Huawei, today announced that Saudi Telecom, the largest service provider in Saudi Arabia, has selected Huawei to deploy the first WiMAX 802.16e-based network in the Middle East, covering major cities including Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.
Under this agreement, Huawei will design and deploy an end-to end WiMAX 802.16e network, including Base Station, Access Service Network Gateway, Network Management System, as well as an Authorization, Authentication and Accounting system.
Council of Ministers, August 24th, 2007.
Commission on the release of the French growth
The Minister for the Economy, Finances and Employment presented a decree establishing a commission on the release of the French growth.
This commission, whose creation was announced on June 20th by the President of the Republic, is charged to examine the conditions of a release of the French growth, like it was done in 1960 by the committee of experts which had published the “Report of the Committee for the removal of the obstacles to the economic expansion” of Jacques Rueff and Louis Armand.
Last week-end, we’ve enjoyed a rollerskating session at SMP on Saturday (August 18th) and a MTB ride in 嘉定 (Jiādìng) on Sunday (August 19th).
The last X Games 13 occurred in Los Angeles, California at the Staples Center and the Home Depot Center, on August 2-5, 2007.
Apart from awesome tricks & performances, the most incredible thing is the 15 meters high slam of Jake Brown:
Hi all!
An "old" news, thanx to Mathieu 
I still don’t know if I have to categorize this post in "Tech corner" or "Jokes from China"…
52 Million People in China May Subscribe TD-SCDMA Mobile Phone in 2011
2007-6-15 - According to In-Stat Group, a research company in the United States, TD-SCDMA, the 3G specification in China, is likely to result in a significant growth opportunity for China.
As TD-SCDMA penetrates, Chinese companies will advance technical development and consequently own more patents. As a result, the value of both patent royalties and manufacturing costs that Chinese companies are paying will lower.
Due to the sluggish technical development of the specifications, however, licensing has lagged behind. In-Stat Group analyzes that "The Chinese government considers promoting the diffusion of TD-SCDMA rather than W-CDMA and CDMA2000, but the current TD-SCDMA specification at a test phase is far behind the marketable stage."
According to the company’s press release, if China Mobile Ltd. of China acquires a TD-SCDMA license, TD-SCDMA mobile phone subscribers in China will rapidly increase in 2008 forward and reach 52 million people in 2011.
However, In-Stat Group forecasts the development of TD-SCDMA mobile phone handsets will lag behind the development of telecom facility systems. This is primarily because of issues related to consumption power and seamless switch of dual modes, the company explained.
If you are living in China, you know how it is embarrassing to make international calls… 
Several solutions exist:
On PC or PDA：
SkypeOut or other Internet VoIP providers
On fixed and mobile phones:
- Buy IP card
- Activate IDD calls (China Mobile requires a minimum credit of 500rmb on your account when you ask for this service, and they will automatically deactivate it one month later…)
- Callback systems like Expat Telecom
But, there is a new service launched one month ago by China Mobile:
International VoIP long distance calls!
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Microsoft slashed the price on its Windows Vista in China by more than half, in a bid to lure buyers away from pirated versions of the software.
From Aug. 1, Microsoft cut its retail price for the Vista Home Basic package to CNY499 ($66) from CNY1,521, and for the Vista Home Premium package to CNY899 from CNY1802, the company said in a statement.
The reduction will allow more household customers "to enjoy the legal version of Windows Vista," Microsoft said.
The price cut is the latest tactic by Microsoft in its efforts to spread legitimate products in the China market, which is a hotbed for software piracy.
