ZTE has reportedly supplied Uganda Telecom with a solar-powered handset that the operator has dubbed, Kasana. According to media reports, the handset will work for up to 12 hours after an hour under the sun.
“Uganda Telecom is committed to developing products that are relevant to the communication needs of Ugandans and today we bring you [...]
There are many ways to be green, one of which is to do something positive to the environment, like planting trees, which is exactly what PLDT, its mobile subsidiary, Smart Communications, and NTT Docomo are doing with a program in the Philippines.
For the second year in a roll, the companies have committed to a program [...]
Frost & Sullivan projects that the video conferencing endpoints market will growth by 15.3% this year, up from the 15% growth recorded last year despite the ongoing global recession. The analysis firm estimates that the total value of this market will reach some US$379.4 million by the end of the year.
According to Frost and Sullivan, [...]
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 [...]