Mobile TeleSystems, Russia’s largest carrier, is planning to spend up to 1.6 billion dollars (or roughly 37 billion rubles, which is far more fun to say) to roll out a national 3G network which they’re aiming to complete by 2012 — right around when some countries might be starting to implement 4G networks. A bit late, perhaps - but hey, faster speeds are never a bad thing.
According to MTS, the network upgrade should pay for itself; they expect it to generate at least 2 billion dollars in revenue by 2011.
Nokia Announced today at the S60 Summit in Barcelona winners for the Global Code Camp Competition 2008. Ideas Lite was declared the global winner of the competition in the Flash Lite Category. The company showcased an application called City Lite, which is a guide to the nightlife in the main world’s capitals, built on Flash Lite technology, with outstanding graphics and connectivity capabilities.
Ideas Lite participated in representation of the America’s community of developers in this Forum Nokia global competition, where participants from all over the world submitted their application to a Forum Nokia international jury for the opportunity to present their applications at the S60 Summit currently being held in Barcelona , Spain, and also to win recognition and cash prizes.
”We are thrilled to be selected as the front runners of Flash Lite development worldwide ” said Policarpo Guerrero, the CEO and Founder of Ideas Lite, ” we see an enormous potential for this technology in the years to come, particularly in the Americas, where it is still little known, but where we are expecting to see a phenomenal growth as more devices are shipped with the embedded Flash Lite player.”, he added.
More information about the company and the winning application can be found at the company’s website (www.ideaslite.com) .
go go mother russia