The GSMA has brought together 16 laptop OEMs, chipset developers, module manufacturers and mobile operators to create a new category of always-connected Mobile Broadband devices, delivering a compelling alternative to WiFi.

WD introduced its new WD ShareSpace high-speed network storage systems that provide centralized storage for small office and home networks. WD ShareSpace represents WD’s first entry into the small-office network storage market.

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has deployed a Cisco Telepresence system in Latin America (Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and soon Venezuela).The Cisco TelePresence, a virtual meeting solution, creates “in-person” experiences between people, places and events in their work and personal lives when they are remotes.

Heralding a new era for contactless payments in Europe, the new Lufthansa Miles & More Credit Card has debuted in Germany, now offering its holders the convenience of secure, Tap & Go payment transactions.

SanDisk announced it is bringing to market its 16GB microSDHC and Memory Stick Micro (M2) mobile memory cards - the world’s largest removable storage capacity for mobile phones.

IBM, Chartered, Samsung and ARM will develop a comprehensive 32 nanometer (nm) and 28nm Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) design platform based on high-k metal-gate (HKMG) technology from the IBM-led joint-development alliance.

Cisco and Adobe announced that Telecom Italia has chosen the Cisco Content Delivery System with Internet Streaming (CDS-IS) platform, with Adobe Flash streaming technology, to deliver live television channels and on-demand content through its Web portal, Yalp!.

Fujitsu has been selected by NTT DOCOMO to be a supplier of core network systems for the carrier’s next-generation Super 3G high-speed wireless communications network.

Visa and Nokia announced plans to deliver Visa payment and payment-related services - including contactless payments, remote payments, money transfer, alerts and notifications - for Nokia’s next generation handsets beginning with the Nokia 6212 classic, expected to be available starting October 2008.

The GSMA and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have joined forces to accelerate the deployment in Latin America and the Caribbean of mobile financial services designed to meet the needs of the unbanked and the poor.

Hitachi announced the development of a mechanism for attesting the authenticity of memory chips using highly secure digital signatures in a worldwide breakthrough.

Huawei has been chosen by AXIS, Indonesia’ s newest GSM and 3G operator, as a key partner in rolling out its full service national network.

Nissan Motor, NTT DOCOMO, and Sharp announced that they have jointly developed the world’s first mobile phone capable of functioning as an intelligent key for automobiles. The device will incorporate Nissan’s Intelligent Key system, already a standard feature in various Nissan vehicles.

TomTom and Renault have formed a partnership to bring affordable, fully integrated navigation solutions to Renault customers on several models. The first application is expected to be on the market in the first half of 2009.

Verizon and Nokia Siemens Networks have taken a step closer to being able to transmit commercial traffic at a speed of 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps) traffic. The two companies carried out a successful 100 Gbps transmission on a single wavelength for more than 1,040 kilometers over field fiber, setting a new distance record and demonstrating better performance than conventional transmission.

Nokia announced Nokia Data Gathering, a new software solution to help public sector and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) collect data on critical issues such as disease outbreaks or disaster relief via mobile devices. The Amazonas State Health Department in Brazil will be the first to use the solution as part of its fight against dengue fever in the city of Manaus in Northern Brazil.

IBM opened four new cloud computing centers in emerging markets. They are in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Bangalore, India; Seoul, Korea; and Hanoi, Vietnam, where there is an increasing demand for Internet-based computing models and skills to help companies compete in highly competitive environments.

Oracle and Intel announced that they are collaborating to help accelerate enterprise readiness of cloud computing and make it more efficient and secure. The companies will also identify and drive standards to enable flexible deployment across private and public clouds.

Alcatel-Lucent announced that it is one of the companies selected by Neo-Sky, a company of Iberdrola Group, to deploy a turnkey WiMAX 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) network in Madrid, enabling the Spanish broadband operator to test and accelerate the deployment of WiMAX services in Spain.

T-Mobile announced the international launch of the world’s first Android-powered mobile phone in partnership with Google.

Combined satellite-cellular communications will become a reality for consumers, enterprise, government and public safety users with an agreement announced by Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV), a subsidiary of SkyTerra Communications, ICO Global Communications, and Qualcomm.

Nokia Siemens Networks and Vodafone are to run a trial on a commercial platform of the next generation mobile broadband solution, known as Long Term Evolution (LTE), that meets the modernization plans of Vodafone Germany.

IBM will offer remote, $99 “test drives” of Microsoft’s newly launched supercomputer operating system, Windows HPC Server 2008, via its global network of IBM Computing on Demand facilities.

IBM announced a new supercomputer that NASA scientists will use to simulate and better understand Earth’s climate and weather, the planet’s relationship with the sun, and the evolution of cosmic phenomena. It will also play an essential role in developing methods to analyze the rapidly increasing amount of data the agency collects from Earth- and space-observing satellites.

SGI and Oracle announced a new Oracle Optimized Warehouse based on SGI servers, supercomputers and storage solutions optimized for the world’s most popular database.