BARCELONA, Spain - Monday, February 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

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Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is launching its LinqUs™Mobile Wallet – the complete suite of secure software solutions that enables a range of NFC services, mobile banking, mobile payment and loyalty programs, all integrated in a single wallet. Showcasing for the first time at Mobile World Congress 2013 (Hall 5 Stand 5G120), the new LinqUs Mobile Wallet extends Gemalto’s software offers and is fully integrated with the broader portfolio of mobile financial services (MFS) solutions. It enables financial service providers and retailers to rapidly deploy a breadth of services that can be customized to their specific needs.

Gemalto’s LinqUs Mobile Wallet solution includes a secure application framework, a dedicated mobile wallet server, and connectivity with Gemalto’s secure platforms for TSM (Trust ... Read more »

BARCELONA, Spain - Monday, February 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress 2013

BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, and Macheen, a leading mobile cloud applications service provider for connected devices, have deployed a new solution for mobile broadband device makers to provide right-sized global connectivity to their customers, wherever they are, from the first time they turn on their device. Using Gemalto’s LinqUsTM Subscription Manager, Macheen offers Lenovo tablet and laptop users the opportunity to immediately purchase a data plan that suits their requirement for anytime, anywhere Internet access. Working in partnership with mobile network operators Three Group in the UK, and KPN in Germany, the secure and highly reliable solution enables customers to dynamically manage mobile broadband subscriptions. Gemalto and Macheen are extending computing connectivity far ... Read more »

BARCELONA, Spain - Monday, February 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, is collaborating with China’s UnionPay to build a secure mobile NFC ecosystem. UnionPay is China’s leading payment scheme and has the world’s largest network of payment cards, with more than 3.5 billion cards issued to date, as well as being a key advocate in China’s mobile payment eco-system. According to ABI Research, China’s mobile commerce market is expected to become the world’s largest by 2014, with an estimated US$8 billion worth of transactions conducted via NFC.

The collaboration covers key deployment issues, including TSM interoperability, security and operational guidelines as well as technology standards and specifications. The consultation is paving the way for UnionPay to develop their vision of constructing a future-proof NFC ecosystem for their issuer banks, as well as ena ... Read more »

MasterPass gives consumers a better way to pay while enhancing and simplifying the physical and digital shopping experience

BARCELONA - Monday, February 25th 2013 [BUSINESS WIRE/ ME NewsWire]

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Mobile World Congress 2013

At Mobile World Congress, MasterCard today introduced MasterPass™ – the future of digital payments. MasterPass is a digital service that allows consumers to use any payment card or enabled device to discover enhanced shopping experiences that are as simple as a click, tap or touch – online, in-store or anywhere.

"Every device is becoming a shopping device,” said Ed McLaughlin, chief emerging payments officer, MasterCard. "MasterPass brings together all of the ways we pay for things, from traditional plastic cards to digital wallets, and gives consumers the ability to make a payment from wherever they are and with o ... Read more »

New, smaller ZTE RRUs deliver lower power consumption, multi-mode capabilities


SHENZHEN, China - Monday, February 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation, ("ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has launched the Magic range of RRUs (remote radio units) based on ZTE’s SDR (software defined radio) series base stations, offering smaller size, lower power consumption, multi-mode and multi-sector performance.

The Magic series includes 3 RRU modules which have been developed in response to operator requirements for reduced power consumption, fast site construction, small space occupation, and multi-mode coexistence.

The smallest RRU in the Magic series, the 80W module, has a size/weight of 9.9L/12kg, a new record in the industry. This is 58 percent smaller than the average RR ... Read more »

Signals Research Group Five-country Study Sponsored by Tekelec Provides Actionable Insights into Consumer Attitudes, Preferences and Willingness to Pay for New Services

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MORRISVILLE, N.C. - Monday, February 25th 2013

Customers want more choices in how they can mix and match services, and they are willing to pay for a greater degree of personalization across services, such as: Email, Web Browsing, Social Networking, Multi-User Gaming, Sports/News/Video, Voice over IP, TV and Movies, Cloud, Remote Lock/Remote Wipe.

In addition, customers ranked pricing concepts based on Usage and Specific Applications higher than those based on Bandwidth/Performance, Family Sharing/Bundling of Devices, Casual Usage, or Free Access with Advertising. Service providers have an opportunity to generate incremental revenues if they sell tailored services to customers whose devices are capable, but not yet part of a mobile data plan.

These are just ... Read more »

Service Providers Evolving to Digital Lifestyle Providers Need Networks that ‘Think for Themselves’

BARCELONA, Spain - Monday, February 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress 2013 Hall 6, Stand 6E21

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mobile operators are racing to create new revenue streams and to secure their place in the digital-lifestyle ecosystem so they can dynamically deliver personalized services and adjust network capacity according to what they learn about subscribers, applications and services. To advance that vision, Tekelec is revealing its roadmap for ThinkingNetworks™– highly evolved and software-defined networks that will self-organize, self-optimize, and self-determine responses to unprecedented and unpredictable events, much like the human mind.

The foundation of ThinkingNetworks is an intelligent, virtualized control layer through which operators can create elastic network streams for over-the-top (OTT), cloud, machine-to-machine (M2M) and best-effo ... Read more »

T store video-on-demand service to deliver premium movies with rich, immersive sound

BARCELONA, Spain - Monday, February 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE/ME NewsWire)-- Korea-based digital platform pioneer SK Planet and Dolby Laboratories (NYSE:DLB) today announced that movies from SK Planet’s T store, Korea’s first and largest open marketplace for mobile content, will str ... Read more »

A2iA’s Patent-Pending Software Toolkit Boasts a Global Footprint and More Seamless User Experience

PARIS & NEW YORK - Monday, February 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A2iA (@A2iA), a trusted name in the Worldwide data capture, document processing, and payment systems markets, unveiled today its newest software toolkit, A2iA Mobility™, bringing about next-generation capabilities for mobile data recognition. With a Global footprint and available for integration into a variety of mobile applications, including mobile remote deposit capture / check deposit, A2iA Mobility is available for Android and soon iOS platforms, and performs all image capture, cleanup (image quality analysis, IQA / image usability analysis, IUA) and data extraction directly on the smart phone or tablet -- no server connection is required, delivering an immediate confirmation of the data extracted and uncovering new opportunities for users looking to capture information in remote location ... Read more »

SHENZHEN, China - Monday, February 25th 2013 [ME NewsWire]

Mobile World Congress 2013

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ZTE Corporation ("ZTE”) (H share stock code: 0763.HK / A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, today launched its 4G cloud radio solution at Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona, Spain.

ZTE’s cloud radio is a flexible solution that can adapt to existing transmissions for operators. This adaptability improves network performance. Moreover, cloud radio enables dynamic coordination and guarantees a smooth user experience, especially on the cell edge.

"ZTE never stops innovating for our customers, and we are proud to announce our cloud radio solution,” said ZTE Vice President Dr. Wang Shouchen. "We expect cloud radio will bring a plethora of benefits to operators as 4G progresses."

Cloud radio is an emerging solution and aimed to help operators solve a se ... Read more »