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MWC Blog: WAC - Owning the content, owning the network
The emergence of the Wholesale Applications Community was perhaps the most significant event of Mobile World Congress 2010. Developing Telecoms' editor-in-chief Alec Barton ponders how this will affect the industry...
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Mobile World Congress 2010
The world’s first HSPA+ smartphone, powered by the Android operating system, was announced by Huawei at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The U8800 smartphone will be commercially available in the third quarter of 2010, and is able to support high-speed Internet access, which is faster than existing 3G smartphones...
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Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries with less developed banking systems, labour markets and IT and communications infrastructures can leapfrog over the established banking and payment infrastructures present in other parts of Europe to become more entrenched in smart card based payment methods, according to new analyses from Frost & Sullivan...
The world mobile equipment market represented a total US$385 billion last year, according to iDate, which is predicting a rise of 1.5% for 2010. Vendors are forecasting the Middle East, Africa and Latin America as future growth areas - once they sort out 3G auctions...
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Developing Telecoms' editor-in-chief Alec Barton gives his impressions of Mobile World Congress 2010...
Development Agenda
The Russian WiMAX operator Yota has been granted bandwidth spectrum use in Peru by the Latin American country’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, following the operator’s winning bid for the $3.9 million contract...
Networks
DTAC, the second largest mobile operator in Thailand, is gearing up to handle increased growth in mobile data, while furthering its commitment to reducing its environmental impact. It aims to significantly lower its carbon emissions with new network architecture and technology from Nokia Siemens Networks...
The world’s first HSPA+ smartphone, powered by the Android operating system, was announced by Huawei at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The U8800 smartphone will be commercially available in the third quarter of 2010, and is able to support high-speed Internet access, which is faster than existing 3G smartphones...
Services
Albanian newcomer Eagle Mobile has introduced a policy of putting incomplete calls on auto mode. It has brought in Kirusa’s Auto-Voice SMS system to monetise these calls...
Mobile advertising specialist Out There Media has announced a partnership with VimpelCom, a international provider of telecoms in Russia. This year, a series of commercial pilot projects will be launched in Russia, where there are 51 million VimpelCom subscribers...
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