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Now Indians can search jobs through their mobile phones also. Reliance Communications, India’s leading CDMA operator is offering more features to its customers. Reliance Communications announced that the company has tied up with Naukri.com, India’s largest job site to help job seekers to explore job while on the move also. Reliance Customers can use this service by registering themselves in naukri.com with a username and password and enter their Reliance mobile number in the online registration form and search the job based on the category, experience and location. Even customers can search job based on skills in the fields of IT/ITES, Telecommunications, Finance, Banking, Call Centers, Government, Health, Hospitality, Human Resources, Insurance, Law, Marketing, Research, Sales, and many other lucrative areas. This facility will allow job seekers to search job anywhere and anytime with easy menu-driven navigation of the application on Reliance Mobile World. Even Reliance customers can also access to Real Estates, Automobiles, Local Jobs, Used Items, and Matrimonial classifieds. According to Mahesh Prasad, President – Applications, Solutions and Content Group, Reliance Communications, through this application, customer can post, search and apply for jobs from their mobile phone.


 
 
 

Finally, Nortel has introduced the full IEEE 802.11 based QoS standards to its wireless LAN software. The Nortel has updated its wireless LAN software and also introduced mobile phone, named 6100, which will offer more wireless VoIP services for the enterprise. Nortel’s WLAN switches and access points the full IEEE 802.11-based QoS standards are needed to ensure high quality VoIP calls over a WLAN infrastructure. The company has added two remaining 802.11e elements to its infrastructure, so that any 802.11e-enabled client can make VoIP calls, including PDAs and laptop. Nortel’s new element has a power saving feature, which will make VoIP handset inactive and conserves the battery power. It has also call admission control feature, which will enable an access point to monitor and manage VoIP calls to optimize as other clients come and go on that same access point. The company has also introduced the first wireless VoIP phone, 6100 with radio capability, which will support 802.11b, 11g or 11a connections. This new handset will also support Wi-Fi Multimedia prioritization. Nortel’s WLAN handset will have a feature like ‘push-to-talk’, which will phone to act like walkie-talkie with an extended battery option.


 
 
 

Wavecom has unveiled the new Fastrack Supreme Wireless CPU with enhanced expandability features. Wavecom has developed an open standard Internal Expansion Socket (IES) interface to add additional IO connectivity or other features like GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and Zigbee. The Fastrack Supreme Wireless CPU allow users to develop their own expansion modules and customize the products for specific requirements. Even customers can add more features of Wavecom’s new expansion module. Wavecom has announced three options for the new Fastrack Supreme, which are following: 1) One for IO expansion with mini USB connectivity 2) One with GPS functionality and USB 3) One with IO expansion, GPS functionality and USB. The Fastrack Supreme Wireless CPU is featured with Wavecom’s Open AT Software Suite, which offers Real-time native execution of embedded C applications. It has also download-over-the-air (DOTA) capabilities for simple, cost-effective upgrades and maintenance. The Fastrack Supreme Wireless CPU is compatible with the recently announced Remote Device Management Service (RDMS) from Wavecom. . Open AT will allow developers to fully embedded their software application.


 
 
 

NEC Unified Solutions has partnered with FirstHand Technologies for the convergence of mobile phones and PBX technology. Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) provider, FirstHand Technologies has joined NEC solutions to deliver the mobile unified communications. According to the partnership, the FirstHand Enterprise Mobility Solution would be fully integrated with the NEC UNIVERGE portfolio. The solution will extend UNIVERGE enterprise functionality to smart phones and dual mode devices, including BlackBerry RIMs, Nokia E-series devices and Windows Mobile devices woth cellular and Wi-Fi networks. It means that corporate users would be equipped with these mobile devices with all the features of the company PBX. The solution will enable NEC customers to perform corporate directory look up, enterprise dialing, presence, instant messaging, outlook contact integration, ad-hoc mobile conferencing and visual voicemail from their mobile phones. The FirstHand Enterprise Mobility Solution includes the FirstHand Mobility Gateway that integrates with VoIP infrastructure with voice mail and conferencing and security extends to mobile devices. This solution will give single phone number to enterprise people to use the screening details of the PBX coupled with the ‘find me’ feature delivered through the FirstHand Enterprise Mobility Gateway calls, which can be automatically forwarded from the desktop phone to additional numbers, including mobile phone numbers. Users can easily access the corporate directory and dial anyone with a single click of button by using FirstHand Mobile Assistant. Users can also initiate conference calls and send instant messages in real time.


 
 
 

Royal Philips Electronics has partnered with Intel Corporation to develop wireless, handheld ‘Mobile Clinical Assistant’ for doctors and nurses. Philips is planning to design, develop and manufacture a Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), which will enable nurses and doctors to improve bedside patient care by using an integrated, wireless device to connect to patient information stored in electronic medical records. MCA is new category of mobile point-of-care devices, which is designed with input from clinicians through clinical workflow studies, interviews and ethnography research conducted by Intel. Philips MCA has number of features, which are given below: 1) The Philips MCA has number of technology features, which comes in single platform, including an easy to read 10.4 inch XGA touch-screen, RFID and barcode scanning, Bluetooth, wireless LAN connectivity and a digital camera. 2) This portable device helps clinical users to fill out charts, capture vital signs, write up reports and validate blood transfusions as well as allow monitoring the healing of wounds. 3) Philips MCA is featured with intuitive function controls, LED indicators and other smart interfaces. 4) The device is fully sealed without any unnecessary I/O ports 5) The Philips MCA comes with the long-life battery. 6) The Philips MCA fully shares Intel’s healthcare vision. According to Patricia Perry, vice president of Intel’s Digital Health Group and general manager of Healthcare IT, MCA is basically designed for clinicians, which will allow nurses to access up-to-the-minute patient records and to document a patient’s condition in real time.


 
 
 

Nokia stands tall in global Smartphone market


Posted on: March 29th, 2012 by admin
 

When we think about the converged device, say Smartphone, undoubtedly the name ‘Nokia’ comes first. Nokia has now emerged as the global leader in the smartphone market, sharing nearly half of the market share last year. In its latest report, the research firm IDC has recognized Nokia as leading seller of Smartphones in 2006 sharing 48 percent of the total 80 million Smartphones shipment. The Finland-based mobile giant sold nearly 38 million Smartphones last year despite lukewarm marketing in North America, which is said to be most conducive market for converged devices. The report also proves that there is an overwhelming sale of converged devices in the global market during 2006. The shipment of converged devices has increased by 42 percent due to sharp decline in prices. As of now, some Smartphones are marketed for less than $200. RIM occupied second place in the IDC report sharing 7.5 percent of the market. It has sold more than six million Smartphones last year, while Motorola is in the third position selling 4.9 million Smartphones.


 
 
 

Verizons launches mobile television service in US


Posted on: March 29th, 2012 by admin
 

Now Verizon subscribers in US can watch television on their mobile phones. The second largest US mobile phone provider, Verizon Wireless announced that the company has launched the first commercial mobile television service in 20 states of US with full-length programmes and high quality picture. The joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc. will provide the television service on mobile phones, while Qualcomm Inc. unit MediaFlo has developed the service, which includes eight channels broadcasting full-length TV shows to mobile phones on 24 hours a day. The picture of the mobile TV would be better than Verizon Wireless’s existing Vcast video service. The company will charge $15 a month for the service. Firstly, the mobile video services launched in 2004 in US with 7 million customers, which is increased upto 232 million customers. According to Ovum analyst Roger Entner, it is expected that MediaFlo users could increase to 20 million to 30 million people within about seven years.


 
 
 

Cisco Unified Communications announced that the company would provide a dual mode IP telephony solution, which utilizes the NTT DoCoMo ‘s N902iL FOMA/wireless LAN dual-mode mobile phone. It would the world’s first solution, which will extend the office IP telephony communications capabilities to a dual mode mobile handset by using the standard based, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) interface. The solution will offer better connectivity between NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA3G network and a Cisco Unified Wireless Network in a business environment. The solution will allow business users to access single number, single office voice mailbox, Mobile Voice Access and other mobile application facilities. Employees would be able to place, receive, hold and forward calls from their desktop IP phone after connecting the Cisco Unified Wireless Network in the office. In addition, employees would be able to access office voicemail and interact with other office IP telephony features from their mobile phones. Cisco Unified Wireless Network and mobile phone, both of them support 54 Mbps Wi-Fi standard IEEE 802.11g along with IEEE 802.11e to ensure network performance and quality of service for voice traffic on the wireless LAN (WLAN). The N902iL dual mode mobile phone will operate on the NTT DoCoMo FOMA network and it will receive office calls by using Cisco’s mobile solutions for unified communications.


 
 
 

Agilent Technologies Inc. has enhanced its 8960 Wireless Communications Test Set. The company has unveiled new 7.2 Mbps data connection and Inter-RAT voice and data handoff to enhance its Wireless Communications Test Set running UMTS Lab Applications. The enhancement is based on the 8960 Lab Application’s value to provide a broad and cost -effective solution to meet various verities of User Equipment (UE) design needs, including from the functional test to RF measurements for device validation, integration and regression testing. It incorporates a .2 Mbps HSDPA IP data connection with real-time 3GPP network emulation and also includes Inter-RAT voice and data handovers. The 8960 allow engineers to use it as a tool to ensure UE design integrity throughout the cycle of test and deployment. Since it supports the 7.2 Mbps RF and IP data, so engineers can stress the UE at rates above in real networks. Additionally, engineers can also test the impact of high data rates on UE hardware components, which makes impact on battery life and current, drain and evaluate software issues. It has an advanced feature of the E6701E/T and E6703D/T Lab Applications, like two-cell emulation to ensure realistic testing of UMTS Inter-RAT handovers and cell selections to allow the mobile to select from and handover between two independent cells. The Inter-RAT voice and data handoff enhancements allow engineers to functionally test UE voice quality and data intensive, while roaming between GSM and -CDMA/HSDPA networks.


 
 
 

Cingular Nokia N75: Will the speculation end this month?


Posted on: March 28th, 2012 by admin
 

US Mobile phone giant ‘Cingular Wireless’ is roping in Nokia N75 to join its array of GSM phones- this is the hottest speculation which is doing rounds among Cingular users. And if consumer reaction is to be believed, then it will recieve a red carpet treatment. Cingular Wireless is the leading mobile phone service provider in the United States, offering a variety of services using many different wireless communication standards. It has got a wide array of GSM phones attached to it. Apple iphones, Sony Ericsson, Siemens, Blackberry, Palm Treo, Nokia, Motorola, LG- you name it, they have it. But the news that has overshadowed all this, is that Nokia N75 is hitting Cingular this month. Though the news is still not confirmed. So, what makes this news the most anticipated one? Definitely, its the power of Nokia Nseries. Nokia N75 would be Cingular’s first 3G Nokia phone. The clamshell model from Nokia has some cool features: — a smartphone that’s just 20.2mm thick. — 2-megapixel camera and a 2.4-inch 320×240 screen. — dedicated music keys on the outside. — Internet browser and e-mail to support viewing e-mail attachments in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF format. — standby time of 200 hours. These features are more than enough to make any gadget freak long for it. And if Cingular is able to hook the fish, then the Cingular users can have a valid reason for their loyalty towards the service provider. And as far as the ability of Cingular (to make this happen) is concerned, I’m sure, the giant who can purchase AT&T Wireless for $41 billion can make anything happen!