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Hantro Products announced a software demonstration for capturing, playing and wirelessly sending a video message with a mobile phone.
Philips Electronics and Bird -- the largest producer of cellular phones in China announced the start of a long-term partnership focused on the advancement of GSM handset designs.
Emblaze Systems Ltd announced that it has reached an agreement for the acquisition of all assets and operations of UCnGO Inc.
The AD6634 is a new member of ADI's VersaCOMMTM family of RSPs which serve as the interface between the DSP and high-speed converter in a multi-carrier transceiver.
Singapore mobile operator MobileOne (M1) has signed an agreement with Nokia for the supply of a complete end-to-end multimedia messaging (MMS) system for M1's GSM network.
Overloaded - Pocket Media, an Amsterdam-based newcomer in the telecommunications market, will soon launch a comprehensive content range for the latest generation mobile phones.
Now you have heard that our name is 3, we hope you cannot forget it
Legend Mobile and Kiloo announced today an agreement to develop branded versions of Kiloo's award winning mobile game, Popstar. Legend expects to develop separate versions of the game for its licenses with Christina Aguilera and Nelly.
Artera Group Inc announced a wireless application for Artera Turbo(TM) Virtual Broadband(TM). Wireless Internet browsing can be achieved using a cellular phone to deliver Virtual Broadband to the PC
From the leading independent producers of speech and natural handwriting recognition software, the smARTspeak XG brings phonemic recognition to wireless mobile devices for the first time.
3G Americas announced that global TDMA and GSM subscribers reached 763.2 million as of March 31, 2002 and the milestone 100 million global TDMA subscribers was attained in May 2002
EuroTel announced that the Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic awarded EuroTel a license a UMTS public mobile telecommunication network.
To meet the current and future needs of mobile business applications users, IBM and IFS are collaborating on a solution that takes a new approach, “online when available”, rather than always online or always offline.
Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX9987/MAX9988, the industry's first integrated +20dBm LO buffers/splitters designed to meet the demanding requirements of today's wireless infrastructure applications
Residential prepaid users to generate EUR16 billion in GPRS and UMTS non-voice revenue by 2007 if operators enable such prepaid services by early 2003.
Hutchison 3G has asked It's Alive to produce a NEW compelling game for 3G Phones as detailed below.
New analysis reveals that this industry generated worldwide revenues exceeding $45 billion 2001 and is projected to near $75 billion by 2007.
magic4 announced a partnership with LG Electronics to incorporate its Enhanced Messaging Service client into the range of CDMA and 3G handsets.
The wireless mobile device combines the features of a mobile telephone handset, PDA and gaming device into a concise consumer product
Asia-first per-message and sending-party-pay tariffing; largest number of exclusive applications; richest MMS content and widest MMS roaming coverage
Mobile phone users in the UK ditch their handsets annually in search of greater functionality and true web access
We are projecting annual revenues of $1.8 billion from European PWLAN services by 2007, with 7.7 million active users of the technology.
Centurion Wireless Technologies announced the availability of the Multi-Band Microsphere. The Multi-Band Microsphere is designed to enhance mobile phone connectivity inside buildings
Nextel Communications and Motorola, Inc have teamed up to add color to the mobile phone user's life with the first color display, Java(TM) technology-enabled phone in the U.S.
Pinnacle Systems has entered into a development partnership with PacketVideo to integrate standards-compliant MPEG-4 encoding capability into Pinnacle’s StreamFactory
OMRON announced that they have developed the most optimal Java[tm] processor for cellular phones and starts to provide its sample chips and evaluation kits for mobile device makers.
3G Services Today - Rocket Style
mmO2 unveiled a new and mobile publishing service which allows users to send large documents at 3G speeds over their existing GPRS connections.
Picture shows LGE member of staff showing W-CDMA IMT-2000 handset (Model: LG-K8000).
Legend announced 5 GSM mobile handsets - Legend G808, Legend G601, Legend G608, Legend G007 and Xoceco G678 together with 1 CDMA mobile handset.
Contrary to negative speculation on the uptake of 3G wireless technology, consumers have given a (qualified) thumbs-up to the services which will be on offer.
Alcatel announces it has set up in Madrid a wide range of innovative 3G/UMTS mobile services, conducting voice, data and video communications.
E Ink Corporation announced its demonstration of the world's thinnest active-matrix displays.
New Report Addresses Western European 3G Future
A new 214-page report by BENCHMARK IT profiles and compares the biggest five European mobile operators and 15 Western European mobile markets.
Wireless Camera Phones Sales Going Well in Japan
NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s "SH251i," a cell phone with a built-in camera, was in second place in the sales ranking of cell phones
Order for UK 3G Base Station Test Equipment Supplier
A second major UK mobile network operator has placed an order for Racal Instruments' 3G basestation test system
Until now, few developers have had the required knowledge to write applications such as mobile messaging systems, voice control applications or provide flexible service charging for the telecom market.
Alcatel officiall launched its 3G Reality Centre in Shanghai - the first comprehensive, live, end-to-end environment for the development and testing of advanced mobile applications and data services in the fields of 2.5G/GPRS and 3G/UMTS in China.
Fonix Speech Solutions, currently deployed in several PDA devices, including Hewlett-Packard's Jornada 928 Wireless Digital Assistant (WDA) slated for release in Europe in the summer of 2002,
Nokia Launches New GPRS Wireless Camera Phone
Nokia began shipments of its much-awaited color-screen mobile phone with an in-built digital camera it hopes will revitalize the handset market.
i-Mode Wireless In The Dog Club
NEC will provide 3 i-mode contents: "N melody town", "THE DOG CLUB", and "Zoomancy.
New 2.5G Wireless Platform Contract In Thailand
Ericsson has signed a contract for supplying 2.5G (GPRS) mobile handset platforms to GVC Corporation, Taiwan.
New 3G Applications Processor With On Board Camera
Hitachi, Ltd announced the SH7294, featuring enhanced functions for next-generation mobile phones with a built-in camera
Comverse Add Wireless MMS Developeer Suite
Comverse announced at the Mobile Multimedia Messaging Content and Applications Congress in Amsterdam
Wapme Systems extends wireless partnership with KPN Mobile by i-mode service
MeetPeople, the contact and dating service of its kind, is now set to enhance also the Dutch i-modeTM portal
GPRS wireless platform licensed to Sharp Corporation
TTPCom has established a market leading position with its GPRS protocol stack software and has signed a total of 22 licences to date.
Netcool Chosen By 3G Operator
OniWay in Portugal is implementing the Netcool(R) solution to help provide an end-to end view across its network.
First-Ever Demonstration of Commercial 3G UMTS Chipsets and Infrastructure Shows Viability of UMTS Wireless Data Services
QUALCOMM Inc. announced the completion of a series of third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) packet data calls.
he CDMA Development Group (CDG) and its member companies demonstrated how CDMA2000 is delivering 3G wireless services
This is a start of what IMT-2000 can offer to customers, a differentiated roaming service with extended capabilities
Delphi Corp is developing technology to deliver real-time Internet and digital information to vehicles,
MEC plans to use Forbidden's video compression technology to develop full
screen, high frame rate video clips for BREW-enabled handsets.
BEA Systems announced that BEA WebLogic Server™ has been chosen by Hutchison 3G as the application server platform on which to deliver its 3G services.
Men in Black II will also be a part of the Sprint 3G multimedia application suite with dedicated ringtones, screen savers and a Men in Black II game created exclusively for Sprint in the U.S. by Digital Bridges, Ltd.
The White Paper highlights the urgent need for new revenue streams in mobile and draws on lessons learnt from the Media Industry.
Nokia and Radiolinja Origo, the network operator of Radiolinja FINLAND, have signed a multi-year agreement for the supply of equipment to Radiolinja's second and third generation mobile networks.
Irish consumers will be the ultimate winners from this decision as the two incumbent giants will be finally faced with a significant, well resourced rival.
NTT DoCoMo will introduce a new service plan for use of DoCoMo's international roaming service exclusively in the United States,
Strategy Analytics has published a new report, "Western European Cellular User Forecast (2002-2007).
The conclusion today of an agreement between Vodafone Sweden, Orange Sweden, Hi3G and Svenska Kommunförbundet signals another important step in the expansion of Sweden‘s 3G networks.
Kyocera Wireless Corp. today announced the Kyocera 7135 smartphone, the widely anticipated successor to its critically acclaimed QCP(TM) 6035 smartphone.
QUALCOMM Incorporated announced that more than one million end users around the world have purchased and activated BREW enabled handsets since November 2001.
KDDI Corp. and Okinawa Cellular said that the total number of subscribers of their third generation CDMA2000 1x cellular phone service surpassed the one million mark on June 23.
This new type of Pseudo SRAM device is designed to meet the rapidly growing memory and bandwidth demand in future 2.5G and 3G handset designs,
The following releases below mean that if you live in the United States and don't own a Virgin Mobile we guess you may soon.
Hi3G announced their exclusive rights to send ice hockey content to 3G mobiles from Elitserien
KPN Mobile opens the first i-mode store in Europe, a unique shop format where everyone interested in i-mode can have a hands-on introduction.
As enterprises equip more employees with PDAs, they must understand the total cost of ownership (TCO) for these devices. Gartner analysts said the TCO for a PDA per user can approach $3,000 a year.
Ericsson Canada today offered media a sneak preview of the latest wireless products,
applications and services as part of the company's first "Drive to 3G Tour"stop in downtown Toronto.
Telemarketers face a new obstacle in completing calls with the introduction this month of PrivateTime PT1000, a telephone with a built-in privacy device and answering machine designed to block telemarketing calls.
MRO Software is urging telecommunications operators not to neglect their physical infrastructure following the substantial investments in GPRS and 3G networks.
The application was selected by Ericsson for its initial WCDMA Systems, bringing 3G technologies closer to commercial reality.
3G LAB announced it is doubling the size of its headquarters to accommodate the company's 62 staff and to house a new mobile phone usability testing suite.
Together, Logica and Emblaze will be offering joint technical and commercial trials to enrich each other’s product offering
Polska Telefonia and Alcatel announce they have conducted voice, data and video communications on the UMTS trial system installed in Poznan by Alcatel.
SkyCross introduced one of the wireless industry's first commercially tri-band antennas for worldwide GSM wireless applications.
TietoEnator signs a general agreement with the mobile operator Hi3G and becomes one of the company´s Preferred Suppliers.
Toshiba will showcase an array of mobility solutions for the office, home and public spaces in its "Wireless Mobility Theatre"
Roaming is the process by which mobile users can engage in communications on a non-native network.
Based on the agreement, Fujitsu will integrate PacketVideo's pvPlayer™ 3 multimedia decoding software into its 3G mobile phones
Lucent Technologies announce the commercial availability of third-generation (3G) CDMA2000™ 1xEV-DO equipment.
H3G in Italy, and MIND CTI Ltd announced the signing of a multi-year contract for the delivery of MIND's solution for 3G mobile services in Italy.
IBM and Cash-U today announced that they will offer Cash-U‘s Pecan mobile entertainment platform and Pistachio Software Developer Kit
Ericsson has granted Research In Motion a non-exclusive license for the GSM, GPRS, EDGE and CDMA2000 mobile telephony standards.
Motorola will deploy its Horizonsystems GSM infrastructure solution in the provinces of Hubei, Yunnan and the cities of Beijing and Tianjin.
mmO2 is set to launch a new range of multimedia messaging services (MMS) across of all its European territories from autumn 2002
here’s no need to wait for GPRS or 3G technologies to create value-added services to generate new revenues
mmO2 has struck another first in the development of higher speed mobile data services in Europe with publication today of trial prices for its third generation (3G) service on the Isle of Man.
The patent EP 297616 relates to and has a broad applicability to, amongst other things, multimode GSM and CDMA handset terminals, ie handsets capable of accessing more than one type of network.
MoreMagic was awarded the Best New Product of the Billing World 2002 Excellence Awards last night. This esteemed award recognizes the success of those companies leading the way in the payment industry.
Cyneta Networks and Idetic Inc. announced their collaboration to provide the industry's first truly intelligent acceleration solution for 2.5/3G mobile data.
The book features a comprehensive study of simulations and field trials performed on the system performance and capabilities of GSM, GPRS, and EDGE.
QUALCOMM Inc announced an accelerated sampling schedule for customers of its highly integrated MSM6200 Mobile Station Modem solution.
Dual networkTM service under which 3G service subscribers will be able to assign the same phone number both to FOMA and PDC (800 MHz) phones
Sony Ericsson today unveiled the T300 mobile phone, which offers entertaining multimedia applications like imaging, messaging and gaming, and is priced for the mass market.
Ecrio Inc announced the availability of its embedded client software for Instant Messaging and Presence Services (IMPS) on mobile handsets.
DevX announced the launch of an information portal to assist wireless developers in creating mobile applications for QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless(TM) (BREW) platform
RioPort announced a new strategic capability to make possible secure digital music delivery on enabled wireless devices.
Intec Telecom Systems and MoreMagic announced a joint solution that delivers real-time m-commerce mediation between customers and content.
The latest release includes Mediation Manager's ability to perform as a charging gateway function (CGF) for GPRS networks
QUALCOMM Incorporated announced an expansion of E-RON Technologies Corporation's existing worldwide CDMA modem card license agreement.
LG Electronics agreed to ship CDMA (code divison multiple access) equipment worth $35 million to Vietnam
3G is fast becoming a reality globally. Recent 3G deployments in the United States, Canada, Latin America and Eastern Europe are providing users with leading-edge devices
Every industry, including carries and services providers, are looking for ways to increase revenue while improving customer loyalty.
The telecom industry's future depends on selling more gear, subscriptions, and network services -- but visible mobile only has a set number of humans to sell to
KG Telecom announces to launch the highly expected i-mode service in Taiwan on June 20.
Lucent MiLife™ Solutions allow you to introduce a wide variety of end-user mobile data services
This issue is vital for future network compatibility especially now as the 3GPP have announced that SIP as being the protocol choice for multimedia session control in 3G networks.
Customers can send multimedia messages on Sonera’s mobile network starting from June 11, 2002.
Japan's Fujitsu Ltd said it is considering starting mobile data services for business use by leasing bulk capacity from a telecoms carrier
Nokia and AT&T Wireless announced they have signed an agreement for the delivery of GSM / GPRS / EDGE radio network systems.
The new billing system supports existing 2G and 2.5G services, as well as subscribers using the latest 3G technology.
Hong Kong CSL Ltd., Sonera Corp., and Aicent, Inc. today jointly announced the launch of the world's first commercial inter-operator Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) over Aicent's and Sonera's GPRS Roaming Exchange
Replacement sales will account for over 70% of new handset sales in 2002.
Ericsson's vision is based on open standards, a driver behind the company's leading role in standardization through all generations of mobile technology - from 1G to 3G.
Antepo Inc and Ericsson announced that they will demonstrate J2ME based messaging services using Antepo's Jabber- powered ACCEPT.
Vodafone Sweden will benefit from significant cost savings and increased flexibility by consolidating billing for all voice and value-added services
Zesium announced the commercial availability of an advanced UMTS test tool, named Zephyr, which will significantly reduce the testing effort for UMTS terminals
Red-M announced that it is collaborating with Commtag, a leading developer of always-on wireless applications and services to develop always-on wireless "push" corporate networks
print announced it has been selected by the CDMA Development Group (CDG) as a recipient of its annual Innovative Solutions Award
ProQuent has established sales and operations centers in both London and Paris
California has core underlying strengths in the wireless sector, greatly exceeding other states
Teleca has concluded an agreement with Hi3G, Orange Sverige, Vodafone and Svenska UMTS Nät (Telia and Tele2).
Artesia Technologies announced that BBC Technology has selected Artesia's TEAMS enterprise digital asset management solution
Despite trying times in the last 12 months for both handset component manufacturers and handset manufacturers
TSI Telecommunication Services and Boingo Wireless announced the formation of a strategic relationship.
Showcasing a multitude of 3G wireless services on a wide variety of color-screen devices, CDMA operators in Japan and Korea
The CDMA Development Group announced that there are more than 10 million CDMA2000 subscribers worldwide
In an industry-first, Ericsson demonstrated cross-technology multimedia messaging sevices (MMS) over CDMA2000 and GPRS
The service will be based on DoCoMo's 3G mobile communications service, which DoCoMo is already operating in Japan.
Morphics Technology Inc announced its integrated hardware/software architecture for baseband processing in 3G basestations.
Nokia announced that it has begun shipments of the Nokia 6370 wireless phone, Nokia's first handset designed to take advantage of new CDMA2000 1X networks.
CellGlide announced that it has secured $10 million in a financing round led by TLCom Capital Partners.
Applied Wave Research announced 3G Design Studio, a third generation (3G) wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) library
QUALCOMM Incorporated applauds wireless service providers and equipment manufacturers in South Korea and Japan
Ericsson introduced its CDMA2000 1X macro radio base station (RBS) 1130 at the 3G World Congress in Hong Kong.
Qualcomm Inc chairman and chief executive Irwin Jacobs said on Monday he expects the new mobile network in China based on his firm's CDMA technology
South Korea's second-largest mobile operator KTF began offering an early stage of third-generation (3G) telecom service
Generic Media announced it will now support the V-Live Trial Service, NTT DoCoMo's3G FOMA video streaming service.
Mobile Manufacturers and Network Operators can dramatically improve users experience of mobile devices through over-the-air access.
MetaSolv Software has a comprehensive portfolio of modular products that help service providers manage network transformation to 2.5/3G technologies
Picture and story of 3G wireless performing in a moving Mercedes.
Mary Fagan talks to Charles Dunstone of the Carphone Warehouse about the future of the troubled mobile telephones sector.
These calls represent the world's first multimode, multiband wireless phone calls made on a handset with a single-integrated, dual-mode, direct-conversion chipset.
Teleconomy has forecast just under 5 million subscribers in western Europe by the end of 2004 and sees close to 30 million subscribers in the region by 2007.
The solution will be used as a bridge between proprietary satellite network technology and 3G services to the user.
Applications offered will include obsessive games such as Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf and JAMDAT Bowling and entertainment services like Magic 8 Ball.
Mapletree Networks announced its MTN3600 Access Processor(TM) chipset, the industry's highest density VoIP chipset solution for applications such as access, trunking and 3G wireless gateways.
Paul E. Jacobs, president of the Qualcomm Wireless & Internet Group at Qualcomm Inc., delivered the keynote speech to open the BREW 2002 Developers Conference.
Radical Horizon, a rising Montréal company, was chosen from among the twelve technological firms
The UMTS Forum and 3G Americas announced that they have signed a Letter of Understanding to promote the path for successful evolution to 3G for mobile operators.
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. said that KG Telecoms will begin service on June 20, 2002. DoCoMo previously concluded a license contract with KG Telecom to commence i-mode service in Taiwan.
FunMail announced today a shipping version of FunMail Client version 1.0 developed for QUALCOMM's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless platform.
Hi3G and Vodafone signed a letter of intent today to conclude negotiations concerning access to Vodafone’s GSM network in Sweden
Funk Software today that its Steel-Belted Radius/Service Provider Edition (SPE) has been selected to provide terminal authentication for Airvana's all-IP 3G wireless.
In the next five years, mobile and cable telephony service providers will steal 30M access lines and bil 40% more minutes than wireline carriers.
Both the Government and enterprises will need to take on a more aggressive role in ensuring the successful rollout of third generation (3G) services in Malaysia.
Ericsson has released the latest version of its Packet Backbone Network (PBN), which provides mobile operators with a pre-tested and verified, carrier-class backbone with full 3G capabilities
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will begin selling the P2002 3G mobile phone equipped for DoCoMo i-motionTM, sound and video-clip distribution services on June 13, 2002.
Continuous Computing Corp announced that Spatial Wireless has incorporated CCPU's Hi-5 PICMG 2.16 platform to enable 3G-like features and functionality in its wireless softswitch.
CDMA2000 1xEV-DV (data and voice) has been approved by both the Third Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) and Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
AT&T Wireless Services and Ericsson will continue delivering on their commitments to bring true 3G capabilities to the United States by deploying a UMTS/WCDMA
Symmetricom announced the availability of the GoWide E1 ATM Network Termination Unit, a G.shdsl-based solution that enables the direct connectivity of 3G UMTS base stations
Korean carrier KT Freetel is the only carrier with BREW in its phones and wireless network
ALLTEL plans to deploy third generation (3G) wireless infrastructure equipment from Nortel Networks to expand ALLTEL's network
724 Solutions announced that its wireless solution has been chosen by one of Malaysia's largest banks
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company will begin selling its " P504i" phone on June 5, 2002.
The Japanese telco J-Phone will make its third-generation mobile phones usable even in countries where the 3G service has yet to be launched.
GPRS will not meet original expectations due primarily to an application gap that prevents GPRS from being suited for mainstream usage.
Tektronix announced a new, multi-functional test box that supports the design and production of wireless communications network products.
Spirent Communications announced that the company's market-leading CDMA2000 1X mobile device test solutions have been selected by China's Research Institute of Telecommunications Transmission and QUALCOMM
New Digivance(TM) Long-Range Coverage Solution (LRCS) for wireless operators deploying Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS) networks.
Agere Systems Inc.announced a system-on-a-chip (SoC) that enables wireless network operators
TELUS Mobility today launched its third generation (3G) CDMA2000 1X wireless network across Canada
Fujitsu Limited today announced that it has developed and is making commercially available today a CMOS color image sensor module- the MB86S02A micro-camera.
The launch of 3G services by Hutchison3G in the UK is likely to be around October or November, 2002. The question which should now be asked is how will the public find out what 3G technology is all about and do they want it ?
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Fumbling in the top pocket of his jacket, Peter Erskine pulls out a sleek, silver electronic gadget.
Fifty senior executives representing 39 of the world's leading telecommunications service providers predict further downward adjustment and consolidation in the industry this year
MOBILE phone giant, Orange has unveiled plans for seven new transmitters across the North West.
Two of the global players present are Qualcomm and Hutchison Telecom. Below are two short video clips about the event.
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the company will begin selling its " SO504i" phone on June 3, 2002.

 

 

3G Press for June 2002