PARIS, FRANCE: 4G chipmaker Sequans Communications S.A. is providing the LTE semiconductor solution for customer devices for SKY Brasil’s TD-LTE network that launched December 13 in Brasilia.
SKY Brasil’s network is the first LTE network in Brazil and Brasilia is the first city to receive service in what will become a nationwide broadband network. SKY Brasil, a subsidiary of DirecTV, was founded in 1996 as a direct broadcast satellite service provider and last year won a license to provide LTE service in Brazil in the 2.5 GHz band. Sequans has long experience in TD-LTE with its technology operating in TD-LTE trial networks since May of 2010.
“SKY’s mission to build a nationwide LTE network is truly groundbreaking,” said Georges Karam, Sequans’ CEO. “It will benefit Brazilians tremendously, bringing advanced high speed connectivity to millions, and we are honored to contribute our technology to such an important project.”
“Sequans has a wealth of experience in TD-LTE technology and one of the most mature TD-LTE solutions available today,” said Isidoro Ferret, broadband director, SKY Brasil. “Sequans’ TD-LTE technology has been proven interoperable with all the leading LTE equipment suppliers and its robustness clearly established. We are pleased to have Sequans’ technology in our network.”
The consumer device SKY Brasil is offering its customers is an indoor desktop unit that supports LTE, Ethernet and Wi-Fi. It is based on Sequans’ SQN3010 TD-LTE chip that is 3GPP R8 compliant, capable of delivering up to 100 megabits per second of throughput.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
CommScope again named Golden Partner by Huawei
BANGALORE, INDIA: CommScope, a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, has received the “Golden Partner” award from Huawei Technology Co. Ltd, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world.
CommScope’s win of the 2011 Golden Partner Award is the fifth consecutive year in which it has been so honored by Huawei. The award presentation ceremony was staged at the 2011 Huawei Core Partner Convention at Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China. Representatives from its core strategic partners and senior executives from its supply chain, strategy, marketing and business units participated in this high-profile annual event.
“Huawei is poised to become the leading telecommunications equipment company in the international arena,” said Benjamin Peng, chief delivery and operations officer, Huawei. “The support of quality partners will facilitate success in this process. CommScope has been doing a great job in supporting our globalization endeavors and this exceptional award is in recognition of their great efforts.”
CommScope is one of few Golden Partner Award winners among thousands of Huawei partners.
CommScope’s win of the 2011 Golden Partner Award is the fifth consecutive year in which it has been so honored by Huawei. The award presentation ceremony was staged at the 2011 Huawei Core Partner Convention at Huawei’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China. Representatives from its core strategic partners and senior executives from its supply chain, strategy, marketing and business units participated in this high-profile annual event.
“Huawei is poised to become the leading telecommunications equipment company in the international arena,” said Benjamin Peng, chief delivery and operations officer, Huawei. “The support of quality partners will facilitate success in this process. CommScope has been doing a great job in supporting our globalization endeavors and this exceptional award is in recognition of their great efforts.”
CommScope is one of few Golden Partner Award winners among thousands of Huawei partners.
LTE mobile broadband pricing to fall substantially
UK: A new report published by Tariff Consultancy Ltd (TCL) called LTE Mobile Broadband Pricing 2012 finds that LTE Mobile Broadband pricing will fall substantially over the five-year period to the end of 2016.
LTE Mobile Broadband Pricing 2012 evaluates pricing from around 30 LTE Mobile Broadband providers which are mainly located in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific regions of the world. It finds that LTE is currently being promoted as a premium Mobile Broadband product based on a high theoretical download access speed. The average theoretical download access speed across all LTE providers is in excess of 80 Mbps, with the most common download speed cited being 100 Mbps – and one provider (Zain Saudi Arabia) claiming download speeds of as high as 150 Mbps. It is the high download access speeds that are the main differentiator for LTE against other types of Mobile Broadband.
Average monthly user data allowances for LTE Mobile Broadband services are currently 22 GB per month – but can be as high as 80 GB per month with allowances for LTE operators in North America being typically lower.
From the TCL study six LTE providers offer separately an “unlimited” monthly user data allowance which is generally subject to an operators’ Fair Usage Policy (FUP). The initiative indicates that currently the LTE Mobile Broadband service is being positioned as a premium product, and is not currently subject to the same usage constraints that can face the 3G Mobile Broadband product, at least in the short term.
TCL research finds that the average price worldwide for a top of the range LTE Mobile Broadband service is currently 50 Euro per month, typically based on a Post Paid 24 month contract term.
The TCL study shows that the average " LTE Mobile Broadband price in Euro per GB ranges from 0.5 Euro up to 9.9 Euro per GB of data mobile user allowance. " Most LTE operators reduce the service access speed (down to speeds as low as 64 Kbps) when the monthly user data allowance is reached, with the speed reduction particularly prevalent in Europe.
But already there is evidence of price erosion from selected LTE Mobile Broadband providers. Telstra (Australia) currently offers its BigPond USB 4G Mobile Broadband product with an 8 GB monthly data user allowance for the equivalent of 30 Euro per month, against 38 Euro for a 4 GB monthly data user allowance reported at the time of launch. And in Singapore M1 (Mobile One) is offering its Next Generation Mobile Network equivalent LTE service to existing M1 customers with a 40 percent discount off the monthly list price.
TCL anticipates that LTE Mobile Broadband pricing will decline as more operators worldwide adopt the technology worldwide. As of the end of 2011 around 60 percent of commercial LTE services have been launched so far in Europe. Into 2012 more LTE networks will be launched in other regions including the Asia Pacific and South America with LTE pricing set to become more competitive as LTE becomes a mass market service and enters other consumer segments using increased download access speeds as a key differentiator.
For the LTE Mobile Broadband 2012 report TCL has produced a forecast for LTE Mobile Broadband subscriber numbers and revenues for the 5 year period to the end of 2016. As a result TCL anticipates that LTE Mobile Broadband pricing will decline over time as more operators adopt the technology by around 60 percent from the end of 2011 to the end of 2016.
By the end of 2016 TCL forecasts that there will be over 250 million users of LTE Mobile Broadband services, but average pricing per subscriber will decrease to around 20 Euro per month – a decrease equivalent to more than 60 percent in LTE pricing over the five year period.
On the conclusions of the LTE Mobile Broadband 2012 report Margrit Sessions, Managing Director of Tariff Consultancy Ltd commented - “Although it is clear that LTE subscribers and revenues will grow substantially over the next five years, LTE Mobile Broadband services will start to adopt the same mass market characteristics of the existing Fixed Broadband and 3G Mobile Broadband services with increased speeds but price competition.
“The onus will be on the operators to bundle other services into their LTE offer and develop more compelling user-based applications and content services as well as simply providing large LTE Mobile Broadband access capacity.”
LTE Mobile Broadband Pricing 2012 evaluates pricing from around 30 LTE Mobile Broadband providers which are mainly located in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific regions of the world. It finds that LTE is currently being promoted as a premium Mobile Broadband product based on a high theoretical download access speed. The average theoretical download access speed across all LTE providers is in excess of 80 Mbps, with the most common download speed cited being 100 Mbps – and one provider (Zain Saudi Arabia) claiming download speeds of as high as 150 Mbps. It is the high download access speeds that are the main differentiator for LTE against other types of Mobile Broadband.
Average monthly user data allowances for LTE Mobile Broadband services are currently 22 GB per month – but can be as high as 80 GB per month with allowances for LTE operators in North America being typically lower.
From the TCL study six LTE providers offer separately an “unlimited” monthly user data allowance which is generally subject to an operators’ Fair Usage Policy (FUP). The initiative indicates that currently the LTE Mobile Broadband service is being positioned as a premium product, and is not currently subject to the same usage constraints that can face the 3G Mobile Broadband product, at least in the short term.
TCL research finds that the average price worldwide for a top of the range LTE Mobile Broadband service is currently 50 Euro per month, typically based on a Post Paid 24 month contract term.
The TCL study shows that the average " LTE Mobile Broadband price in Euro per GB ranges from 0.5 Euro up to 9.9 Euro per GB of data mobile user allowance. " Most LTE operators reduce the service access speed (down to speeds as low as 64 Kbps) when the monthly user data allowance is reached, with the speed reduction particularly prevalent in Europe.
But already there is evidence of price erosion from selected LTE Mobile Broadband providers. Telstra (Australia) currently offers its BigPond USB 4G Mobile Broadband product with an 8 GB monthly data user allowance for the equivalent of 30 Euro per month, against 38 Euro for a 4 GB monthly data user allowance reported at the time of launch. And in Singapore M1 (Mobile One) is offering its Next Generation Mobile Network equivalent LTE service to existing M1 customers with a 40 percent discount off the monthly list price.
TCL anticipates that LTE Mobile Broadband pricing will decline as more operators worldwide adopt the technology worldwide. As of the end of 2011 around 60 percent of commercial LTE services have been launched so far in Europe. Into 2012 more LTE networks will be launched in other regions including the Asia Pacific and South America with LTE pricing set to become more competitive as LTE becomes a mass market service and enters other consumer segments using increased download access speeds as a key differentiator.
For the LTE Mobile Broadband 2012 report TCL has produced a forecast for LTE Mobile Broadband subscriber numbers and revenues for the 5 year period to the end of 2016. As a result TCL anticipates that LTE Mobile Broadband pricing will decline over time as more operators adopt the technology by around 60 percent from the end of 2011 to the end of 2016.
By the end of 2016 TCL forecasts that there will be over 250 million users of LTE Mobile Broadband services, but average pricing per subscriber will decrease to around 20 Euro per month – a decrease equivalent to more than 60 percent in LTE pricing over the five year period.
On the conclusions of the LTE Mobile Broadband 2012 report Margrit Sessions, Managing Director of Tariff Consultancy Ltd commented - “Although it is clear that LTE subscribers and revenues will grow substantially over the next five years, LTE Mobile Broadband services will start to adopt the same mass market characteristics of the existing Fixed Broadband and 3G Mobile Broadband services with increased speeds but price competition.
“The onus will be on the operators to bundle other services into their LTE offer and develop more compelling user-based applications and content services as well as simply providing large LTE Mobile Broadband access capacity.”
NI releases wireless I/O for NI CompactRIO
USA: National Instruments announced a new wireless gateway and three new measurement nodes that extend the capabilities of the NI wireless sensor network (WSN) platform and illustrate the company’s commitment to wireless measurement technology.
Through the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, engineers can use the new WSN gateway to easily integrate wired and wireless measurement and control systems and program WSN nodes to perform local control, data analysis and event-based alarming or notification. The new devices offer increased performance and expanded connectivity to thousands of sensors and instruments.
Engineers can insert the NI 9795 C Series gateway into any available slot in a CompactRIO chassis to complement existing measurement and control systems with wireless I/O. With a similar software experience, combining wired CompactRIO monitoring and control systems with distributed WSN measurements is easier than ever. The new C Series gateway is a key addition to the existing programmable and non-programmable WSN gateways offering customers different choices in terms of cost and flexibility to communicate with deployed NI WSN measurement nodes.
The new NI WSN-3214 strain/bridge completion node brings waveform acquisition capabilities to the WSN product line and delivers the ideal product for wireless structural health monitoring of bridges, buildings and equipment. The node features four analog channels that support quarter-, half- and full-bridge completion, as well as two digital I/O channels for event detection and programmatic control.
With the NI LabVIEW WSN Module Pioneer, engineers can process and analyze strain data on the node to determine or predict the presence of fault conditions. They can then choose to transmit the entire waveform or only meaningful, analyzed data, which reduces the amount of wirelessly transmitted data, thereby prolonging the battery-operated lifetime of the WSN measurement nodes.
The new programmable NI WSN-3230 (one-port RS232) and NI WSN-3231 (one-port RS485) serial nodes can wirelessly control and interface with serial-based instruments, sensors and control boards. Using the LabVIEW WSN Module Pioneer, engineers can embed query and parse algorithms directly on the WSN nodes to create an autonomous, programmable interface to a variety of serial devices. These nodes also feature two digital I/O channels for event detection and programmatic control.
Engineers have long used wired systems for monitoring and control applications. As the adoption of wireless measurement technology continues, the ability to augment existing wired systems with wireless measurements is increasingly important. With these new devices, engineers can use a single software environment to create complete wired and wireless measurement and control systems, which are ideal for applications such as environmental monitoring, industrial measurements and control, energy monitoring and structural health monitoring.
Through the NI LabVIEW graphical development environment, engineers can use the new WSN gateway to easily integrate wired and wireless measurement and control systems and program WSN nodes to perform local control, data analysis and event-based alarming or notification. The new devices offer increased performance and expanded connectivity to thousands of sensors and instruments.
Engineers can insert the NI 9795 C Series gateway into any available slot in a CompactRIO chassis to complement existing measurement and control systems with wireless I/O. With a similar software experience, combining wired CompactRIO monitoring and control systems with distributed WSN measurements is easier than ever. The new C Series gateway is a key addition to the existing programmable and non-programmable WSN gateways offering customers different choices in terms of cost and flexibility to communicate with deployed NI WSN measurement nodes.
The new NI WSN-3214 strain/bridge completion node brings waveform acquisition capabilities to the WSN product line and delivers the ideal product for wireless structural health monitoring of bridges, buildings and equipment. The node features four analog channels that support quarter-, half- and full-bridge completion, as well as two digital I/O channels for event detection and programmatic control.
With the NI LabVIEW WSN Module Pioneer, engineers can process and analyze strain data on the node to determine or predict the presence of fault conditions. They can then choose to transmit the entire waveform or only meaningful, analyzed data, which reduces the amount of wirelessly transmitted data, thereby prolonging the battery-operated lifetime of the WSN measurement nodes.
The new programmable NI WSN-3230 (one-port RS232) and NI WSN-3231 (one-port RS485) serial nodes can wirelessly control and interface with serial-based instruments, sensors and control boards. Using the LabVIEW WSN Module Pioneer, engineers can embed query and parse algorithms directly on the WSN nodes to create an autonomous, programmable interface to a variety of serial devices. These nodes also feature two digital I/O channels for event detection and programmatic control.
Engineers have long used wired systems for monitoring and control applications. As the adoption of wireless measurement technology continues, the ability to augment existing wired systems with wireless measurements is increasingly important. With these new devices, engineers can use a single software environment to create complete wired and wireless measurement and control systems, which are ideal for applications such as environmental monitoring, industrial measurements and control, energy monitoring and structural health monitoring.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Centec adds design wins for packet transport solution
SUZHOU, CHINA: Centec Networks, a leading innovator of carrier-grade IP/Ethernet switching silicon and advanced ODM/OEM system solutions, announced that four OEMs from Korea, Brazil and China have adopted Centec's TransWarp series of silicon for new design, targeting for Packet Transport Platforms (PTN). The initial purchase orders have been delivered with the potential to generate significant revenue in second half 2012.
"Advanced features, competitive pricing and superb turnkey solutions and support are key factors behind these design wins," said by Tao Gu, CTO of Centec Networks. "Our industry-leading hardware-based MPLS-TP turnkey solution released this July brought additional value to those optical transport equipment vendors to develop MPLS-TP-based packet transport products with shorter time to market and minimized R&D risks."
This April, Centec introduced its TransWarp Family of Ethernet Switching Silicon to the market and quickly attracted OEMs' interests. The silicon integrates 100Gbps L2/L3/MPLS/MPLS-TP-based switching capacity, advanced traffic management and the latest Carrier Ethernet and Packet Transport features, such as hardware-based OAM, automatic protection switching (APS), 1588v2 and SyncE.
In July, Centec added Clifton MPLS-TP OAM FPGA into the TransWarp Family as a complementary solution for packet transport, supporting both Y.1731-based and BFD-based MPLS-TP OAM. To further help OEMs cut time to market and development costs, Centec also offers the MPLS-TP turnkey solution.
"We realize we are a new kid on the block and appreciate customers' vision and trust in Centec, for which we work harder in creating additional value such as advanced turnkey solutions and better engineering support, on top of competitive and differentiated products," said by James Sun, CEO of Centec Networks. "We are very glad to see our strategy and efforts in packet transport win customers' trust and turn into real opportunities quickly. This year, we have expanded our market reach in global markets as well as the domestic market in China with expectations for more design wins in the near feature."
"Advanced features, competitive pricing and superb turnkey solutions and support are key factors behind these design wins," said by Tao Gu, CTO of Centec Networks. "Our industry-leading hardware-based MPLS-TP turnkey solution released this July brought additional value to those optical transport equipment vendors to develop MPLS-TP-based packet transport products with shorter time to market and minimized R&D risks."
This April, Centec introduced its TransWarp Family of Ethernet Switching Silicon to the market and quickly attracted OEMs' interests. The silicon integrates 100Gbps L2/L3/MPLS/MPLS-TP-based switching capacity, advanced traffic management and the latest Carrier Ethernet and Packet Transport features, such as hardware-based OAM, automatic protection switching (APS), 1588v2 and SyncE.
In July, Centec added Clifton MPLS-TP OAM FPGA into the TransWarp Family as a complementary solution for packet transport, supporting both Y.1731-based and BFD-based MPLS-TP OAM. To further help OEMs cut time to market and development costs, Centec also offers the MPLS-TP turnkey solution.
"We realize we are a new kid on the block and appreciate customers' vision and trust in Centec, for which we work harder in creating additional value such as advanced turnkey solutions and better engineering support, on top of competitive and differentiated products," said by James Sun, CEO of Centec Networks. "We are very glad to see our strategy and efforts in packet transport win customers' trust and turn into real opportunities quickly. This year, we have expanded our market reach in global markets as well as the domestic market in China with expectations for more design wins in the near feature."
Redpine Signals releases first ultra low power 802.11ac technology for smartphone app processors
SAN JOSE, USA: Redpine Signals Inc., a leading developer of ultra low power and high-performance multi-standard wireless chipsets and systems, announced the release of the industry’s first IEEE 802.11ac technology offering for integration into smartphone application processors and mobile combo chips. By developing the latest Wi-Fi technology, Redpine helps to drive the market for mobile devices with even faster data rates and low power consumption.
Redpine’s Quali-Fi 802.11ac ultra low power technology addresses the emerging markets for wire speed data transfers over wireless, enabling high utilization of the increasingly crowded license-free spectrum. The standard focuses on the 5 GHz band with its wide array of available channels. It also increases data rates through a combination of wider channel bandwidth – up from 40 MHz in 11n to 80 MHz and 160 MHz – more complex 256 QAM modulations and MIMO streams.
“Our Quali-Fi technology leverages proven low power innovations spanning over ten years and provides an optimal solution for integration into smart phone application processors and mobile combo chips,” said Venkat Mattela, CEO of Redpine Signals.
“This industry-first offering would enable the early adoption of the next generation Wi-Fi technology into mobile computing products. Redpine has had a long history of releasing innovative ultra low power products in the wireless arena. Our low power 802.11b/g product was released in 2005, which was followed by our pioneering single-stream 802.11n product in 2007, and now with our 802.11ac offering, we are continuing with our tradition of being industry first in low power Wi-Fi technology for the mobile market.”
Redpine’s Quali-Fi licensable product includes extensive hooks for supporting coexistence among the host of other wireless technologies available in smartphones, tablets and other mobile products, with innovations supporting high wireless performance on WLAN as well as on other wireless interfaces. With legacy 802.11abgn support, it also provides the simultaneous dual-band operation that Redpine pioneered in its Maxi-Fi BEAM450 product for efficient operation in future RF environments.
Other performance enhancing features include advanced beamforming, multi-user MIMO, LDPC, and flexible use of non-contiguous channels to enable higher bandwidth operation.
The Quali-Fi product is accompanied by Redpine’s software framework that includes an access point, Wi-Fi certified client and Redpine’s Wi-Fi Direct functionality.
Redpine’s Quali-Fi 802.11ac ultra low power technology addresses the emerging markets for wire speed data transfers over wireless, enabling high utilization of the increasingly crowded license-free spectrum. The standard focuses on the 5 GHz band with its wide array of available channels. It also increases data rates through a combination of wider channel bandwidth – up from 40 MHz in 11n to 80 MHz and 160 MHz – more complex 256 QAM modulations and MIMO streams.
“Our Quali-Fi technology leverages proven low power innovations spanning over ten years and provides an optimal solution for integration into smart phone application processors and mobile combo chips,” said Venkat Mattela, CEO of Redpine Signals.
“This industry-first offering would enable the early adoption of the next generation Wi-Fi technology into mobile computing products. Redpine has had a long history of releasing innovative ultra low power products in the wireless arena. Our low power 802.11b/g product was released in 2005, which was followed by our pioneering single-stream 802.11n product in 2007, and now with our 802.11ac offering, we are continuing with our tradition of being industry first in low power Wi-Fi technology for the mobile market.”
Redpine’s Quali-Fi licensable product includes extensive hooks for supporting coexistence among the host of other wireless technologies available in smartphones, tablets and other mobile products, with innovations supporting high wireless performance on WLAN as well as on other wireless interfaces. With legacy 802.11abgn support, it also provides the simultaneous dual-band operation that Redpine pioneered in its Maxi-Fi BEAM450 product for efficient operation in future RF environments.
Other performance enhancing features include advanced beamforming, multi-user MIMO, LDPC, and flexible use of non-contiguous channels to enable higher bandwidth operation.
The Quali-Fi product is accompanied by Redpine’s software framework that includes an access point, Wi-Fi certified client and Redpine’s Wi-Fi Direct functionality.
IBM unveils enterprise mobile and tablet apps in India
BANGALORE, INDIA: IBM unveiled seven new social networking and collaboration mobile apps specifically designed to address enterprise-class requirements in India. The new software, available for download today from the most popular app stores, takes IBM industry-leading social networking, real-time collaboration and online meeting capabilities from behind the company firewall and places it into the hands of tablet users.
The new offerings span the widest range of tablets, including the iPad. The software allows employees to more effectively collaborate and share data, images and conduct meeting and on the fly more securely as part of their everyday work experience.
The use of tablets in business is on the rise. Increasingly, employees require enterprise connectivity from their personal smartphones and tablet devices, also known as the "Bring Your Own Device" to work trend. A recent IBM study revealed that 73 percent of business leaders surveyed currently allow mobile devices or tablets to connect to their corporate networks.
“India is, undoubtedly, an emerging market for tablets and smartphones. More of these devices are finding their way into enterprises as employees entering the organization will expect to be allowed to use them. Employees increasingly seek to take full advantage of better browsers and innovative applications from app stores.” said Karthik Padmanabhan, Country Manager, Lotus, IBM Software Group India/ South Asia. “The ability to quickly access Angry Birds is fun, but being able to also access business applications and sales leads is beguiling today’s customers.”
To meet the demands of the fast-growing mobile workforce, and the software developers who support them, IBM is delivering:
Social networking for iPad: Available from the Apple app store at no charge for existing IBM Connections users, the new app includes a new interface ideal for tablet devices allowing for unique document editing capabilities.
Attend Online Meetings: Employees can attend on-line meetings from their tablets anytime, anyplace. Available on Android, BlackBerry, iPad, and iPhone devices, LotusLive Meeting users can view shared presentations, chat with meeting participants, and virtually raise and lower hands from tablets and other mobile devices. IBM Sametime software users can also lead, participate in and manage browser-based meetings from their iPad or Android tablets.
Instant messaging: New mobile apps for iPad and Android enable IBM Sametime users to use tablets to take immediate action on urgent business tasks by providing one-on-one or group instant messaging, background notifications, and the ability to send photos through the chat window.
Access business documents: Available now in app stores, IBM Lotus Symphony Viewers allow mail users to view any ODF-based document, spreadsheet and presentation on their iPad, iPhone or Android device.
Reduce calling costs: IBM Sametime Unified Telephony on tablets allows a user to initiate calls to whatever phone happens to be nearby by controlling call routing preferences and device selection as well as have his one unified number appear in caller ID.
Easier access to mail and calendar: IBM Lotus Notes Traveler now allows IBM mail users to easily add widgets to their Android home screens for quick, convenient access to mail and calendar, and allows users to call people listed in their calendar views with just one click.
IBM is also helping developers create mobile applications faster with an improved experience for the user:
Tools to build mobile apps faster and better: IBM is introducing its Mobile Technology Preview on the developerWorks website. Available for the Android mobile operating system, the platform is designed to help enterprises get started with mobile application development. These tools can be downloaded now to help foster innovation and explore capabilities that are needed to build mobile applications that extend and integrate into the enterprise.
Tool to improve the Web experience for the user: New software IBM WebSphere Portal Mobile Experience solution helps companies more easily control the content, look and feel and page navigation on mobile devices resulting in increased on-line business. Higher quality mobile Web experiences mean more repeat business, more recommendations and fewer clients lost to competitors. It is available at no charge to IBM portal customers. Although it is optimized for smartphones, it also works with tablets.
The new offerings span the widest range of tablets, including the iPad. The software allows employees to more effectively collaborate and share data, images and conduct meeting and on the fly more securely as part of their everyday work experience.
The use of tablets in business is on the rise. Increasingly, employees require enterprise connectivity from their personal smartphones and tablet devices, also known as the "Bring Your Own Device" to work trend. A recent IBM study revealed that 73 percent of business leaders surveyed currently allow mobile devices or tablets to connect to their corporate networks.
“India is, undoubtedly, an emerging market for tablets and smartphones. More of these devices are finding their way into enterprises as employees entering the organization will expect to be allowed to use them. Employees increasingly seek to take full advantage of better browsers and innovative applications from app stores.” said Karthik Padmanabhan, Country Manager, Lotus, IBM Software Group India/ South Asia. “The ability to quickly access Angry Birds is fun, but being able to also access business applications and sales leads is beguiling today’s customers.”
To meet the demands of the fast-growing mobile workforce, and the software developers who support them, IBM is delivering:
Social networking for iPad: Available from the Apple app store at no charge for existing IBM Connections users, the new app includes a new interface ideal for tablet devices allowing for unique document editing capabilities.
Attend Online Meetings: Employees can attend on-line meetings from their tablets anytime, anyplace. Available on Android, BlackBerry, iPad, and iPhone devices, LotusLive Meeting users can view shared presentations, chat with meeting participants, and virtually raise and lower hands from tablets and other mobile devices. IBM Sametime software users can also lead, participate in and manage browser-based meetings from their iPad or Android tablets.
Instant messaging: New mobile apps for iPad and Android enable IBM Sametime users to use tablets to take immediate action on urgent business tasks by providing one-on-one or group instant messaging, background notifications, and the ability to send photos through the chat window.
Access business documents: Available now in app stores, IBM Lotus Symphony Viewers allow mail users to view any ODF-based document, spreadsheet and presentation on their iPad, iPhone or Android device.
Reduce calling costs: IBM Sametime Unified Telephony on tablets allows a user to initiate calls to whatever phone happens to be nearby by controlling call routing preferences and device selection as well as have his one unified number appear in caller ID.
Easier access to mail and calendar: IBM Lotus Notes Traveler now allows IBM mail users to easily add widgets to their Android home screens for quick, convenient access to mail and calendar, and allows users to call people listed in their calendar views with just one click.
IBM is also helping developers create mobile applications faster with an improved experience for the user:
Tools to build mobile apps faster and better: IBM is introducing its Mobile Technology Preview on the developerWorks website. Available for the Android mobile operating system, the platform is designed to help enterprises get started with mobile application development. These tools can be downloaded now to help foster innovation and explore capabilities that are needed to build mobile applications that extend and integrate into the enterprise.
Tool to improve the Web experience for the user: New software IBM WebSphere Portal Mobile Experience solution helps companies more easily control the content, look and feel and page navigation on mobile devices resulting in increased on-line business. Higher quality mobile Web experiences mean more repeat business, more recommendations and fewer clients lost to competitors. It is available at no charge to IBM portal customers. Although it is optimized for smartphones, it also works with tablets.
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