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Nokia to build 4G network for Airtel
Nokia Networks has bagged a $200-million, or about Rs 1,240-crore contract from Bharti AirtelBSE 1.15 % to build the country's first 4G network in the 1800 MHz band in six telecom circles.
The mobile technology arm of Nokia Corporation and Airtel will soon announce the deal that will cover Mumbai, MP, West Bengal, Odisha, Punjab and Kerala circles, one person aware of the development told ET.
Both the companies have not responded to ET's queries as of press time.
4G, or fourth generation mobile communication technology, currently provides the fastest wireless internet connectivity in the country, with download speeds of up to 40 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 20 Mbps. At present all 4G networks in the country run on the 2300 MHz band, which was auctioned by the government as broadband wireless spectrum (BWA) in the 2010 spectrum auctions, and use TDD-LTE technology.
Airtel's 4G network in the 1800 MHz band will use the FDD-LTE technology that is older and more widely accepted globally than TDD-LTE. The ecosystem of devices around TDD-LTE is very small, which has marred the spread of 4G services in the country so far.
In fact, Reliance Jio, the only operator to possess airwaves in the 2300 MHz in all telecom circles in the country, has not even launched its services so far. Also, none of the operators has launched services in all the circles they possess 4G spectrum. Airtel holds 20 MHz of 4G spectrum in the 2300 MHz band in each of the eight circles of Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and Maharashtra.
It won a total of 97 MHz of airwaves in the 1800 MHz band across 15 circles in the last spectrum auctions. The company plans to roll out high speed 4G networks in various circles using FDDLTE technology in the 1,800 MHz band besides its existing TD-LTE rollout in the 2,300 MHz band, as it tries to develop a pan-India 4G footprint.
Nokia Networks already manages Airtel's TDD-LTE network in Maharashtra and will also deploy its TDD-LTE network in Mumbai and Kerala.
HP has just pulled the curtains on a trio of Android, coming in three different sizes.
HP Pro Slate 12
The centerpiece of the announcement is the Android duo, the Pro Slate 12 and Pro Slate 8, slates in the truest of senses. The larger 12.3-inch model actually has a lower resolution at 1600x1200 pixels, resulting in a rather mediocre by today's standards 163ppi.
The Pro Slate 8 offers a much better 324ppi on its 7.9-inch 1536x2048 pixel screen.
Pro Slate 12 • Pro Slate 8 • Duet Pen
Both tablets boot Android KitKat and are be powered by the Snapdragon 800 chipset, accompanied by 2GB of RAM. What's more intriguing is HP's Duet Pen which will be a part of the Slates package. The innovative stylus implementation allows the user to draw on any surface, with the result automatically transferred to the tablet.
A more traditional stylus experience is offered by the Pro Slate 10 EE. It isequipped with tan Intel Atom 1.33GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and a 10.1-inch 1280x800 pixel screen.
Pro Slate 10 EE
Samsung dominated smartphone shipments in 2014
In the year 2014 the world saw an increased number of smartphones shipped but overall little change in the top three vendors. Samsung has been the leader for some time now but is seeing its market share slowly reduced by the likes of tough competition.
Year over year Samsung's market share has shrunk by 4.5 percentage points and TrendForce's prediction is that the top smartphone maker will lose another 1.4 percentage points by this time next year.
The second place is again reserved for Apple, which sits more firmly with just 0.2% lost year over year. Lenovo is once again in third but it's only able to claim that position thanks to the acquisition of Motorola, which added a 3% share of its own.
Huawei and LG have fought over fourth place for awhile now but LG managed to come out on top in TrendForce's yearly numbers and reclaim the spot with just 0.1%.
Overall shipments in 2014 are 1.2 billion units - up from 2013's 927.2 million.
In the projection for next year Samsung, Apple and Lenovo are expected to hold onto their positions but Chinese makers like Xiaomi and Huawei will surpass LG and move closer to Lenovo.