MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS: Rohde & Schwarz Offers First all-in-one Solution for WiMAX Mobile Stations
February 15, 2008
Launched in 2007, the R&S CMW270 WiMAX communication tester from Rohde & Schwarz now offers the capability to emulate a base station (signaling mode). This capability means utmost flexibility and test depth. Plus, the measurement speed of the instrument is up to ten times higher than that of existing test solutions. This results in maximum throughput in the production of WiMAX chipsets and mobile stations.
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MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS: Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Nanoradio launch Wi-Fi Modules for Mobile Phones
February 12, 2008
Nanoradio today announced that Samsung Electro-Mechanics, one of the world’s leading electronic components manufacturers, team up in a partnership in order to provide state of the art WLAN modules to the wireless mobile industry. The two companies are already in a sampling phase for an integrated low power Wi-Fi System in Package SiP) solution for the mobile phone market. Read more
MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS: Comfone, Alvarion and Iberbanda Showcase Dual Technology Roaming of Mobile WiMAX and Wi-Fi Based Upon Intel Silicon
February 12, 2008
Comfone, a leading worldwide GSM and WLAN roaming provider, today announced that it has joined forces with Alvarion, Iberbanda and Intel to demonstrate dual technology roaming of Wi-Fi and Mobile WiMAX™. Leveraging on a large Wi-Fi install base with everywhere hotspots and imminent Mobile WiMAX services, visitors at Mobile World Congress will be able to experience the seamless roaming between these two technologies. The demonstration will also show a real life usage of Web 2.0 applications over Mobile WiMAX.
GSMA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS: Boingo Extends Mobile Wi-Fi Service to Windows Mobile 6 Devices
February 11, 2008
Boingo Wireless Inc., which provides access to the world’s largest network of Wi-Fi hotspots, today released a version of the Boingo Mobile Wi-Fi software that supports Windows Mobile 6.0 devices. It can be downloaded from http://mobile.boingo.com/download/.
With Boingo Mobile, users can automatically connect to Boingo’s network of tens of thousands of hotspots across the globe with an increasing number of mobile devices. Boingo Mobile, which is also available for Nokia S60 and Internet Tablet devices, has supported Windows Mobile 5.0 since Feb. 2007. Read more
GSMA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS: Boingo Wireless to Expand Portfolio of Boingo Mobile-Supported Smartphones with Sony Ericsson UIQ Devices
February 11, 2008
Boingo Wireless Inc., which provides handsets and laptops with access to the world’s largest network of Wi-Fi hotspots, today announced it will provide Boingo Mobile Wi-Fi connectivity for Sony Ericsson UIQ 3.0 powered handsets with Wi-Fi. Boingo Mobile-enabled devices will include Sony Ericsson’s smartphones, such as the W960i, P1i, and the recently announced G900i dual-mode handsets. Read more
GSMA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS: PacketVideo (PV) Mobile Broadcast Receiver Delivers New TV Services to Existing Handsets
February 11, 2008
Eliminating a major obstacle to launching mobile broadcast services, PacketVideo (PV) this week is demonstrating its patented new pocketable mobile broadcast receiver that turns WiFi-enabled phones and personal media players into mobile TVs. PV will introduce this new device at its stand, #1C09, at the Mobile World Congress, held here Feb. 11 - 14. Read more
GSMA MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS: Qualcomm Launches New Family of Chips for Mobile Consumer Devices with Wireless Connectivity, GPS, Rich Multimedia and Broadcast TV
February 11, 2008
Qualcomm
Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of advanced
wireless technologies and data solutions, today at Mobile World Congress
2008 announced a family of three new industry-leading chipset solutions
designed to power the next evolutions of mobile consumer devices. Read more
Mobile World Congress: Femtocells, WiMAX & LTE picoChip demonstrating femtocells and 4G
February 7, 2008
picoChip is the leading supplier of multi-core DSP - delivering extremely high performance at competitive cost points for wireless infrastructure. We would welcome the opportunity to meet you at Mobile World Congress (formerly 3GSM) in Barcelona, 11th - 14th February 2008.
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GSMA Mobile World Congress: Spotigo launches WiFi-based positioning application
February 6, 2008
Spotigo has developed a positioning application based on its WiFi-based Positioning Solution “WiPS” for the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (11th- 14th February, www.mobileworldcongress.com). This tool enables visitors to see their current position on a fairground’s map and to find their way at the venue. MWC visitors will get an idea of all the opportunities this technology is offering for the Location Based Services market: Any WiFi device or WiFi tagged item can be located just by the received WiFi signal patterns. It works independently from GPS, indoors and it is often faster than traditional positioning methods. No broadband connection is necessary. Read more
