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Blog posts tagged
"Press releases"


Canonical
16 July 2013

MTN Group joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

Phone and tablet News

The newest member of Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group is MTN Group, Africa’s largest multinational mobile telecoms provider operating in 21 countries across the region. MTN has a significant number of  business customers who can benefit from Ubuntu’s convergence and security capabilities. Pieter Verkade, Chief Commercial Officer at MTN Group ...


Canonical
11 July 2013

Verizon Wireless joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

Phone and tablet News

Verizon Wireless is the latest member to join the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group. Verizon Wireless is the largest mobile network operator in the US and being able to work closely with them gives us an opportunity to shape Ubuntu into the most compelling new, alternative platform for mobile.  Samir Vaidya from the Device Technology team ...


Canonical
8 July 2013

China Unicom joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

Phone and tablet News

We’re delighted that China Unicom has joined the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group to shape the priorities of the Ubuntu team delivering our mobile experience. China Unicom is among the world’s largest mobile operators and has nearly 300 million mobile subscribers. Li Xingxin at China Unicom’s terminal research and support center comments; “U ...


Canonical
3 July 2013

Smartfren joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

Phone and tablet News

Today we can announce PT Smartfren Telecom as the newest member of the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group. The CAG is a forum for mobile operators to influence the development of Ubuntu for smartphones. Smartfren is the largest mobile internet provider in Indonesia, an important market for the Ubuntu smartphone. Richard Tan Deputy CEO at Smart ...


Canonical
18 June 2013

Formation of Carrier Advisory Group for Ubuntu mobile development

Phone and tablet News

Canonical announces Carrier Advisory Group (CAG) with founding members: Deutsche Telekom, Everything Everywhere, Korea Telecom, Telecom Italia, LG UPlus, Portugal Telecom, SK Telecom and the leading Spanish international carrier. CAG is a forum for mobile operators to influence the development of Ubuntu for smartphones. Canonical today an ...


Canonical
25 April 2013

Ubuntu 13.04 delivers OpenStack with high availability, scalable storage and big data deployment capabilities

Ubuntu News

Ubuntu 13.04 offers a complete solution for building highly available, flexible and secure OpenStack production clouds with scale out storage, networking and compute capabilities. ...


Canonical
21 March 2013

Canonical and Chinese standards body announce Ubuntu collaboration

Desktop News

CSIP defines a new reference architecture for standard operating systems in China CSIP, Canonical and NUDT from the CCN Open Source Innovation Joint Lab to further that standard CCN Joint Lab will produce Ubuntu Kylin, with first release expected in conjunction with Ubuntu 13.04 in April 2013. London and Beijing, 21 March 2013: The China ...


Canonical
11 March 2013

Canonical announces certification and support for the latest Dell PowerEdge servers

Ubuntu News

Canonical today announced that it has signed a collaborative engineering agreement with Dell to support Ubuntu 12.04 LTS across the full range of Dell’s latest 12th generation PowerEdge Servers for Ubuntu Advantage customers. Over 45 Dell PowerEdge Servers have been certified by Canonical for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Customers who buy the Ubuntu ...


Canonical
19 February 2013

Ubuntu unveils tablet experience with multi-tasking

Ubuntu News

Unique ‘side stage’ multi-tasking puts phone and tablet apps on a single tablet screen Secure enterprise tablets with full disk encryption, multiple secure user accounts and standard management tool that covers Ubuntu server, PC and touch Unique convergence across all four form factors: a phone can provide tablet, TV and PC interfaces whe ...


Canonical
1 February 2013

Ubuntu tablet press pack

Phone and tablet News

Ubuntu is a popular desktop OS that now offers a touch-based tablet interface, using gestures from all four edges of the screen to deliver a more immersive experience. It uniquely enables convergence of the mobile and PC worlds, boasting a stunning interface and a rich developer ecosystem. Press and media assets You can find more ...


Graham Bancroft
1 February 2013

Media FAQ for press pack: tablet

Ubuntu Article

What is Canonical announcing? What makes it so different from anything available on the market today? What is the target market for Ubuntu tablets? Is it simply a ‘blown-up’ version of the phone OS? Is there a version of Ubuntu for every device now? Which markets will Ubuntu be available in and when? How will ...


Canonical
2 January 2013

Ubuntu comes to the phone, with a beautifully distilled interface and a unique full PC capability when docked

Desktop News

Leading open PC platform with huge global following announces mobile version for network operators, OEMs and silicon vendors Fast, beautiful interface for entry level smartphones Unique PC experience on superphones when docked with a monitor, keyboard and mouse Ubuntu raises the bar for mobile UI design, for richer and more immersive apps ...