Apple Brings Apple Music, iTunes Movies & iBooks to Customers in China

Apple Music

BEIJING ― Apple announced that Apple Music, iTunes Movies and iBooks are now available to customers in China. Apple Music combines an extensive and diverse music library with the knowledge of world-class music experts who have programmed playlists and radio stations just for you. Launching with millions of songs in its catalog, Apple Music in China features music from artists including Eason Chan, Li Ronghao, JJ Lin and G.E.M., as well as a wide range of international artists including Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran and many more. Fans can also rent or purchase movies from a great selection of Chinese studios as well as Hollywood blockbusters on the iTunes Store, in addition to enjoying paid and free books from the iBooks Store. For the first time, customers in China will have access to Apple’s entertainment ecosystem with music, movies and books right at their fingertips.

Apple OS X El Capitan FREE Update

Apple OS X El Capitan FREE Update

OS X El Capitan Available as a Free Update -- Refined Experience and Improved Performance Make Your Mac Better than Ever

CUPERTINO, California — Apple announced that OS X El Capitan, the latest major release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, is available as a free update starting Wednesday, September 30 from the Mac App Store. El Capitan builds on the groundbreaking features and beautiful design of OS X Yosemite, refining the Mac experience with updates to window management, built-in apps and Spotlight® search, and performance improvements to make everyday activities — like launching and switching apps, opening PDFs and accessing email — faster and more responsive.

LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition is Tether-Free and Compatible with Both Android and iOS

LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition

First Cellular Android Wear Smartwatch previewed at LG Event -- Newest LG Watch Urbane is Tether-Free and Compatible with Both Android and iOS

SEOUL — At the event to introduce the LG V10 smartphone, LG Electronics (LG) provided a sneak peek of the LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, the first Android Wear device to feature cellular connectivity. With the option to connect via 4G, 3G, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, LG’s newest wearable device works seamlessly with Android smartphones or can go it alone, when carrying a smartphone isn’t practical or convenient. Cellular enabled features will vary across Android and iOS.

LG V10 smartphone is the first of LG's V Series phones

LG V10 smartphone

LG unveils V10, a smartphone designed with creativity in mind -- LG’s Latest Phone Features Many Firsts: Second Screen, Dual Front Cameras, Manual Video Mode

SEOUL — LG Electronics (LG) took the wraps off its newest smartphone featuring multimedia capabilities never before seen in a mobile device. The first of its V Series phones, the LG V10 was designed to provide a rich multimedia experience — both consumption and creation — for today’s social network savvy consumers. Distinctive new features such as a Second Screen, Dual Front Cameras and Manual Video Mode differentiate the LG V10 from the competition. All this comes wrapped in a design that utilizes high-grade stainless steel and a durable silicone skin to make the V10 one of the rare smartphones to pass drop tests for shock conducted by an independent third party.

LG Nexus 5X features Google Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS

LG Nexus 5X

Nexus 5X: LG and Google Collaborate on the most advanced Nexus phone to date -- Third Time’s The Charm As Partners Unveil First Smartphone With Marshmallow OS

SEOUL — LG Electronics (LG) and Google officially unveiled their third collaborative effort. Nexus 5X features Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Google’s newest operating system for mobile devices and delivers impressive performance, great imaging and enhanced security. It also delivers the best of Google and LG know-how in a single package.

Italtel Renews Network Products And Enters Intel Network Builders Program

Milan, Italy -- Italtel, a leading telecommunications company in next generation networks and services and IP communication, announced it has joined the Intel Network Builders program as part of an overall project for refactoring its existing network products including the NetMatch Session Border Controller (SBC), IMS Core Suite, iRPS Routing and Policy Server and Embrace WebRTC solution.

The entry into the program combined with the refactoring of network products, which included the implementation of Virtualized Network Functions (VNFs), will improve Italtel's proprietary products portfolio and enhance proposed network solutions.

Purple WiFi partners with The Instillery in New Zealand

Purple WiFi, the cloud-based Social WiFi software company, announced a partnership with The Instillery, a business IT solutions provider, based in New Zealand.

The Instillery delivers critical Information Technology Services based on networking and communication solutions for the Cloud and has agreed an arrangement in New Zealand and Australia as a Purple WiFi Cloud Managed Service Provider.

The Purple WiFi offering focuses on engaging, understanding and delivering value by allowing users to gain free access to a public WiFi network through their existing social media accounts or a short form. The user gets access to family friendly WiFi while the benefit to the business hosting the service (such as a restaurant, hotel, retailer, museum, sports stadium or shopping mall) is valuable analytic insights into the profiles and movements of their customers and a sophisticated built-in marketing platform.

Colombian National Spectrum Agency, ANE, to Co-Host the 2016 Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Global Summit to promote discussion in Latin America about the use of Dynamic Spectrum Access Technologies

Bogota, Colombia -- The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance is pleased to announce that the annual Global Summit will be co-hosted by Agencia Nacional del Espectro (ANE) the Colombian national spectrum regulator, in Bogota, Colombia on April 26-28, 2016. Following on from previous successes in Asia (Manila, Philippines) and Africa (Accra, Ghana), the world's largest conference on wireless spectrum sharing is heading to Latin America where regulators, industry representatives, and academics from around the world will discuss how new dynamic spectrum sharing technologies and regulatory models are being used to increase digital inclusion and address the massive growth of wireless data.

x-Mobility Expands its MVNA Capabilities to 4G, VoLTE and OTT services

Expanded relationship with MNO Increases x-Mobility’s offering

London -- x-Mobility can now offer new MVNOs services beyond traditional telephony. The new services include 4G data services, VoLTE and now Virtual Mobile Number services. New MVNOs, enabled by x-Mobility, can now offer their subscribers multiple virtual numbers.

The Virtual Mobile Number services allow consumers to make and receive calls via any connected device, using the number attached to their SIM on their device of choice. Or they can create new numbers to use, keeping their native number private. MVNOs can offer a range of new services that make use of these features, for example, allowing people to call and text from abroad at UK rates.

Broadband 20/20: a new world of communications

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Broadband Forum's vision to enable important new service provider revenue streams and transform personal and business communications

Munich, Germany - The Broadband Forum announced its new Broadband 20/20 vision. The vision is to enable new opportunities for profitable revenue growth by leveraging new technologies in the home, small business and multi-user infrastructure of the broadband network. The innovative use of NFV, SDN, ultra-fast access, IoT (Internet of Things) and, when formally defined, 5G, enables the delivery of exciting ultra-fast broadband services, with distributed compute and storage to anywhere and any device in the home and business locations.