A Restaurant in France uses Augmented Reality 3D while you wait your order. Video.

A restaurant in France uses augmented reality projecting on 3D over the table to entertain its customers while they wait for their orders. An excellent idea of good taste using latest technology for business. Sure you will enjoy much more your meal.

LTE: France: Bouygues Telecom VoLTE to launch in 2015. Ericsson selected.

Francisco De Jesùs.

In the latest of a rash of VoLTE announcements, French carrier Bouygues Telecom said it would start carrying the first voice and video calls over LTE later this year with a view to commercial launch of the service in 2015.

Bouygues talked up the benefits of the service such as HD (high definition) voice, which is significantly clearer than conventional voice, along with shorter call set-up times and enriched IP-based communication services such as video calling.

Swedish vendor Ericsson has been selected to provide key components of the IMS solution for VoLTE including the Multimedia Telephony Application Server, Session Border Gateway, Home Subscriber Server and User Profile Gateway, as well as software upgrades to the installed base of Ericsson LTE radio access network and Ericsson Evolved Packet Core.

Ericsson has also been chosen to complete the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network integration in its multi-vendor environment and thereby guarantee network reliability and service quality for Bouygues.

Jean-Paul Arzel, head of the networks division at Bouygues, said: “Bouygues Telecom is proving the capabilities of its 4G/LTE network to support the latest advanced technologies and services. Commercial service roll-out is scheduled for 2015 and our network will be carrying the first voice and video calls over LTE later this year.”

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France: Kite International Meeting now live. Video and Pics.

Francisco De Jesùs.

On the beach north of the French city Berck-sur-Mer 28 is taking place the  Kite International Meeting, that started this Saturday 13th.  An event that will run until April 21 live.

Children and adults enjoy this annual show that also attracts hundreds of tourists who love kites:

Video: The World's Most Powerful Electronic Motorcycle.

Francisco De Jesùs.

This is the World's most powerful electric motorbike. It is a concept model which is engineered in Monaco and made in France. Powered by the first Voxan electric motor with permanent magnets and liquid cooling, Wattman delivers 200 horsepower. 

• Type: Electric Power Cruiser, single seater
• Technology : Lithium Ion
• Energy : 12.8 kWh

• Electric motor

  • Max. power : 200 HP  (from 7,500 rpm to 10,500 rpm)
  • Max. torque : 200Nm (from 0 to 6,000 rpm)
  • Max. motor speed : 10,500 rpm

  • Body

    • Frame : structural battery packaging and self-supporting motor casing
    • Front suspension : 43 mm inverted fork
    • Rear suspension : dual swingarms, dual shock absorbers
    • Rims : carbon 18”
    • Tyres: Michelin Commander II
    • Fron :t 130/70/18
    • Rear : 240/40/18
    • Front brakes : 4 discs (230mm diameter) – 4 piston calipers (Beringer 4D System)
    • Rear brakes : Disc (230mm diameter) – 2 piston caliper (Beringer)

    • Transmission

      • 35 mm timing belt

      • Performances

        • Max. speed : 170 kph
        • 0-100 : 3.4 s
        • 0-160 : 5.9 s 
        • Range
          • 180 km (according to NEDC standard cycle)
          • Charging time : < 30 minutes (quick charge at 80%)

          • Dimensions

            • Length : 2,350 mm
            • Height : 1,015 mm
            • Width : 815 mm
            • Wheelbase : 1,705 mm
          • Charger plug : Combo II
          • Weight : 350 kg

Voxan
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LTE: France: SFR to launch services in November.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

LTE: France: SFR to launch services in November.

French mobile operator SFR plans to launch 4G LTE service on 28 November this year. The operator had earlier scheduled the launch in early 2013 but now it has advanced the launch date. SFR will introduce LTE first in Lyon followed by other cities.

Operator had started 4G deployments during this year including Lyon and Montpellier and currently doing advanced pilot.

SFR also announced that its 3G+ (HSPA) network now covers 98.6% of the population and will reach the level of 99.3% population at the end of 2013. Operator also plans to provide Dual Carrier HSDPA + (DC-HSDPA+) coverage to 60% of the population by the end of 2012. Operator had started DC-HSDPA + deployments in 2011.

Video: French wine growers get help using satellite technology.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

Video: French wine growers get help using satellite technology.

Wine growers in the south of France are using satellite technology to observe their vines as they ripen, leading to targeted harvesting and a higher quality product.

The annual grape harvest has begun in France's celebrated Chateauneuf-du-Pape wine region. Oenologists like Didier Robert have high hopes for this year's vintages.

DIDIER ROBERT, OENOLOGIST: "This is a really pretty white wine from Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Very fruity and with good freshness. This is the style we are looking for." ... and they're looking for it from above. A number of French vintners are now using satellite imaging to ensure optimum quality of the wines they produce. The service, called Oenoview, scans the terrain and provides computer-generated images, which indicate variations in the vines and soil type. This helps wine growers gauge ripeness in different areas of the vineyard so that harvesting happens at the most favorable time. Cedric Hallereau, manager at the Cooperative Wine Institute, says it's not just harvesting that benefits, but also pruning and fertilizing.

CEDRIC HALLEREAU, VINEYARD MANAGER AND WINE-GROWING CONSULTANT AT THE CO-OPERATIVE WINE INSTITUTE "We can see color differences which allow us to target our actions in the vineyard, to see what these different zones have to do with the quality of the grape, to be able to separate them during the harvest and then also to be able to use this map for fertilizing, pruning and removing buds and so on." The Fortia Chateau vineyard in Chateauneuf-du-Pape uses the technology on its entire 31 hectare estate at a cost of 5,000 euros a year. Manager Pierre Pastre says it's money well spent.

PIERRE PASTRE, MANAGER OF THE FORTIA CHATEAU IN CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE: "Thanks to the mapping of this plot, we have been able to prune quite severely in February/March this year, and just adjusting the numbers of bunches in June/July by so-called 'green picking'. So now we can take the benefit to have a very nice bunch of grapes." About 30 wine-growers use Oenoview in France, and the concept is being exported to Canada, Morocco, Greece and Japan. And soon, sipping a glass of fine wine may produce a much more predictable finish.

DIDIER ROBERT, OENOLOGIST: "The map will help us to obtain this result every year because we can choose the right vineyard to elaborate the right style of wine." ... which for both growers and consumers adds up to the perfect combination.

France: Orange has begun offering NFC-enabled SIM cards nationwide.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

Orange enabled NFC sim card.

France: Orange has begun offering NFC-enabled SIM cards nationwide.

French incumbent Orange has begun offering NFC-enabled SIM cards nationwide in preparation for what it calls the “mass deployment”  of mobile contactless services. The UpTeq NFC SIM cards are supplied by Gemalto and  are the first SIMs on the market to offer the same security level as chip-based payment or smart cards, the firms said.

Orange, which claims to be the first European operator to roll out this technology on a national scale, said it plans to rent slots on the SIMs to service providers, including banks, retailers and transport providers, which is in line with the GSMA’s suggested model of NFC service operation.

“The solution will allow any service provider to dynamically manage its own security domain in the card and to load, personalise and update its related NFC applications remotely over time,” Orange said.

In adopting this stance, Orange places the burden of innovation and uptake on the service providers. Earlier this year the firm’s director for contactless services, Vincent Barnaud, told Telecoms.com that Orange had run successful trials with hotels, airlines and car rental companies and that the firm believed the “service providers are ready to go if and when there is a customer base ready to use NFC.”

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France: Q1 2012: Free Mobile signs up 2.6M subscribers.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesùs.

France: Q1 2012: Free Mobile signs up 2.6M subscribers.

Iliad’s Free Mobile – the low-cost French operator launched at the beginning of the year – revealed today that it had signed up 2.6 million subscribers by the end of Q1, claiming to have captured nearly 4 percent of the French mobile market in just 80 days.

The firm highlighted figures to show that the total French market had grown by 854,000 subscribers in Q1, suggesting that Free Mobile’s 2.6 million customers included a substantial number of defections from rivals. Market-leader Orange France lost 615,000 mobile customers following Free’s launch on 10 January.

Free offers two ‘no-contract’ plans: EUR2/month for 60 minutes of voice calls and EUR19.99/month for unlimited voice, SMS, MMS and Internet. It said that its subscriber base at the end of Q1 was “distributed evenly between the two plans, between the Free community and newcomers, and between subscriptions with mobile number portability and those with a new phone number assigned.”

“With its commercial and price innovations, Free Mobile has liberated conventions and galvanised a market that had been at a standstill for many long years,” the operator added in a statement.

The firm also did well in its traditional fixed broadband business, surpassing 5 million subscribers for the first time. It added 191,000 new subs in the period, which it said accounted for “well over” half of all the country’s broadband net additions.

Iliad’s total Q1 revenue rose 29 percent to EUR655.7 million, ahead of the EUR594-628 million range predicted in a Reuters analysts’ poll. This included EUR97.5 million of revenue from the new mobile business.

France: Virgin Mobile becomes full Orange France MVNO .

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

France: Virgin Mobile becomes full Orange France MVNO .

France Telecom-Orange will allow Virgin Mobile to run on its network in France as full MVNO. Omea Telecom-owned Virgin Mobile will begin to operate on the network in a few months.

 Virgin Mobile will use its own core network components and interconnection equipment while using the Orange radio network. Virgin Mobile previously ran on Orange’s network as a light MVNO using solely Orange’s infrastructure.

LTE : France increases auction reserve, prioritises rural coverage

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

The French government has given the go-ahead for operators to submit bids for LTE spectrum. Within the bidding guidelines the government has increased the reserve bid level from €2 billion to €2.5 billion, and made the installation of LTE base stations in rural areas a priority.

The telecoms regulator, Arcep, has stated that the more desirable 800MHz band will be divided into 14 lots, but will not be awarded until early in 2012, while the 2.6GHz frequencies will be split into four blocks and awarded in October.

By dividing the 800MHz band in so many parts, the government is attempting to stop heavyweights like France Telecom from dominating the bidding for this valuable spectrum, and hopes that Bouygues Telecom and new-comer Iliad will have adequate finances to enter the fray.

Arcep has also set ambitious coverage targets with successful bidders being required to cover 98 per cent of the French population within 12 years, rising to 99.6 per cent within 15 years for those with 800MHz spectrum. For those with 2.6GHz licences, the coverage requirement is only 75 per cent of the population within 15 years.

The catch for any bidder will be providing rural coverage, which comprises 63 per cent of the country but only 18 per cent of the population. Arcep has called for operators to make this a priority, as has been seen in Germany, and is looking to assist operators with measures to encourage network and spectrum-sharing agreements to meet rural deployment schedules.

HP webOS notebook codename "Nova Dartfish" Pre AT&T keyboardless,

WorldWide  Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

This is hard to translate from the original french but here we go:

The log above dated 14 April, we learned that the machine in question 

·         "PlatformVersion": "Nova Dartfish : Aboard advanced webOS version 3.0.0 nommmée dartfish

·         "Screenwidth" 1024, "screenheight": 768: has a 1024x768 resolution as the TouchPad

·         "KeyboardAvailable": true: has a physical keyboard but that is not a slider .... amazing!

·         "SwappableBattery": false : no removable battery.

The log above corresponds to an evolution of a Pre: 

·         "KeyboardAvailable": false: no physical keyboard

·         "MinimumCardHeight": 30: with an area that displays the logical virtual keyboard (the height of the cards would be minimized to reveal a virtual keyboard).

·         "SwappableBattery": false: no removable battery

·         "CarrierName": "ATT" : The network used is AT & T telephone operator cheerful Palm in general.

and in the log above that of May 11 and from the U.S., England and Canada, which will carry three HP Pre webOS 2.2.0. 

All these information seem consistent with what had been announced HP: Create webOS boarding machines according to many form factors to please the greatest number. 

And you, tempts you, a physical keyboard and touchpad with a smartphone with full virtual keyboard

SSource: palmpre france

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HP webOS TouchPad and Veer present at the 64th Festival de Cannes in France.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

HP will be present at the 64th Festival de Cannes with an onsite gifting of the HP webOS TouchPad and the Veer.

"The Variety Studio @ Stella Artois Lounge's VIP guests are sure to remain tres chic in Cannes, as they will experience exclusive onsite gifting with the latest in HP communications technology, providing the new HP TouchPad tablet and the HP Veer, the innovative small but powerful smartphone powered by HP webOS."

 Press Release:

The French Riviera serves as the backdrop for the fifth installment of The Variety Studio, Variety's wildly popular festival-filmmaker video series featuring memorable interviews with indie and award-winning directors, actors, writers and producers.

Between Friday, May 13th and Tuesday, May 17th, The Variety Studio @ Stella Artois Lounge will be on location at the 2011 Festival de Cannes in Cannes, France. Stationed at the Carlton Beach in the heart of the famed Cannes Croisette, interviews with marquee talent attending the festival, conducted by Variety's own editorial team, will be streamed on Variety.com; visitors can also find daily editorial write-ups of the happenings from each day online and in the live Cannes Show Dailies Variety produces at the festival.

To give even more access to viewers back in the U.S., interview footage will also be made available to The Variety Studio @ Stella Artois Lounge's new broadcast partner, Entertainment Tonight - the most watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world and the longest-running entertainment news program in the U.S.

The Variety Studio @ Stella Artois Lounge's VIP guests are sure to remain tres chic in Cannes, as they will experience exclusive onsite gifting with the latest in HP communications technology, providing the new HP TouchPad tablet and the HP Veer, the innovative small but powerful smartphone powered by HP webOS; an array of the newest designer sunglasses from SOLSTICE Sunglass Boutique including Alexander McQueen, Carrera, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Hugo Boss, Marc Jacobs and Tommy Hilfiger and the latest 2011 collection of elegant Jaeger-LeCoultre Watches, extolling the timeless blending of film, culture and Cannes.

 Additionally, named Stella after the Latin word for "star", there is no better place than Cannes for Stella Artois, the Studio's Presenting Partner, who will be providing Studio visitors with warm hospitality and perfectly poured premium lager in their namesake lounge.

The Variety Studio has been tremendously successful at previous film festivals over the last 5 years. Past interviews include: Ben Affleck, Orlando Bloom, James Brolin, Pierce Brosnan, Don Cheadle, Chris Cooper, Marion Cotillard, Jessie Eisenberg, Edie Falco, James Franco, Dakota Fanning, Ryan Gosling, Jon Hamm, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tommy Lee Jones, Ashton Kutcher, Juliette Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Laura Linney, Melissa Leo, Chris Rock, Geoffrey Rush, Kristen Stewart, Marisa Tomei, Michelle Williams and filmmakers Scott Cooper, Danny Boyle and Joel Schumacher among others.

For additional inquiries please contact Max Danielson at Rogers and Cowan: mdanielson@rogersandcowan.com (818/424-5837).

About Variety:

Variety is the leading publication for business entertainment news, recognized and respected throughout the world of show business. The Variety Group – Daily Variety, Daily Variety Gotham, Weekly Variety and Variety.com – are all owned by Reed Business Information (RBI), the largest business publisher in the U.S.  RBI is a member of the Reed Elsevier Group plc (NYSE: RUK and ENL). www.variety.com

About Stella Artois:

Stella Artois is part of a Belgian brewing tradition dating back to 1366. It is the number one selling Belgian beer in the world and is present in over 80 countries.  Featuring the best ingredients, including celebrated Saaz hops, its full flavor and clean, crisp taste make Stella Artois the optimum premium lager.  The art and science of enjoying Stella Artois begins with a beautiful, specially crafted chalice, and continues with the 9-step pouring ritual that allows the beer to flow, breathe, and develop a pristine head.    

Stella Artois is proud to be an Official Partner of the 64th Festival de Cannes.  For more information, visit www.stellaartois.com  

Press contact:Laura Vallis+1 (917) 386-8216laura.vallis@ab-inbev.com

About HP:

HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure at the convergence of the cloud and connectivity, creating seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for a connected world. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.

About Solstice Sunglass Boutique:

SOLSTICE is an upscale sunglass specialty chain owned and operated by Solstice Marketing Concepts (SMC), LLC, the New York City based subsidiary of the renowned Italian designer eyewear manufacturer Safilo Group.  There are over 160 SOLSTICE Sunglass Boutiques and SOLSTICE Sunglass Outlet stores nationwide along with a new on-line store. SOLSTICE offers one of the largest selections of designer sunglasses of any department store or sunglass specialty retailer with over 1,000 pairs from which to choose in a variety of price points. Highly coveted brands available at SOLSTICE locations include: Armani Exchange, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Carrera, Dior, Dior Homme, Emporio Armani, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Hugo Boss, Jimmy Choo, Juicy Couture, Kate Spade, Marc Jacobs, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Tommy Hilfiger, Valentino and Yves Saint Laurent, to name a few.  For general information, store locations and on-line purchases, visit www.SOLSTICEsunglasses.com

Press Contacts:
LFB Media Group	SOLSTICE Sunglass Boutique
Filippa Svensson/Terry Wei	Eden Wexler/Kelley Hayes
646-202-1595/646-455-0042	973-576-2552/973-576-2553
filippa@lfbmediagroup.com	edenw@safilousa.com
terry@lfbmediagroup.com	kelleyh@safilousa.com

About Jaeger-LeCoultre:

A major player in watchmaking history since 1833, Jaeger-LeCoultre is the first Manufacture to have been established in the Vallee de Joux, Switzerland. It played a pioneering role by uniting the full range of technical and artistic professions under one roof and made an indelible imprint on the watchmaking development of the entire region. The Manufacture has an impressive range of world firsts, superlative creations and legendary models to its credit, including the Reverso, the Duoplan, the Master Control, the Memovox Polaris, the Gyrotourbillon and the Atmos. Guided by time-honored know-how and a constant quest for technical enhancements, the master-watchmakers, engineers and technicians craft each watch in harmony with the same passion. Each masterpiece, heir to 178 years of expertise, calls for the exercise of no less than 40 professions and benefits from cutting-edge technologies while being crafted in harmony with the noblest traditions of the Vallee de Joux. Building on a vast heritage encompassing over 1,200 calibres and over 300 registered patents, Jaeger-LeCoultre remains the reference in high-end watchmaking.

Jaeger-LeCoultre has long established relations with the world of cinema. Being the official partner of the Venice International Film Festival for the seventh consecutive year, Jaeger-LeCoultre shares the common devotion to the arts heritage.

In 2011, Jaeger-LeCoultre becomes also official partner and timekeeper of the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival, the largest and most influential international film festival in Asia-Pacific.

www.jaeger-lecoultre.com

About Entertainment Tonight:

The foremost authority on breaking entertainment news since its debut, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT is the No. 1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world. The show entered its 30th season on September 13, 2010.

Since its inception, ET has broadcast more than 7,700 daily shows — a television milestone by any standard. Widely regarded as a staple of American culture and the "most-watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world," ET is a broadcast phenomenon with U.S. versions appearing in China, France and Australia. In addition, Canada has its own version of the show.

PRESS CONTACTS:

Max Danielson, 818-424-5837

mdanielson@rogersandcowan.com

SOURCE Variety         

France: Vodafone sell to Vivendi its stake at SFR

WorldWideTech & SCience. Francisco De Jesús.



Vodafone Group announced the long-anticipated disposal of its 44 percent stake in French operator SFR, selling to co-shareholder Vivendi for EUR7.75 billion (£6.8 billion) in cash, with a final dividend of EUR200 million also due on completion of the transaction.


Vodafone and SFR will subsequently enter into a 'Partner Market' agreement, which will maintain their commercial co-operation – in a statement, Vivendi said this will run “for a further three years.”


The transaction is subject to regulatory approval, and is expected to close by the end of June 2011.


Vittorio Colao, CEO of Vodafone , said that “our Board remains committed to realising maximum value from our non-controlled assets. 


The sale of our stake in SFR, at an attractive multiple, represents a further step in the execution of this strategy.”

France: Acer Iconia Tab A500 launch April 4th at EU 499.-

WorldWideTech & SCience. Francisco De Jesús.

According to Tablette-Tactile the Acer Iconia Tab A500 is about to launch in France this April 4th, at EU 499.-


Not clear who is going to carry and sell the device yet.


These are the tablet specifications: 


MarqueAcer > CARACTERISTIQUES GENERALES 
 DimensionN/C
 PoidsN/C
 OSAndroid Honeycomb (3.0)
 Batterie3 cellules
 Mémoire interne32 Go 
 Lecteur de carte 
µSD 
 CPUNvidia Tegra 2 double coeur 1GHz
 RAM1GO Chipset graphique-
 GPS 
  > AFFICHAGE 
 Résolution1280 x 800 rétroéclairage 
 Taille10,1 pouces
 Type d'écranTN 
 Multipoint
> MULTIMEDIA
APN (résolution)
5 Mp FlashN/C Webcam
1,3 Mp Vidéo (résolution, formats) 
  > CONNECTIQUES 
 Réseau 
 Bluetooth Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n USB HDMI 
  > AUTRES 
 Accessoires FournisNC 
 ApplicationsAndroid Market Autres-
 2 ports USB

LTE: French operators to start LTE tests

WorldWideTech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

Arcep, the French regulator, has given the go-ahead for local operators to begin testing “ultra high-speed mobile” networks using 800MHz and 2.6GHz spectrum, ahead of auctions next year. “To help stakeholders lay the groundwork for these new networks, Arcep is issuing temporary authorizations for specific locations to allow the players who so desire to conduct technical trials,” said the regulator in a statement.


 Although Arcep did not specify the technology to be used, referring only to it as '4G', LTE is likely to be the main focus. “Several dozen” trials in the 2.6GHz band have already been authorized, while the first “temporary authorization” for an 800MHz trial was announced last month (with more on the way).


 Arcep promised that “complete details” of the authorized tests will be submitted to candidates interested in acquiring the long-term 800MHz and 2.6GHz licenses, prior to the deadline for submitting their applications. “The spectrum is expected to be awarded to the winning candidates in the first half of 2011, and so paving the way for the introduction of ultra high-speed mobile services in the coming years,” the regulator said.


The initial allocation of 2.6GHz licenses are focused on the more common FDD variant of LTE; Arcep said that the deadline for requests to perform trials using the 'unpaired' TDD variant of LTE "has been extended by several months."


The regulator did not state which firms were in the frame to start testing the new networks, but the country’s three main operators – Orange, SFR and Bouygues – are likely to be among the candidates.


Operators in Germany have already started rolling out LTE networks using 800 MHz spectrum, concentrating mainly in rural areas underserved by fixed-line broadband. By contrast, the pioneering LTE networks in Nordic countries such as Sweden are using 2.6GHz spectrum and are focused on urban centers.


Source: http://www.mobilebusinessbriefing.com/article/france-operators-to-test-4g-networks

Via: http://www.arcep.fr/