Provider of 4G chips Beceem Communications used the Mobile World Congress to announce the “game-changing” BCS500 chip that integrates 4G LTE/WiMAX technology. The multi-mode chip supports the latest revisions of the IEEE 802.16 standard (16e and 16m), as well as the 3GPP-LTE standard, based on Release 8 specifications. Beceem goes on to add it’s the…
“Women & Mobile: A Global Opportunity” report published by GSMA and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women
The GSMA and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, a charity that supports women entrepreneurs published the “Women and Mobile: A Global Opportunity” report during the Mobile World Congress. It’s the first detailed global study of its kind, attempting to understand the nature of women mobile subscribers in low and middle-income countries such as Kenya…
Video: Hands-On with the First ELSE Phone
You might remember that back at CES, we got a first look at the Israeli-born, Linux-based First ELSE handset. Well, they were here at Mobile World Congress, and we thought to check in and see what’s new. As it turns out, they have been busy at work, and have included quite a few new features.…
Video: Hands-On with Synaptics Fuse
Back in December, touch technology manufacturer and licensor, Synaptics, announced that they had teamed up with a bunch of industry partners to create a concept phone called Fuse that was jam-packed with every kind of sensor imaginable to illustrate to proper handset manufacturers what was possible. At CES, they were showing a little bit of…
15th annual Global Mobile Awards winners – complete list
You know that Steve Jobs was selected as a mobile industry personality of the year as voted for by the media. Here’s the full list of winners of the coveted Global Mobile Awards, which was announced at the Mobile World Congress. Let’s roll: Best Mobile Game: Winner: Iricom – The Last City – Fight For…
Scalado, Qualcomm collaborate to improve imaging experience on smartphones
Scalado, which is known for its digital imaging technologies, and Qualcomm are co-operating to deliver a “significantly improved imaging experience on popular smartphones.” Existing handset makers which use the technology from both companies will be able to implement such technologies as Zero Shutter Lag and TimeWarp into their camera phones, and eventually make the overall…
Video: Hands-On with Motorola Quench/Cliq XT
Earlier this week, Motorola announced the Quench (or Cliq XT, as it will be known in the U.S.), and we got a chance to play with it here at Mobile World Congress. As you might already know, the Quench packs a 3.1-inch OLED capacitive touchscreen, Android 1.5 with MotoBLUR, rocks a 5 megapixel camera with…
Orange launches 2 EUR for 2 MB Travel Data Daily Roaming Tariff
Orange is full of news at the Mobile World Congress, but now I want to focus on a single news item that deals with roaming, as it’s the issue that affects all of us when travelling (our trip to Mobile World Congress, included). The carrier used the big event to launch a daily data roaming…
Qtel to bring mobile money services across markets it serves
The Qtel Group announced plans to make mobile money services available for customers across its international operations, covering 17 countries and more than 53 million customers. The company wants a piece of the lucrative remittances from the Gulf region to Asian countries, but also to serve other mobile phone users in the region. In that…
Vopium now offer its mobile VoIP/Instant Messaging service as a white label solution
Denmark-based Vopium announced that it has started offering its Global Mobile VoIP and Messaging Service as a white label solution. The company also said that the first partner will be unveiled shortly. Those not familiar should know that Vopium offers easy to use (and affordable, since it’s VoIP) international mobile communication service that works from…