Yasmin Jetha, Abbey National IT and infrastructure director, said the IP VPN technology should allow future developments without having to overhaul network infrastructure each time. The contract is an expansion of an existing Abbey-BT relationship.
Sales of handsets are growing, but not by much, while handset makers continue to slow down spending on network improvements and expansion. Ericsson is expected to report yet another quarterly loss, dragged down by flagging sales of a handset joint...
PTT has been getting the mobile operators slavering - IMS Research believes it'll be a $50bn industry by 2008 for services alone - but the handset makers may well be about to throw a spanner in the works.
IDC's perspective is 'down but not out' for the handset vendor. The mobile market is in rude health, with beleaguered handset behemoth Nokia to come out fighting while the other vendors scrap it out for second place, according to new research...
Accustomed to being top dog, the handset maker has seen its market share slide to just under 30 per cent in the second quarter of this year. Nokia has missed out on a number of the most successful developments in mobile phones in recent years and...
Today the company remains undisputed market leader in the smart phone space, largely owing to the strength of Nokia - the world's number one handset vendor - which uses the Symbian OS. Looking ahead, Clifford believes developments in mobile screen...