Filed under: HSDPA, UMTS, HSUPA
As much fuss as we make about 3G, the impact it has on the mobile experience, and the death of old-school GSM as a viable technology, deployed WCDMA networks in their various forms are still just a drop in the bucket when compared to the GSM subscriber pool as a whole — even in 3G-rich Europe. A new report from market research firm Informa Telecoms and Media reveals that European 3G users now number 101.5 million, which works out to about 11.1 percent of the some 910.8 million wireless users in the continent. Norway, Sweden, and Italy all individually broke 25 percent 3G penetration, but even so, that paints a very interesting picture of the overwhelming importance of the legacy infrastructure. With EDGE Evolution on the way, it could continue to play a majority role well into the next decade, too.
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WASHINGTON: Retired U.S. General Wesley Clark on Sunday said Republican White House hopeful John McCain lacked executive experience to be president, in rare criticism of the Vietnam veteran’’s military service. Clark told media that McCain was a hero for enduring years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam but he hasn”t held executive responsibility. Clark, former NATO supreme allied commander, said McCain’’s combat experience as a fighter pilot did not make him more qualified to be president than Democratic candidate Barack Obama. Clark said Obama had shown good judgment and talent as a communicator, saying the US president’’s greatest authority came from the power to persuade. The general, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, had initially endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton in this year’’s White House race. She lost to Obama in a hard-fought campaign.
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SINGAPORE: World oil continued higher on Monday, trading above 141 dollars a barrel following fresh records. New York’’s main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, rose 1.38 dollars a barrel to 141.59 dollars a barrel in morning Asian trade. The contract closed on Friday in New York at a record 140.21 dollars after touching a peak of 142.99 dollars in intraday trade. Brent North Sea crude for August delivery gained 1.22 dollars a barrel to 141.53 dollars. Brent crude had closed Friday in London at a record 140.31 dollars after reaching an intraday record of 142.97 dollars.
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Filed under: Multimedia, Software, RIM
We’ve known for a while that support for iTunes synchronization (songs, artwork, playlists, the whole nine yards) would be coming to the BlackBerry platform, and very briefly last week, RIM unleashed that capability on the world. It’s unclear why the software was pulled — maybe it just wanted to release the software to more fanfare, maybe it was buggier than a standing pool of swamp water — but either way, BlackBerry users desperate to get their sync on should still be able to nab the goods from a number of mirrors hosted by vigilant (and quick-thinking) users around the world while we wait for RIM to decide when to introduce it again.
[Via Gear Diary]
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Filed under: Handsets, CDMA
MetroPCS may not have the largest wireless footprint in the States, but they did take a jab at the larger two CDMA carriers by announcing their intention to take on any Verizon and Sprint customers ready to jump ship — as well as any “compatible” devices they may want to bring along with them. Sprint already supposedly does this (although we’ve still yet to hear of it actually really happening), but the specifics of MetroPCS’s MetroFlash seem equally unclear. It doesn’t sound like they’ll reprogram just any CDMA device that walks through their doors, though, just the ones they’ve had a chance to test on their network. Definitely kills the buzz (and the number of devices that can be ported), but a little open is still kind of better than totally closed, right?
[Via Seattle P-I and Mobility Site]
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PHOENIX: Two medical helicopters collided in midair Sunday afternoon near an Arizona hospital, killing at least seven people and critically injuring three, a federal official said. All three people on one of the helicopters were killed in theFlag staff collision, including a patient and the pilot, said Ian Gregor, spokesman for the US Federal Aviation Administration. Four others were killed and three critically wounded, Gregor said. He wasn”t sure if they were all on the second helicopter or whether some were on the ground. The cause of the collision is being investigated.
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KARACHI: Government has decided to raise the gas prices by 31 per cent which as a result will make the CNG expensive by at least Rs13 per kilogram.The rate of CNG will jump to Rs51 from the existing Rs38.25 per kg.Acting Federal Minister for Oil and Gas Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced to increase the gas price at a press conference here on Monday.He said the rise will not affect the domestic consumers of 200 cubic meter gas per month.The Minister maintained that 91 per cent households will not be affected by this decision.
