Mobiles reviews - infrastructure

Huawei targets Europe (and it’s rivals) with overseas sales drive

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:01:54 +0000

Many of you may not have heard of Huawei (pronounced Wah-way) Technologies, but make no joke, these guys are serious when it come to winning mobile infrastructure deals and rolling them out - and now they have the likes of NSN (Nokia-Siemens Networks), AlcaLu (Alcatel Lucent), and Ericsson in their sights! During the past two years, [...]

Boeing taps AT&T to restructure communications infrastructure

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:39:03 +0000

If there’s one thing that AT&T knows how to do well, it’s building and maintaining telecommunications infrastructure. Boeing, the airplane manufacturer, has tapped AT&T to help enhance Boeing’s business productivity through a more efficient communications system. AT&T will be overhauling Boeing’s wireless and wireline services with an IP-based system that includes wide area network services, voice [...]

Vodafone Chief: VF not a dumb pipe

Wed, 07 May 2008 19:29:53 +0000

Arun Sarin (Vodafone CEO ) has said any content providers wishing to launch D2C (direct to consumer) services will always have to work with Vodafone. Apparently, speaking to the Financial Times, Sarin stated that the 'unique gift' of billing secures it and other operators against becoming "dumb pipe" for data - for examples from those such [...]

Hong Kong: SmarTone chooses Ericsson for HSPA

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:14:11 +0000

Hong Kong: Ericsson has been selected as sole supplier for mutimedia service network upgrades by SmarTone-Vodafone. Ericsson will supply a HSPA-enabled radio access network, including MBMS, and a fully IP-based core network (including IMS). The deal will also include all related Professional Services (PS) work. Ericsson is already the sole supplier of SmarTone-Vodafone’s core and radio [...]

Webalo Dashboard to be available on AT&T!

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:43:55 +0000

AT&T is planning to offer Webalo’s Mobile Dashboard service to the retail sector - enabling the delivery of real-time business intelligence to a mobile workforce in a market that is all about “real-time”. As you might or might not know, Webalo’s technology transforms enterprise applications and data to make them compatible with mobile devices, eliminating the [...]

UK: Ofcom announces it's plan to release spectrum (via auction) for Mobile TV

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:56:52 +0000

Ofcom (the UK regulator for [Tele]comms) has announced it's plan to auction off a chunk of radio spectrum, which would be suitable for Mobile TV. The deadline for applications to the auction will be 10/4/08, with a view to having the auction stating end of April. "But I thought Mobile TV wasn't due till 2010 or [...]