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Kyocera announced its plan to showcase the industry’s first Long Term Evolution (LTE) micro base station at Mobile World Congress (MWC), taking place February 15-18 in Barcelona, Spain.  Kyocera’s prototype LTE micro base station weighs less than 26.5 pounds (12 kg) with a volume of 12 liters, and offers 8 watts of transmit power, a fraction of typical macro base stations. Designed to address gaps in coverage and overloaded network “hot spots,” the micro base stations function cooperatively with existing macro base stations in highly scalable “heterogeneous” networks. This is enabled by Kyocera’s pioneering work in the development of interference-mitigation technology. The company is a leading contributor of such technology to the 3GPP.

“LTE networks are capable of offering rich content and amazing features, but only if coverage is consistent and provides reliable multi-megabit-per-second speeds for all consumers,” said Junichi Jinno, Executive Officer & General Manager of Kyocera’s Corporate R&D Group for Equipment and Systems. “Kyocera’s micro and macro base stations are the industry’s best, most cost-efficient tools for operators to implement and fine-tune a network that delivers on this promise.”

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Kyocera has launched the Kyocera Laylo and Domino handsets at MetroPC. The Laylo is an eye-catching red “slider” with a soft-touch finish and a reflective twist – sliding it open reveals a hidden vanity mirror. Domino is a bar-style phone that also comes in red and sports features beyond the norm at its entry-level price point.

Laylo boasts a 2.2-inch contoured high-resolution display, a 1.3 megapixel camera and a discrete vanity mirror revealed when the phone is opened. Inside, the phone sports a large keypad with excellent tactile and visual separation of the keys for faster, easier typing. Laylo features Bluetooth 2.0 wireless technology, a WAP 2.0 browser, BREW 3.1.5 and both multimedia and instant messaging. Also included are wallpaper and ringtone shuffle, room for 500 contacts with five numbers each, powerful speakerphone with dedicated function key, and productivity tools including alarm, calculator, scheduler, stopwatch, tip calculator and more. In keeping with Kyocera’s long history of environmental responsibility, Laylo includes a paperless user guide pre-loaded into the phone.

Domino is a streamlined bar-style phone that’s a breeze to use with its large display, roomy keypad and large, legible fonts. It has robust sound quality and includes Bluetooth 2.0 wireless technology, a WAP 2.0 browser, BREW 3.1.5 and virtually all of the other convenience and productivity features found in the Laylo.

The Laylo and Domino support a full suite of features and applications offered by MetroPCS, including: Pocket Express for delivery of user-customized content including news, sports, weather and more; mail@metro for accessing e-mail on your phone; Metro411 for unlimited directory assistance; MetroBACKUPsm for automatic backup of contact directories, Mobile IM for instant messaging and myMetro® to manage your MetroPCS account.

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The sporty Kyocera Adreno S2400 clamshell phone focuses on “retro cool” with a tactile finish and curved edges. High-contrast colors on the large keypad and a large 1.8-inch display make it easy for dialing and texting. The phone also features MP3 ringtones and an external caller ID display.

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Targeting consumers who wants an affordable clamshell phone. The new Kyocera Mako S4000 offers a color external display and tempered edges that make it easy to flip open. Inside is a large, graduated keypad and a vibrant 1.8-inch display. The phone features Bluetooth, a VGA camera, WAP 2.0 and Brew 3.1.5.

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The Neo E1100 stands apart because of a brilliant light-pipe that is an integral part of the phone’s external housing. As calls or messages are received, the light-pipe comes to life, along with a hidden OLED caller-ID display. Other features include Bluetooth 2.0, speaker-independent voice recognition and a 1.3-megapixel camera with dedicated side-key controls.

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