No, I have absolutely no idea which Dell smartphone (or equipment) the Global Certification Forum recently approved but Dell just received an approval for its "M01M001" (or maybe M01 and/or M001). As always, the GCF isn't spilling any beans about the device itself but we know know that the Dell M01M001 features quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as dualband UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA at the European/Asian ...

Nokia dropped the case against Apple’s patent infringement. Nokia said that Apple only filed its lawsuit against Nokia to divert attention away from free-riding off of Nokias intellectual property. At first, Nokia blamed Apple of infringing on ten of its patents involving GSM, UMTS (3G), and WiFi connectivity. Apple countersued, and on February 22nd, the

France is one of the countries in Europe where the 900 MHz band has been opened up for technologies other than GSM and where a 3G network operator has started deploying UMTS 900. Some UMTS 900 / 2100 MHz USB sticks have been available for a while and especially Nokia puts UMTS 900 MHz into a number of its higher end devices in addition to the standard 2100 MHz band support. Here's a link to the co...

As was widely expected, Rogers today announced the immediate availability of the Samsung Galaxy Spica. The carriers fourth Android smartphone, the Galaxy Spica offers a 3.2 AMOLED HVGA capacitive display, 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.6Mbps HSDPA/UMTS, 800MHz processor and

Ericsson says that it has successfully trialed a 3G network at 900 MHz for the first time on the African continent with operator MTN Ghana. Click here for more.

The battle continues... I can still remember, it must have been 5 or 6 years ago when there was a big debate over which system would win, UMTS or Wi-Fi. It was a strange debate, as even then it was clear that Wi-Fi aimed at homes and hotspots while UMTS aimed for wide area coverage. The whole municipal Wi-fi wave only came and went a couple of years later. Today, Wi-Fi is used ubiquitously in home...

Right after Garmin-Asus showed its new nüvifone A50 Android smartphone during last week's Mobile World Congress, the Global Certification forum has approved the joint venture's first Android navigation-smartphone which comes with multiple location technologies and apps. Unlike the press release, which mentioned quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as quintuple-band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA su...

The company Of huawei presented the first in the world modem Of e398, which supports work with three basic standards of the connection: LTE, UMTS, and GSM. Participants in the World Congress of mobile connection in Barcelona could become acquainted with the possibilities of this model. Modem is developed on the base of the collection of the microcircuits MDM9200TM of the company Of qualcomm,... [

Another developement from this years Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is that Deutsche Telekom announced the launch of their T-Mobile branded Android smartphone, the TMobile Pulse Mini. The Pulse Mini features: Android 2.1-Eclair triaband GSM/GPRS/EDGE as well as singleband UMTS/HSDPA at 2100 MHz Bluetooth 2.0 WiFi Qualcomm MSM 7225 2.8 QVGA screen 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with flash Size:...

Back in January, during the CES, Huawei publically showed its E5 wireless modem the first time and during last week's Mobile World Congress, Huawei showed it again as the "Huawei E5830 Wireless Modem". The Huawei E5 is the center of personal connection and the ideal mobile broadband solution for everybody wanting high-speed UMTS/HSPA wireless connectivity, anytime and anywhere. Like Novatel&#...