NIS GLONASS, the Russian national provider of satellite navigation services, announced on Friday it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Nokia. According to the agreement – which follows announcements made in August of this year – the Finnish company is to adapt GLONASS technology to its mobile platforms and devices. The Russian technology may also …
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As early as next month, Yandex services for mobile devices will come preinstalled on all Samsung Bada-powered smartphones sold in the CIS countries, the Russian search giant announced on Tuesday. In addition to the Yandex search engine, the agreement with Samsung will include the preinstallation of Yandex.Maps, Yandex.Mail, Yandex.Metro, Yandex.Market, and a number of other …
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The iPhone 4S, Apple’s newest smartphone, supports both GPS and GLONASS satellite based location systems, according to the tech specs page devoted to the phone updated yesterday on the Apple website. According to ifixit.com, whose authors have taken the smartphone apart, this dual capacity is provided by the Qualcomm MDM6610 baseband chip. Qualcomm has declined …
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Russian corporate security and IT audit software company Elcomsoft released a new version of its Phone Password Breaker last week that has the ability to recover the passwords of Blackberry smartphones. Data protection on Blackberry devices was considered to be insuperable, but password recovery is possible using Elcomsoft’s technology if the “Device password” security option …
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Samsung is presenting its “flagship 4-inch chic smartphone,” the Wave 3, along with other new models, at IFA 2011, a global trade show for consumer electronics that begins today in Berlin. Samsung seems to be the first major international handset manufacturer to offer a mobile phone with a GLONASS+GPS supported satellite location system. But the …
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According to Svyaznoy, a major mobile retailer, the Russian smartphone market expanded by a whopping 78% in the first six months of 2011, reaching an estimated value of 30.7 billion rubles, or $1.1 billion. Sales for the period reached 2.8 million devices – a figure confirmed by MTS, a leading mobile operator and retailer – up …
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Neubiberg, Germany – August 3, 2011 – Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) today introduced a new series of Receive Front-End Modules for implementation of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) functionality in Smart Phones and other handheld devices. The new BGM103xN7 Series devices are the first modules available that support separate or simultaneous …
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London – MTS, a leading Russian mobile operator, has launched a commercial mobile TV service covering the entire country. Known simply as Mobile TV or MTS TV, it offers viewers eight Russian federal channels and over 100 channels from 17 countries and in 26 languages.
Russian Phone Company (RPC), the retail wing of major mobile operator MTS, announced last week that it had filed a number of lawsuits against the world’s four major mobile handset makers. According to the lawsuits, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung and LG are accused of systematically violating deadlines in contractual obligations for non-functional handsets. The four …
Newly registered in the Netherlands, Svyaznoy NV has emerged as the owner of a 99.99% stake in the Svyaznoy Group of Companies CJSC, reported Russian business daily Vedomosti. Svyaznoy NV only controls the retail business of Svyaznoy, currently Russia’s second leading mobile phone retailer after Euroset. Other Svyaznoy assets, including a bank and a retail …
A few months after the first mass market GLONASS+GPS car navigation devices appeared on the Russian market, supply has been rising rapidly and prices have started to fall. Two navigators, the Lexand SG-555 and the Explay GN-510, were introduced fewer than two weeks ago by their producers, Lexand and Explay, at the recommended retail prices …
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Formally announced after the meeting between Swedish and Russian prime ministers, Ericsson’s participation in Russia’s Skolkovo Innovation Center draws on the company’s 120 years of collaboration with Russia on ICT modernization. The strategic agreement will help drive innovation and development in the country’s science and technology sectors.
