Google Sets Up Own Mobile Network

Google has become a virtual mobile network operator, and will be setting up its own service in the USA, relying on the Sprint and T Mobile USA networks.

However, the service will be limited to just Motorola Nexus 6 smartphone users, at least initially.

The MVNO based service, called Project Fi will also, in some unspecified manner aim to connect users via either Wi-Fi or LTE depending on which of the two cellular networks offers the best coverage options.

With Project Fi, the phone number has also been split from its traditional reliance on a SIM Card and lives in the cloud, so users can talk and text with their number on just about any phone, tablet or laptop.

The service will come with a $20 per month flat fee, and then users will be charged at US$10 per GB of data.

As usual with Google, it's an invite only service at first, and potential customers have to register for an invite.

Nokia Buys Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 Billion

Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent have entered into a memorandum of understanding under which Nokia will make an offer for all of the equity securities issued by Alcatel-Lucent, through a public exchange offer in France and in the United States, on the basis of 0.55 of a new Nokia share for every Alcatel-Lucent share. The all-share transaction values Alcatel-Lucent at EUR 15.6 billion. This is based on Nokia’s unaffected closing share price of EUR 7.77 on April 13, 2015.

Each company’s Board of Directors has approved the terms of the proposed transaction, which is expected to close in the first half of 2016. The proposed transaction is subject to approval by Nokia’s shareholders, completion of relevant works council consultations, receipt of regulatory approvals and other customary conditions.

With more than 40 000 R&D employees and spend of EUR 4.7 billion in R&D in 2014, the combined company will be in a position to accelerate development of future technologies including 5G, IP and software-defined networking, cloud, analytics as well as sensors and imaging. 

Alcatel-Lucent shareholders would own 33.5% of the fully diluted share capital of the combined company, and Nokia shareholders would own 66.5%, assuming full acceptance of the public exchange offer. The combined company will be called Nokia Corporation, with headquarters in Finland and a strong presence in France. Risto Siilasmaa is planned to serve as Chairman, and Rajeev Suri as Chief Executive Officer.

Based on Nokia estimates, the addressable market of the combined company in 2014 was approximately 50% larger than the current addressable networks market for Nokia alone, increasing from approximately EUR 84 billion to approximately EUR 130 billion. The combined company is expected to have a stronger growth profile than Nokia’s current addressable market, with an estimated CAGR of approximately 3.5% for 2014-2019.

Alcatel-Lucent is employs approximately 52 600 employees as of end 2014 including 20 000 R&D employees. Its products and services are distributed all over the world (North America: 44%, Asia Pacific: 20%, Europe: 23%, Rest of World: 13%).

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As Xiaomi completes five years, Mi India announces partnership with Snapdeal and Amazon

New telecoms towers Infrastructure Company could be set up by the Chinese government with at nearly a million towers at its start.

The new company would be formed from assets already owned by the country's three state-controlled mobile networks, and would enable them to book a one-off accounting gain of aroundUSD24 billion from the effective sale and lease-back agreement.

The three mobile networks, China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom have already set up a joint tower management company to handle the construction of a joint infrastruture network.

"We are taking the view that all ground-based towers of all three operators are to be injected into the tower company at one go," a Barclays analyst, Anand Ramachandran, told the South China 

U.S. Cellular Announces New LTE Expansion Plan

U.S. Cellular will be adding more than 600 4G LTE cell sites in 2015 and expanding existing 4G LTE service in 10 states. By the end of 2015, 98 percent of U.S. Cellular customers will have access to 4G LTE speeds. 

This latest U.S. Cellular network expansion brings additional 4G LTE service to areas in California, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia. More than 2,000 new cities and towns will receive 4G LTE speeds.

Tecore Networks to Show LTE Network-in-a-Box in CCA 2015 Spring Expo

Tecore Networks, a 3G/4G LTE mobile network infrastructure supplier , will be featuring its complete LTE Network-in-a-Box (NIB), at the Competitive Carrier Associations (CCA) 2015 Spring Expo taking place March 25-27 at the Downtown Hilton Atlanta in Georgia. 

The Network-in-a-Box (NIB) solution is built on the patented iCore software defined core network. This platform delivers 3G/4G LTE service and facilitates the incorporation of key capabilities such as VoLTE for smaller service providers. According to company, the NIB allows for full network capability at the edge, while seamlessly integrating with the rest of the network infrastructure. In any case that connectivity is lost to the cloud; the localized capabilities of the NIB provide continued operation for local subscribers.

Tecore will also be showcasing the 3G/4G LTE RAVEN platform specifically designed for rapid deployment of network services and capabilities. Like the NIB, the RAVEN provides full LTE capability as a standalone unit or as an integrated element of the network infrastructure. The portability of the system (small enough to qualify as carry-on luggage on a commercial flight) supports rapid deployment for emergency and disaster recovery situations.

Xiaomi Continues As China's Number One Manufacturer Company

The latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, for the three months to July 2014, shows Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi has continued its reign over the Chinese market, holding on to the top spot with ease for the fourth consecutive month. It boasts an astounding 31.6% share of the urban Chinese market, followed by Samsung and Huawei.

Dominic Sunnebo, strategic insight director at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, comments: "We have seen huge shifts in power in the Chinese smartphone market over the past year. Xiaomi has been the standout performer and Huawei has also seen excellent growth, while Coolpad has increased its share more modestly from 5.2% to 6.1% over the year. Considering the success of rapidly growing local brands in the Chinese market, it will be only a question of time before they seek further expansion internationally in a similar way to Huawei, and more recently Xiaomi". The same success however is not shared by all local brands such as ZTE, Lenovo and Oppo who have seen their shares come under real pressure recently.

Android has been instrumental to the success of Chinese brands, and also for smaller local European brands such as Wiko, which have helped grow Android's market leading share in Europe to 75.1%. Apple still retains second place with a 14.5% share of the market, while Windows takes third, accounting for 8.5%.

Telstra Testing LTE Using the 700Mhz Bands

Australia's Telstra saying that it has secured early access to the 700 MHz spectrum for commercial trials starting in mid September. Services will start in selected pockets of Sydney and Adelaide CBDs.

4G services on 700MHz spectrum will be rolled out in more cities and regional centres as spectrum becomes available in January 2015.

This extends the number of commercial trial cities to eight, with commercial services already being tested in Perth, Fremantle, Esperance, Mildura, Mt Isa and Griffith.

Group Managing Director Networks, Mike Wright, said the expansion of commercial trials on 700MHz is an important step in the development of this new 4G technology and will ensure telstra can provide full commercial services to its customers as soon as possible.

"In addition to faster download speeds, the use of low band spectrum like 700 MHz allows for the signal to travel further and reach deeper into buildings, improving the depth of coverage for our customers.

"Telstra also has double the holdings of 700 MHz spectrum than the other carriers, and, this combined with our existing 4G services, doubles the 4G capacity of our network in these areas, and means we can support more customers, using more devices, doing more things at the same time. This is particularly important given the continued explosion of mobile data."

The benefits of the new 4G service will be available immediately to customers using 700 MHz-ready devices A range of additional smartphones and other connected devices compatible with 700MHz 4G is expected in the coming month.

Ericsson Appoints Rima Qureshi Chief Strategy Officer

30th Apr 2014

Ericsson has appointed Rima Qureshi as  new Chief Strategy Officer where she will also drive the company's mergers and acquisitions (M A) strategy and activities. In addition she will serve as Chairman of Business Unit Modems.

Rima Qureshi previously led the integration of the CDMA and LTE assets of the former Nortel Networks and ran the business unit CDMA Mobile Systems during 2010-2012.

She has been Senior Vice President and part of Ericsson's Executive Leadership Team since 2010.

Rima Qureshi said: "The industry is going through a rapid transformation and I could not think of a more exciting time period to lead Ericsson's Group strategy development. At the same time I am also looking forward to working closely with the team at Business Unit Modems to ensure we are successful based on the industry's most advanced LTE thin modem."

Rima Qureshi joined Ericsson in 1993, and prior to running Business Unit CDMA Mobile Systems, her career spanned leadership roles in R&D, sales, and Services, including managing Global Service Delivery Centers in Canada, the US, Mexico and Brazil.

Qureshi holds a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems and an MBA, both from McGill University in Montréal, Canada.

Nokia's Former CEO Paid More Than Expected for Microsoft Deal

1st-May2014

Nokia's former CEO and now head of Microsoft's mobile phone division Stephen Elop received a larger than expected pay off from the deal to sell the phones division.

He earned nearly a third more than the already locally controversial payout and took USD33.5 million from the deal.

Although payouts of that size are not unusual in corporate deals of this size in the USA, it raised protests in Finland where he Elop was seen as profiting from the demise of a local icon.

The main reason for the higher than expected payout was due to the rise in the value of Nokia shares following the announcement of the sale, recovering a little of the slump they experienced under Elop's leadership.

Nokia said that 70% of the pay-off was funded by Microsoft.

America Movil Signs Deal to Take Control of Telekom Austria

Maxico's America Movil is launching a takeover bid for the Telekom Austria Group with secure an agreement with the Austrian government's own holding company IAG.

America Movil and ÖIAG have initially signed a shareholders’ agreement to effectively pool their stakes in the telecoms company into a single syndicate.

America Movil already owns 26.4% of the company, while the government owns 28.4% of the telco.

Now that the agreement, which had been expected, has been signed, the two companies jointly control more than 30% of the shares and are required by Austrian stock market rules to launch a takeover bid for the company.

Subject to the closing of the takeover bid, the two shareholders will also pump an additional EUR1 billion into the company to help fund network upgrades.

America Movil will take over management of the company, although it is expected that the Austrian government would, through ÖIAG remain the larger of the two shareholders. ÖIAG also has the right to nominate the CEO and Chairman of the company.

Telekom Austria currently operates in Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Liechtenstein and Slovenia.

Post Date 24-April-2014

Google launches Camera app with multiple features

Google launches Camera app with multiple features: will work on Android KitKat devices

Recently Google has now launched its camera app for Android 4.4+ KitKat devices. It is available as a free download through the Play Store for Android phone or tablet that makes it easy to take quick photos and videos. This Camera app allows users to shoot SLR camera-like photos with shallow depth of field, the app includes a big 100% viewfinder for getting the maximum resolution from the sensor and an extra large capture button and different picture modes can be accessed by simply swiping from left to right on the screen.
Google camera contains creative picture modes like Photo Sphere, Lens Blur and Panorama.
Google has added something called Lens Focus, which lets you selectively choose which spot of the picture has to be in focus. You can even adjust this after you have shot the picture. In Lens Focus mode, Google requires you to keep the subject centered and move the camera along the vertical or horizontal axis as may be the case.
Google's Research blog has explains that It lets you take a photo with a shallow depth of field using just your Android phone or tablet. Unlike a regular photo, Lens Blur lets you change the point or level of focus after the photo is taken. You can choose to make any object come into focus simply by tapping on it in the image. By changing the depth-of-field slider, you can simulate different aperture sizes, to achieve bokeh (depth-of-field) effects ranging from subtle to surreal (e.g., tilt-shift). The new image is rendered instantly, allowing you to see your changes in real time."

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