Nokia announced the Nokia 6700 classic, the Nokia 6303 classic and the Nokia 2700 classic, three devices. The new trio combines the functionality and user experience required in today’s hectic times, with premium designs and materials.

Samsung announced that it has made a significant advancement in the push for higher volume memory chips by developing the world’s first four gigabit DDR3 DRAM chip, using 50 nanometer process technology.

The Norwegian National Rail Administration (Jernbaneverket) and Nokia Siemens Networks have signed a 20-year support agreement for the complete maintenance of the country’s railway communications network.

SanDisk has signed a definitive agreement with Toshiba to restructure their Flash manufacturing joint ventures operating at the 300-mm Fab 3 and Fab 4, at Yokkaichi Operations plant in Mie Prefecture, Japan.

IBM unveiled a new report, “The Changing Face of Communications” that highlights the need for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to embrace social networking in order to protect and enhance their role in the communications industry. CSPs who don’t take bold steps to adapt to this rapidly evolving cultural phenomenon risk losing revenue and marketshare.

Renesas Technology announced the SH7776 (SH-Navi3), a dual-core system-on-chip (SoC) device with enhanced on-chip graphics functions and a high-performance image recognition processing function for the next generation high-performance car information terminals.

Motorola announced it has been awarded a four-year contract by the Dutch national police agency, the Korps Landelijke Politie Diensten (KLPD), to provide its Motorola Printrak Biometric Identification Solution (Printrak BIS) to support all types of identification activities for the whole organisation of the Dutch Police.

WD announced the first 2 terabyte hard drive - the highest capacity drive and the latest addition to WD’s environmentally friendly, cool and quiet, WD Caviar Green hard drive family.

Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by the Thales/Dimetronic consortium to supply a comprehensive communications network solution for the 440 km-long high-speed railway line linking Madrid and Valencia in Spain.

NXP announced that the Moscow underground is the world’s first public transport system to run a 100% contactless automatic fare collection (AFC) system based on MIFARE technology.

IBM and eFuture Information Technology announced the launch of a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Solution for the retail distribution industry in China. The two companies have completed the deployment of the solution at Beijing Wangfujing Department Store Group (”Wangfujing Group”) stores in Beijing, one of the largest retail groups in China.

HTC announced its latest personal navigation handset with inbuilt GPS. The new HTC Touch Cruise, an update to 2008’s HTC GPS device of the same name, boasts a new, more compact design and a host of new capabilities.

SENA, the Colombian National Learning Service, has selected Cisco for the technological renovation of its 175 offices around the country. The goal of this project is to integrate information technologies into the SENA educational model, so that more Colombians citizens have access to education and training programs virtually.

The National Hockey League (NHL), the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) and Cisco announced a new strategic agreement whereby Cisco will support the league’s strategic digital media initiatives with Cisco technology.

Alcatel-Lucent will equip Munich Airport with a fully IP/MPLS-based video surveillance solution.

Red Hat announced the global availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3.

For the 1st time in the world, four calls have been carried in one GSM radio timeslot. This significant step in GSM evolution path was taken by Nokia Siemens Networks who completed a drive test for the Orthogonal Sub Channel (OSC), that doubles the voice capacity of GSM radio network.

Fujitsu and Norddeutsche Seekabelwerke (NSW) Germany have won a turnkey contract from PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PT TELKOM) worth more than US$100 million to install a submarine optic-fiber cable system for the Indonesian islands Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Java, Bali and Lombok.

Kaspersky Lab announces the release of a technical prototype of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows 7. The prototype is based on the new antivirus engine which provides complex antivirus protection from all types of Internet threats.

IBM and SAP announced the planned March release for their first joint software product called Alloy. Alloy (formerly code named “Atlantic”) will help simplify interactions with people, processes, and information by providing intuitive access to SAP software and information via the familiar IBM Lotus Notes client.

At the annual Lotusphere Conference, IBM unveiled plans to help businesses build a smarter workforce by providing software services to help people work together across the enterprise, on the move and via the cloud.

NXP announced that its secure contactless microcontroller chip – SmartMX, has been selected by the Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV) - Kernapplikations GmbH & Co. KG, to power future electronic transport ticketing schemes in Germany.

Motorola announced the successful completion of a Project 25 (P25) interoperability demonstration project by five mission critical manufacturers including Motorola, EFJohnson Technologies, Tait Radio Communications, Technisonic Industries and Tyco Electronics.

TeliaSonera, the largest telecoms operator in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries, has chosen Huawei to supply the world’ s first commercial 4G/LTE (Long Term Evolution) network, in Oslo, Norway, and Ericsson to cover Sweden’s capital, Stockholm.

Sun Microsystems announced that SAP has signed a multi-year agreement with Sun to provide Java Platform Standard Edition for Business (Java SE for Business) to its customers using the SAP NetWeaver technology platform.