Chinese telecom company Huawei Technologies will invest 70 million euros (US$90.6 million) over a five-year period to establish a research and development center in Helsinki. Its first task will be to build software for smartphones and ...
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Nokia has won its dispute with Research In Motion (RIM) after a year of fighting over its patent-licensing agreement. Nokia and RIM have a history of licensing patents to one another, and agreed a cross-license in 2003 for ...
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Samsung has filed a complaint against several Ericsson products with the US International Trade Commission(ITC).Samsung claimed that the Swedish technology company has breached seven of its patents on telecommunications networking ...
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Ericsson has launched the world's first WebRTC-compatible browser for mobile devices, which will allow developers to integrate voice and video communications in their Web-based applications. The WebRTC (real-time communication) ...
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First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe), has appointed Georges Antoun chief operating officer. Antoun will initially have responsibility for manufacturing, R&D, ...
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Businesses are increasingly taking advantage of the economic and political benefits of setting up operations in Malaysia, whether to gain access to a highly skilled but lower-cost workforce to support global operations, or as a stepping ...
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IDG News Service - The launch of the first commercial Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) services took place last week, but most operators are likely to take a cautious approach as they face technical and business challenges. U.S. operator MetroPCS ...
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Ericsson said it would charge SEK8bn to offset the reduction of SEK8bn of its earnings Q4 2012. Ericsson is demanding a $1.2bn charge to write off its exposure to ST-Ericsson, a venture that produces cellphone components. Established in ...
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Ericsson is suing Samsung for patent infringement, despite negotiating over the use of the inventions for almost two years. The two mobile firms entered into an agreement in 2001 allowing Samsung to license the use of 24 of ...
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The European Parliament has voted in favour of a new patent law to provide one regulation and one court to cover inventions across the European Union (EU). Currently EU citizens can either apply for a national patent in their own country ...
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Hewlett-Packard, ZTE and mobile operators such as AT&T and SK Telecom have pooled their LTE patents under a program led by Via Licensing, aiming to provide a one-stop shop for companies to license their technology. Via Licensing organized ...
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Samsung announced it will help develop Sprint's small-cell infrastructure for use in Sprint's 4G LTE network and its 3G network improvements. Samsung, also the top mobile phone provider in the U.S., said in a statement Thursday that the ...
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Despite widespread calls for more spectrum to carry mobile data, there is a wide range of technologies already being used or explored that could help to speed up networks or put off the day when more frequencies need to be cleared. ...
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Sprint plans to deploy small cell gear from Alcatel-Lucent to augment its wireless coverage -- including in its new 4G LTE network -- in high-traffic areas, the two companies announced Monday. Alcatel-Lucent's LightRadio Metro Cells are ...
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Volvo Car Group and Ericsson are planning to launch connected vehicle cloud which enables the drivers, passengers and the car to connect to services in the cloud. The technology will allow the customers to access applications regarding ...
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