HTC has launched two new Android-based smartphones, the HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z. The HSPA-enabled devices are based on the HTC Sense user interface platform, which integrates a variety of multimedia and location-based enhancements and introduces HTCSense.com, a series of new connected HTC services. The new HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z will be available in major European and Asian markets from October 2010, with the HTC Desire Z also shipping in North America later this year.

HTC Corporation, a global designer of smartphones, today unveiled a new HTC Sense experience with the new HTC Desire HDTM and HTC Desire ZTM Android-based smartphones.  The new HTC Sense experience continues HTC’s strong focus on the customer, placing people at the center by simply making its phones work in a more personal and natural way. HTC Sense introduces a number of key innovations including a series of connected services called HTCSense.com that enhance people’s mobile experience on HTC phones.

“We’re excited to be taking the HTC Sense experience beyond the phone to a whole new level with a series of connected HTC services we call HTCSense.com,” said Peter Chou, CEO of HTC Corporation. “Our customers will value the holistic approach we’re taking to enhance their mobile experience. This customer-first philosophy has resonated with people buying HTC phones and this drives us to continue introducing new innovative smartphones like the HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z.”
"As a key Android partner and smartphone brand, HTC continues to bring new innovation to the platform,"  said Andy Rubin, VP engineering at Google.  "Android is about choice and the new HTC smartphones continue to provide customers with powerful choices and flexibility."

 HTC Sense
 The new HTC Sense experience offers a variety of enhancements that improve how people capture, create, share and access multimedia content. With a newly created camera experience, people can record HD videos or capture and edit images with a variety of fun camera effects. With HTC Locations, a new differentiated online mapping experience, people have instant, on-demand mapping without download delays or incurring mobile roaming charges. 

 HTC Sense also includes a new integrated online e-reading experience utilizing a new e-book store powered by Koboä and a new, mobile-optimized e-reader that includes the ability to highlight, annotate and quickly search for definitions or translate unfamiliar terms.     

 HTCSense.com
 With the new HTCSense.com service, people can simply manage their mobile phone experience from their HTC phone or personal computer. For example, people can easily locate a missing phone by triggering the handset to ring loudly, even if it is set to silent, or to flag its location on a map. If the phone’s been lost or stolen, users can remotely lock the phone, forward calls and texts to another phone, send a message to the phone to arrange its return or even remotely wipe all personal data from it.  HTCSense.com makes it easy to setup a new HTC phone or access archived mobile content such as contacts, text messages and call history from a PC browser. People can also customize their phones with exclusive HTC content like wallpapers, HTC scenes, sounds or plug-ins.

 HTC Desire HD
 HTC Desire HD showcases outstanding multimedia content with its bright 4.3” LCD display and Dolby Mobile and SRS virtual sound and is the first to be powered by the new 1GHz Qualcomm 8255 Snapdragon processor. The HTC Desire HD enables 720p HD video recording and includes an 8-megapixel camera with dual-flash.  Building on the unibody heritage of the HTC Legend, the HTC Desire HD is sculpted from a block of solid aluminum and exudes the air of quality and strength that HTC has come to be known for. It also includes the new HTC Fast Boot that enables people to quickly make a call or check emails by shortening the time taken to complete the power-up sequence.

 HTC Desire Z
For people constantly on the go, HTC Desire Z makes it quick and easy to stay connected with friends on Facebook and Twitter or with colleagues and customers at work. HTC Desire Z features a unique ‘pop hinge’ that opens to reveal a QWERTY keyboard for fast, convenient typing. HTC Desire Z’s keyboard also includes a variety of keyboard shortcuts and two customizable keys for providing instant access to common functions without the need to open menus.  HTC Desire Z also includes 720p HD video recording and a 5-megapixel camera with automatic flash. It is the first phone to utilize the new 800MHz Qualcomm 7230 processor for improved performance and battery life and also includes HTC Fast Boot.

Availability
The new HTC Desire HD and HTC Desire Z will be broadly available through mobile operators and retailers across major European and Asian markets from October 2010 with the HTC Desire Z shipping in North America later this year.

 About HTC
 HTC Corporation (HTC) is one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile phone industry. By putting people at the center of everything it does, HTC creates innovative smartphones that better serve the lives and needs of individuals. The company is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2498. For more information about HTC, please visit  www.htc.com . 

Telekom Austria Group Signs Five-year Deal for Infrastructure with Nokia Siemens Networks

15-Sep-10

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Telekom Austria Group has contracted Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) to modernize its network and reduce energy consumption. Under a five-year deal, NSN will replace and modernise Telekom Austria Group’s radio networks in Austria, Liechtenstein and Slovenia, and will deploy 3G services in Serbia and Belarus. The upgrades will make the networks ready for HSPA+ and LTE technologies via software upgrades.

The Telekom Austria Group (TAG) will soon deploy high-quality mobile broadband services and network performance systems from Nokia Siemens Networks. Under a five-year deal, the service provider has selected Nokia Siemens Networks to replace and modernize its radio networks in Austria, Liechtenstein and Slovenia, and to further deploy 3G services in Serbia and Belarus.  The new, energy-efficient network will be ready to support next generation mobile technologies, including High Speed Packet Access Plus (HSPA+) and Long Term Evolution (LTE), via software upgrades.  

“Nokia Siemens Networks’ mobile network technology* brings an array of benefits – mobile broadband services with a clear evolution path for our subscribers, efficient use of future investments as well as lower electricity bills for us,” said  Hans Pichler, Group Chief Technology Officer of the Telekom Austria Group. “

“We are proud that together with the Telekom Austria Group we can bring real broadband experience to its subscribers across the region,” added Dietmar Appeltauer, head of Subregion Central East Europe, Nokia Siemens Networks. “We share a long-standing relationship and now we are also moving together into the next phase of mobile communications.”

Nokia Siemens Networks will provide its comprehensive radio solution comprising industry-leading Flexi BSC (Base Station Controller), Radio Network Controller and the small, modular and weatherproof Flexi Multiradio Base Station. The contract includes a broad range of services such as implementation, commissioning, network optimization and maintenance as well as vendor's network management and optimization solution NetAct.

The renewal of GSM in Austria and Slovenia has already started and the 3G network deployment in Belarus was successfully launched in March 2010, while the deployment in Serbia started in June 2010. A1 Telekom Austria started technical evaluation of LTE pretty early. The first LTE showcase was conducted with Nokia Siemens Networks in May 2008, so the company is technically well prepared for a possible rollout.

The networks will offer the end user a full mobility of data services, improved multimedia, gaming, web browsing and email service experience.

By deploying Nokia Siemens Networks’ radio solution the Telekom Austria Group will enjoy significant savings in network energy consumption.

About Telekom Austria Group
The Telekom Austria Group is the leading telecommunications provider in the CEE area. The Group has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since November 2000 and is currently operating in 8 countries: in Austria (A1 Telekom Austria ), Slovenia (Si.mobil), Croatia (Vipnet), the Republics of Serbia (Vip mobile) and Macedonia (Vip operator), Bulgaria (Mobiltel), Belarus (Velcom) and Liechtenstein (mobilkom liechtenstein ). The Fixed Net segment encompasses voice telephony, data and IT solutions, Internet access, multimedia services as well as wholesale. The Mobile Communication segment includes mobile voice telephony, mobile Internet and data as well as m-payment solutions. The Telekom Austria Group services to roughly 2.3 million fixed net lines in Austria and has a customer base of 19.2 million mobile subscribers in 8 countries. The Group’s headcount amounts to more than 16,000 employees, with revenues totalling EUR 4.8 billion as of year-end 2009. The Management Board includes Hannes Ametsreiter (CEO and Chairman of the Board) and Hans Tschuden (CFO and Vice Chairman of the Board).
More detailed information is available at http://www.telekomaustria.com

About Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of telecommunications services. With its focus on innovation and sustainability, the company provides a complete portfolio of mobile, fixed and converged network technology, as well as professional services including consultancy and systems integration, deployment, maintenance and managed services. It is one of the largest telecommunications hardware, software and professional services companies in the world. Operating in 150 countries, its headquarters are in Espoo, Finland. www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com

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