A local newspaper reported that US telecom giant, AT&T, is interested in acquiring a stake in Telekom Malaysia unit, TM International. Late last year, Malaysia’s largest telecommunications group said it may bring in a foreign strategic partner for TM International.
Source: CNN Money
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 4th, 2008 No Comments »
What’s the info or rumor of new Sony Ericsson line up in 2008? Apparently there are several phones to be prepared as their ammunitions. Some have been rumored last year, while others might be never heard before.
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Bharti Airtel, Indian telecom company, asked Nokia Siemens Network (NSN) to deploy single Interactive Voice Response (IVR) platform across all 23 circles. The multimillion euro deal covers designing, planning, system integration, and optimization services to enhance overall customer experience.
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Revealed in Nokia Nseries US portal, Nokia is going to launch 8 GB version of N82. The steps is quite similar to N95, refreshing the line up with upgraded memory variant. Besides memory, N95 8GB also results larger screen and more durable battery. Will the same thing applies to N82?
Source: gsmhelpdesk via newlaunches
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Motorola launched new sliding music phone for Korea market. Named Z6M, it let you enjoy the music with 3.5mm ear jack. The phone is equipped with 2 megapixels camera and memory card slot. The software available includes file viewer and e-book viewer.
Source: Aving via LifeAtMost
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 3rd, 2008 2 Comments »
Nokia Siemens Network, agreed to acquire Apertio, a British company. Specialized in database, Apertio consolidates mobile and wireline subscriber data on common servers. The price tag is US$ 205 million for five years old company. The transaction demonstrates the growing demand for flexible subscriber databases.
Source: NYTimes
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 3rd, 2008 No Comments »
Sprint Nextel new CEO, Dan Hesse, steps down from his position in Nokia’s board of directors. As there is no mutual cooperation between the CDMA operator and largest GSM phonemaker, this announcement brings no surprise. Hesse’s challenge will be managing Sprint Nextel after merger and gaining the customer back in recent tough competition against other operators, both CDMA and GSM network.
Source: BloggingStocks
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on January 3rd, 2008 1 Comment »
Nokia N81, a long awaited phone has come to town. Expensive glossy look, combined with advanced technology, it is one you must take a look at. The phone is advertised as GPS, music, and gaming featured phone. Is this phone that powerful as all-in-one gadget?
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on December 28th, 2007 3 Comments »
Leading network manufacturer, ADC Krone, will team up with India operator Tata Indicom to provide update regarding weather and other information directly to mobile phone. Krone said the initiative has been taken up as a pilot project under the aegis of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation at Veerampattinam in Tamil Nadu and would be followed soon as a commercial service.
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on December 27th, 2007 No Comments »
One area in India, Faizabad, has announced to create e-governance service on mobile phone. The Chief Development Officer (CDO) Gaurav Dayal has launched an initiative, called “Real e-Governance”. Recently Dayal has started trials for a project called Anant Sampark by Harnessing Wireless Access (ASHWA), with an aim to establish a practicable e-Governance infrastructure which will connect rural areas with the district headquarter.
Posted by Amir Karimuddin on December 27th, 2007 No Comments »
