www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Acer Computer and Telstra Business joins hand to to release three ready-to-go business laptops and data plan bundles with built-in wireless mobile broadband connectivity. These bundles will make it easier for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) to join the remote workforce revolution, thus providing better services and products to small business.

According to Telstra Business Group Managing Director Deena Shiff, 2010 Back to Business SME survey1 found that not only was the availability of finance a serious concern for about 70 percent of those polled, but investing in technology, including wireless broadband, featured in the growth plans of one in four.

Charles Chung, Acer computer regional Managing Director feels that expansion of 3G embedded notebooks, with their eight hour battery life, onto the Telstra Next GTM network for business customers means all-day, on-the-go computing is now in the reach of more SMEs.

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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: 10.5GHz spectrum license has been acquired by Gateway Communications, a telecoms network operator, for ten states in Nigeria: Kano, Kaduna, Rivers, Delta, Abuja, Edo, Oyo, Anambra, Abia and
Enugu. Earlier, Airlink and MetroLink 10.5GHz spectrum solutions targeted at SMEs in Lagos was deployed by the company.

Both the steps aim to strengthen its drive to build a pan-African connectivity network that covers every major African city based on satellite, submarine cable and fibre infrastructure. The services will be rolled out across the ten states in 2010 while Port Harcourt and Abuja will go live in February 2010. The solution will be deployed in further 14 states in 2011.

According to John Dindlebeck, MD at Gateway West Africa, the flexibility of the broadband 10Mbps solution with an MPLS backbone can customize the solutions provided to individual client needs.

Besides, the commitment of the company to provide world class connectivity solutions in Nigeria is also demonstrated through this expansion.

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Ericsson Opens Romania Center

Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) is announcing today a new Global Service Delivery Center to be opened in Bucharest, Romania, in July 2007. The new center will initially employ about 200 people and will serve regional and global customers.

Ericsson’s Global Services business is growing, leading to the establishment of the new Global Service Delivery Center (GSDC) in Bucharest. The services business depends on people and the business growth is increasing the need for resources.

Initially, the center will employ 200 engineers, most of whom will be young Romanian engineers. Romania provides high-quality education, with a large number of universities and graduates assisting the recruitment of engineers.

Hans Vestberg, Executive Vice President and Head of Ericsson’s Business Unit Global Services, says: “The opening of the new GSDC in Romania further proves Ericsson’s ambition to grow and develop the services area, as well as our delivery capabilities.

“We use our global structure, which includes local capabilities and expertise. This, in combination with our global tools, methods and processes, enables us to offer our customers cost-efficient support, development and delivery, which is an important competitive advantage.

   
 

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