3GSM World Congress

GaAs Suppliers at 3GSM Demonstrate Leading Edge and Low Cost Solutions

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 11:36:26 +0000

Power Amplifiers, Front-end Modules and Transceivers

According to the Strategy Analytics GaAs service report on 3GSM 2007, suppliers of power amplifiers, front-end modules and transceivers emphasized their strong product mixes to provision custom solutions at handset OEMs -- including cost-effective solutions for emerging regional markets and leading-edge products to meet the challenges of W-CDMA and beyond. Details on these products are can be found in "3GSM 2007 Show Report: Power Amplifiers, Front-end Modules and Transceivers."

GPRS handsets will continue to make up a significant portion of the cellular handset market, especially in emerging regional markets, while the momentum behind 3G/3.5G, and its successors, emphasizes requirements for multi-mode and multi-band architectures. GaAs device manufacturers demonstrated products at both ends of the spectrum. » read more »

Telefonica's Anywhere, Anytime Mobile Attendant Service Powered by Nortel

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:49:04 +0000

Communications Delivered by IMS-Ready Mobile Service

Telecommunications operator Telefónica SA is delivering anywhere, anytime communications in Spain with its Mobile Attendant service. The new service, powered by a Nortel* IMS-ready solution and providing personalised communications for businesses, was introduced by Telefónica at the recent 3GSM World Congress 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.

Telefónica's Mobile Attendant delivers a consistent communications experience between its wireless and wireline networks wherever needed. For example, film crews on location or construction crews in a remote region can receive advanced and personalized communications in a specific location at any time.

Mobile Attendant is one of Telefónica's first steps towards a Fixed Mobile Converged Multimedia Network, offering a more effective communication experience to users across multiple access networks. » read more »

Hantro Delivers Windows Media Video on austriamicrosystems’ High Performance Mobile Entertainment Platform

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:37:40 +0000

Hantro and austriamicrosystems announced a licensing agreement for Hantro’s 7100 VC-1 video decoding technology on austriamicrosystems’ new Mobile Entertainment platform. Hantro’s 7100 VC-1 decoder conforms with Microsoft’s PlaysForSure V2.0 specification and delivers QCIF+ Windows Media Video decoding performance on the AS3525/7 Mobile Entertainment platform.

austriamicrosystems’ versatile and highly-integrated ARM9 SoC in the AS3525 and AS3527 delivers over 200MIPS of processing power and allows the implementation of an MP3 player with only 50mW total power consumption. Hantro’s highly optimized 7100 VC-1 software decoder enables full motion Windows Media Video content playback on the ARM9-based design and is integrated with the system firmware available for AS3525/7 platform. These chip sets are the ideal engines to power premium MP3 players, Music Phones and Juke Phones. » read more »

W-EDGE Proliferates at 3GSM

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:02:30 +0000

Pressures Increase on Lower Share Component Suppliers

Boston, MA - March 1, 2007 -- According to the Strategy Analytics report, "New Transceivers at 3GSM '07 Mark the Ascendance of W-EDGE," W-EDGE has emerged as the de facto standard for new handsets, as exemplified by the blizzard of new W-EDGE transceivers announced at 3GSM '07. New transceivers for W-EDGE announced by component suppliers at 3GSM `07 ranged from small, highly integrated two-transceiver solutions to completely integrated baseband-transceiver SoCs (systems on chip).

According to Christopher Taylor, Director, RF & Wireless Components for Strategy Analytics, "Transceiver makers have aggressively embraced multi-band W-EDGE, a move that, until recently, they had considered with trepidation given the uncertainties of the market and the technical challenges." W-EDGE handsets can operate across multiple regions by supporting W-CDMA, EDGE and legacy GSM and GPRS modes. » read more »

3GSM World Congress Grows In Size And Stature

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:56:58 +0000

3GSM World Congress Grows In Size And Stature

15th February 2007 - Barcelona, Spain: The worldâ€™s premier mobile event, the 3GSM World Congress 2007, has enjoyed a second successful year in Barcelona with an increase in both the quantity and quality of visitors. An estimated 55,000* visitors from across the globe gathered at the Congress to do business and discuss the hottest trends in the mobile phone industry. » read more »

Sierra Wireless expands European operations to meet customer demand

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:50:20 +0000

Configuration and distribution center located in Hungary to serve Sierra Wireless customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa

February 14, 2007 -- 3GSM World Congress, Barcelona, Spain â€“ Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) today announced that based on increased customer activity in the EMEA region, the company has expanded its relationship with Flextronics, its manufacturing partner, to add a configuration and distribution center for Sierra Wireless products in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. The Zalaegerszeg Center is now operational and supporting configuration, customization, packout, warehousing, and reverse logistics for the companyâ€™s EMEA customers. » read more »

Pixsense And Roamware Showcase 'One Click' Media Management and Mobile Connectivity

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:49:04 +0000

Pixsense And Roamware Showcase â€˜One Clickâ€™ Media Management and Mobile Connectivity

February 14, 2007 -- 3GSM World Congress, Barcelona : Leading global roaming and mobile connectivity expert Roamware and PixSense, provider of instant media management tools for mobile users, are jointly showcasing their solutions at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona this week. » read more »

Roamware Technology proven in New GSM Association Global Roaming Initiative

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:48:15 +0000

Roamware Technology proven in New GSM Association Global Roaming Initiative

Goal of streamlined hub model will facilitate 3G growth

February 13, 2007 -- 3GSM World Congress, Barcelona : Leading global roaming and mobile connectivity expert Roamware has successfully completed the GSM Association-led proof-of-concept trial for a new hub-based roaming structure for the mobile market. Once tested and installed, the hubs will provide a single point of contact for operators seeking roaming agreements, eliminating the time-consuming individual and bi-lateral agreement approach in use today. » read more »

Hantro Delivers Windows Media Video on austriamicrosystems' High Performance Mobile Entertainment Platform

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:39:24 +0000

Hantro Delivers Windows Media Video on austriamicrosystemsâ€™ High Performance Mobile Entertainment Platform

February 14th, 2007 - 3GSM World Congress Barcelona, Spain - Hantro and austriamicrosystems today announce a licensing agreement for Hantroâ€™s 7100 VC-1 video decoding technology on austriamicrosystemsâ€™ new Mobile Entertainment platform. Hantroâ€™s 7100 VC-1 decoder conforms with Microsoftâ€™s PlaysForSure V2.0 specification and delivers QCIF+ Windows Media Video decoding performance on the AS3525/7 Mobile Entertainment platform. » read more »

Apertio and BEA Systems Complete Interoperability Testing Designed to Enable Next Generation Communication Services

admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 07:20:22 +0000

Apertio and BEA Systems Complete Interoperability Testing Designed to Enable Next Generation Communication Services

Apertio One-HSS and BEA WebLogic SIP Server Now Fully Integrated

BARCELONA, 3GSM WORLD CONGRESSâ€”Feb. 13, 2007â€”Apertio and BEA Systems, a world leader in enterprise and communications infrastructure software, today announced the successful completion of a comprehensive interoperability testing program between Apertioâ€™s One-HSS (Home Subscriber Server), and BEA WebLogicÂ® SIP Server. The program is designed to guarantee rapid integration of these critical components to help enable the delivery of new generation IP-based communication services. » read more »

Global Telcos Reimagine Mobile Entertainment With RealNetworks

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:45:11 +0000

Global Telcos Reimagine Mobile Entertainment With RealNetworks

RealNetworks Announces Deals with Mobile Operators in The U.K., France, Turkey and Vietnam

BARCELONA, SPAIN at 3GSM â€” February 13, 2007 â€” RealNetworksÂ®, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNWK), the leading creator of digital media software and services, announced that a number of global telecommunications companies, including Telecom TV in London, TDF Group in Paris, DigiTurk in Istanbul, and S-Telecom in Ho Chi Minh City, have embraced technology and solutions as part of their converged media strategies from RealNetworks and its subsidiary WiderThan. The RealNetworks solutions range from Mobile TV, Video on Demand, Music on Demand, Ringback Tones and other mobile entertainment solutions. » read more »

Openwave To Demonstrate Mobilestick Solution For Fixed Mobile Convergence

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:35:54 +0000

Openwave To Demonstrate Mobilestick Solution For Fixed Mobile Convergence

BridgePort's MobileSTICK Solution is Designed to Enable Operators to Securely Compete with PC-based Voice Communications Services

BARCELONA, SPAIN, 3GSM World Congress - February 14, 2007 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading independent provider of software solutions for the communications and media industries, today announced plans to collaborate with BridgePort Networks for fixed mobile convergence (FMC) as part of its Adaptive Mobility portfolio of offerings. MobileSTICKâ„¢ will enable Openwave's GSM and UMTS operator customers to securely extend their mobile communications experience onto the PC desktop. » read more »

Musiwave Smart Radio Service Selected By 3 Italia

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:32:56 +0000

Musiwave Smart Radio Service Selected By 3 Italia

Personalized Streaming Radio Service Available on Java-Enabled Handsets

BARCELONA, SPAIN, 3GSM World Congress - February 13, 2007 -- Musiwave, an Openwave company (Openwave Systems Inc. NASDAQ: OPWV) and a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies worldwide, today announced its Smart Radio service for Java-enabled handsets has been selected by 3 Italia, the Mobile Media Company controlled by the Hutchison Whampoa Group and UMTS mobile leader in the world with over 6.8 million customers. Launched this month, the 3 Smart Radio service offers 3 Italia's subscribers access to interactive and personalized music streams and themed channels, as well as a catalog of thousands of full-tracks from major record labels via an integrated music download storefront where full track music downloads will be available. » read more »

Openwave Launches New Content Delivery System To Help Mobile Operators Improve Access And Discovery

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:32:16 +0000

Openwave Launches New Content Delivery System To Help Mobile Operators Improve Access And Discovery

New OpenwaveÂ® MediaCast System to Deliver Personalized Content and Communications Services

BARCELONA, SPAIN, 3GSM World Congress - February 13, 2007 -- Openwave Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: OPWV), the leading provider of software products and services for the communications industry, today announced OpenwaveÂ® MediaCast, a second-generation content delivery and merchandising system for mobile operators that is designed to enable easy access to and discovery of highly personalized content. » read more »

Orange UK Gives The Green Light To Musiwave-Powered Music Store

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:31:31 +0000

Orange UK Gives The Green Light To Musiwave-Powered Music Store

Musiwave to Provide Mobile and Web-enabled Music Content Through User-Friendly Portal

BARCELONA, SPAIN, 3GSM World Congress - February 13, 2007 -- Musiwave, an Openwave company (Openwave Systems Inc. NASDAQ: OPWV), and a leading provider of mobile music entertainment services to operators and media companies worldwide, today announced that Orange UK has launched a Musiwave powered full-track music download store. The Orange branded music store is live now on seven handset models, (Samsung x830, Samsung D900, SonyEricssonW710i , SonyEricssonW850i, SonyEricssonW950i, Motorola KRAZR K1, Nokia 5500), and is expected to be rolled out on all new music handsets through 2007. » read more »

Broadcom Announces Advanced New Development Platform for Portable Multimedia Devices

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:19:50 +0000

Broadcom Announces Advanced New Development Platform for Portable Multimedia Devices

Platform Runs on VideoCoreÂ® Applications Processor and Integrates BluetoothÂ®, Wi-FiÂ®, Power Management and FM Tuner Technologies for Portable Multimedia Device Development

BARCELONA, Spain, 3GSM World Congress, Feb 13, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced the availability of a new development platform for portable multimedia devices. The platform integrates all the hardware and software components required to build advanced multimedia devices into a single, modular design. The new reference design combines Broadcom's proven BluetoothÂ®, Wi-FiÂ®, power management and FM tuner technologies, with a high performance BroadcomÂ® VideoCoreÂ® applications processor, to provide a platform capable of playing the most demanding multimedia content. A complete board support package is included to ease software development and speed time-to-market. » read more »

Broadcom's Bluetooth Technology Enables Advanced Multimedia Features in New TCL Communications Multimedia Handset

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:19:03 +0000

Broadcom's BluetoothÂ® Technology Enables Advanced Multimedia Features in New TCL Communications Multimedia Handset

Leading-Edge Phone Provides Advanced Multimedia Functionality and High-Quality Audio Streaming to Wireless Headsets

BARCELONA, Spain, 3GSM World Congress, Feb 13, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that its industry-leading BluetoothÂ® silicon and software technology have been selected by TCL Communications to enable advanced wireless multimedia features, such as music streaming, in a number of new phones. TCL Communications, a leading telephone manufacturer in China, selected Broadcom's single-chip BCM2045 Bluetooth transceiver with enhanced data rate (EDR) technology and BroadcomÂ® Bluetooth Embedded (BTE) mobile software, for its recently announced multimedia handset, which is being made available as the Alcatel OT-C825. » read more »

Argogroup Takes Mobile QoS Test & Measurement to New Heights with Monitor Master 8

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:42:20 +0000

Argogroup Takes Mobile QoS Test & Measurement to New Heights with Monitor Master 8

Announcing advanced capabilities which combine flexibility with very large scale monitoring deployments for rapid time to value

3GSM World Congress 2007, Barcelona, 13 February 2007 â€“ Argogroup, the leader in user experience optimization for mobile services, has announced Monitor Master 8, the latest version of its award-winning quality management platform. In its ongoing commitment to the testing & measurement needs of mobile network operators and mobile content providers around the world, Argogroup MM 8 provides a single platform to test and monitor not only basic voice and messaging services but also more sophisticated services and applications that are emerging day by day. Before Monitor Master 8, operators and content providers could buy systems that were flexible or robust but not both â€“ this has all changed and will result in a better quality of service (QoS) for all consumers. » read more »

Sonus Networks Partners with 3Way Networks to Offer Complete System Solution for Low Powered GSM Offering

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:40:15 +0000

Sonus Networks Partners with 3Way Networks to Offer Complete System Solution for Low Powered GSM Offering

WESTFORD, Mass. and BARCELONA, Spain, 14th February 2007 -- Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS), a leading supplier of service provider Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, announced today at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain that it has partnered with 3Way Networks to develop solutions to deliver voice services and multimedia applications to mobile handsets over an end-to-end low powered GSM network. 3Way Networks will provide femto cells, which enable existing and future 2G and 3G handsets to integrate with Sonusâ€™ IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-based network infrastructure. Together, the two companies are working to provide network operators with a complete Low Powered GSM (LP GSM) solution that provides new levels of operational efficiency with robust support for the delivery of next generation voice and multimedia services. » read more »

Comsys to Demonstrate EGGware Solution on Datang COMIP PRO Processor at 3GSM Barcelona

admin — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:23:26 +0000

Comsys to Demonstrate EGGware Solution on Datang COMIP PRO Processor at 3GSM Barcelona

GSM/GPRS baseband processor with a future roadmap to EDGE

6 February 2007 â€“ Comsys Communication and Signal Processing, a leader in mobile wireless baseband solutions, will demonstrate at next weekâ€™s 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona its EGGwareâ„¢ baseband IP (Intellectual Property) core for GSM/GPRS implemented by Datang Microelectronics on the COMIP PROâ„¢ baseband chip. » read more »

Sierra Wireless and Telefonica collaborate to demonstrate HSPA technology at 3GSM World Congress

admin — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:21:43 +0000

Sierra Wireless and TelefÃ³nica collaborate to demonstrate HSPA technology at 3GSM World Congress

TelefÃ³nica hosts demonstrations utilizing both the recently launched Sierra Wireless AirCard 875 for HSDPA networks and the upcoming AirCard 880 for HSUPA networks, providing insight into the present and the future of mobile broadband

February 12, 2007 -- 3GSM World Congress, Barcelona, Spain â€“ Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) today announced the company is collaborating with TelefÃ³nica MÃ³viles EspaÃ±a to demonstrate the latest in 3G wireless technology at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona. TelefÃ³nica will host demonstrations of the recently launched Sierra Wireless AirCardÂ® 875 wireless data card for HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) networks, and will also utilize prototypes of the newly unveiled AirCard 880 PC card for a live, over-the-air demonstration of HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) technology. » read more »