In 1946, a Japanese company named Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. was founded by two radio technicians. The name translates to Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation. It’s the first company ever in Japan to manufacture a tape recorder named, the Type-G. Ever since the company Sony Corporation, as it is now known throughout the world, has grown into one of the world’s largest media conglomerate operating as Sony Corporation (Sony Electronics in the US), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Sony Financial Holdings.
Sony Ericsson is a leading brand that undertakes developing and manufacturing consumer electronics pertaining to personal entertainment, and communication devices. It manufactures popular brand of cell phone and PDA cum cell phones, popularly known as Smart Phones. The company also manufactures connectivity add-on hardware designed for use with cell phones and desktop as well as portable computers. The company has recently developed and launched the Sony Ericsson GC89 wireless network connectivity card. The add-on card can be used with laptops or even with desktops having the PCMCIA interface built into the system.
The card supports Quad-band GSM network standards including the frequencies 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. The card can connect to GSM, GPRS, and EDGE technology enabled networks. The EDGE technology version 1.2 supports high data transfer. The download or downlink speed is measured to be at 246.7 kbps and the upload or uplink speed to be at 123 kbps. The card can also connect to WiFi enabled networks as it supports the popular and now widely supported 802.11b and 802.11g standards. |
