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News For Tuesday 30th April 2002
The CDMA Development Group today announced the successful conclusion of the 2002 CDMA Latin America Regional Conference, held recently in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Leading manufacturers of mobile appliances have begun switching to microcontrollers developed by major semiconductor makers for the use of mobile appliances.
UbiNetics signs two multi-million dollar deals with US semiconductor companies ~ further strengthens its position with W-CDMA/GPRS/GSM chipset solutions ~
The product will be deployed first in the UK and made available in other countries where Hutchison Whampoa has 3G interests.
Maui, Hawaii will be the first location in the United States to deploy 3G UMTS based technology as Maui Sky Fiberwill begin demonstrating portable broadband wireless Internet access
The solutions will utilize technology and products from each of these leading companies: Eastcom's network and radio infrastructure, Starent Network's packet gateway infrastructure and TELOS' wireless softswitch products and technologies.
PacketVideo Corp. today announced that the company has partnered with NTT DoCoMo to deliver V-Live, a live video streaming service for FOMA (3G) video-enabled mobile phones. The trial service is scheduled to begin on April 26, 2002, targeting enterprise users and consumers.
The two companies will partner and join forces to revolutionize radio designs for wireless phones and devices.
TTI Telecom International Ltd. today announced that it has opened a new Research and Development center in Reading, England tasked to develop TTI Telecom's Netrac 3GOSS products and solutions
NTT DoCoMo & Bouygues Telecom announced that the companies have concluded an agreement under which DoCoMo will license and transfer technologies to Bouygues Telecom for the launch of i-mode(R) service
News For Monday 29th April 2002
SK Telecom and HFR, Inc. have deployed Nomad Access' CELLsim(TM) product for cdma2000 1xEV-DO for evaluation and benchmarking purposes.
Nokia will be a strategic partner for network supply and deployment
in Hutchison's entry into the Austrian market.
Coca-Cola ( Japan ) Company, Limited, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., and Itochu Corporation announced today the nationwide launch from April 2002 of Cmode
ANCR Corporation, AU-System and Beamtrust AS today announced a pilot project enabling consumers to obtain cash from a traditional automated teller machine (ATM) using a mobile phone.
The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System will not be introduced in Poland until 1 January 2005 after initially being scheduled for 1 January 2004.
Wireless game distribution agreement to provide top GameWorld titles to select carriers world-wide and exclusively via nGame's powerful global distribution
network.
Alcatel has announced that it will establish a 3G Reality Center in Kuala Lumpur in the second half of this year.
A HOUSE of Commons committee has fuelled the fire over third generation (3G) mobile phone licences by warning that the £22.5bn fee paid by the industry to the government could stunt growth in the sector.
South Korea's third generation (3G) mobile service market is expected to witness a major battle
The International Telecommunication Union has ratified the CDMA2000 1x EV-DO standard for wireless telecommunication as a 3G ( third-generation ) technology
News For Friday 26th April 2002
The certificates were awarded to LGE’s GSM handsets (Model: LG-510W and W7000) and GPRS color handset (Model: G7000) developed with LGE’s own technologies.
Hong Kong’s six local mobile operators jointly formed the Hong Kong m-Cert Implementation Forum to develop and implement a single mobile digital certificate (m-Cert) standard
AdaptiveInfo today announced that its Adaptive News Browser for QUALCOMM’s Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless™ (BREW™) platform
The service is already available in South Korea, Hong Kong, USA, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Preparations are already underway to begin the same service in Brazil, Mexico and other countries where companies offer services with the cdmaOne™ system.
Airborne Entertainment’s addictive game offering is rounded out by Eternal Hero, the wild role-playing adventure; the definitely “un-Casino” grit and action of Backstreet Betting; as well as PhoneFoot and CrossCheck, hard-hitting, head-to-head versions of soccer and hockey.
Chinese mobile operator Zhejiang MCC and Nokia have signed agreements for the expansion of Zhejiang's GSM network, as well as for trials of Nokia's MMS and micro-payment capabilities.
Ben Nederland B.V. and Nokia have signed a three-year frame agreement for the expansion of Ben's GSM 1800 and GPRS network in the Netherlands.
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. today announced a technical problem with its Mova R211i mobile phone. Sales of this model have been suspended from today, April 26, 2002.
It’s chic, it’s cool and it’s fast. The new Verizon Wireless VX1 by LG Mobile allows users to access Verizon Wireless’ high-speed Express Network with one of the smallest and lightest tri-mode digital phones on the market.
The top mobile carrier in South Korea, one of the world's most enthusiastic users of mobile Internet, has said it might delay its third-generation (3G) mobile services by a year to 2004
Unique provisioning, mediation, customer care and billing specifically tailored to accommodate 3G applications.
News For Thursday 25th April 2002
Qualcomm Inc has posted net income of $43.8m for the second quarter to March 31, down from $109.7m on revenue of $696.1m, down from $717.1m.
Fujitsu and Am-Beo today announced a Global Alliance to explore opportunities in telecoms revenue management.
Tribune Interactive announced that five of its newspaper Web sites are providing news headlines and full-length news stories to AT&T Wireless mMode(SM) users via 2.5G wireless platform.
Starbase Corporation , the leading provider of end-to-end collaborative products for both the development and management of content and code for enterprise and eBusiness applications
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today the launch of a one-to-many video streaming trial service called V-LiveTM.
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will begin licensing patents for its proprietary W-CDMA technology, on which , the world's first third-generation (3G) wireless service, is based.
Faster than a speeding bullet, able to stream video in a single bound, the technology known as 3G is supposed to be just super for cell phones and other wireless devices.
724 Solutions announced availability of its Mobile Internet Gateway which is tuned to empower cost effective access to 2.5G and 3G networks.
RADCOM Ltd. announced that one of Italy's leading mobile telephone operators has selected RADCOM's protocol analyzers for testing and monitoring their existing GPRS and future UMTS networks.
The new mobile phone data service GPRS launched commercially by dozens of wireless telecoms operators has been slow to take off, with just one million Europeans using it at the end of 2001
If you are a 3G wireless operator and you don't deliver the right news, entertainment, and education content, you risk losing the battle for high-margin subscribers.
ARM, announced it has delivered a port of the Symbian OS (operating system) for ARM Powered(R) 2.5 and 3G Smartphone devices to Motorola, Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS).
Intec announced the launch of Inter-activatE™, a carrier-grade application for flow-through provisioning and activation of multiple communications services over mobile, fixed, 3G and IP networks from a single platform.
News For Wednesday 24th April 2002
Next-generation wireless data access technology that will offer mobile subscribers connectivity at speeds up to 16 times faster than today's wireless connection rates is now available for customer field trials from CommWorks
Digital Bridges Ltd., a global pioneer of wireless entertainment services, today announced that it is providing a suite of its most advanced games to AT&T Wireless as part of the carrier's mMode(SM) wireless service.
first ever speaker independent name dialing solution to be embedded in wireless mobile devices.
The SCH-X590 has all the standard features of a high-end mobile phone. These include a 40-chord progression polyphonic ring tone and support for online multimedia services
J-Phone will delay its 3G wireless service to December 2002 due to delays in developing new phones, loacal paper outlined.
The new capability allows operators to launch highly personalized advanced mobile data services that exploit the full capabilities of 2.5G and 3G mobile devices
CHUM Television announced today the launch of MuchMobile - the first Canadian extension of a specialty television brand into the wireless sector.
Tenzing Communications, Inc., the leading inflight connectivity provider, today announced the first successful live demonstration of airborne two-way short messaging service to mobile phones worldwide.
Alcatel today announced it has set up a cooperation with Orange Romania, with the objective to develop 3G/UMTS mobile communications business in Romania.
The alliance makes Moviso and Xing the de facto leading mobile media providers in Japan and the U.S., and is the first international provision of 16-voice ringtones for U.S. mobile phones.
Pelephone, Israel's second largest wireless operator, has selected Nortel Networks to build the country's first CDMA2000 1X third generation (3G) digital wireless network, the companies announced today.
News For Tuesday 23rd April 2002
New CDMA2000 1x Wireless Phone with Color Display and Embedded Camera ( plus photos )
Samsung Electronics has completed development of the world’s first CDMA2000 1X mobile phone (model: SCH-X590) with color display and embedded charge-coupled device (CCD) camera.
Moving to speed the development of next-generation (2.5G and 3G) smart
phones, Motorola's DragonBall microprocessor will port to all versions of the Symbian operating system (OS).
The global market for wireless operations support systems (OSSes)--the IT infrastructure that performs customer care, provisioning, and management functions in wireless networks--will exceed $12.4 billion this year.
Picsel Technologies and Samsung Electronics announced today that Samsung has licensed Picsel's Interactive File Viewer (IFV) based on its innovative ePAGE(TM) architecture to deliver next generation/multimedia
Dutchtone, the Orange SA subsidiary in The Netherlands, has selected Nortel Networks to upgrade its wireless network with GSM and GPRS equipment and services, extending an existing relationship.
As mobile station manufacturers seek easy-to-implement and cost effective paths to upgrade from GSM/GPRS to EDGE networks, Comsys' EDGEware(TM) software based platform offers the answer.
Responding to the increasing demand for higher quality multimedia-rich applications, Symbian and Texas Instruments announced the availability of a Hardware Accelerator API (HWA) in Symbian's OS.
The MMS push delivery manager is designed to enable mobile operators to create push based MMS service packages and generate immediate MMS revenue from launch
Japan may be the birthplace of the new generation mobile phones, but the carriers that offer the service are having teething pains. For years, Japan's three largest cellular phone carriers DoCoMo, KDDI and J-Phone had double-digit sales growth.
Atsana Semiconductor Corp. today unveiled a breakthrough processing architecture that promises to help increase revenue for multimedia wireless device manufacturers
GTRAN Wireless' new DotSurfer 5000 CDMA + Wi-Fi combo card allows mobile professionals to gain access to e-mail from virtually anywhere.
News For Monday 22nd April 2002
Handspring Inc. and AirPrime Inc. today announced that Handspring has selected AirPrime's Helium 1X embedded module platform to power the future CDMA version of Treo
Avian Communications, Inc. and Speedwise Technologies Ltd., the leading vendor of wireless Internet optimization solutions, have announced a strategic partnership to enable wireless service providers to optimize their networks
The awards honor the dedication and achievements of leading companies and individuals in the 3G CDMA industry.
QUALCOMM will transfer certain CDMA2000 1xEV-DO infrastructure designs and ZTE will have the rights to utilize the transferred CDMA2000 1xEV-DO technology in base stations
Vibrant Solutions today announced its launch into the European market with the opening of a London office
Xytrans, Inc. announced the release of its two-way satellite transceiver product line that will help bring high-speed data and Internet access to sparsely populated rural areas.
Today's wireless carriers must increase capacity, quality of service, and coverage, as well as prepare to launch 2.5G and 3G networks.
CMG Wireless Data Solutions provides a key component to the launch of i-mode to KPN Mobile.
The New F2611 Terminal and Bluetooth Enabled 3G Handset
Siemens Information and Communication Mobile and Idetic, Inc. announced their cooperation to provide next-generation mobile Internet services.
The extraordinary rise of wireless voice service, which is now a fundamental strand of the world's economic fabric, is only the start of a much broader communications revolution.
The ATM Forum hosts a one-day technology showcase and industry exchange to discuss issues surrounding the advancement of broadband technology.
The City is becoming increasingly sceptical. First, 3G is receding into the distance.
News For Sunday 21st April 2002
The company is demonstrating its latest real-time cell-phone and credit card enabled vending solution. cStar’s pyramid of technology started with wireless management data capture and now is completing the end-to-end methodology for unattended point-of-sale transactions.
Wireless software developers and device manufacturers will be able to create and showcase innovative applications on a sleek, versatile development kit from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI).
News For Friday 19th April 2002
Lucent Technologies has been selected by Orange SA to provide voice- enabled Web access, text-to-speech and other innovative media capabilities
Virgin Radio is developing a broadcast delivery system that could dramatically slash the cost of digital distribution over 3G.
KDDI Corp and four other companies said Thursday they have agreed to launch a trial credit settlement service on KDDI's third-generation cell phone service this autumn.
Beijing, the capital of China, is forecast to introduce first- phase third-generation (3G) mobile services in 2003
A leading EU official has urged Chinese Telecoms Regulators to follow the same next generation mobile phone standards as Europe.
Sierra Wireless Inc. and Bell Mobility today announced the commercial availability of the AirCard(R) 555 Wireless Network Card on Bell Mobility's next generation (1X) network
Hutchison 3G today announced the signing of a global mobile payment agreement with Network365, `Best Wireless Application Developer' (GSM Association Awards 2002) and leading provider of world-class application platforms.
Sega Inc., the network entertainment company integrating Internet technology with innovation, today announced the launch of Sega Mobile
InterDigital Communications highlighted the advantages of Wideband Time Division Duplex (WTDD) technology for 3G SM networks
3G Infrastructure Services (3GIS) chooses the project management method, PPS (Praktisk Projektstyrning) from TietoEnator. 3GIS will thereby have access to a well-tried method for the management and handling of projects.
News For Thursday 18th April 2002
Three combines have started a design project to investigate 3G Applications and Multimedia opportunities.
NTT DoCoMo plans to begin in autumn distributing electronic books based on the so-called mobile document format, or XMDF
Mobile phone users can expect exciting new multimedia offerings from the next generation mobile networks.
The cost of Australia's first 3G mobile phone network is set to hit $1 billion with Hong Kong giant Hutchison Whampoa ready to spend another $600 million for the roll-out of the services in Australia.
CSI Wireless Inc., a provider of advanced wireless and GPS technologies for the automotive, commercial and consumer markets, today announced it has begun marketing two new additions to the company's line of high-accuracy GPS modules
Butler International, Inc announced today that its telecommunications services division, Butler Telecom, Inc., is positioned to meet growing demand for project engineering and network systems integration related to deployment of next-generation wireless networks, such as 3G.
Asia's first multimedia messaging service (MMS), recently launched by
Hong Kong CSL Limited, has been implemented with the Nokia MMS
solution
Telecoms giant Hutchison 3G is expected to create around 100 jobs in the West Midlands after clinching a deal with commercial property firm Arlington to acquire 35,000 sq ft of space on Birmingham Business Park.
TTP Communications plc, the world's leading independent supplier of technology for digital wireless communications, and Trimble today announced an alliance to develop a range of products
Swedish banking group SEB has partnered telecommunications company Hi3G to develop a range of banking services accessible through 3G mobile devices.
News For Wednesday 17th April 2002
Ten years since the first GSM network launch - China leads growth, SMS
continues to soar and today’s GSM continues to expand to new horizons
The industry's first wireless enterprise alert and device management solution designed to accurately deliver information to the right people at the right time on the right device.
KT ICOM of South Korea, Korea Telecom's 3G mobile group, has selected Comverse's Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) for deployment on its new UMTS network.
Cingular Wireless today announced at the iWireless World Conference that its GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) wireless data service -- Cingular Wireless Internet Express -- is now available in California and Reno, Nevada.
AT&T Wireless today introduced a major new consumer offer, mMode, which gives people easy, fast access to a variety of communication, information, and entertainment services from the keypad of their wireless phone.
Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. developed a new antenna technology that reduces the cost of third-generation wireless communications systems.
Japan's NTT DoCoMo is set to unveil an alliance with France's number three mobile firm Bouygues Telecom
The efforts of law enforcement, fire fighting, medical and other public safety services may soon be boosted with new advanced broadband mobile communications systems.
IPWireless, Inc., the leading next-generation broadband wireless company enabling broadband everywhere, announced today that Flextronics Semiconductor will partner with IPWireless to develop and manufacture the IPWireless(TM) System on a Chip (SoC).
News For Tuesday 16th April 2002
Nokia gains a significant part of mmO2's 3G radio-access networks in
the U.K., Germany, and Ireland.
Telefonica Celular, one of the largest mobile operators in Brazil, today announced the commercial launch of an advanced CDMA2000™ 1X high-speed data and voice network
QUALCOMM Incorporated today announced that a range of third-generation (3G) CDMA2000 1X products have begun volume shipments from manufacturers to operators in Brazil.
New forecasts show the the total number of data switches installed throughout the 39 European markets profiled growing from 34 in mid-2000 to a peak of 2,111 in mid-2005.
mmO2 today unveiled two major initiatives in a move to become the leading provider of advanced mobile data services and products to customers in Western Europe.
DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company will begin marketing the new F2611 terminal equipped with hub and router functions on April 22, 2002.
The City of Bellevue announced today that it is taking an enterprising step toward state-of-the art wireless technology designed to improve communications and the flow of critical information to its citizens and businesses.
The SH-Mobile (SuperH Mobile Application Processor) series that will allow high speed processing of multimedia applications for next-generation mobile phone systems.
The Billing Systems Testing modules cover security; performance requirements; usability; data integrity including Data Protection Act considerations; load testing to support peak time usage
Aicent, Inc. announced today that it has officially commenced GPRS Roaming Exchange (GRX) services with a group of leading mobile operators, creating the largest GPRS roaming network in the Asia Pacific region.
U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Senior Wireless Equipment Analyst Samuel May remains cautious on the rollout of high-speed packet-based third-generation (3G) wireless networks across the globe due to three main reasons
3G Americas is pleased to endorse, alongside of the GSM Association and the GSA, the ongoing activities in the EDGE Operators' Forum
News For Monday 15th April 2002
New chip dramatically increases the efficiency of a critical chip used in the company's third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network equipment.
Teleónica Móviles has selected Ericsson as main supplier for the
initial roll out phase of its UMTS network in Spain and Germany.
The first device that Siemens intends to bring to market in 2002 will be based on the Motorola’s A820, which meets a full array of enterprise communication and entertainment needs in one handheld, compact device.
The radioOne MSM6000 chipset leverages the cost advantages of Zero IF with a reduction in cost, component count and Printed Circuit Board area (PCB). Providing backward compatibility and voice-capacity benefits of third-generation (3G) CDMA2000 1X.
Hutchison 3G today announced that UK telecom software company Tertio has been awarded the contract to provide service activation software for Hutchison 3G's rollout.
Coca-Cola ( Japan ) Company, Limited, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., and Itochu Corporation announced today the nationwide launch from April 2002 of Cmode
It could be that EDGE is ideally suited for all GSM bands ( 850, 900, 1880 and 1900 ) and would place it firmly in the faces of GSM operators throughout ASIA, Europe and the Americas.
The size of an ice cream sandwich and sold with an optional strap, it can be worn around the neck; built-in screen savers and changeable side panels allow users to create their own unique style.
A Telematics Terminal similar to the one shown above could be in a car driven by you as early as 2003.
Torn between needing a mobile office and wanting a high-tech toy? There's no need to choose with the Motorola A820.
Two recent 3G surveys show everything is far from rosey with the uptake and potential revenue from 3G and its releated services.
AirEight Incorporated officially launched today its effort to address the needs of mobile professionals to access and route documents using smart phones and wireless organizers widely available now.
News For Friday 12th April 2002
Imagine you are out doing some errands on a weekend evening and want to get together with some friends for a movie and dinner. If it's a Saturday night, the chances are once you get to the theater there will be long lines, sold out shows for the movie you want to see, and a bunch of other movies playing of which you've never heard.
The future of the entire third-generation (3G) wireless industry depends on the success of a small number of application developers, a new report proclaims.
As wireless Java opens up mobile devices, it’s widely expected to drive GPRS and 3G services and revenue forward, but unfortunately, it’s all going to be wasted if some operators persist with outmoded revenue models and billing.
The code division multiple access (CDMA) telecommunications network has formally started operations after undergoing a three-month trial in China.
Superscape's Swerve 3D-enabling software technology (comprising of Swerve
Client, Swerve Author and Swerve Applications) has been developed in close
collaboration with ARM to deliver compelling interactive 3D user experiences
to mobile phones.
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced it is providing Portland's first "3G," or third-generation, high-speed wireless Internet service. It unveiled the technology to a crowd of about 125 business managers at its Portland office.
LG Telecom and Japan's KDDI Corp. agreed to set up a "worldwide code division multiple access(CDMA) belt" through a wide range of technology and marketing cooperation.
News For Thursday 11th April 2002
Sun Microsystems and Vuico, today announced the availability of Java(TM) technology-based wireless infrastructure solutions for creating, assembling and deploying Web services.
Webraska, the worldwide provider of LBS and Telematics applications and enabling platforms, has been selected by E-Plus, a wholly owned subsidiary of the KPN Group of companies, to develop and host the first Location-Based Services for i-mode.
With a range of standard SMD battery contacts for GSM and 3G UMTS applications, IMS Connector Systems offer an extremely interesting and cost efficient new product.
mmO2 today announced that its UK business, BT Cellnet, has signed a 10-year strategic IT agreement with IBM, worth up to £50 million (Euro 77.5 million) in its first year.
Adax, industry leader in high performance wide area communications and signaling infrastructure, has announced support of Classical IP over ATM for its ATM boards.
MobileAware, the leading provider of portal mobility solutions for operators and enterprises has been selected by the Portuguese 3G operator, OniWay, to provide core mobility middleware for its next generation multi-channel portal offering.
Cellular 3G recently introduced compact flash modems and PC cards for connecting devices to third-generation networks. It also announced an agreement with Carphone, a chain of 1,400 stores in 20 countries selling wireless devices and reselling wireless airtime, to market its modems.
The Management Network Group, Inc. , a leading provider of management consulting services to the global communications industry, and inCode Telecom Group, Inc., a leading wireless technology consulting services firm, proudly announce the official opening of the first independent next-generation end-to-end wireless development and testing laboratory.
Tecteon plc, the developer of DSP ('Digital Signal Processing')
software for the telecommunications market, announces that a preliminarily
demonstration product for telephony line echo cancellation is now available.
The messaging management company First Hop and Vizzavi UK, the London-based multi-access portal jointly owned by Vodafone Group Plc and Vivendi Universal SA, announced today that First Hop’s messaging solution has been selected for Vizzavi messaging services in the UK.
NTT Communications Corp. and Soma Networks Inc. of the United States will start experiments of broadband Internet connection services using wireless technology in Japan this summer.
News For Wednesday 10th April 2002
Wireless users participating in a nationwide study conducted for the Newspaper Association of America want content that can be accessed quickly and easily, is up-to-date and is relevant to them.
Xilinx, Inc, today announced the immediate availability of 22 new and enhanced LogiCORE™ products for use with its Virtex-II™ family of FPGAs.
BT today followed Group CEO Ben Verwaayen's recent review of the company's strategy by unveiling new mobility initiatives that are expected to deliver additional revenues of £180m a year by 2004/05.
Representatives from major Chinese telecommunications operators recently witnessed first-hand the potential of 3G UMTS applications at Motorola's laboratory in Beijing.