The company will be placing the emphasis on its latest LTE solutions for service providers and business users. With LTE adoption gathering pace all over the world, ZyXEL is ready to help its partners and customers exploit the benefits of this exciting new technology without delay.

At MWC 2013, ZyXEL will be demonstrating a comprehensive range of wireless mobile solutions, including 4G LTE CPEs supporting Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE), Femtocell and Wi-Fi hotspots, as well as a modular 4G LTE multi-WAN wireless gateway.

Mobile World Congress attracts leading mobile players from all over the globe and helps to shape and define market trends for the year ahead. ZyXEL’s continuing focus on solutions for the mobile market makes MWC a natural fit for the company to exhibit its latest innovations.

Uptake of LTE is accelerating across the globe. According to the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA), 145 operators had launched LTE-enabled commercial services in 66 countries by the end of last year.

It forecasts that 234 LTE networks will be commercially available in 83 countries in 2013. The number of LTE subscriptions has increased almost tenfold, reaching 44 million subscribers by September 2012.

ZyXEL has more than 20 years of expertise in broadband networking and achieved numerous technology breakthroughs. It has introduced a compact mobile hotspot router for business travellers and mobile consumers, and an assortment of 4G-enabled CPEs and gateways for both indoor and outdoor use. Additionally, ZyXEL offers Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) to complement data-only networking LTE solutions.

ZyXEL also offers a range of robust high-performance wireless solutions designed for deployment by service providers and mobile operators, including 3G Femtocells and Wi-Fi hotspots that enable instant activation of mobile services for both residential and business customers.

Its 3G Femto Access Points provide enhanced indoor wireless coverage with high voice quality and mobile data throughput. ZyXEL’s Wi-Fi solutions can be used to off-load mobile data from congested networks to ensure consistent and reliable performance in high-density wireless environments.

As per reports, Polytron Technologies has already begun marketing a transparent multi-touch phone which based on a ‘Switchable Glass’ technology.

“It will happen near the end of 2013. Trust me,” Polytron general manager Sam Yu told reporters.

With cool innovative Switchable Glass tech, we can say that the device will run while phone is on switch off mode.

It has been also reported that the prototype is a conductive OLED using liquid crystal molecules which help to display images, even at time of off mode with a milky composition.

The company claimed that the prototype would be feature electric current through transparent wires, while some part are visible such as a SD card and SIM card, camera parts, microphone and batteries will also visible, just hidden behind a dark glass covers.

Offering to real world, Polytron which sells “Polyvision Privacy Glass” to construction projects, will first time introduced Smartphones with transparent displays, hoping to be much appreciate due to its slimmer and attractive features.

Nokia 114, an entry level device is a Dual SIM phone sports Nokia’s Easy Swap technology allowing users to switch SIM cards without having to shut off the phone.

An alphanumeric keypad featuring Nokia 114 also comes with Nokia Xpress browser onboard which offer minimizes data consumption by 85 percent more efficient mobile browsing.

There is also ability to remember up to five different SIM card settings making easier for users to switch between them, as per the company.

Nokia 114 packs with 1.8” QVGA colour display with 128×160 pixels resolution, a 0.3MP rear camera and supports up to 32GB of external storage.

Key feature is of a 1020mAh battery which as per Nokia claims, offers 10 hours of talk-time and 637 hours of standby time.

Nokia 114 supports Bluetooth connectivity with GSM-GSM Dual SIM option and FM radio connectivity, a feature missing in smartphones.

Nokia will be available its latest cheapest Nokia 114 phone in market at a best buy price of Rs. 2,549.

Similar event is reportedly holding by the social networking giant in London on same day.

Facebook January 15 event rumoured to show case a major update from the social networking site. And among them the long awaited Facebook phone is on high level as expected to may its finally appearance.

The much-rumoured Facebook phone will expect to be developed by Taiwan’s HTC and will come with custom OS.

Earlier, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had denied any report of work on the development of any such phone.

As per media reports, Facebook Phone is more about a Facebook OS running on a phone as there would be a big offer to access hundreds of thousands of apps.

Another expected feature is of webOS in place of Android and iOS.

Fujitsu “F-Series” flip phone which is reported to be sold only in Japan has a band of loyal users who have refused to upgrade to smart phones for fear their infidelity be exposed, as per reports of the Wall Street Journal, source said.

Its privacy features make it different than Smartphones, the most currently in demand.

Super cool Fujitsu “F-Series” enables to hide missed calls, text messages, emails, SMSes, and voicemail. All these can be accessed only by the phone’s owner.

The device has nicknamed “infidelity phones” in Japan, offering stronger security, Fujitsu “F-Series” is all set to hit Smartphone market with more cheater-friendly security apps.

Reports said that Fujitsu’s security is the best as if a contact is marked as private, the alert will show as a change in a battery light.

Even, no text will show up in the phone’s logs as if the message is ignored.

Sony Xperia Z, the new flagship Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean phone is the complete dust- and water-resistant device, no harm if an entire bottle of water dumps on it.

If we talk about its specifications, Xperia Z features a 13MP larger camera powered by an Exmor RS mobile sensor, offering a high dynamic range (HDR) videos, a 5-inch full-1080p “reality” display at 440ppi and a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor.

LTE network supporting Sony device has a 2GB RAM and 16GB internal memory expandable upto 128GB, along with micro-USB, USB host mode, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and NFC compatible with Bravia TV.

On part of pricing, leaked reports said that Sony is likely to make available its waterproof Xperia Z at about $660 or 500 euros or Rs.36, 000 rupees.

The Xperia Z will likely to be initially released in Singapore on January 15, then rest of all Asia. Moreover, along with Xperia Z, Sony has also announced another smartphones powered by the quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor–the Xperia ZL.

Xperia ZL is the smaller version of the Xperia Z, much thicker and heavier device comes with similar specifications.

This also comes with the remote control to remotely control the system.

There is more to add the uniqueness of Pure Sound Pro. It also has an inbuilt Media Player that can play music through the USB drive or SD card. Pure Sound Pro supports a built-in FM Radio Module that automatically searches FM stations by just pressing the Scan button.

Weighing around 1 kg, Pure Sound Pro contains a rechargeable, detachable Lithium ion battery and also supports a Remote Control.
The speaker streams audio through a USB drive, but there is also an auxiliary input which allows connecting with audio-enabled devices.

Features

1. Play music form SD/U-DISK directly; support Mp3/wma format music files.

2. It supports FLAC/APE lossless music format.

3. Dual independent acoustics cavity, well design of dual low frequency radiator and dual low power consumption channel of digital amplifier. “Turbo Bass” patent technology to enhance super bass and clean Description: Description: Description: H3000 Atreble.

4. FM stereo radio with built-in antenna, Support Manual/automatic search & save station.

5. Power and signal transmission by same USB cable.

6. Compatible with laptop, desktop, Mp3, Mp4, tablets, mobiles, PSP etc. via 3.5mm audio cable.

7. High fidelity earphone output.

8. Fashionable LCD display.

9. Dual power supply: USB & Removable Lithium Battery (generic BL-5C battery) with special ECO-PLUS save power design.

10. Supports U-disk and read-write SD card. Download documents directly w/o drawing out the SD card.

11. Play time of more than 8 hours with full charge.

Pricing and Availability:

Pure Sound Pro by Portronics is priced at 3,499 INR and is available.

The new plan will cost just Rs 16 per month and the prepaid users can enjoy unlimited usage of the Facebook Messenger app for one month.

The new plan is available for the Reliance GSM subscribers in the country.

The Facebook Messanger Plan comes with the validity of 30 days from the date of recharge and it gets auto-renewed every 30 days unless you unsubscribe.

Further, the Facebook messenger app will be available for Android, BlackBerry and iOS users.

Android users in India need to download the app and log on using their name and mobile number

At present, the Facebook Messenger App is at number 5 in the top free Android apps.