Samsung eyes 5G wireless by 2020
13.05.2013 Samsung Electronics says it has developed the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology that forms the foundation of 5G mobile communications systems.
Career Advice
-
-
Dublin tech firm Openmind named as finalist in CTIA Emerging Tech Awards
02.05.2013 Irish software company Openmind - which transmits 1bn SMS messages a day for 120 mobile carriers - has been named as a finalist in the 2013 Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards at major telecoms convention CTIA in Las Vegas.
-
Digiweb in spectrum deal to deliver broadband to Scottish schools
02.05.2013 Dublin-headquartered telecoms provider Digiweb has entered into a long-term lease agreement with Scot-Tel-Gould to allow the local firm to use its national 10GHz licence in Scotland to deliver broadband to schools.
-
Microsoft planning to launch 7-inch and 9-inch Surface devices in June
02.05.2013 Reports from the Far East indicate that second-generation 7-inch and 9-inch Surface devices from Microsoft are in the works, with a big reveal planned for June.
-
Cork cloud firm Avego reveals cost-saving carpooling app
02.05.2013 Co Cork-based transport and mapping solutions firm Avego has launched its new carpooling app, which is set to make car travel cheaper, reduce emissions and encourage drivers and passengers to share journeys.
-
Vodafone begins bringing 3G to voice-only areas; launches new enterprise group
01.05.2013 Ahead of the launch of 4G and enabled by winning its share of the spectrum auctions last year, Vodafone Ireland’s new CEO Anne O’Leary has announced the first locations where former 2G-only voice services existed will be converted to 3G. She also unveiled the company’s new €25m Enterprise Customer Solutions division.
-
A tantalising glimpse at tomorrow – Google reveals Glass ‘how to’ (video)
01.05.2013 A year ahead of the expected consumer launch of Google Glass, Google has published a ‘how to’ video demonstrating how to set up Google Glass and how users will interact with the device.
-
Wearable tech player Jawbone acquires BodyMedia for US$100m
30.04.2013 Wearable tech and audio equipment maker Jawbone has acquired health technology player BodyMedia for an estimated US$100m. At the same time, Jawbone has unveiled its new UP wristband and iOS app ecosystem for fitness fans.
-
Rabbitte’s radio shocker: ‘The future of radio is online’
30.04.2013 Ireland’s Communications Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has told the IBI annual conference that radio stations will have no option but to go online, given that there are more smartphones than radios in the public’s arsenal of media devices.
-
Apple set to revamp the look and feel of its mobile interface with iOS 7
30.04.2013 Apple’s redesign of its iOS mobile operating system with iOS 7, which is being spearheaded by Apple senior vice-president of industrial design Jony Ive, will appeal to a new generation of iPhone and iPad users but could irk long-standing iOS loyalists.