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July 29, 2010

Infrax announces Android VoIP phone

by Janet Harris
Infrax Systems Inc, which provides unified Smart Grid-related products and services for the Energy and Utility industries, has announced an Android-based phone for mobile voice and data applications. The encrypted HTC Desire phone will allow users to securely manage voice calls and data. A peer-to-peer connection provides secure VoIP calls between devices by eliminating a central network hub which could be ...



July 27, 2010

Apple shows off new 27 inch LED Cinema Display

by Darren Allan
Not content with revamping its iMac and Mac Pro range of computers today, Apple has also been tinkering in the display arena. The Cupertino based company has taken the wraps off a 27 inch LED 16:9 display, with a resolution of no less than 2560 x 1440, and a claimed 60% greater screen real estate than the 24 inch ...



July 13, 2010

BlackBerry OS 6 gets another video preview

by Darren Allan
Rim has posted up another sneak peek at BlackBerry 6, the up and coming new version of its smartphone operating system. The video on the official BlackBerry blog (see it here) shows the new more “visual and fluid” interface at work, complete with multi-touch and kinetic scrolling. The new WebKit powered browser features tabs and pinch-to-zoom, and new ...



June 17, 2010

3DTV trials in Singapore

by David Allen
A year-long trial of 3D television broadcasts has started in Singapore under the management of the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA). This is a nationwide trial that will deliver 3D content to all homes through cable, IPTV and terrestrial TV services. This will be done with the help of broadcast partners MediaCorp, StarHub and SingTel, along with technical ...



May 28, 2010

PS3 owners to get HBO content

by David Allen
It seems that Sony are pushing to make the PS3 games console an all round entertainment hub, with the user getting not just having access to some the top games, but the TV content too. Following an agreement with Time Warner, the PS3 will now be able to download episodes from up to eleven different series owned by HBO. This ...



BBC HQ to become arts centre

by David Allen
With the BBC effectively moving out of the famous BBC Television Centre in west London, there are plans the sell the twenty three acre site to developers, who can bring new life to the site and create a hub for the arts. If this plan was to get the go ahead, the BBC would then rent back studio space ...



May 25, 2010

BT on message with SMS Hub

by David Allen
BT will soon be providing an SMS Hub service for other network providers following a deal signed between the UK based Tyntec and BT Global services. This deal complements the services already being provided by the operator, such as signalling and voice traffic services for other network providers around the world. It is believed that SMS will still be ...



May 24, 2010

Prince Charles lands BBC job

by David Allen
Prince Charles will be working for the BBC after landing the presenter's role for a new documentary series based on the life and times of the composer Hubert Perry, who is most famous for composing the piece of work know as Jerusalem. The composer happens to be one of the Prince's favourites and so he is likely to add ...



Wives more likely to e-spy than husbands

by Darren Allan
It's official – according to a recently conducted study anyway. Wives are more likely to rifle through their husband's emails, texts or web histories to try and find out if they're up to no good, than vice versa. The research, carried out by the London School of Economics and Nottingham Trent University, took a sample size of around a ...



May 14, 2010

Vodafone preps for Sony Ericsson X10 Mini

by Darren Allan
Vodafone is doing some serious Android phone grabbing at the moment, adding another to its library of Google OS powered handsets which are already available. Only yesterday the company declared its UK exclusive on the Samsung Galaxy S 16GB. The latest announcement concerns the stocking of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini, the little brother of the Xperia X10. The ...



May 6, 2010

Rolls-Royce Ghost app for iPhone

by Darren Allan
A new app has been launched for the iPhone, which allows potential buyers of a Rolls-Royce Ghost to customise and order their own version of the luxury car. All six of them. For the rest of us, it's a fairly pointless app which serves merely as a glimpse into how the other half lives. You know, those who can ...



Microsoft Kin One Review

by Franz Bicar
Microsoft has finally taken the plunge, it has now entered the mobile phone market. Sure, in some way, it has been a part of it with its Windows Mobile Operating System, but this is the first time a handheld mobile phone got Microsoft's seal of approval. Last April, Microsoft unveiled Project Pink and introduced two new phones, the Kin One and ...



May 4, 2010

Nokia C3 to arrive on Vodafone next month

by Darren Allan
It seems that Vodafone has snagged the Nokia C3 handset, and it will be available come June on an exclusive PAYG deal. The C3 is an entry level phone with a social networking focus and a multiple instant messenger hub. It comes with a 2.4 inch display, Qwerty keyboard, a 2 megapixel camera, bluetooth, wi-fi, and a microSD slot ...



May 3, 2010

Firefox revamps add-on manager

by Darren Allan
Firefox has long been considered the premier alternative to Internet Explorer by many, although recently there have been considerable shifts in the browser market. In particular, Google's Chrome browser has been making waves, gaining in popularity with its streamlined nature. And in something of an admittance of that fact, the next build of Firefox will witness alterations to the add-ons ...



April 23, 2010

MioTV passes 200K

by Rapid TV News
Website: Rapid TV News MioTV, the IPTV platform offered by Singapore’s SingTel, has hit the 200,000 subscriber mark and is planning a celebration, pay-TV style. Subscriber numbers have risen from 155,000 at the end of 2009 to over 200,000. The impending switch of English Premier League soccer from rival StarHub, to start in August, has likely helped the rise. To celebrate, the ...



April 21, 2010

VoIP Providers Join HD Voice Peering Federation

by Jan Harris
XConnect, the leader in next-generation interconnection and carrier ENUM-registry services, announced today that a strong representation of the U.S. VoIP service providers offering high-definition (HD) voice service are participating in a trial of the world’s first IP-peering federation created for exchanging HD voice traffic. Alteva, Broadvox, Ooma, Phone.com, SimpleSignal, Stage 2 Networks, Telesphere, TurboBridge and ZipDX are taking part in XConnect’s ...



March 24, 2010

Scripps to set up base in India

by Rapid TV News
Website: Rapid TV News Scripps is well known to US audiences for its popular HGTV, Food Network and DIY Network. It is expanding its international roster of channels with some considerable enthusiasm. International president Greg Moyer has just spent a few days in India, and told local media that Scripps is looking to locate its television production hub to India and ...



March 16, 2010

CNBC chooses Bahrain for news hub

by Rapid TV News
Website: Rapid TV News There’s something of a land grab going on amongst broadcasters as far as the Middle East is concerned. To date Dubai has won most of the action, but now Abu Dhabi, and even tiny Bahrain, is getting a slice of the action. Bahrain yesterday highlighted a ‘win’ from financial channel CNBC, which will open a new editorial ...



February 25, 2010

aql brings high-speed Internet to northern businesses

by Jan Harris
It was announced today that the northern city of Leeds is set to become one of UK’s most advanced business and financial institutions by installing a high speed fibre network. The project is linked with local telecommunications firm:- aql, who plan to roll out connectivity throughout the city’s business district. aql’s resources offer neighbouring businesses internet speeds of up to ...



February 24, 2010

Yahoo forges deal with Twitter

by Darren Allan
In yet another search engine and social networking site deal, Yahoo is set to incorporate real-time updates from Twitter in its search results. That means all the latest tweets on a subject will be visible to Yahoo users. However, the search company plans to go further than the likes of Google and Bing have with their Twitter tie-ins. Yahoo also ...



February 22, 2010

IPTV Zone at IBC2010 to highlight IPTV's explosive growth

by Janet Harris
The demand for IPTV has shown explosive growth over the last 12 months. Recent research by MRG, Inc predicts that the number of IPTV subscribers worldwide will continue to grow at 31% per year to reach 83 million by 2013, creating a $38 billion marketplace for services alone. This revolution in the delivery of broadcast content is creating vast opportunities for application ...



February 17, 2010

3G Femtocell Interoperability Test Successful

by Jan Harris
Kineto Wireless, Inc., the key innovator and leading supplier of solutions that enable delivery of mobile services over broadband, and Airvana Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRV), today announced they have successfully conducted interoperability testing between Kineto’s femtocell gateway and Airvana’s HubBub UMTS femtocell. The interoperability testing is among the first announced since the 3GPP finalized the Iuh interface specifications. “The 3GPP Iuh standard simplifies ...



Entone's Janus Media Hub and Amulet IPTV Receiver available

by Janet Harris
Entone, a market leader in broadband video and home connectivity solutions, announced today that it is taking orders for 2Q2010 delivery of its VUDU enabled Janus Media Hub and Amulet IPTV Receiver. Entone’s new line of broadband TV devices integrates the latest VUDU technologies including VUDU Apps, a cloud platform for the delivery of Internet entertainment services, and the VUDU Movie ...



February 15, 2010

Windows Phone 7 is go

by Darren Allan
As many speculated before the Mobile World Congress, Microsoft has used the event to demonstrate the next version of its mobile operating system: Windows Phone 7. As expected, the interface has moved away from its rather staid past, becoming a much funkier and more consumer friendly affair based on Microsoft's Zune. It's designed around a system of what Microsoft ...



February 12, 2010

Comverse enhances Mobile Internet HUB with DPI

by Jan Harris
Comverse has announced it’s enhancing its Mobile Internet HUB with Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), which provides detailed internet traffic management and analysis. The upgrade enables mobile operators to better manage surging mobile data traffic, achieve optimal network performance and unlock additional revenue potential, while also helping subscribers receive the best possible quality of service for their price plan. The Comverse Mobile Internet ...



Informa announces IPTV World Series Awards shortlist

by Janet Harris
Informa Telecoms & Media today announced the shortlist for the IPTV World Series Awards. The Award Winners will be announced at the IPTV Awards Gala Evening, hosted by TV and Radio personality Paul Ross. Ross is the co-presenter with Gabby Roslin on BBC London 94.9FM’s flagship breakfast show and has fronted the police appeals show Crime Monthly for ITV and presented numerous ...



February 11, 2010

StarHub to focus on next-gen broadband

by Rapid TV News
Website: Rapid TV News
Singaporean operator StarHub has reported year-end results largely stable on the previous year but has promised to “ramp up” broadband and fixed line services to leverage the upcoming launch of the nationwide next-generation broadband network. StarHub’s broadband revenue is suffering, down 5% year-on-year to S$241 million. This was due to customers’ plan mix towards lower ...



February 9, 2010

BT now has a million wi-fi hotspots

by Darren Allan
BT has announced that it now has a network of a million wi-fi hotspots across the UK and Ireland. It reckons this is the most expansive wi-fi network in the country, and it has grown considerably in the last six months. Just half a year ago, BT had 500,000 hotspots on its roster, so the company has managed to double ...



February 5, 2010

Websense releases Internet security report

by Janet Harris
Websense, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBSN) today revealed the findings from its bi-annual research report Websense Security Labs, State of Internet Security, Q3-Q4 2009. The full report can be downloaded at http://www.websense.com/threatreport. Major findings from the report include: Websense® Security Labs™ identified 13.7 percent of searches for trending news/buzz words (as defined by Yahoo! Buzz & Google Trends) led to malware. Search engine optimization poisoning ...



February 4, 2010

NEC, Airvana Announce Standards-Compliant Femtocell Solution

by Jan Harris
NEC Corporation today announced that it will provide Airvana’s (NASDAQ: AIRV) HubBub™ UMTS consumer and high-capacity enterprise femtocell access point as part of its femtocell solution offering to mobile operators worldwide. NEC will offer Airvana’s femtocell access point as part of its growing ecosystem of femtocell access point vendors. Airvana is a leader in femtocell technology that provides a wide portfolio of ...



February 2, 2010

KDDI chooses 3G Femtocell from Hitachi and Airvana

by Jan Harris
Airvana, Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRV), today announced that it has been selected to provide KDDI with its 3G CDMA femtocells and Femtocell Service Manager, as part of a comprehensive solution being delivered by Hitachi. Femtocells are home-based cellular access points that use a subscriber’s existing broadband connection to provide enhanced voice coverage and data performance for mobile phones indoors. KDDI, Japan’s second largest ...



January 29, 2010

Cambridge Broadband and Gateway Communications create microwave network for Nigeria

by Jan Harris
Cambridge Broadband Networks today announced a contract with Gateway Communications to create the world’s largest point to multipoint microwave access network. Gateway will use Cambridge Broadband Networks’ industry leading VectaStar II platform to provision 130 hubs and 5000 terminal stations that will deliver mobile broadband connections across Nigeria. Gateway Communications Nigeria, headquartered in Lagos, are building a pan-African, all-IP connectivity network that ...



January 27, 2010

News Corp launches Fox on Starhub

by Rapid TV News
Website: Rapid TV News
Fox International Channels, News Corp’s international channel business, is launching three channels on the networks of StarHub, Singapore’s leading pay-TV operator. Fox, tvN and Nat Geo Music will be available from Feb 1. US TV series channel Fox will be available in the basic entertainment package, while Korean entertainment channel tvN will be offered under ...



January 22, 2010

Sat Nav offers Freeview

by David Allen
Sat Nav has dramatically changed over the years, from a service that offered out of date information leading drivers along roads that no longer existed, to a service that could easily become the communications hub of the car. One of the latest devices to be launched is the Garmin Nuvi 1490TV. This offers maps of Europe, including traffic updates ...



January 20, 2010

XConnect announces trial of the first HD voice IP peering federation

by Jan Harris
XConnect, the leader in next-generation interconnection and carrier ENUM-registry services, announced today a trial of the first IP peering federation specifically for service providers capable of offering high-definition voice services. The trial, open to qualified operators, waives sign-up and monthly fees for its April-June duration. Multiple providers using the G.722 wideband codec will be able to test the interoperability, scalable interconnection, reliability ...



January 19, 2010

Interoute and Gibtelecom deploy new telecoms route to Gibraltar

by Jan Harris
Gibtelecom, the leading telecommunications provider in Gibraltar, and Interoute, owner operator of a state of the art European next generation network, have deployed an alternative telecommunications route to Gibraltar, offering high capacity connectivity between the Rock and the rest of Europe. The new Point of Presence (PoP) will give users and businesses in Gibraltar additional resilient access to Europe via Interoute’s ...



January 18, 2010

LG InTouch Max GW620 lands in UK

by Darren Allan
LG is now in bed with Android, launching its first phone to carry Google's operating system. The GW620 has a 3 inch display, a 5 megapixel camera, and a slide-out Qwerty keyboard. LG is also touting social networking features, with a Linkbook application that acts as a hub offering quick access to a variety of popular social networking sites. LG ...



January 13, 2010

Amobee Acquires UK's RingRing Media

by Jan Harris
Amobee Media Systems (www.amobee.com), the world leader in advertising solutions for mobile operators, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the world's largest mobile advertising agency, RingRing Media (www.ringringmedia.com). The acquisition brings Amobee one step closer to fulfilling its long-term vision aimed at creating the industry’s largest mobile advertising exchange dedicated to connecting publishers, advertising agencies and ...



Vello Systems announces deployments of Adaptive Optical System

by Jan Harris
Vello Systems, a leader in high performance optical networking systems, today announced that the 40G/100G CX16000 Adaptive Optical System has been deployed at several Tier 1 service providers to deliver high bandwidth capacity over existing 10G optical networks. The Vello Systems CX16000 is designed to meet the requirements of service providers worldwide who need to efficiently upgrade existing 10G fiber networks ...



January 8, 2010

T-Mobile announces Android Vega tablet

by Darren Allan
T-Mobile has announced that it will be bringing the Android Vega tablet to the UK, in conjunction with Innovative Converged Devices (ICD). The 15 inch touchscreen device, which runs Android and has been dubbed a family hub tablet, boasts Nvidia Tegra graphics and can handle full High-Definition playback. It also has 3G and wi-fi, and comes with a T-Mobile sim ...



January 6, 2010

BT Vision’s new set top box

by David Allen
The Freeview and On Demand set top box from BT has been given a makeover. It now comes in a black high gloss finish that matches in with the Home Hub wireless router, not that many homes are going to have the two together. What the consumer can expect from this new Vision+ set top box is better energy efficiency, ...



ZyXEL debuts Smart Home Gateway, Mobile Wireless Router and Multi-Service LTE Gateway

by Jan Harris
ZyXEL Communications Inc., a leading provider of secure broadband networking, Internet connectivity and routing products, today announced it will showcase its two Innovation Honoree winners at CES 2010, January 7-10 in Las Vegas. ZyXEL will debut its Smart Home Gateway (SHG) – the world’s first battery-powered 3G /11n wireless platform for health monitoring and assisted living solutions – in the Continua ...



January 5, 2010

Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem Announces Key Milestones

by Janet Harris
Today the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem LLC (DECE LLC), www.decellc.com, a coalition with support from every industry involved in digital entertainment, announced it has reached key milestones toward establishing the first open market for digital content distribution. In addition, DECE announced that 21 companies have joined the group which now includes 48 members across entertainment, software, hardware, retail, infrastructure and delivery. The ...



December 23, 2009

Granada TV expands into Asia

by David Allen
The international entertainment firm, Granada TV, has made further inroads into the market in Asia by securing a deal with one of the region’s largest pay TV operators, Astro All Asia Networks. A new channel has been created and is available to an audience of almost three million subscribers across south eastern Asia. The channel has already been launched ...



December 15, 2009

New subsea cable brings digital independence to Tunisia

by Jan Harris
Tunisie Telecom has brought digital independence to Tunisia by landing the country’s first 100% African-owned subsea cable in Europe, firmly establishing itself as the leader in IT innovation in the region. Dubbed “Hannibal”, in honour of the courageous Carthaginian general who sailed from ancient Tunisia to conquer Italy, the new cable connects North Africa to Interoute’s pan European next-generation network, via ...



Orange Cameroon selects Comverse Voice HUB

by Jan Harris
Comverse has announced that Orange Cameroon, part of France Telecom’s Orange global communications group, has selected the Comverse Voice HUB to replace a competitor’s system to handle projected growth and support the deployment of new voice-related services on its mobile network. Comverse Voice HUB brings to Orange Cameroon a modular state-of-the-art platform that enables a range of voice services designed to ...



VAS provider Silverback opt for Squire PSTN connect to Starhub

by Jan Harris
Value Added Service Provider within the rapidly growing consumer and corporation communications market Silverback ASP, required a cost effective carrier grade PSTN interconnect to Starhub, Singapore’s major telco. Silverback sought to expand whilst improving its modern, reliable excellence of service. The provider of ‘Virtual Office’ solution and VoIP services to call centres, small and large corporations needed a SS7 signaling solution for ...



December 14, 2009

Security Problems with Social Networking Persist

by Janet Harris
Imperva has issued a warning after finding a serious SQL injection flaw with Rockyou.com - a social networking application development web site. "Rockyou.com is not just any software site. Since its creation in 2006, it's become the hub for many social networking sites such as Bebo, Facebook and Myspace, to mention but a few," said Amichai Shulman, chief technology officer ...



November 24, 2009

41% of workers admit data theft

by Darren Allan
A survey of workers in the financial hubs of the UK and US has revealed some surprising results. Conducted by security experts Cyber-Ark, the survey of 600 office workers determined that 41% had taken data from an ex-employer to a new position. And 26% admitted that if they were fired the next day, they would take sensitive company information with ...



November 9, 2009

Airvana announces HubBub UMTS High-Capacity Femtocell

by Jan Harris
Airvana, Inc. has announced a new Femtocell which will allow mobile operators to provide improved 3G connectivity and excellent call quality in public areas such as offices. The HubBub UMTS High-Capacity Femtocell, which is fully standards-compliant and uses a standard internet connection for backhaul, offers 21.6 Mbps download speeds and 5.7 Mbps upload speed. Each Femtocell supports 16 simultaneous users and delivers ...