Mobile Internet: the Orange flows are the best

The thirteenth edition of the surveyon the quality of mobile networks is available. Let's take ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

The authority of telecom us some figures on the quality of mobile networks in order to ensure that the consumer can use his mobile phone under good conditions. Various tests were carried out on the field with a new feature this year, adding measures of Web browsing.

As in previous years, the GSM network used for voice is always good, whether inside or outside a building or traveling in a vehicle. For cons, the quality degrades compared to last year when communication in TGV or on motorways in France, with significant differences between operators. Good for calls in the suburban trains and trams for their benefiting from a better result with an increase in the quality and maintains the communication of 2 to 4%.

A large disparity in average rates was observed between operators

The following figures were established via the 3G dongles for different operators, where the fastest downloads reach more than 9.2 Mbit / s and 3 Mbit / s when sending files. For the average flow is the order of 3 Mbit / s (40% better than the previous survey) and 1.3 Mbit / s for sending (1.2 Mbit / s above) . However, a large disparity in median flow is observed between the operators, with 4.8 Mbit / s for Orange France, 2.8 Mbit / s for SFR and 1.2 Mbit / s for Bouygues Telecom. What about joining the point made by DegroupTest few weeks ago.

With the new test for Web browsing, ARCEP using smartphones for measures giving amazing results, the average throughput for download is 2.4 Mbit / s against 3 Mbit / s on USB 3G, and 1.4 Mbit / s against 1.3 Mbit / s on USB 3G upload.

The full report of the survey, containing the description of the test protocol and the detailed results of each operator - which is also very well written - is available on the website of the ARCEP. In addition, work should soon extend this survey to departments and territories overseas.

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WD flows 57.8 million hard drives in a quarter

The American manufacturer Western Digital has announced having sold over 57.8 million hard drives these past three months.

Western Digital has just reveal the results of the quarter ended September 30. The American manufacturer has elapsed 57.8 million hard drives on its first quarter fiscal 2012, a sequence of 4 million and 6.8 million annual increase. This allows him to achieve a turnover of $ 2.70 billion. WD also displays solid profits, in the amount of $ 239 million.

The company is expected to very bad results this quarter. WD had to close its Thai plants on 12 October because of flooding in the country. The constructor produces about 60% of its hard drives. WD should produce between 22 and 26 million HDD in the second quarter of 2012. The CA of the society would fall significantly (to achieve a value between 1.05 and 1.25 billion), and losses are anticipated.

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Seagate Momentus XT million flows

The American manufacturer Seagate has sold over a million of its hybrid hard disk drives, the Momentus XT...

The first hybrid hard disk drives had been launched in 2006. Their small amount of memory (about 256 MB) considerably limited their interest, and their success was therefore also very limited. Seagate had revived the concept in May 2010, with its Momentus XT. This 7200 RPM HDD incorporates 4 GB of SLC flash memory. It is significantly more efficient than competing solutions. Only black point is its maximum capacity of 500 GB (when there are now 1 To classical models).

Seagate has just announced have passed more than a million units of this hard disk, which is available in many manufacturers machines (example, Asus ROG G73JH, Sony VAIO VPCSC1AFM/S, Toshiba Satellite E305-S1990X, and Alienware M17X/M18X). IDC analysis firm estimated that approximately 25% sold computers in 2015 will be equipped a hybrid HDD. Seagate can therefore expect to beautiful profits...

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