SigEx Telecom : Google brings Internet to the poor...by Corina Ciubotaru

This month Google is engaging in different sort of activities looking like it doesn't want go get out of the spotlight and proving everyone that Google is still the great giant. Google is engaging in something very big and important- a public-policy battle that could determine the future of Internet Access in America. Starting from mobile operators, going up to public-safety companies and ending with Google, they all see the 700 MHz spectrum as the perfect chance to extend mobile broadband services. Google says it's interested in the 700MHz auction because it wants to make Internet as accessible as possible to as many people as possible. According to Chris Sacca, head of special initiatives at Google, the Internet is still "too expensive for most folks". How is that possible?Countries from the Eastern Europe have Internet access and poor people use it. People from Romania, Bulgaria etc have way smaller incomes than people in America and they have Internet access at home in a very high proportion. But in America, the Internet is still to expensive... I think Google took the wrong attitude in this case, they are the search giant, they are in America they can't act like "Google cares about the poor. Google is the new prince charming that will bring Internet to your homes at very low costs." I honestly don't think this attitude suits Google and I don't know how people will react but people with some brains won't buy it.

by Corina Ciubotaru for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

SigEx Telecom : Europe and US will soon communicateby Ana Maria Ciobanu

Sometimes I am just overwhelmed of all the things that are happening. Everything is happening so fast, innovations are appearing like mushrooms after a good rain, technology is just amazing. I feel wordless every day when I find out new things from all around the world. We're evolving with the speed of light but who knows in what direction. Nature has gone crazy and we keep inventing and inventing. I am going to talk about Galileo and GPS sharing signals but I made this introduction because I wonder where everything is going, what is the purpose of all this rush, and all these wonderful things being created. Since 2004 a joint compatibility and interoperability working group has been working to design a signal system that can allow Europe's Galileo to meet the GPS satellites run by the USA In the close future signals from their satellite navigation systems will be picked up on the same receiver. Globalization isn't just a myth than and users worldwide are supposed to be benefiting soon from the friendship and closeness between the signals of EU and US. Galileo is due to become fully operational in 2012 but perhaps this agreement will "facilitate the rapid acceptance of Galileo in global markets side by side with GPS"(Matthias Ruete, EC general director) So...let's applaud the fact that Europe and USA will finally communicate.

by Ana Maria Ciobanu for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

SigEx Telecom : FCC Spectrum Auction: What's Google on About?by Delia Cruceru

Google’s plans to change the rules for the 700MHz spectrum auction are very hard to be accepted by other companies that participate to this auction. If they are going to win the nation’s airwaves, Google wants open acces and wholesale resale, anf for that they will invest in the auction $4.6 billion. Google "requested that the Commission should extend to all CMRS-type spectrum licensees clearly delineated, explicitly enforceable, and unwavering obligations to provide (1) open applications, (2) open devices, (3) open wholesale services, and (4) open network access." Former Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale and former FCC commissioner Reed Hundt support Google’s bold ideas about the rules for the auction AT&T agrees with the open acces part, but they don’t accept the wholesale resale. Verizon instead is threatening that if this happens, they would take they’re money and leave the auction. The federal commission doesn’t afford that, the auction is estimated that it would bring $20 billion to $50 billion into the federal treasury. Specialists say that the open access will bring a competitive stimulus but the wholesale resale is anticompetitive and would dictate how companies must package their services, and that mobile carriers will unite in this battle against Google and they would spend whatever is takes to win the auction.

related story: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135084-c,wirelesstechnologyservices/article.html

by Delia Cruceru for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

Bye, bye cablesby Claudia Sonea

From optical mouse and keyboard we will soon move forward to Wireless USB. This is one thing that will definitely improve the work with the computer's peripherals like scanner, printers and other portable hard drives. The project is initiated by USB Implementers Forum Inc. (USB-IF), a nonprofit organisation. Certified Wireless USB kits from D-Link Systems Inc. and Iogear Inc wirelessly communicates with a hub that holds multiple wired USB devices, being among the first peripherals released in July based on the Wireless USB. Lenovo and Dell have already introduced Wireless USB chips in the Inspiron 1720 and ThinkPad T61that can communicate with their devices in a 10 meter range and the speed increases smaller the distance gets. It should help the consumers to transfer data, audio and avi files more efficiently. There is only the beginning, better ways of associating a device to a host will be researched and also the main goal of everyone will be to make users more happy and content of their devices. Of course this means more money and new devices, but according to them you must have it. If you don't you will be left outside the circle and you will spend more time than others and you know the saying: time means money. What you get with one hand you have to give with the other. Innovation, innovation, it's so hard to acquire everything you need and want. Press click and say goodbye to those darn cables. Go Wireless USB, go!

related story: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135082-c,wireless/article.html

by Claudia Sonea for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

SigEx Telecom : Golden Telecom+Spotigo=?by Ana Maria Ciobanu

Good news everyone! The WiFi Navigator will be available soon for Windows 2000/XP/Vista and Windows Mobile (Pocket PC and Smartphone Edition). The Golden WiFi Navigator for Symbian is available for the customers on the Golden WiFi website. Golden Telecom has licensed Spotigo's wireless client for Symbian and contracted Spotigo for corresponding services. Daniel Prümers, Managing Director of Spotigo said that Golden Telecom did a good job comparing and evaluating all wireless client platforms on the market and that he is very proud they have selected Spotigo. I'm sure we all know something about Golden Telecom, Inc, but is it my duty to say it is a leading provider of integrated telecommunications and Internet services throught Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Spotigo started everything in 2005 and is now one of the leading European software- and services company to provide innovative technology to mobile broadband operators. Perhaps that was why in 2006 the High-Tech Gründerfonds chose to invest in Spotigo. You can find out more about Spotigo on http://www.spotigo.com, and we will all find out more about this agreement between Golden Telecom and Spotigo soon because it announces to be very very big.

related story: http://prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-27-2007/0004616110

by Ana Maria Ciobanu for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

SigEx Telecom : Nokia targets content sharing with Twango buyby Delia Cruceru

The Internet media sharing site Twango was purchased by Finland’s mobile giant Nokia for a price, rumors say less than $100 million. Twango is a company from Redmond Washington, and it was founded by former Microsoft employees, and it developed a platform for organizing, sharing and publishing videos and photos using phones or computers. "The Twango acquisition is a concrete step towards our vision of seamless access to information, entertainment and social networks at anytime from any connected device in any way you choose," said Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president and general manager of multimedia at Nokia. "When you combine a Nokia Nseries multimedia computer with a rich media sharing destination like Twango, people will have exciting new ways to create and enjoy rich media experiences in real time." It’s not the first acquisition Nokia made, they also bought a Seattle based company named Loudeye, an online audio provider and the German company Gate5 that developed mapping, routing and navigation software, which the mobile giant uses for its phones. A senior analyst from Canalys, Pete Cunningham, said that this acquisition for Nokia will bring good results, having a web 2.0 service site, similar to Facebook or MySpace, bringing them significantly improve average revenue per user.

related story: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2194869/nokia-content-sharing-twango-acquisition

by Delia Cruceru for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

SigEx Telecom : Nokia targets content sharing with Twango buyby Delia Cruceru

The Internet media sharing site Twango was purchased by Finland’s mobile giant Nokia for a price, rumors say less than $100 million. Twango is a company from Redmond Washington, and it was founded by former Microsoft employees, and it developed a platform for organizing, sharing and publishing videos and photos using phones or computers. "The Twango acquisition is a concrete step towards our vision of seamless access to information, entertainment and social networks at anytime from any connected device in any way you choose," said Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president and general manager of multimedia at Nokia. "When you combine a Nokia Nseries multimedia computer with a rich media sharing destination like Twango, people will have exciting new ways to create and enjoy rich media experiences in real time." It’s not the first acquisition Nokia made, they also bought a Seattle based company named Loudeye, an online audio provider and the German company Gate5 that developed mapping, routing and navigation software, which the mobile giant uses for its phones. A senior analyst from Canalys, Pete Cunningham, said that this acquisition for Nokia will bring good results, having a web 2.0 service site, similar to Facebook or MySpace, bringing them significantly improve average revenue per user.

related story: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2194869/nokia-content-sharing-twango-acquisition

by Delia Cruceru for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

SigEx Telecom : Nokia cumpara site-ul de sharing digital Twangoby Delia Cruceru

Site-ul de distribuire media, Twango, a fost cumparat de gigantul telefoniei mobile din Finlanda, Nokia, pentru un pret, spun zvonurile mai mic de 100 milioane$. Twango este o companie din Redmond-Washington, si a fost infiintata de fosti angajati ai Microsoft, si a dezvoltat o platforma pentru organizarea, distribuirea si publicarea videoclipurilor si pozelor folosind telefoane sau computere. "Achizitia Twango este un pas concret inainte pentru viziunea noastra de acces instant la informatie, distractie si retele sociale in orice moment de pe orice dispozitiv conectat in orice fel alegeti" spune Anssi Vanjoki, vicepresedinte execuitv si manager general multimedia de la Nokia. "Cand combini un computer multimedia Nokia NSeries cu o destinatie plina de media ca si Twango, oamenii vor avea cai interesante de a crea si a se bucura de experientele media in timp real." Nu este prima achizitie pentru Nokia, ei au cumparat de asemenea si o companie din Seattle numita Loudeye, un furnizor online audio si firma germana Gate5 care dezvolta software pentru cartare, rutare si navigare, pe care gigantul telefonie mobile le foloseste pentru telefoanele sale. Un analist de la Canalys, Pete Cunningham, a spus ca aceasta achizitie pentru Nokia va aduce rezultate bune, avand un serviciu web 2.0 similar cu Facebook sau MySpace, si le va aduce un venit mediu pe utilizator foarte bun.

related story: http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2194869/nokia-content-sharing-twango-acquisition

by Delia Cruceru for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

SigEx Telecom :CE Products Wins Wireless USB Certificationby Ioana Madalina Tantareanu

The group said that the first wave of consumer electronics devices have based on Wireless USB 1.0 Certification Program fact that will help WUSB products join or even compete with ultra wideband technologies and the wireless high-definition interface . These products that are certified will be compatible with upcoming certified WUSB gear, according to the USB-IF, the industry organization responsible for overseeing USB standards. According to the Implementers Forum the later devices will hit stores back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons. Vital as the electronics industry will be the deployment of end-user products like D-Link's Wireless USB hub and adapter, said Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF president.The products will deliver the benefits of strict certification process and allow consumers to keep the investments they`ve made in their PC`s and devices. Already, vendors such as Alereon, Intel, NEC, Realtek, and WiQuest have started producing certified wireless USB silicon. Wireless USB is basically Intel's version of ultrawideband (UWB) technology, which works to translate the signals of a standard USB connection and deliver them over a wireless radio. However, as an application-specific form of ultrawideband, WUSB is largely led by Intel and its partners, all of which are hoping to use it as a replacement for wired USB connections in the future.

by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

SigEx Telecom : CE Products castiga certificarea USBby Ioana Madalina Tantareanu

Grupul spune ca primul val de consumatori de dispozitive electronice se bazeaza pe Wireless USB 1.0 Certification Program, fapt ce a ajutat produsele WUSB sa intre sau sa se intreaca cu tehnologiile ultra wideband si cu interfatele wireless high-definition. Aceste produse care sunt certificate vor fi compatibile cu viitoarele gear-uri USB, judecand dupa USB-IF, industria organizatoare va fi responsabila de supravegherea standardelor USB. Conform Implementers Forum, urmatoarele si cele mai noi dispozitive vor intra pe piata in sezoanele back-to-school si in cele de vacante si shopping. Vitala, ca si industria electronica va fi si dezvoltarea produselor ca D-Link's Wireless USB hub sau adaptor, spune Jeff Ravencraft, presedinte la USB-IF. Produsele vor livra beneficii ale procesului de certificare stricta si vor permite clientilor sa-si pastreze investitiile de PC-uri sau dispozitive pe care le-au facut. Deja vanzatori ca Alereon, Intel, NEC, Realtek, si WiQuest au inceput productia din silicon a USB-ului wireless certificat. USB-ul wireless este de fapt o versiune Intel a tehnologiei ultrawideband care traduce semnalele unui conexiuni standard USB si le trimite prin radio wireless. Desi, ca o aplicatie specifica a ultrawideband, WUSB este mai condus in mare de Intel si de partenerii sai, care spera sa-l foloseasca ca un inlocuitor pentru conexiunile USB-urile cu fir in viitor.

by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

SigEx Telecom : Google pushes for rules to aid wireless plansby Delia Cruceru

Google wants consumers to have the right to pick services from any carriers they want to, and to have any software they want on their phone. This is the plan that Google has if it’s going to be the winner of the 700 MHz Spectrum auction. The company announced that it “would bid upward of $4.6 billion for a swath of the nation's airwaves,” but other companies like Verizon Wireless and AT&T are rejecting those conditions. Blair Levin, a former FCC official who is now an analyst at Stifel Nicolaus & Company says: "When you buy a computer, they don't ask what kind of Internet service you have, and the computer can run any application or service. That doesn't exist in the wireless world. That's where Google wants to go with this auction." Google invested millions of dollars in mobile phone research, and rumors say they are going to launch a Google phone, but the company is not willing to make any affirmation about this subject, they only note the importance of consumers choosing the services and the devices that they want. AT&T said about Google’s proposal: “This is an attempt to pressure the U.S. government to turn the auction process on its head by ensuring only a few, if any, bidders will compete with Google," Thomas J. Tauke, Verizon's executive vice president of public affairs, policy and communications criticized Google in a statement: "Google's filing urges the FCC to adopt rules that force all bidders to implement Google's business plan--which would reduce the incentives for other players to bid,"

related story: http://news.com.com/Google+pushes+for+rules+to+aid+wireless+plans/2100-1036_3-6198063.html

by Delia Cruceru for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.

SigEx Telecom :BlackBerry 8820 Becomes Official.by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu

The launch of Wi-Fi equipped BlackBerry is now made official by RIM.The BlackBerry 8820 is coming.Research In Motion (RIM)today announced the BlackBerry 8820 smartphone. Featuring RIM's thinnest smartphone design with a full and highly tactile QWERTY(i) keyboard, large and bright display (320 x 240), user-friendly trackball navigation system and best-in-class voice and data functionality, the BlackBerry 8820 also includes built-in GPS (Global Positioning System), RIM's latest media player enhancements, and a microSD / microSDHC (microSD High Capacity) expandable memory slot that can support current and future generations of microSD memory cards up to 32GB. The BlackBerry 8820 is the first dual-mode BlackBerry handset, combining EDGE/GPRS/GSM cellular and Wi-Fi® connectivity for data access and voice support through UMA (unlicensed mobile access) for fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) service offerings from various wireless carriers around the world..If T-Mobile is looking for a killer device to add to its HotSpot @Home stable, they should look long and hard at the 8820. The BlackBerry 8820 Smart Phone is BlackBerry's WiFi enabled successor to the BlackBerry 8800. The 8820 features integrated WiFi for true broadband connectivity, a navigational trackball on the front of the device, and a full QWERTY keyboard. Moreover, with a 320x240 2.4 inch display, the 8820 includes a media player for videos and music, Bluetooth 2.0, and a web browser.The 8820 also includes a microSD slot, and a speakerphone. Additional features of the BlackBerry 8820 include USB and support for Push to Talk service. "The BlackBerry 8820 is an extraordinary business phone for people who really care about mobile communications and productivity. It features all the renowned power and usability of the BlackBerry platform with executive class styling and unprecedented connectivity features, including cellular, Wi-Fi and built-in GPS," said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at RIM. "The BlackBerry 8820 complements our carrier partners' cellular networks with the added ability to stay connected via Wi-Fi at home, through hotspots and corporate campuses."

by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

SigEx Telecom is quickly becoming the leading telebroadcasting communications provider allowing people to easily talk, view, upload and share video clips through free online TV broadcasting, free unlimited global calls, websites, blogs, video-mails and SMS. SigEx Telecom captures many add-on services for its clients generating royalties and fees in a broad spectrum of marketing services including public relations and promotions.