News Articles

Farewell Femto Forum, hello Small Cell Forum

The Femto Forum, a mobile industry body that promoted femtocell adoption, is being renamed the Small Cell Forum.

It’s doing this because its work had begun to involve a variety of small cell sites - including what have been called picocells, microcells and metrocells - alongside femtocells.

Author: The Fonecast
0 Comments
Article rating: No rating

Scalado introduces object removal for mobile device cameras

Mobile imaging company Scalado, which currently has its technology in over 1 billion devices worldwide, has announced a new product called simply ‘Remove’. It can automatically highlight and remove any unwanted object from a captured photo.

Scalado Remove detects movement when taking the photo, enabling users to remove people who walk in front of or behind the central subject.

Author: The Fonecast
0 Comments
Article rating: No rating

Competition Appeal Tribunal rules in favour of Ofcom's Mobile Termination Rates

Last March, Ofcom published its plans for Wholesale Mobile Voice Call Termination charges; the inter-company ‘mobile termination rates’ paid when calls are connected from fixed-line phones to mobile phones. It set a decreasing scale of charges for UK network operators.

Everything Everywhere, BT, Hutchison 3G UK and Vodafone all appealed to the Competition Appeal Tribunal, arguing that the MTR changes unfairly favoured their competitors.

Author: The Fonecast
0 Comments
Article rating: No rating

Today's podcast: approval for Google, job cuts for Nokia and a new upgrade scheme at Phones 4u

This week’s podcast from The Fonecast includes European & US approval for Google’s acquisition of Motorola, job cuts as Nokia restructures its manufacturing, a new type of upgrade scheme from Phones 4u and security problems for satellite phones.

As always, you can listen to the programme on our website audio player, via iTunes, by using our RSS feed or by downloading the MP3.

Author: The Fonecast
0 Comments
Article rating: No rating
RSS

Follow thefonecast.com

Twitter @TheFonecast RSS podcast feed
Find us on Facebook Subscribe free via iTunes

Archive Calendar

Archive

Terms Of Use | Privacy Statement