Nokia Siemens Networks plans to show at the International Congress on the mobile base station for 3G technology to support HSPA +, which allows to exchange data at speeds up to 112 Mbps. That's four times faster than the standard 21-megabit HSPA +, which was made possible through the use of four transmitters instead of one. Manufacturer claims that this equipment is more balanced load and better use of the range of communication.

Technology quad transmitter is included in the standard 3GPP Release 10, which has not yet found a mass application. New equipment can easily be deployed on existing operating base stations Nokia Siemens. In a quad, the company will also offer 3G-double module at 56 Mbps. Its sales will begin in the first half of this year.

We speak about the transition to LTE, a fourth-generation standard, however, HSPA + could give 3G a second wind, which is particularly attractive to those operators who can not yet afford to move to 4G. Now HSPA + is planning to move the U.S. T-Mobile, and AT & T wants to immediately implement the 4G, but only in the next year.

Via Electronista

Samsung in the International Congress on the mobile communications today announced the launch of the world's first netbook to support the protocol of the fourth generation cellular LTE. Model N150 is equipped with a 4G-chipset Kalmia own production, its maximum download speed is 100 Mbps. Other characteristics of the notebook: Pine Trail Atom processor at 1.66 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB hard drive, rechargeable battery for 8,5 hours (albeit with disabling 4G).

While this laptop is no longer a prototype, and its market prospects is difficult to say anything definite. In Samsung say that everything will depend on the development of networks of LTE.

Via Electronista

Federal Antimonopoly Service authorized Sitronics to buy 35% stake in a joint Russo-German company Sitronics Smart Technologies "from the German group Giesecke & Devrient, issuing SIM-card and bank cards. This company was founded in 2005, its controlling stake (65%) belongs to SITRONICS. The parties did not disclose the amount of the transaction.

The idea of manufacturing SIM-cards in Russia belonged to Sitronics and G & D has supplied the necessary technology. At that time Russia was not its own developments in this area. Today the market situation is fundamentally different. The representative of Sitronics Sergei Filippov, Vedomosti said that the banking system is prepared for the transition to chip cards, and therefore the company decided to expand its business and to establish full control over the subsidiary.

In recent years, CTT has been unprofitable, and by merging Sitronics plans to solve this problem. Instead of imported chips in the cards you plan to use domestic, manufactured by Micron (another subsidiary of Sitronics). As G & D, it will turn its made in Russia.

FTA is a major player in the domestic market of SIM-cards, its share in it is 40%. Total, Russia produced about 100 million such cards a year.

via Gazette

Asustek introduced the tablet Eee PC T101MT with swivel touch screen diagonal of 10.1 inches and a resolution of 1024 × 600. Other characteristics of the new items:

• Windows 7;
• up to 2 GB of RAM DDR2;
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR;
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n;
• hard drive for 160 or 320 GB;
• Web-camera 0,3 Mp;
• VGA-out;
• three-port USB 2.0;
• headphone and microphone;
• Ethernet;
• card reader to format SD / SDHC / SDXC;
• Support cloud faylohranilischa ASUS WebStorage 500 GB;
• battery 6.5 hours battery life;
• color options: black and white.

Via Engadget

On Friday, TechCrunch quoting "reliable sources" reported that in the Amazon are thinking about action with the free distribution of Kindle for service subscribers Amazon Prime. This service allows for $ 79 a year can reduce the cost of delivery of purchased goods (up $ 3.99), and long-term delivery (two days) free of charge.

"It's best customers Amazon, – wrote the chief editor Michael Arrington TechCrunch (Michael Arrington). – They tend to buy for your Kindle for a few books a month. If this group is to buy enough books, and Amazon will be able to sufficiently reduce the cost of production Kindle, we get to distribute literally millions of "Kindle, not selling shirts.

According Arringtona, now in Amazon speculate on possible schemes of the transaction. In January the company launched an advertising campaign, which offered to buy Kindle in the case of dissatisfaction with the product to return the money – and leave the device to the client. I wonder what would have resulted in such action in Russia?

Via AppleInsider