Stories by Mikael Ricknäs

Alcatel-Lucent plans smaller cells for mobile networks

Alcatel-Lucent's next-generation mobile networks will use slimmed-down base stations that can be placed almost anywhere in order to improve coverage and mobile broadband performance, and cut costs for operators, the company said on Monday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 08 February, 2011 01:21

Tags: telecommunication, Carriers, alcatel-lucent, 3g, mobile, broadband

Sony Ericsson makes Xperia Play gaming phone official

Sony Ericsson officially unveiled its Android-based PlayStation phone, the Xperia Play, with a TV ad screened during the Super Bowl American football game on Sunday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 07 February, 2011 21:46

Tags: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, consumer electronics, Android, smartphones, Phones

Nokia Bubbles adds shortcuts to unlock screen

Nokia Beta Labs has released Bubbles, an application that adds shortcuts in the shape of floating bubbles on a new unlock screen, inventor Pauli Asikainen said in a blog post on Friday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 05 February, 2011 01:54

Tags: business issues, consumer electronics, smartphones, Nokia, Phones, Phone applications

Developers give new Android Market a thumbs up

Google's improvements to the Android Market application store, including the addition of a browser-based store and in-app payments, are being hailed as a big step in the right direction by analysts and developers.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 04 February, 2011 05:04

Tags: consumer electronics, Google, smartphones, Phones, Android, Phone applications

French telecom operators join forces on mobile payments

Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR have formed a new joint venture that will use cell phones to help make online payments in France safer, the operators said on Thursday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 03 February, 2011 22:33

Tags: telecommunication, consumer electronics, Carriers, smartphones, Phones, Atos Origin, Phone applications, Bouygues Telecom, orange

Advanced antennas, virtual modems to make networks greener

The GreenTouch Consortium demonstrated its work Tuesday into how using large-scale antenna systems and virtual modems, along with splitting mobile networks into two parts, can help reduce energy consumption of operator networks by a factor of 1000.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 02 February, 2011 04:01

Tags: Huawei Technologies, telecommunication, Freescale Semiconductor, Samsung Electronics, mobile, environment, broadband, 3g, alcatel-lucent, Carriers, at&t, china mobile

LG to show glasses-free 3D smartphone at MWC

LG Electronics plans to unveil the Optimus 3D, a smartphone that will allow consumers to record and view 3D images and videos without glasses, at Mobile World Congress (MWC), the company said on Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 February, 2011 20:34

Tags: consumer electronics, LG Electronics, smartphones, Phones

Ericsson demonstrates HSPA at 168M bps

Ericsson has demonstrated HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) with download speeds up to 168M bps (bits per second) and 24M bps on the uplink, the company said on Monday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 February, 2011 05:13

Tags: Ericsson, telecommunication, 3g, Carriers, mobile, singtel, broadband

ARM readies processors for LTE phones and tablets

ARM is offering two new processors -- the Cortex-R5 and Cortex-R7 -- which will help next-generation smartphones and tablets take better advantage of increasing mobile broadband speeds, the company said on Monday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 February, 2011 04:17

Tags: Arm Holdings, consumer electronics, smartphones, Phones, Components, processors

Android becomes best-selling smartphone OS, says Canalys

Shipments of Android-based smartphones reached 32.9 million worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2010, making Android the best-sellingoperating system for smartphones, market research company Canalys said on Monday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 01 February, 2011 00:11

Tags: Apple, consumer electronics, smartphones, Samsung Electronics, Nokia, Phones, High Tech Computer, HTC USA

Nokia's profit drops, faces need to change faster

Nokia reported an increase in sales for the fourth quarter, but profit declined as the company continues to struggle in the high-end smartphone segment.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 28 January, 2011 01:59

Tags: Mobile handsets, business issues, consumer electronics, smartphones, Nokia, Phones, Phone applications, financial results

Amazon adds CloudWatch to management tool

Amazon has added CloudWatch to the list of services that are integrated with its AWS (Amazon Web Services) Management Console, allowing IT staff to create alarms and troubleshoot from a browser.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 27 January, 2011 01:34

Tags: Amazon Web Services, web services, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, Infrastructure services

Personal femtocell to cut roaming costs on iPhone, Android

Femtocell maker Ubiquisys has developed a new type of small base station for 3G mobile phones that it calls an attocell. Plugged into a laptop PC with Internet access, it allows 3G phones to bypass international roaming charges and make phone calls as though they were still on their home network, the company said on Wednesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 26 January, 2011 21:31

Tags: Ubiquisys, consumer electronics, smartphones, iPhone, Phones, Android, Phone applications

Samsung, TeliaSonera launch LTE laptop

Operator TeliaSonera has joined forces with Samsung Electronics to launch an LTE-equipped laptop, which will go on sale Friday in Sweden, they said on Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 26 January, 2011 02:22

Tags: telecommunication, 3g, Carriers, Samsung Electronics, hardware systems, laptops, mobile, TeliaSonera, broadband

Orange seeks stake in Dailymotion, wants more video

Orange is negotiating to buy almost half of French online video site Dailymotion, a competitor to YouTube. The French network operator hopes to improve the content it offers its mobile and fixed broadband customers, it said on Tuesday.

By Mikael Ricknäs | 26 January, 2011 00:22

Tags: business issues, advertising, Internet-based applications and services, Music and audio, orange, investments, internet, video

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