3G America survey shows that: the world’s mobile phone users has reached 4.0 billion
BEIJING, on Dec. 29th, according to Xinhua Taiwan’s “Commercial Times” it was reported that market research agency, 3GAmerica said until the end of this year, the world’s mobile phone users had reached 4 billion, which was equivalent to 60% of the world’s population who through mobile phone contact with each other, and Peru, Brazil and the Caribbean in new user growth rate has at least more than 16%.
The United States’ part of the AT & T mobile phone users, as a result of power failures, were interrupted signals
NEW YORK on Dec. 29th, according to foreign media report, as a result of power outages occurred in Michigan, the United States in many central and western regions, the AT & T mobile phone users on 28th suffered from signal interruption for most of the time. AT & T spokesman Meghan Roskopf, said by e-mail, Bloomfield, in Michigan area around 9:30 am on 28th, power failure resulted in a number of central and western states of intermittent cell phone service interrupted. The specific reasons for power failures did not know.
Nokia will acquire the remaining stake in Symbian and complete the transaction before the end of this year
According to foreign media, the world’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia said Tuesday that the company spent 264 million euros (about 339.9 million U.S. dollars) to buy British software company Symbian smart which transaction is well under way, and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
NOKIA World 2008 Congress to push Ovi map / e-mail service
On December 2, 2008, in the early morning at 9 o’clock of Spain, the industry giant from Finland, Nokia in the CCIB located in the urban areas of Barcelona held a “Hei! Join in” as the theme of the General Assembly NOKIA World 2008. In this session, not only Nokia officially announced the new intelligent machine of N-Series family S60, N97, also launched The two new services – Ovi map (Maps on Ovi), as well as Ovi mail (Mail on Ovi).
Navigation electronic map industry will reshuffle around the corner and the market in 2010 up to 1.5 billion
At present, navigation electronic map in the popularity of mobile phones has become an irreversible trend. According to market research data it shows that the global mobile phone users have reached more than 20 million, and China’s mobile phone users has reached 608 million. Well-known U.S. IT company IDC estimates that the user has Smartphones with from 2004 27 million to 2008 150 million then in 2010, the usere of global navigation electronic map will be 100 million.
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