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Google announced Project Soli which is a radar-based gesture technology aimed at connected devices such as smartwatch. In addition, the company’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) has also introduced Project Jacquard that aims at bringing interactive clothing.
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Google has unveiled another cool project that it was secretly working on under its Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP). The company announced “Project Soli”, a radar-based gesture control technology at the I/O developer conference.
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Elephone has just announced the P8000 which is powered by a Mediatek MT6753 SoC. The MT6753 is basically an under-clocked MT6752 SoC but with Worldmode LTE support and the P8000 is one of the first phones to implement it. This means that it will work with 4G networks across the globe.
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Airtel is eyeing to scoop up Augere Wireless, a 4G spectrum holder company in Madhya Pradesh circle for about Rs 150 crore, according to a report from The Economic Times.
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Airtel has launched its 4G LTE trails in Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam, after launching 4G trails Mumbai and Chennai last week. It is based on 1800MHz FDD-LTE band 3, which the company acquired last year. Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam become second and third cities in the country to get Airtel’s FDD-LTE service, after Chennai. Airtel currently offers TDD-LTE services in Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chandigarh and Amritsar. For existing Airtel customers, the company is offering a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE trials in Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam”
Airtel has launched its 4G LTE trials in Mumbai, few days after it started 4G trials in Chennai. This is based on 2300MHz TDD-LTE band 40. It also offers TDD-LTE services in Pune, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chandigarh and Amritsar. For existing Airtel customers, the company is offering a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE trials in Mumbai”
After earlier reports, Airtel has officially launched its 4G LTE trails in Chennai. It is based on 1800MHz FDD-LTE band 3, which the company acquired last year. Chennai becomes the first city in the country to get the Airtel’s FDD-LTE service. It currently offers TDD-LTE services in Pune, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chandigarh and Amritsar. It is currently offering complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G. Continue reading “Airtel officially launches 4G FD-LTE trials in Chennai, lets customers upgrade to 4G at same price as 3G”
Airtel has reportedly started 4G services trial in Chennai from today, May 14, and is said to follow trial in Mumbai and Hyderabad later this month. Continue reading “Airtel 4G trial starts in Chennai on May 14, Hyderabad and Mumbai to follow later this month”
Just yesterday, we brought to you a report that said that Qualcomm is working on a 10 core SoC which is likely to be the Snapdragon 818. Now MediaTek have just outed the Helio X20 SoC and the world’s first to have 10 cores and a tri-cluster CPU design.
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Norway’s Minister of Culture announced that Norway will become the first country to turn off FM Radio to complete their transition over to digital radio in the year 2017. FM (Frequency Modulation) Radio was patented back in 1933 and it has been a very popular and successful audio medium for almost a century.
Airtel has launched 4G services in Bathinda in Punjab. This become the 12th town in the state to get Airtel 4G services. Airtel had already launched 4G series in Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Phagwara, Kapurthala, Patiala and Moga in Punjab and Haryana circles. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G services in Bathinda, Punjab”
Airtel has launched 4G services in Moga, Punjab. Airtel had already launched 4G services in Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur, Phagwara, Kapurthala and Patiala in Punjab and Haryana circles, this becomes the 11th town in the state to get Airtel 4G services. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G services in Moga, Punjab”
Huawei has launched the Talkband N1 wireless Bluetooth headset along with the Talkband B2. The TalkBand N1 is claimed to be the industry’s first Hi-Fi stereo and Bluetooth headset with the ability to play music stored on it.
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NTT Docomo has announced that it will launch its LTE-Advanced service in Japan next month that would offer download speed of up to 225Mbps and upload speed of up to 50Mbps. It uses carrier aggregation technology that would allow the operator achieve its ultra-high speed download speed, which will be further accelerated to a maximum 300Mbps towards the end of the next fiscal year ending in March 2016. Continue reading “NTT Docomo to launch 225 Mbps LTE-Advanced service in March”
4G networks are being widely deployed around the world and although the technology continues to evolve, the focus now switches to 5G – the fifth generation of mobile networks. Dubbed 5G, the next generation network may still be several years away from being deployed but is the buzzword in telecommunications at the moment.
As part of a special tour of Huawei’s Chinese facilities, we learnt more about 5G and of Huawei’s role of making 5G a reality. Continue reading “5G – What is it? What are the benefits? When will it launch?”
