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In a survey commissioned by Nokia Siemens Networks, one of the world’s largest provider of telecommunications infrastructure equipment, especially after their purchase of Motorola’s Networking division earlier this summer, the company found that “in mature markets, where mobile broadband and smartphones have recently taken off, customer loyalty is lowest”. The 20,000 people that were interviewed,…
Let’s get jargon out of the way: femtocells are devices that operators typically sell to consumers so that they can not only get better reception in their house, say if they’re living on the edge of the network, but to also offload traffic for people who are actually trying to use the mobile network while…
Nokia has released a beta version of their Ovi Maps application that finally brings it somewhat on par with what Google has been offering for some time now. With version 3.06 there’s pinch to zoom support added, sadly only for Symbian^3 devices though, the ability to check-in to various location based services such as Foursquare…
Usually when operators talk about cell towers they mention how they’ve deployed them in areas of weak or no coverage in order to better serve their customers. Not so with Sprint, who according to Walter Piecyk, an analyst at BTIG, is going to decommission about 20,000 cell cites or roughly a third of what they…
You’ve heard it once before, and I’m going to tell you over and over again until you learn to switch your damn phone off when you go abroad. Two Houston, Texas children, brother and sister, Sam age 13, and Sarah age 11, went on a trip to the Dead Sea in Israel, and even though…
Chalk this bit of news as an awesome sign of what the future of Nokia under Stephen Elop. Peter Skillman, the dude who made the user interface for the Palm Pre, you know, the whole instant search, cards, awesome notification system, synergy, and a boat load of other sweet things that we’re seeing Google throw…
While watching Anssi Vanjoki introduce 3 new devices at Nokia World today, I had a Skype chat window open and one of the first things ex-blogger Ricky Cadden said when the C6-01 was revealed was “wtf, isn’t the C6 already out?” That pretty much sums up this device. It’s the C6 that was launched during…
One of the three devices announced at Nokia World today was the much leaked C7. We’ve seen this puppy before several times, and now that’s it is official we’re happy to tell you what’s what. It has a 3.5 inch screen, 640 x 360 pixels, comes with 8 GB of memory inside, has an 8…
Anssi Vanjoki was on stage at Nokia World this morning to announce a range of Symbian^3 smartphones, and the biggest, meanest, baddest of the bunch is the E7. It has a 4 inch screen, will ship by the end of this year, and cost 495 EUR before taxes and subsides. It’s expensive, sure, but what…
The European Union, of which 27 countries are currently enjoying both the benefits and disadvantages of globalization, is proposing that all member states should set aside the 800 MHz band for an EU wide mobile broadband network. Each country will have until January 1, 2013 to comply. Whether or not they’ll be a mega network…