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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - ZTE Corp, the world's fourth-largest handset vendor, plans to launch this year its first smartphone based on TD-LTE technology and is talking to Japan's Softbank Corp for a possible order, a senior executive said on Wednesday.
TD-LTE is one of the two key types of 4G LTE (long term evolution) technologies which have been adopted by global carriers - the time division (TD) variant is being adopted by China Mobile in its trials, while FDD (frequency division duplex) is used in many U.S. and European networks.
ZTE has already launched and sold FDD-LTE handsets in markets such as the United States, Wang said.
"Now is a very crucial stage for the development of LTE," Scott Wang, vice president of ZTE, told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines of the Mobile Asia Expo conference in Shanghai. "We plan to roll out our TD handsets by the end of this year."
ZTE, which ranks behind Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Nokia Oyj and Apple Inc, has been trying to produce higher-end smartphones to boost its razor-thin margins, after gaining market share over the past few years by selling low-cost phones.
ZTE, also China's second-largest telecommunications equipment maker, said in April it expected its global smartphone sales to more than double this year from 15 million handsets sold in 2011.
The Shenzhen-based company has been making headway in terms of selling fourth-generation (4G) handsets and telecom equipment globally. But there is still some way to go before 4G technology becomes mainstream, due to higher costs and a lack of compatible handsets on the market.
"The biggest bottleneck is the immature 4G handset market," Wang said.
Hong Kong was the first Asian market to launch an LTE network commercially in November 2010, with several other operators offering 4G services in Japan, South Korea and Singapore thereafter.
During the conference in Wednesday, China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua said the operator's 4G trials were going smoothly and it was on track to launch 20,000 base stations in 10 Chinese cities this year.
"It is highly possible for us to grow even faster than planned," Xi told the conference.
(Additional reporting by David Lin; Writing by Lee Chyen Yee; Editing by David Holmes)
(The story corrects the headline to change South Korea's to China's)
BTI Systems Drives Hanoi Telecom's Nationwide Ethernet Business Services Launch in Vietnam - msnbc.com
SINGAPORE — BTI Systems, the global leader redefining service delivery for metro network operators, today announced that Hanoi Telecom Corporation has selected BTI's Carrier Ethernet Business Services solution to fuel the cost-effective, rapid delivery of Ethernet Business services to its enterprise customers throughout Vietnam. The announcement was made at CommunicAsia at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. BTI's booth is in the Canadian Pavilion, Stand BH3-01.
Established in 2001, Hanoi Telecom Corporation is one of the leading fixed and mobile operators in Vietnam. Featuring a countrywide infrastructure and national and international licenses, Hanoi Telecom offers a full range of broadband and VoIP ISP, Internet exchange, enterprise and 3G mobile services (via its mobile subsidiary).
Vietnam is a fast-growing, rapidly developing market. In order for Hanoi Telecom to maintain a business advantage in this highly competitive region, the company sought to launch new Carrier Ethernet Business services to its customers in key market sectors including financial services, government, manufacturing, and information and communications technology (ICT).
In partnership with Escom Co., Ltd, a value added distributor and solutions provider, Hanoi Telecom selected BTI's 700 Series with the proNX™ Service Manager based on its ease of implementation, reliability and low-latency performance. The cornerstone of BTI's Carrier Ethernet Business Services solution, the compact, carrier-grade, MEF-certified BTI 700 Series enabled Hanoi Telecom to deploy its new metroE platform cost effectively, while accelerating the provisioning of Ethernet services to businesses from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City and across 25 cities.
Escom integrated the BTI 700 Series seamlessly into Hanoi Telecom's existing DWDM backbone. Doing so enabled the delivery of a complete range of Ethernet services, including E-LINE and E-LAN to enterprise customers. Tightly integrated with the BTI 700 Series, the proNX Service Manager is designed to simplify operations and automate service delivery and monitoring through a one-click, intuitive and feature-rich GUI. Providing a comprehensive, customer-oriented view of the network, the proNX Service Manager helps Hanoi Telecom expedite end-to-end service provisioning and management, and speed time to revenue.
"With the BTI 700 Series now serving as the foundation of their metroE offering, this nationwide deployment enables Hanoi Telecom to offer a complete, end-to-end, MEF-based Ethernet service portfolio on a core 10G infrastructure," said Marc Olivier, Vice President of Business Development, Asia Pacific at BTI Systems. "We look forward to a continued, successful collaboration with Escom, helping Hanoi Telecom expand its service footprint, and further bolster its competitive differentiation in a rapidly emerging region."
"Since its founding in 2006, Escom has established itself as a trusted technology and business advisor to marquee telecommunications and ICT brands in Vietnam," said Ho Quang Hao, Managing Director at Escom. "We are proud to collaborate with leading networking technology providers like BTI to implement strategic solutions that Hanoi Telecom and other service providers can leverage to deliver valuable services to their enterprise customers, and unlock new and profitable revenue streams."
About BTI Systems
BTI Systems is the innovative networking company that creates high-capacity, application-aware service infrastructure for metropolitan networks. With an integrated suite of packet optical networking, application intelligence software and service-centric management products, BTI enables service and content providers to scale capacity and profitably deliver a mix of high-value applications, services and content to subscribers and businesses around the globe. More than 350 customers rely on BTI to monetize, accelerate and simplify service delivery. Headquartered in North America, BTI operates regional sales, marketing, and R&D centers of excellence throughout the world. For more information, visit www.btisystems.com.
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Take Your iPhone Underwater With This ‘Scuba Suit’ - Mashable
If you’ve got an iPhone, it’s probably safe to say you take it just about anywhere you go. This summer, it will be your best tool to document swims and water balloon fights. But what if you wanted to actually get involved in said shenanigans? You can if you have Photojojo’s iPhone Scuba Suit.
The iPhone Scuba Suit ($60) is a 100% waterproof case for your iPhone. It uses a latch closure to create an airtight liquid barrier to keep your iPhone safe underwater. The case features a touch-sensitive gel screen cover that should make using your phone underwater easier than it is with similar cases. And if you’ve got waterproof headphones, the Scuba Suit has a built-in waterproof headphone jack that will allow you to listen to music underwater. Plus, the optical grade lens cover ensures that your photos will look just as good underwater as they do on dry land.
This isn’t first waterproof iPhone case we’ve seen (see: LifeProof), but the iPhone Scuba Suit does seem to have a bit more to offer than comparable cases. The Scuba Suit is purportedly waterproof up to 15 feet, whereas other waterproof cases only offer protection for depths up to two meters. The case’s gel screen cover is designed to be more responsive than the screen covers of other waterproof cases, which was a problem with the LifeProof Case.
But even with a waterproof case, would you ever risk taking your precious iPhone into water? Tell us in the comments below.
Image courtesy of Photojojo
Draw Something: which apps should be turned into TV shows? - The Guardian
You may know Draw Something as the Pictionary-style iPhone app that you downloaded, became obsessed with, grew tired of and bitterly deleted over the space of a single weekend back in March. But now Draw Something is so much more than that. Now it's on its way to becoming a TV programme.
Earlier this week it was revealed that CBS has won a bidding war to produce a pilot for a Draw Something gameshow. No details have been confirmed, but according to Variety, the series is expected to include "teams of celebrities and everyday users, [and] viewers can also play along at home for a chance to win prizes".
While it'll be interesting to see if Draw Something can become more than a mere Win, Lose or Draw clone – not to mention whether it can effectively replicate the app's never-ending, wearying oppressiveness, as contestants spend every microsecond of their precious free time joylessly scratching 70 different pictures of a giraffe or Barack Obama or a hat onto a screen again and again at the cost of their most important personal relationships – it might just be the tip of the iceberg. If Draw Something is a success, the app spinoff might look increasing attractive to TV companies.
So there's only one thing to do: get in on the act. Television commissioners must be straining at the leash for pitches based on phone apps, so here are a few for them to chew over. If anyone needs me, I'll be buying a mansion on hire purchase.
Angry Birds
Already Angry Birds, perhaps the best-known phone app of all time, has moved from app to animation, with 52 weekly short animations to be released later this year, and a feature film on the way. Which is all very well, but what about a TV entertainment show? Picture the scene: Joe Swash, Dean Gaffney and someone out of Hollyoaks all dressed up as birds, being fired from giant catapults into the side of several buildings. It'd be just like The Golden Shot, but with an exponentially higher insurance premium.
Temple Run
In Temple Run, you control a man as he recreates the boulder scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark by sprinting through a never-ending obstacle-littered ruin, chased by a pack of furious monsters. So it goes without saying that the Temple Run TV show should be exactly this. Part Total Wipeout, part Crystal Maze, we'd pick a member of the public to pelt through a real-life recreation of the Temple Run course. Forever. The show only ends once the contestant, broken and exhausted, relents and is eaten by the monsters in a harrowing bloodthirsty orgy of violence. Richard Hammond to commentate.
Song Pop
Song Pop is a simple Name That Tune-style app, where users compete with each other to guess the name and performer of a song based on a short snippet. This obviously has tons of potential for television. We could introduce a karaoke element to it, to see if contestants can remember the words. And we could get Shane Richie to host it. And it could be on Sky2 all the bloody time. Oh, no, hang on, I've just invented Don't Forget the Lyrics, haven't I? Sorry, disregard.
Fruit Ninja
David Cameron karate-chops hundreds of watermelons into pieces over and over and over for half an hour. Then he pulls a funny face and the end credits roll. This, I believe, will be the all-time pinnacle of the televised app spinoff genre.
So that's how I will make my fortune, but what about you? Which apps would you like to see turned into TV shows? Leave your thoughts below.
Wataniya Telecom partners with KidZania Kuwait as sponsor of the telecommunications centre within the city - AME Info
Much more than a children's museum or family entertainment center, KidZania takes interactive entertainment and learning to an entirely new level by combining role playing with real life.
KidZania creates a kid-centric city experience designed to educate and inspire 4- to 14-year olds - from arriving at the airport, to visiting a city center to exploring the city streets. We replicate the real world in a safe and self-contained over 7,000 square meter kid-sized city. As in the real world, children choose activities - such as being a police officer, doctor, journalist or a shopkeeper - and earn money which they can then spend or save. KidZania operates just like a real city complete with buildings, paved streets, vehicles, a functioning economy and recognizable destinations in the form of "establishments" sponsored and branded by leading multi-national and local brands. The facilities are designed to educate through experience, fostering the development of life skills, but from a kid perspective - it's all about fun.
KidZania, Inc., headquartered in Mexico, is privately held. This award-winning concept is recognized globally for its unique blend of entertainment and education for children. The first KidZania opened in Mexico City in 1999. There are eightother locations including, Monterrey, Mexico; Tokyo, Jakarta,Koshien, Lisbon, Dubai, Seoul and Kuala Lumpur. To date, more than 20 million kids and parents have visited the facilities globally. The trajectory continues with 13 facilities in development, including a new facility in Mexico City where kids can drive from point-to-point.
KidZania Kuwait is a (7,000 square meter) facility, located inthe Phase 3 extension of The Avenues.
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