Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by NTT DOCOMO, Japan’s mobile network operator and leader in the adoption of next-generation mobile services, to build the mobile backhaul network for its Long Term Evolution (LTE) service with Alcatel-Lucent’s Ethernet transmission solution.

IBM announced the public availability of Milepost GCC, the world’s first open source machine learning compiler. The compiler intelligently optimizes applications, translating directly into shorter software development times and bigger performance gains.

E-Plus group (a member of the KPN group) is using Alcatel-Lucent’s newly launched Advertising Selection Server for its mobile advertising offering through its subsidiary Gettings.

Samsung announced the latest in its ARM11 series of application processors, the S5P6440. Designed using Samsung’s 45nm low power CMOS process technology, the S5P6440 offers a low power, high performance, and cost effective solution for consumer electronic (CE) products such as personal navigation devices (PND).

Renault has selected Dassault Systèmes’ V6 PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) as its new global product development solution, in order to improve productivity, and product quality.

Dassault Systèmes (DS) launched V6R2010, the latest release of its new platform.

LG Electronics unveiled two new ultra-slim “full LED” LCD TVs in Seoul, the new 55-inch screens - models 55LH95 and 55LH93.

In an effort to achieve energy-aware computing, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), and IBM announced plans to build a first-of-a-kind water-cooled supercomputer that will directly repurpose excess heat for the university buildings.

Adobe and HTC announced that the new HTC Hero is the first Android phone to ship with support for Adobe Flash Platform technology. The new phone delivers a more complete Web browsing experience and provides access to a broad variety of Flash technology based content available on the Web.

HTC debuted HTC Sense, an intuitive and seamless experience that will be introduced across a portfolio of phones beginning with the new HTC Hero. With its design and powerful capabilities fully integrated with HTC Sense, Hero introduces a blend of form and function that takes Android to new heights.

At the Second Annual Mobile Money Summit, in Barcelona, Spain, the GSMA, the body that represents the worldwide mobile communications industry, announced that the first three applications to the Mobile Money for the Unbanked Fund have been approved.

Despite current market uncertainties, a new ABI Research study shows that even under the worst recovery scenarios, mobile services revenues will continue to grow at nearly 1.2% through 2014, a 0.5% loss over pre-crisis conditions.

AT&T entered into an agreement with Cooper Power Systems, a division of Cooper Industries (CBE), to jointly market and sell to utility companies smart grid sensor devices that are certified on AT&T’s wireless data network.

The 33rd edition of the TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers is still led by Roadrunner and Jaguar, but shows that two of the top 10 positions are claimed by new systems in Germany. The latest listing also includes a brand-new player, an IBM BlueGene/P system at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, ranked at No. 14.

Intel and Nokia announced a long-term relationship to develop a new class of Intel Architecture-based mobile computing device and chipset architectures which will combine the performance of powerful computers with high-bandwidth mobile broadband communications and ubiquitous Internet connectivity.

At the SmarterCities forum in Berlin, the city of Rotterdam, one of the main engines of the Dutch economy and the largest port in Europe, announced a collaboration with IBM on the design and testing of a monitoring and forecasting system for smarter water and energy management.

Freescale Semiconductor’s sensor technology innovation has helped global customers differentiate their automotive, consumer, industrial and medical products throughout the past three decades. The company recently reached a major milestone of one billion sensors shipped.

Nokia Siemens Networks will provide mobile television provider DMTV with a Digital Video Broadcasting Handheld (DVB-H) solution in Ghana, Kenya, Namibia and Nigeria. The system will allow operators across the region to provide an enhanced TV viewing experience on multiple devices, including the latest Nokia phones.

Ericsson is introducing an innovative solution that allows users to get discounts on mobile call rates of up to 99 percent based on the network load at their location. Ericsson’s Dynamic Discount solution is designed to make communication more affordable for African users in low-income markets.

ARM announces that LG Electronics has licensed ARM technology to power its digital TV (DTV) development revolution.

Yahoo! announced the pilot launch of Yahoo! My Display Ads, a self-serve display ad solution designed to help small and medium-sized businesses easily reach their target audiences on Yahoo! and its extended network of partner sites.

Nortel announced that it, its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited (NNL) and certain of NNL’s subsidiaries, including Nortel Networks, have entered into a “stalking horse” asset sale agreement with Nokia Siemens Networks B. V. (NSN) for the sale of substantially all of its CDMA business and LTE Access assets for US$650 million.

The University of Toronto’s SciNet Consortium, Compute Canada, and IBM announced the completion of a new supercomputer facility at SciNet that has a peak processing power of more than 300 trillion calculations per second, making it Canada’s most powerful supercomputer and one of the most powerful and energy-efficient supercomputers in the world.

IBM and Siemens PLM Software announced offerings that help companies improve the management of products throughout their lifecycle - from design and manufacturing to end-of-life planning and recycling - and simplify the process of sharing key product data and manufacturing plans.

HP and Alcatel-Lucent signed a relationship agreement establishing both parties’ intent to form a 10-year global alliance to help customers leverage the convergence of telecommunication and IT.