliance.
A flat rate of 0.2 USD per SMS on roaming will be charged from the customers of Conexus’ 11 members. Other support services such as handset lending, SIM card replacements overseas, making free calls to 18001091 when in Vietnam will also be provided to the subscribers.
11 members of the Conexus Mobile Alliance networks is there in growing economies such as the Republic of Korea , Japan , Hong Kong , Taiwan , Macau , India , the Philippines , Indonesia , Singapore and Thailand and boasts a combined customer base of more than 240 million mobile subscribers across the region.
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Tagged with 3G, ASIA, Conexus, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, International Roaming Service, Japan, Korea, Macau, mobile operator, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Vinaphone
By Editor on December 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: With the goal to extend the smartphone experience to average users on mainstream devices, Korean handset vendor Samsung put the wraps off its Bada platform, announcement of which was made a month
ago in London. The OS will be launched in the first half of 2010. However, the company made it clear that Bada is actually not a brand new OS but it is based on the existing Samsung proprietary.
Though the firm is involving itself in a variety of top-tier smartphone OS community projects, it still believes that sufficient enthusiasm cannot be achieved by collaboration to bring the smartphones to the mass market or at a cost point that will allow them to be bought by a wide audience.
According to Thomas Richter, director of portfolio management, Samsung Telecommunications Europe, the new technology will be based on touch interface. Bada trident will have an existing operating system, UI technology and industrial design expertise. However, the effectiveness of the device depends upon thriving community of capable developers.
Twitter, EA Mobile, Capcon, Gameloft and, oddly, onetime video rental market leader Blockbuster are some of the on hand content partners of the Samsung.
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Tagged with ASIA, Bada platform, Blockbuster, Europe, Gameloft, Korea, London, Mass Market, Operating System, Samsung Telecommunications, smartphones, Teleco, twitter
By Editor on December 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Communist country North Korea, known for its human rights abuses and for tight controls on outside information, is riding high on mobile communications with the mobile telephone subscriptions due to reach 120,000 early next year. The mobile service was started in the country just a year ago by an Egyptian provider.
According to the marketing manager of the joint venture called Koryolink with Egypt’s Orascom, with the set up a 3G mobile network, the success is bigger than what was expected.
The mobile phone service in North Korea began in November 2002, but shut down after 18 months and the handsets were recalled.
According to the official media of North Korea, the telecom network has expanded nationwide and the fiber-optic cables has been laid from the capital to all provinces and the broadcasting sector has been renovated. A company manager, whose name wasn’t given, said that mobile use was not only spreading among the political and business elite, but even citizens are availing the facility in the capital city, Pyongyang.
By Editor on November 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Samsung hopes to extend its app store offering to a wider range of handsets, including less sophisticated feature phones and entry level smartphones.
The Korean
technology giant said Bada — which means “ocean” — was a new addition to the company’s mobile ecosystem and would give users a “fun and diverse mobile experience”.
Samsung said it chose the name to “convey the limitless variety of potential applications” that can be created using the new platform, and to demonstrate the company’s commitment to “a variety of open platforms in the mobile industry”.
It also offers
mobile operators an easy-to-integrate platform that can be used to provide “unique and differentiated services to their customers”, said Samsung.
By opening Samsung’s mobile platforms we will be able to provide rich mobile experiences on an increasing number of accessible smartphones,†said Dr Hosoo Lee, an
executive vice president at Samsung. “Bada will be Samsung’s landmark, iconic new platform that brings an unprecedented opportunity for operators, developers and Samsung mobile phone users around the world.â€
Samsung’s current smartphone range runs the open-source
Symbian operating system and the Google-backed
Android platform. Carolina Milanesi, a research director at Gartner, said Samsung’s decision to develop and use its own platform for entry-level smartphones was its attempt to “differentiate its products from the competition.”
But Geoff Blaber, an analyst with CCS Insight, questioned Samsung’s thinking: “The big question is, does the mobile phone world need yet another operating system?,” he said.
Samsung hopes to give users a ”fun and diverse mobile experience” on a wider range of handsets, including less sophisticated feature phones and entry level smartphones via its newly created mobile platform dubbed “Bada”. Bada means Ocean in Korean.
Samsung said it chose the name to “convey the limitless variety of potential applications” that can be created using the new platform, and to demonstrate the company’s commitment to “a variety of open platforms in the mobile industry”.
It also offers mobile operators an easy-to-integrate platform that can be used to provide “unique and differentiated services to their customers”, said Samsung.
By opening Samsung’s mobile platforms we will be able to provide rich mobile experiences on an increasing number of accessible smartphones,†said Dr Hosoo Lee, executive vice president at Samsung. ”Bada will be Samsung’s landmark, iconic new platform that brings an unprecedented opportunity for operators, developers and Samsung mobile phone users around the world.â€
One can’t help but ask – Does the world need another mobile operating system?
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Tagged with Android, Android Platform, App Store, CTO, Ecosystem, Google, handset, Handsets, Korea, Mobile Industry, Mobile Operating System, mobile operator, Mobile Operators, Mobile Phone, Mobile Platform, Operating System, operator, phone, Phones, Research, Samsung, Samsung Mobile, smartphone, Symbian, Technology
By Editor on September 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment
South Korea’s telecommunications regulator has given the green flag to apple to launch the iPhone in Korea.
The Korea Communications Commission made an exception to a rule that requires cellphones sold in the country to use domestic technology for location-based services. The commission’s action comes after months of consumer pressure.
This move is likely to create a stir among the dominant domestic manufacturers – Samsung and LG.
This development comes a month after Apple managed to clear its entry in China too. China Unicom, Apple’s partner in China will start selling the iPhone in the fourth quarter.
Lauren Kim, a spokesperson for SK Telecom Co. and Yeom Woo-jong, a spokesperson for KT Corp both admitted to being in discussion with Apple.
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Tagged with Apple, China, China Unicom, iPhon, iPhone, Korea, KT, KT Corp, Partnership, S Tel, Samsung, SK Telecom, South Korea, Yeom Woo-jong
