China Mobile has unveiled plans that will see TD-LTE widely deployed across the country. The company said that over 20,000 TD-LTE base stations will be in operation by the end of this year, growing to 200,000 by 2013. China Mobile president, Li Yu, said TD-LTE had now moved into a new phase after trials in…
Ford Motor Company’s executive chairman Bill Ford has called on the mobile industry to help develop smarter transport systems for the future. In a special keynote address at MWC tonight, Ford – the great-grandson of legendary founder Henry Ford – outlined the need to develop intelligent vehicles and transport systems and the role that the…
Brett Taylor, CTO of Facebook, today announced the company is participating in “a number of industry wide initiatives” intended to support the development of the mobile web, focusing on technology standards and payment enabling. “Despite the incredible amount of work we have to do to make the mobile web great, I am extremely optimistic. In…
As cloud computing continues to thrive and as more and more enterprises penetrate the cloud, security becomes a further pressing issue. This will be one of the subjects to be impressed on the RSA Conference 2012. A special group was assigned to look into data integrity and cloud data security in the cloud. Another organization,…
ZTE has expanded on its commitment to the Windows Phone platform and introduced the new ZTE Orbit smartphone. The ZTE Orbit is based on the latest version of Windows Phone and comes with 4GB of memory, HD Voice, and a 5Mpx autofocus camera with LED flash. It will be available in the second quarter of…
Sony took the wraps off two new Android smartphones in Barcelona last night – the first major devices from the vendor since it bought out Ericsson and took full control of the handset business. Now simply branded as ‘Sony,’ the Xperia P, Xperia U and the previously-announced Xperia S form part of the firm’s Xperia…
February 2012 – and Barcelona is becoming the hub of the mobile world again. The Mobile World Congress (MWC) or “Fiesta de los Móviles” like the locals call it will take place from February 27th – March 1st. After the congress moved from Cannes, France to Barcelona in Spain it has become the Nr. 1…
Data integration and management practices are the growing trends in the new business market. This is as more and more businesses seek better ways to grow their enterprise. This is also a response to the irreversible challenges and demand for variety, storage, scalability and complexity in information handling. As a result of these trends, more…
US Technology Company AEC Partners and Videocon have placed their combined investment funding of $21 million for Nivio, a Palo Alto cloud computing company. Nivio is expected to use this funding to leverage their cloud services in Europe, India, Australia and West Asia. These services will provide cloud solutions for individuals, small and medium scale…
Craig Huitema of Cisco has an interesting viewpoint on the future of technology where the key elements include network virtualization and network switches. Cisco has put all efforts on their product and service updates plus enhancements particularly with its Catalyst network switches and Nexus. Huitema said business enterprises are faced with the challenge of upgrading…