Fujitsu Siemens Netbook leaked

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A photo of a Fujitsu Siemens netbook leaked on a German site called Netbux this weekend.

The photo shows a small netbook next to a 17 inch Amilo notebook with both featuring the new Fujitsu Siemens design language.
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Posted on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Siemens to cut 16,750 Jobs amid Economic Downturn

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 By Nicola Leske

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG plans to cut around 4 percent of its workforce as part of an overhaul and as a result of the global economic downturn, Siemens said on Tuesday.
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Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:45:30 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Siemens Announces SE680 WiMAX Modem

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Not too long ago Sprint and Clearwire announced that Sprint had acquired half of the Clearwire company and the pair would be rolling out a nationwide WiMAX network over the coming years. Siemens announced today that it has expanded its outdoor WiMAX portfolio with a new outdoor modem.

The Gigaset SE680 WiMAX and is designed to be used by enterprises for bridging long distances. The device enables high-speed Internet access at rates up to 20Mbps and will be available this summer running on 2.5 and 3.5 GHz frequencies. Read more

Posted on Fri, 16 May 2008 06:52:40 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Siemens Shows First WiMAX Express Card in Use

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Siemens home and Office Communications Devices expanded its offerings for WiMAX subscriber devices with the introduction of an Express Card adapter. The device is called the Gigaset SE68 WiMAX Express Card.

Siemens says the card is based on the IEEE 802.16-2005 standard and complies with Wave 2 specifications. The SE68 allows for broadband speeds up to 20 Mbps. The card is scheduled to be available in Summer 2008 and will support 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz frequencies. The SE68 will also be used in a USB 2.0 port with an adapter. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:05:12 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Nokia Siemens nears Ericsson in Mobile Networks

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By Tarmo Virki

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Recently founded Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) closed in on Ericsson's lead in the cutthroat global market for wireless network gear in the fourth quarter, research firm Dell'Oro said.
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Posted on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia Siemens sees Profit from "greener" Networks

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HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia Siemens Networks aims to cut the energy consumption of some of its mobile base stations by up to 40 percent by 2010 in a move that should also boost profits, the telecoms network group said on Tuesday. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:49:56 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft, Siemens to develop In-Car Infotainment

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Microsoft and Siemens will join forces to develop in-car entertainment and navigation products that should make it easier for consumers to connect devices such mobile phones and music players. Read more

Posted on Fri, 7 Sep 2007 04:33:56 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New suspicious Payments uncovered at Siemens: Report

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Internal investigators have uncovered more than 1 billion euros ($1.4 billion) of dubious payments at Siemens' telecoms and turbines divisions, far more than previously thought, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung said. Read more

Posted on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 03:35:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Nokia and Siemens in Telecom-Equipment Merger

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Finland-based Nokia and Germany-based Siemens reportedly combine there telecom equipment businesses into a new joint-venture. By some estimates, the two collectively hold more than 50% market share.

The new merged company will be based in Finland and ownership will be split "evenly" between the two companies, with a Nokia executive heading the entire operation. The deal is valued at over 25 billion euros ($32 billion). Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 01:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cool BenQ-Siemens EF51 Music Phone

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The Asian influence over Siemens mobile can be clearly seen in the new BenQ-Siemens EF51 music phone. BenQ-Siemens mobile phones are getting cool and playful at the same time.

The BenQ-Siemens EF51 music phone features besides FM radio, a player for music files in MP3, WMA, AAC and AAC+ formats. Users can select songs with voice commands. BenQ calls this Speech-to-Music. The music player buttons are on a flip cover. Under the cover the phone keys are hidden (see photo below).
Other features of the EF51 include 3D sound, 6-band equalizer, 1.6 inch TFT display with 262k colors, miniSD card slot, USB, Bluetooth and a 1.3MP digital camera. Read more

Posted on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:49:11 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

BenQ-Siemens EF91 - First HSDPA 3G Phone on the Market

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BenQ-Siemens announces the EF91 HSDPA (High Speed Download Packet Access) 3G phone and plans to be the first to market with it.

As reported DoCoMo will also show HSDPA phones from Motorola, NEC and Fujitsu at the 3GSM show. BenQ will have the EF91 on the market by June in time for the Soccer World Cup in Germany. DoCoMo will launch its HSDPA phones in July in Japan. T-Mobile und Vodafone will sell the BenQ-Siemens HSDPA phone.

The BenQ-Siemens EF91 folding design phone features a 2 inch screen with QVGA resolution, a 3.2MP digital camera, 3D surround sound and microSD slot. Read more

Posted on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:38:31 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

BenQ-Siemens Launches S88, S68 and EF81 Mobile Phones

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BenQ officially launches BenQ-Siemens brand after their acquisition of the Siemens Mobile unit in 2005. BenQ-Siemens also introduced the S88, S68 and EF81 mobile phone.

The BenQ-Siemens S88 is a 2.0MP camera phone with auto focus, 16x digital zoom and LED photo light. The S88 has 16MB internal memory that can be extended via microSD card. The new phone features a 2 inch OLED screen. A MP3 player and Bluetooth is of course also available.
The BenQ-Siemens S88 will be on retail sale from the first quarter of 2006. The S88 looks like a solid phone. Wonder how the user interface of this still very Siemens looking phone. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:58:14 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

BenQ announces new Siemens AX72 and AP75 Mobile Phones

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BenQ announces still under the Siemens brand two new entry-level mobile phones.

The Siemens AX72 comes without an integrated digital camera. There is an optional clip-on QuickPic Camera IQP-500. The AX72 has 17mm thick and weighs 75g. It features a 65,536 color display with 128 x 128 pixels resolution. Available basically now.
More details in this BenQ press-release. Read more

Posted on Mon, 17 Oct 2005 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

World's Lightest Tablet PC Lifebook P1510 by Fujitsu Siemens

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Siemens Fujitsu offers the Lifebook P1510 convertible Tablet PC.

Apparently the Lifebook P1510 is the world’s lightest convertible at 1kg with a 8.9 inch display.
The Fujitsu Siemens Tablet PC features the Intel Centrino Mobile chip-set, Pentium M at 1.2Ghz and runs Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. The P1510 also has Bluetooth and a Fingerprint sensor for secure access.
PCMag has already reviewed the Lifebook P1510 in August.

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Posted on Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:32:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Siemens BenQ UMTS Mobile Phones: SG75, SXG75 and SFG75

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Siemens Mobile (now owned by BenQ) announces three new UMTS (3G) mobile phones.

The new Siemens SG75 (photo) is a slider phone is less than 10 centimeters long and features high speed internet access as well as an integrated 1.3MP digital camera. Organizer functions and email features complete the features of this compact UMTS mobile phone. Other

The Siemens SXG75 has a 2MP digital camera, RDS radio, MP3 player, video player and mobile navigation. The measurements of the SXG75 are 111,5×53×20 mm. The 3G phone features a 2.2 inch color screen. Read more

Posted on Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:07:49 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

BenQ brings Siemens P50 PDA Phone to Europe

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A report appeared from China that Taiwanese BenQ will release its P50 PDA phone under the Siemens brand in Europe next month.

The P50 is sold already in Asia. I saw it at the CES 2005. The P50 runs still Windows Mobile 2003, which is not the latest Windows Mobile OS release. Not sure if the Siemens brand will help here, as the HTC Windows Mobile 5.0 smartphones are around the corner.
More details on msmobiles. Read more

Posted on Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:23:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

BenQ Siemens Mobile Phones

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As reported BenQ bought the Siemens Mobile business last week.

An interview with the BenQ CEO Lee Kuen-Yao shed some light on how BenQ sees the future of Siemens mobile phones. Interestingly BenQ seems not to see too much value in the Siemens brand, as they will start selling BenQ Siemens double branded handsets starting already in October.

Other interesting points are that only top-end handsets might still be produced in Germany and that BenQ sees a lot of value in the existing business relationships of Siemens Mobile with top providers like Vodafone.
More details in this interview on Focus magazine (German).

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Posted on Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:17:16 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Siemens actually Sells Mobile Business to BenQ

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Yesterday the reports indicated that Siemens will partner with BenQ and create a joint-venture after the Sony Ericsson model. Today Siemens released a statement that BenQ is actually buying the Siemens Mobile Business unit.

I just saw a press-conference of the Siemens Mobile workers' council and they are obviously not happy about Siemens getting rid of them. It is about 6,000 Siemens employees who will be working for BenQ starting this September.

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Posted on Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:17:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Siemens Mobile Partners with BenQ

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BenQ will be partnering with Siemens and setup a new mobile phone joint-venture.

As reported yesterday, Siemens found a partner for their troubled mobile phone business. Now based on an article on the Financial Times Deutschland the partner will be BenQ. BenQ is a small player in the global mobile phones business so far. There is the BenQ P50 smart phone that is still not on the market. And first shown at CeBit is the BenQ Z2 (photo) mp3 mobile in cube shape.
Apparently BenQ (a spin-out of Acer) makes most of its revenue from manufacturing electronics for other companies. The partnership with Siemens could change that, if they are going to be successful.

More details on the Financial Times Deutschland site (German).

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Posted on Mon, 6 Jun 2005 02:59:30 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Siemens Mobile to get Asian Partner

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The troubled mobile phone business of Siemens seems to have found a way out of the crisis.

The German Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung reports that Siemens will announce a Asian partner on Tuesday. Siemens plans to create a new joint-venture for its mobile phone unit.
Siemens did not comment officially on this yet. Also it is not yet known who the new partner is.
More details on FAZ (German) and Handelsblatt (German).

UPDATE:
The Siemens Mobile is BenQ

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Posted on Sun, 5 Jun 2005 03:32:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Siemens splits off its Mobile Business

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Today Siemens announced the half-year revenue numbers and announced a bit more what they plan to do with their troubled mobile phone business.

Siemens is splitting off the Mobile phone business unit to make it easier to partner with another company - I guess similar to the Sony Ericsson model. Siemens is supposedly talking to several companies including Motorola and still Acer. As we reported on the weekend Acer said they are not interested.
More details on Reuters and on Heise.

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Posted on Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr