Archive for September, 2006

Russia has now 100% Teledensity

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Having many telephones (be it fixed line or mobile phone) is considered to be a great blessing for any economy. If most people in a country have telephone facility then they can use it to increase their productivity and it contributes in the economic growth. SO, according to this theory ...

Cingular Launches New 3125 Smartphone

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Today Cingular unveiled their newest Smartphone, the 3125. It is an ultra slim flip phone that's the first of it's kind for both consumers and business users. The phone is jet black and is a little over a half an inch thick. Despite it's small size, the 3125 is packed ...

Cingular Wireless Sponsors Los Angeles’ El Grito Celebration

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006

Today Cingular Wireless announced that they will be joining forces with Los Angeles Latino community in celebrating Mexico's independence with a re-enactment of El Grito de Dolores; Mexico's call for Independence. The "Grito" celebration begins at approximately 5:00 p.m. on the Spring Street steps of City Hall, with a VIP ...

Alltel Activates First Cell Site Inside Of Cardinal’s Stadium

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Recently Alltel opened their first cell site inside of a football stadium, the New Arizona Cardinal to be exact. This new cell site will provide excellent wireless coverage throughout the brand new 344 million stadium and is located on the the service level and provides coverage to all levels of ...

Samsung SCH-V920: Forbes Says Today Chosun says Tomorrow

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

Samsung is introducing SCH-V920 model cell phone set within a few hours. On the other hand, I am not sure if this phone set has already been launched. Forbes.com wrote: Samsung Electronics said it has launched a 'Real World Phone' mobile handset designed to work nearly everywhere in the world. On ...

Japan: Mobile Commerce to Have Explosive Growth

Monday, September 11th, 2006

Japanese people are crazy for mobile phones. Japan has a very high teledensity and almost everyone owns a cell phone. Mobile phone operators are giving a lot of services. Retail shopping through mobile phone is becoming popular among the people here. Mobile commerce (m-commerce) has become a $US3.5 billion ...

Homegrown Solutions…

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

... to problems no one has. But, if you want to remove network provider logos from your cellphone/smartphone/PDA, here's how you do it. Personally, I've never really minded having "Verizon" splashed across the top left corner of my phone. Their network service, which I buy (or, rather, my employer ...

UAE: BenQ Siemens aiming for Larger Market Share

Sunday, September 10th, 2006

United Arab Emirates (UAE) is perhaps the most attractive market in Middle East for mobile phone companies. The country has a population of nearly 3.1 million and there are 4.5 million phone connections. There is money in the air and many people from around the globe come here to change ...

Cyprus: Mobile Phone Users can Enjoy Live TV Now

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Cyprus is a small island but it has a flourishing economy. The country has less than one million people but it has highly developed communication system and teledensity is very high. Here, most people own a mobile phone. You can enjoy banking facilities by your mobile phone too. So, it ...

How Many Mobile Phone Connections Today: 2.2 Billion or 2.5 Billion?

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Did you buy any mobile phone connection today? If yes then you stand in a good chance of becoming the 2.5 billionth user of mobile phone. This interesting figure has come from Ovum and the GSM Association. I am quoting from a report of ElectricNews.Net: “The total number of mobile connections ...