Device Arena

LG Electronics (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, today unveiled the LG GD510, or more simply, “Pop”, the most compact 3-inch full touchscreen phone ever made. The LG GD510 is the handset people who want a simple touchscreen phone have been waiting for.

LG has been one of the industry’s leading innovators in touchscreen phones since it launched the world’s first full touchscreen phone, PRADA Phone by LG, in January 2007. Since then, the company has achieved great success in the touchscreen devices market by creating an array of handsets designed to meet different consumer needs. For instance, LG’s Cookie (KP500) is an affordable full touchscreen phone that has already sold more than 7 million units worldwide since its launch earlier this year. With the LG GD510, LG is applying its tried and true strategy to another new model – this time, to a compact full touchscreen handset.

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Nokia and Telefónica announced today an agreement to launch Nokia’s email solution to the Latin American marketplace. With this agreement, Telefónica demonstrates its commitment to the development of mobile experiences in the region.

Nokia Messaging simplifies the mobilization of email. This solution allows easy access and management of up to 10 personal email accounts, simplifying the process and eliminating intermediate steps. Push technology ensures prompt delivery of mail directly to mobile devices. Nokia Messaging is compatible with thousands of internet and email service providers (ISPs) such as Terra, telefonica.net, Gmail(TM), Yahoo!®Mail, and Windows Live (TM) Hotmail®.

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From the New York Jets’ stunning victory over the New England Patriots to the New York Giants spoiling the Cowboys’ first home game in their new stadium, this year’s NFL season has already exceeded expectations. And so it is with NFL Mobile Live, the unique and popular application available only from Sprint.

During the season’s opening weekend Sept. 10-14, Sprint’s powerful network delivered in the midst of a record-breaking number of NFL Mobile Live users. In addition to on-demand video highlights and live telecasts from NFL Network, fans were able to listen to live radio broadcasts from around the country on a 3G network named most reliable by PC World in a 13-city test.

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In an environment where cutting costs and streamlining communications tools are critical for businesses to rapidly gain productivity and increased return on investment (ROI), SIP Trunking is an ideal solution for businesses of any size. Sprint today announced the general availability for all business customers of SIP Trunking, which leverages Sprint Global MPLS by using a single IP connection to facilitate the convergence of voice, data and video communication. This convergence reduces local, long-distance and calling feature expenses.

“The advantages of SIP Trunking are in its flexibility and scalability, leveraging the power of Sprint’s Global MPLS network,” said Paget Alves, president of Business Markets Group, Sprint. “SIP Trunking is critical to delivering more value to our business customers because it eliminates the costly local trunks a business would need to purchase from local telephone companies and allows them to share capacity over one IP connection for multiple locations and applications.”

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LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated to serving the U.S. government community, announced today it was awarded a USD 11.7 million delivery 0rder, to provide network installation and integration and professional services for a communications infrastructure upgrade to the United States Department of the Army. The delivery order, which has a total potential value of USD 30.7 million if all options are exercised, will involve a variety of communications network projects at Fort Benning in Georgia.

Fort Benning and its Infantry Center is one of the Army’s busiest installations, with more than 130,000 Soldiers and civilians. The installation provides extensive training for soldiers and leaders for today’s combat situations while developing and planning for requirements for the future.

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