Globacom, has unveiled an international top-up card that allows its subscribers to recharge instantly while roaming abroad or receive instant airtime from friends and family overseas.The services, according to the management of Glo, are available in over 400,000 outlets in the United Kingdom (UK), United States (US) and Canada. Details
Nokia Siemens Networks Continuous Packet Connectivity presented (CPC), a toolkit for 3.5G HSPA + networks that improve the user experience of smartphones, improving the life of your batteries.This CPC is not just tools that you can install on your phone, however, is technology to be used by your service provider, to improve the quality of service for which you paid. Details
Tata Communications has partnered with Main One Cable company, Nigeria’s broadband internet services provider to extend Video Connect Network reach in African market. This partnership will enable Main One Cable company to connect its global video network to an expansive local fibre network. It also creates a dedicated video network which connects to key broadcasters, production and post-production houses in Africa. Details
Renesas Mobile Corporation, a premier supplier of advanced cellular platforms, has announced that it has successfully demonstrated high definition Voice over LTE (VoLTE) and short messaging service (SMS) over the air with Nokia Siemens Networks, the world’s specialist in mobile broadband. Conducted using Nokia Siemens Networks’ commercially available infrastructure, this test represents the first over the air demonstration of calls to and from an Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) based device using VoLTE. This technology milestone sets the scene for operators to migrate to providing all their services over IP, including voice and SMS, thereby freeing up legacy circuit switched GSM and WCDMA cellular networks. Details
Apple has been told by a British judge that it must publish advertisements in national newspapers and place a notice on its web site admitting that Samsung did not copy the iPad when designing the Galaxy Tab. Details
Microsoft and Google are each taking steps to extend the social networking capabilities in their search services, with the goal of making it easier to find or share useful results.Bing search results will now include tips and recommendations from Foursquare users, Microsoft said in a blog post Wednesday, while Google is apparently testing a feature that lets users share a link in Google+ directly from their search results page.Details
Mobile Pulse today announced its mobile broadband measurement and analysis software solution that provides the capability to analyze coverage, performance and availability of an organization’s broadband mobile networks, by carrier, location and device. The Mobile Pulse software serves the mobile ecosystem from enterprise and government IT executives to tower companies and carriersand helps all entities understand how their mobile networks are serving their organizations. Details
SanDisk has jumped onto the USB 3.0 bandwagon with its new range of USB drives. The incorporation of the relatively new USB 3.0 specification means that the flash drives are able to transfer files at up to 190MB/s, which is roughly ten times faster than USB 2.0 drives. Details
Windows 8 will be released on October 26, 2012. Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft’s Windows division, made the announcement during the company’s annual sales meeting, according to the Windows Team Blog. The company had already announced late October availability for the new operating system, but did not give a specific date until today. Details
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