Incremental Improvements Define The 2012 Mobile World Congress |
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Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief
The usual players all showed up at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with lots of improved devices, but no real game-changing breakthroughs... |
CTIA 2010
Agilent Technologies New Handheld Wireless Analyzer
Agilent's new vector network analyzer is designed for wireless testing of cellular basestations as well a various aerospace and military wireless platforms....
Lou Frenzel's Take on CTIA 2010
A summary of the key topics at this year's conference....
HTC's Latest Cell Phones
HTC of China has become one the fastest growing handset companies in the business thanks to its innovative smartphone products. Here, Keith Nowak, Seniro PR Manager for HTC discusses the latest HTC handset using an enhanced Windows Mobile 6.5 OS with a 4.3 inch touch screen and built-in multiple apps including an e-reader....
Powerwave Shows Off Its Latest Cellular Infrastructure Products
Khurram Sheikh, Chief Product Development Office of Powerwave Technologies talks about the complete product line of Powerwave infrastructure products for the cellular industry....
Clearwire Offers 4G Wimax Wireless Service as a Broadband Option
Hope Cochran, SVP Finance or Clearwire Corporation discusses the 4G WiMAX wireless service it offers and an update on how the rollout across the US is proceeding....
Metrico Wireless Offers Real-World Testing of Handsets for Cellular Carriers
Rich McNally, VP and Des Owens, general manager of Metrico Wireless discuss their in the field cell phone testing service that most carriers use to qualify and certify operation of phones on their networks....
Use Your Smartphone as a Virtual Client on a Big Screen
A briefing from Chris Fleck of Citrix Systems at the MobileFocus event associated with CTIA. He is demonstrating software that lets your smartphone access large screen devices and other software from Open Kernel Labs that allows you to access your Windows apps....
Wi-Fi In Handsets Explodes
Sarah Morris, Sr. Marketing Manager of the Wi-Fi Alliance talks about the increasing usage of Wi-Fi in smartphones to handle the video and media growth. She also discusses the use of 802.11n in smartphones to handle video and other high data rate applicaitons....
A Solution To TheWireless Backhaul Problem WithTrango Systems
An interview with Charles Eapen, Sr. VP of Trango Systems. How their new backhaul products make upgrading wireless backhaul faster and easier....
WIMAX Is Making Progress And Sequans Announces LTE Chips
An interview with Sequans' VP Craig Miller discussing the growth in the WiMAX market and an introduction to Sequans new TD-LTE chip....
Skycross Antennas Finding Their Way Into More Mobile Devices
An interview with Charles Riggle, VP or SkyCross discussing how their innovative iMAT antenna is facilitating MIMO in handsets and other mobile devcies. ...
M2M Updates And New Telit Wireless Products
An interview with Mike Ueland VP of Telit Wireless Solutions discussion the growth in the embedded M2M market and Telit's new small form factor M2M cellular module....
FLO TV System of Mobile Handset Video
This is an update on the status of the FLO TV system of mobile handset video. This is a service available on selected handsets from both AT&T and Verizon...
Lenovo Licenses Spark For Skylight Smartbooks
Lenovo has licensed the Spark video decoder from Sorenson Media for its Skylight smartbooks, enabling the mobile devices to play the widest selection of videos available on the Internet...
Commercial MIMO OTA Emulator Targets Mobile Terminal Testing
The Elektrobit Propsim F8 from Elektrobit (EB) is the industry’s first commercially available MIMO OTA emulator to increase the performance and data rate of MIMO mobile terminals...
Companies Team Up To Roll Out 4G LTE Network
Verizon Wireless will use DukeNet’s high-speed cell backhaul service to build what the companies are calling the first 4G LTE network in the U.S. According to the companies, DukeNet’s cell backhaul service provides scalable, reliable bandwidth between cell sites and mobile switching centers in the southeast...
CTIA Survey Spotlights Industry Growth
According to the CTIA, the wireless industry continues to enjoy growth while having a positive economic impact on the U.S. Wireless data service revenues increased 25.7% from the second half of 2008 to reach more than $22 billion for the second half of 2009...
Power Cables Provide Battery Backup
The XP1Power charge/sync cable from Xmultiple includes an integrated rechargeable 2500-mAh Li-ion battery. According to the company, that’s twice the capacity of most smart phones...
Handheld Analyzer Measures All LTE Bandwidths And Frequencies
A recent option allows the MT8221B BTS Master handheld basestation analyzer from Anritsu Co. to accurately and easily measure all defined LTE bandwidths and frequencies. According to the company, it’s the first handheld instrument to cover LTE end to end...
