KDDI and Sharp has unveiled a new solar power-enabled mobile phone for this summer.
The SH002 Solar Phone model is part of the KDDI’s summer product line-up and is scheduled for release on 6 June 2009. The model is marketed as the world’s first water-resistant model with an integrated solar panel.
According to this post on Akihabaranews, [...]
PRESS RELEASE: BT invests half a million pounds to help improve access and quality of education in remote and rural areas in China
BT has today launched a joint initiative with UNICEF which will bring modern technology to schools in poor rural areas of China to improve access to high quality education.
BT is investing £500,000 (RMB5 [...]
A Reuters report following the news that San Diego Gas & Electric will be implementing Google PowerMeter gadget for its smart meters deployment, has pegged the number of utility partners for the search-giant at 8.
According to the report, TXU Energy in Texas, JEA in Florida, the Wisconsin Public Service Corporations, White River Valley Electric Cooperative [...]
To overcome the bandwidth constrains on today’s network, which obviously has not kept pace with the surge in data storage volumes, Amazon Web Services, one of the first providers of commercial cloud computing and storage services, has found a novel channel for its customers to send massive data loads into its infrastructure – the US [...]
Following the announcement that the US government will look to cloud computing services to power department IT environments, a new study by Market Research Media forecasts that the actual spend by federal agencies could grow by at a CAGR of 40% over the next 6 years to US$7 billion by 2015.
The report provides a six-year [...]
Cisco Systems this week announced its entry into the smart grid sector with a strategy to adapt its products and services to add intelligence into core electricity grids currently operated by power utilities and energy services companies.
According to Dirk Schlesinger, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group’s managing director for Asia Pacific and global lead for manufacturing, [...]
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Nokia Siemens Networks is looking to revolutionise the mobile network with is Liquid Radio architecture, which not only promises to re-architect today’s base station infrastructure, but also to ultimately bridge the gap between highly specialise (and expensive) telecoms equipment and commoditise (cost competitive) computer components. Green Telecom Live talks to Mike Murphy, head of Technology [...]
Interview with Telenor Connexion: Inside the world of M2M
Telenor Connexion, the unit of the Telenor Group focused on the machine-to-machine market, has been developing and deploying M2M applications for customers for the past decade. Green Telecom Live speaks with Gwenn Larsson, head of marketing at Telenor Connexion, about what makes M2M different from the rest of the mobile industry and the kinds of [...]
Verne Global outlines Iceland data centre plans
Two years after we first published the Icelandic government’s plans to promote the building of data centres on its shores, a venture capital-backed start tup, Verne Global, is looking to make it a reality.
Verne Global, backed by General Catalysts from Boston, Novator in London and the Wellcome Trust, is now constructing a wholesale data centre [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 2: Cisco’s Unified Computing
Cisco this month unveiled what some company executives dubbed one of the biggest announcements for the network equipment maker – ever. With the announcement of its Unified Computing, Cisco officially enters the computing space, although not quite as previous speculation in the industry had outlined. Instead of just producing its own blade server, Cisco unveiled [...]
Next gen data centre architecture Part 1: Juniper’s single switching fabric
In the past couple of weeks, cloud computing has really taken off, with both service providers, server makers, and switching vendors all making big announcements on service deployments and new gear designed for cloud operating environments.
Specifically, both Juniper and Cisco made significant announcements in their vision of a next generation data centre environment that can [...]