I was a first time attendee at CES earlier this month, as part of a Cisco
contingent attending to meet with many Service Provider customers. For sure,
the main attraction for our customers – beyond the lights and magic of
Las Vegas – was seeing and learning about the Cisco Videoscape
architecture which enables Operators to create unified consumer Digital TV
and IP video experiences across a variety of screens. At CES, we introduced a
series of new cloud-enabled Videoscape innovations. We showed customers,
analysts and the industry how we are leading the evolution to an IP-enabled
TV everywhere environment. We underscored that with announcements of several
new customers.
It was also an opportunity to showcase some of our SP Mobility solutions
which were of great interest to our Service Provider customers, especially
those who won’t attend Mobile ... (more)
Certification will allow large-scale UK Government deployment of encrypted
voice calls on BlackBerry® smartphones
London, UK - January 26th, 2012: Cellcrypt (www.cellcrypt.com), a leading
provider of encrypted voice calling on mobile phones, today announced that
Cellcrypt Mobile Baseline™ for BlackBerry® is in CESG CAPS evaluation.
CAPS (CESG Assisted Products Service) is a UK Government Cryptographic
Evaluation Service run by CESG, the UK's National Technical Authority for
Information Assurance. Achieving CAPS certification will allow UK Government
departments to use Cellcrypt M... (more)
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN -- (Marketwire) -- 11/11/11 --
* The first NEST - The Networked Society Forum - initiated and hosted by
Ericsson, takes place in Hong Kong from November 11-13
* Leaders and authorities from the ICT industry and governments will gather
to discuss how ICT can accelerate education and learning for everyone,
everywhere
* Discussions at the forum will focus on Access for all; Redefining
education; and Bridging the education gap
* Hosted by Ericsson's President and CEO Hans Vestberg, guests include
President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation a... (more)
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global handset
shipments grew 11 percent annually to reach 445 million units in the fourth
quarter of 2011. Apple was the star performer, capturing a record 8 percent
market share worldwide during the quarter. Full-year handset shipments
reached 1.6 billion units globally in 2011, with annual growth of 14 percent.
Alex Spektor, Associate Director at Strategy Analytics, said, “Despite
continued macroeconomic difficulties in major markets like Western Europe,
global handset shipments grew a reasonable 11 percent annually to r... (more)
New White Paper urges ITU to identify further bands at next World
Radiocommunication Conference
24 January 2012, Geneva: At the start of this year's World Radiocommunication
Conference (WRC-12), the UMTS Forum argues that additional spectrum must be
urgently identified and allocated to support growth in mobile data.
As non-voice traffic grows explosively over the next decade, the mobile
industry association warns that operators face increasing challenges to add
capacity and coverage to their existing networks. As the efficiency of
broadband cellular technologies rapidly approache... (more)