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3G Press Archive May 2006
Huawei Technologies announced that the multinational mobile operator VimpelCom had recently awarded a commercial contract to Huawei to build the UMTS/GSM network for Tajikistan.
It’s fair to say that LG’s new slider phone fancies itself just a little bit. And although it’s in our nature to take any phone which has been cockily nicknamed Chocolate and knock it down a peg or three, we have to begrudgingly admit that this handset is just as sweet as the Korean manufacturer’s marketing team says it is.
The show will be available free to all 3 customers throughout the tournament. 3’s World Cup related mobile TV programming also includes free 4 - minute highlight packages of all of the 64 matches just 5 minutes after each match ends.
With the announcement of Rising's WCDMA chipset, it becomes one of the first design companies in China to demonstrate the capability of carrying out the complicated research and development work required for high-end 3G RF transceiver chip designs,
QUALCOMM announced its single-chip Universal Broadcast Modem (UBM) solution supporting three of the world's leading mobile broadcast standards.
SK Telecom announced the launching of a WCDMA Automatic Roaming service in Germany's major cities such as Frankfurt, Hannover and Leipzig.
“The MEF awards are recognised as the industry benchmark for excellence in mobile entertainment. We’re delighted to have competed against the global incumbents and come away with the major award - mobile entertainment operator of the year.
Whether it's for business or pleasure, the Nokia 6233 phone gives you the best of both worlds. Get quick access to important information via mobile broadband while listening to your favorite music files through stereo and 3D surround sound speakers.
"Our forecasts reveal sustained growth of mobile music and games and that the mobile entertainment market is in good health and expanding," says Nick Lane, Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media.
The University of Oxford’s CPD Centre presents a new course in 3G Mobile TV following the Oxford Mobile TV trial which revealed strong consumer demands for broadcast TV to mobiles.
Mobestar, the mobile community and content specialist, has announced the world's first inter-country anonymous mobile video call.
A new research report from the analysis firm Berg Insight forecasts that shipments of handset based personal navigation solutions in Europe and the US will reach 12 million units by 2009.
Mark Bond, director of enterprise marketing, Vodafone UK, said: "Our collaboration with Lenovo is an important part of Vodafone UK's plan to provide products and services that bring the full potential of mobile broadband to life for our customers.
Sony Ericsson announced the V630i a mobile phone designed for use exclusively with Vodafone. The V630i uses its 3G capabilities to deliver mobile phone, music and multimedia applications at high speed and superb quality.
mobilkom austria has selected the optimization tool Capesso from Symena. The ability to optimize mobile technologies UMTS, EDGE and GSM through this software is beneficial to mobilkom austria in fulfilling its pact with Carinthia, Burgenland and Lower Austria. Customers benefit from even higher network quality.
Option N.V. announced that Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa Sp. z o.o. (PTC) has selected Option's GlobeTrotter GT MAX offering its mobile customers not only the fastest, but also the easiest to use 3G HSDPA/UMTS data card
Mobile internet phenomenon i-mode has gone ballistic in Japan but here in the UK, it’s only just getting underway. Is the flagship Samsung Z320i going to kick-start the UK revolution? We take a look.
"CDMA2000 is the fastest-growing technology among global wireless standards, and it leads in technology and service innovation, introducing new services and devices to the market faster than any other technology,"
"We recognize that our users demand a superior product that offers them an unsurpassed browsing experience," says Hiroyuki Sakaniwa, Group Leader, Application Platform Group,
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“As the world’s leading supplier of image sensor solutions, we continue to expand the envelope, bringing new experiences and advanced functionality to digital photography,”
Option N.V. announced that Hutchison 3G Austria or 3 (www.drei.com) has selected GlobeTrotter GT MAX as its new wireless broadband data card for the Austrian market,
HSDPA, the upgrade of 3G WCDMA, is a global standard technology allowing video conferencing and high-speed, high-capacity data access to users.
On Friday, the 700 exhibitors packed up after the threeday event. "Feedback from exhibitors has been very positive," Taranto said.
Sony Ericsson announced the Z710, the camera phone that will appeal to the hard working person looking for a phone to fit an intensive business and private life.
Lucent Technologies and Top Global announced a Business Continuity Wireless Gateway solution to help enterprises cost-effectively backup and recover their wireline network in the event of a natural disaster or other disruption.
The Customer Respect Group, an international research and consulting firm that focuses on how corporations treat their online customers,
High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) network deployments will garner over 60 percent of infrastructure revenue in 2012, according to a new report from Telecom Trends International, Inc. The report,
Vodafone K.K. will have a total of 6 new handsets for the summer sales season including the 5 newly announced handsets above and the Vodafone 905SH “One Seg” compatible TV model, which goes on sale nationwide from 27 May 2006.
"Although there has been an explosion of retail purchase of Mobile wireless data access in the beginning of 2006, the trend is very much upon the equipment allowing Nomadic wireless data usage.
Option N.V. announced that Bouygues Telecom has selected Option’s GlobeTrotter FUSION+ ‘HSDPA Ready’ offering its mobile customers the all-in-one PC data card providing EDGE/UMTS/ GPRS and WLAN connectivity.
The evolution of Sony Ericsson’s successful Walkman® phone range takes another step forward today with the announcement of the UMTS enabled W850. Sony Ericsson’s first GSM/UMTS ‘slider’, the W850 has been uniquely combined with a full horizontal mode camera experience and the latest Walkman® player 2.0 for easy music download.
Vodafone K.K. announced that, as part of its summer 2006 model lineup, on 27 May 2006 it will commence nationwide sales of the Vodafone 905SH by Sharp, a new 3G handset capable of receiving “One Seg” terrestrial digital TV broadcasts for mobile devices.
Nomadix announced a demonstration of Seamless Access with Intel at CTIA 2006 and, more recently, at the 2006 Spring Intel Developer Forum in Beijing, China. This effort marks Nomadix’ official entry into the fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) arena, and is available today on their public access gateways.
Tektronix announced that Vodafone Germany, the country's leading mobile telecommunications carrier, has chosen GeoProbe and Advanced Performance Monitoring (APM) from the Tektronix Unified Assurance (UA) suite for its network-wide, real-time GPRS and UMTS monitoring system.
Specialist 3G video service provider, All New Video has launched 3G video calling services with GMTV.
3 Ireland announced it has entered the Irish mobile mass market, with the introduction of '3Pay', its new Pre-Pay service (the Pre-Pay segment represents 76% of the Irish mobile market).
Samsung launched the high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) phone (model: SCH-W200) in Korea . This is the first HSDPA phone commercially available for consumers in the market.
Alcatel announced that Orange launched the initial phase of their live HSDPA services in the Paris area with Alcatel's radio access solution. At first, Orange friendly users located in Issy-les-Moulineaux and Boulogne-Billancourt, two major cities in the Paris region
Skyworks Solutions announced that it is ramping volume production in support of several current and forthcoming Sony Ericsson handsets, including the highly popular W810 Walkman(R) music phone and the Cyber-shot(TM) digital camera models.
Microtune announced that LG Electronics has selected Microtune's ultra low-power Mobile MicroTuner(TM) chip to enable high-performance mobile television on LG's LG-U900 DVB-H mobile phone.
Sony Ericsson must surely be hoping its new Cyber-shot camera phone range follows in the footsteps of its mega-successful Walkman music phones series. But has the K800i got the pixel-power to clean up?
Stuart Bruce, 3 Ireland's Head of Sales, said: "We are delighted to announce this new contract with Homeline which will strengthen 3's distribution across the country. Our customers are enjoying the best value for money with our handsets, service and coverage.
Nero announced that the Nero Digital Audio reference quality MPEG-4 audio encoding software is now available free of charge via download from the company's website (www.nero.com).
The D-Link Wireless 3G Mobile Router will offer subscribers of wireless carriers the ability to share 3G wireless broadband access at speeds up to 2.4 Mbps with Ethernet, and 802.11g connected stations from anywhere a compatible 3G mobile signal is available.
Symbian Limited released the following unaudited financial and operational figures for the quarter ended 31 March 2006:
Yankee Group analysts Declan Lonergan, Keith Mallinson, Phil Marshall and Matt Hatton look beyond the hype and focus on the opportunities,
Research shows that whilst consumers are excited by the latest mobile TV offerings, they remain unconvinced of its usability.
QUALCOMM announced it has made a commitment to provide a cash donation and CDMA2000 1xEV-DO service and devices for the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Catapult Communications announced that the DCT2000 test system has been enhanced to include Catapult's Chameleon protocol analyzer software, at no additional charge, for all present and future licensees of the DCT2000
LongBoard, Inc. and Stratus Technologies, Inc. have entered into an OEM partnership agreement. As part of its Converged Personalized Services initiative, Stratus will now offer LongBoard's SIP standard-based software for seamless handoff of voice calls between cellular networks and 802.11 (WiFi) networks.
According to IDC's Western European Quarterly Mobile Devices Market Tracker, the Western European mobile phone market (consisting of traditional mobile phones and converged devices) maintained double-digit growth in the opening quarter of 2006 as shipments increased by 11% year on year to reach 40.7 million units, compared to 36.8 million in the corresponding quarter of 2005.
PCCW mobile announced it has become the world's first mobile provider to broadcast real-time TV over its 3G network, using Cell Multimedia Broadcast technology.
Mobile media company 3 announced its customers bought more than one million music tracks and videos in the last month. The figures clearly demonstrate the influence 3 is having on UK music sales with seventeen percent of all digital downloads (audio tracks)* being purchased on 3 in April.
"As global wireless operators drive more compelling value-added services into the market, it is critical for the wireless eco-system to have more consistent Java technology implementations in handsets," said Alan Brenner, Vice President, Sun Client Systems Group.
Significantly, the video editing function incorporated in the PG-3600V is a world first, in terms of being installed on a GSM handset. The phone also features a 1.3 mega pixel camera.
After giving a detailed description on WCDMA technology, this report analyses the structure and trends of the WCDMA market in the world and in China.
RNCOS Research continues to introduce innovative and useful features in mobile phones to lure the consumers. FOMA and NTT DoCoMo’s 3G services are among the latest innovative technologies available in Japanese mobile market.
The first is the launch of "web’n’walk professional", which is today the UK’s most competitive flat rate mobile Internet tariff, and the second is the launch of T-Mobile’s new mobile broadband ready web’n’walk card (also known as HSDPA).
WCDMA is the leading mobile 3G system globally. The majority of systems operate in the internationally IMT-2000 core band spectrum of 1920 - 1980 MHz paired with 2110 - 2170 MHz.
The CDMA Development Group reported today that CDMA2000 operators and vendors gathered last month in San Francisco at the CDG’s semi-annual Technology Forum to discuss new methods to expand CDMA2000 network coverage and capacity,
The MBS 3.0 supports the broadcasting of different types of digital content such as live TV, radio, and video clips over DVB-H networks to mobile devices. Digita obtained the DVB-H network license from the Finnish Government earlier in 2006.
CSR and Freescale Semiconductor are collaborating to provide mobile phone makers with full feature, high-performance, low power Bluetooth reference designs. CSR's BlueCore hardware and software for Bluetooth will be combined with Freescale’s 2.5G,
"HSDPA is the most modern and most powerful transmission technology in existence for mobile networks. We are very pleased that T-Mobile has again chosen Siemens as its supplier in offering its customers the latest technology for mobile network access.
The services, which are the first commercial T-DMB broadcasts of mobile TV in Europe, will be launched in time for the FIFA World Cup, thereby making this summer’s football games available to viewers on the move.
Downlink speeds of up to 3.6Mbps are available in new HSDPA service areas ("FOMA HIGH-SPEED Areas") in Japan. The card works on W-CDMA, GSM and GPRS networks.
Like other 702i handsets, the two models offer regular FOMA features such as videophone and Deco-mail™, and also i-channel™, which automatically delivers news, weather, entertainment, sports and horoscopes via teletype to the standby screen.
NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced a collaboration to incorporate Microsoft Windows Media® technologies in NTT DoCoMo's 3G FOMA handsets, starting with the F902iS model to be launched this summer.
Telabria's MobilAP enables mobile operators and broadband service providers to offer commercial Wi-Fi hotspot services on the move in trains, taxis, buses, coaches or limousines wherever there is UMTS TD-CDMA coverage.
The mobile operator SFR, with headquarters in Paris, is equipping its existing W-CDMA network with High-Speed Data Access (HSDPA) technology from Siemens.
Novatel Wireless announced that its Merlin U740 PC Card Modem and Expedite EU740 PCI Express Mini Cards for High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) networks have received industry compliance from the Global Certification Forum (GCF).
”The Orange network is renowned as one of the most robust and reliable networks in the UK and it makes commercial sense for us to utilise this asset within the wholesale market.
Comarco announced that Global Wireless Solutions, Inc. (“GWS”), has selected the Seven.Five Multi Test System for its nationwide wireless networks benchmarking test program. Seven.Five is used worldwide to assess the quality of service for cellular carriers and other wireless networks.
Samsung unveiled the first in the upcoming series of Samsung’s ultra slim line-ups. The Samsung X820 ( see above ), which will be displayed for the first time at the Sviaz ExpoComm 2006, boasts the world’s thinnest profile of only 6.9 mm. Also on display will be Samsung’s D900, the world’s slimmest slider with the depth of only 13mm.
TSMobiles recreates the desktop of a remote computer on the phone's display and lets you interact with it in real life in much the same way as you would, sitting behind the actual machine.
QUALCOMM and British Sky Broadcasting Limited (BSkyB) today announced the companies have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to conduct technical trials of QUALCOMM's MediaFLO technology in the United Kingdom.
Simon Brown, Vice President Sales and Customer Services at Followap comments: "We are happy to have been selected by 3 to support IM services to its customers.
“This deal typifies the sort of advertising opportunity available on the Planet 3 portal. We recognise the difference of mobile as a media channel and try to help our advertisers make the most of that difference in their campaigns.
Mobile network engineering experts, AIRCOM International have announced today that they have been awarded a multi-million pound managed service contract by T-Mobile UK.
US telecoms giant Verizon Communications is said to have offered to buy out Vodafone’s 45% stake in its mobile unit, Verizon Wireless, for US$38 billion. However, according to press reports this morning, the UK-based operator has rejected the valuation as US$12 billion below par.
The CDMA Development Group (CDG) reported that operators in Asia and the U.S. have seen a significant uptake of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO broadband wireless services and, as result, higher revenues and growth.
Pantech announced that it plans to showcase the brand new PG-2800 GSM ‘finger writing recognition phone,’ along with 31 of its other most technologically advanced and stylish handsets at the SVIAZ Expo Comm trade show in Moscow, Russia, this week.
Research and Markets announced the addition of "World Mobile Subscriber Markets 2005" to their offering This report presents an analysis of global mobile subscriber trends. It quantifies subscribers according to technology and region through 2010 and examines the key factors of growth and change.
Telecommunications newcomer Truphone today revealed its worldwide, low-cost mobile network and declared itself the world's first 4G network operator.
Sierra Wireless introduced the MC8775 PCI Express Mini Card embedded module, the first product in the company's lineup for next generation HSDPA networks and the sixth in the company's 3G embedded module product line.
The pace of India's mobile phone market growth is accelerating and the country is on track to surpass Russia and the U.S. in total subscribers.
3’s package will be offered free and will include three dedicated mobile TV channels - extended match highlights, ‘Today’s Best of…’ content and a specially commissioned daily magazine show – the first made-for-mobile programming of its sort.
“The response to Passport has been fantastic and today we commit to giving our customers more of what they want. Vodafone Passport is already such great value that it offers significantly lower rates than the EU Commission’s recent proposals for regulation,” says Nick Read, CEO, Vodafone UK.
Twenty-seven percent of European mobile users replace their cell phones every year, according to Telephia, the leading provider of performance measurement information to the mobile industry.
“Our mission has always been to drive mass adoption of smart phone technology and we knew we needed something special to do that,” says Dr Florian Seiche, European VP of HTC.
Nokia revealed that the Nokia N80 multimedia computer has been voted the Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe 2006 by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), the largest photo and imaging press association in Europe.
The MacroMAX is powered by picoChip's software upgradeable architecture, as are Airspan's HiperMAX and MicroMAX-SDR basestation models which are expected to achieve certified status during 2006.
The move is part of a £12 million investment programme that will see Jersey Telecom upgrade its ‘core’ mobile network over the next twelve months, bringing customers the very latest in mobile voice and data services.
“Our plans to introduce a state of the art network based on the world standard for 3G wireless communications – W-CDMA – is a natural progression for Rogers’ coast-to-coast GSM/EDGE network,” said Bob Berner, CTO of Rogers Wireless.
PCTEL announced that Vodafone, the world's largest mobile service provider, selected PCTEL's Roaming Client software to be used as one of its 3G connectivity management software solutions.
Helio plans to further attract subscribers by catering to the tastes of young and tech savvy users with various marketing methods proved successful in Korea.
Mobile phones offering generous data storage, enabled by small hard drives with ever-greater capacities, may soon allow the cellular handset to rival or surpass the portable MP3 player as the mass market mobile music device of choice
"We selected the Comarco Prizm Scanner not only because it is technologically outstanding," notes Rich Miletic, CEO of ZK Celltest, "but because we were so impressed with the superior level of customer support provided by Comarco."
Hong Kong based Artificial Life announced that it will release a new and strongly improved version of its famous "V-girl(tm) -- your virtual girlfriend" 3G mobile phone game.
QUALCOMM announced that its Mobile Station Modem (MSM) MSM7200 chipset, the world's first HSUPA solution, will enable a new generation of uplink-intensive wireless services requiring low network latency such as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP),
MiTV Corporation Sdn Bhd, the second Pay TV company in Malaysia, is all geared up to support the Government’s mission to develop the next-generation telecommunications infrastructure in Malaysia.
A software engineer from India has today been named the global winner of the Nokia Nseries See New competition, one of the most ambitious mobile photography competitions ever undertaken, judged by five of the world's best photographers.
Opera Software announced Opera Mobile 8.60, its proven mobile browser for Symbian Series 60 (S60) mobile phones. With this new release, Opera is offering its most complete and easy-to-use mobile browser to date.
Comverse announced it has been selected to supply a broad array of solutions and services from its Total Communication portfolio to P4, Poland's new 3G mobile operator.
Mobile media company 3 has launched a new section of advertising inventory targeted at mobile games companies. The ad space, located on the 3 games portal, allows publishers to promote their games further up the portal to drive sales.
"To be at the forefront of the deployment of mass-market mobile TV in a country such as China is incredibly exciting" reports Jonathan Kendrick, Chairman and CEO of ROK.
"The availability of EV-DO Rev. A is a great milestone for wireless operators and their customers, but - as with any network upgrade - it also results in new challenges for carriers," said Richard L. Evans, General Manager of Actix's Americas operations.
Mobile media company 3 launches a new integrated brand campaign this week, with the next in the series of its “West meets East” creative treatments.
Sierra Wireless announced it will deliver 3G HSDPA wireless wide area network (WAN) cards to Swisscom Mobile for use on the company's HSDPA network. Commercial shipments are expected to commence during Q2, 2006.
Vodacom announced that effective 1 June 2006 it is offering a further reduction in the cost of its 3G data service.
Ericsson has successfully completed the turnkey project of designing and integrating a multi-operator In-Building Solution (IBS) at the Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand's new international airport.
"We strongly believe in DVB-H and for this reason we have selected technologically advanced partners that believe, as we do, in this business and offer the highest levels of reliability," said Dina Ravera, Chief Operating Officer of 3 Italia.
"Helio is custom-built for the lifestyle of young people who have their mobile device at the center of their universe," said Sky Dayton, CEO, HELIO LLC.
Carrier Access Corporation announced the introduction of a major software release for the FLEXengine technology that adds the switching and prioritization of 3G radio data protocols and the ability to integrate 2G,
"With 800 cellsites covering 119 key cities and municipalities, Smart offers genuine nationwide 3G coverage. We've made the service very affordable to encourage usage.
According to the latest report released by ROA Group, the number of Satellite Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (S-DMB) subscribers has reached 440,000 since the service launch in May 2005,
The inclusion of HSUPA makes the new utility attractive for organisations developing the latest generation of 3G products, who need instruments that generate these signals to aid the development of receiver circuits.
LG Electronics announced the launch o f the LG-U900, the world’s first commercially available UMTS (WCDMA) DVB-H phone, at a ceremony in Rome, Italy.
3 mobile, Australia’s first 3G network, today announced MSN Messenger is available to their customers. With 4.1 million users, MSN Messenger is Australia’s most used free instant messaging service.
Nokia and Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that the standard sales pack of the new Nokia N93 mobile device will incorporate Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 software for Windows XP. With Adobe Premiere Elements
InterDigital Communications Corporation announced that the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corporation have reached agreement with Nokia Corporation
Virgin Mobile Bites unveils its new enhanced suite of value added services, which includes new 3G-enabled services,
“It was only very recently that Qatar hosted a Founding Conference for Expatriate Arab Scientists where H.H Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Misned, wife of H.H the Emir and Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, endorsed the need to foster scientific research in Arab countries.
Vipnet is the only Croatian operator providing a 3G network combination via the EDGE and UMTS technology to more than 90 percent of the population and it already offers the Vodafone Mobile Connect data card
HELIO LLC announced details about its mobile game service, including a custom-built mobile portal designed to maximize the 3G gaming experience.
As the preferred supplier of Skylink, Huawei is responsible for supplying CDMA solutions for Skylink’s overall network. As a result of its outstanding performance in the first stage of the construction of Skylink’s CDMA network in 2004,
HSDPA is the first evolution of WCDMA and is part of the evolutionary path of 3G enhancements to the GSM technology family. The primary benefit of HSDPA is improved end-user experience for most existing services, while new services are enabled.
The upgrade to HSDPA enables EMT to introduce its customers to a new generation of mobile services, including mobile broadband, mobile video and mobile music.
Sierra Wireless and Digi International announced that Digi has selected the Sierra Wireless AirCard(R) 860 and AirCard(R) 850 HSDPA PC Cards, AirCard(R) 775 EDGE PC Card,
Blimey, the Z540V looks so much better in person than these Samsung photos portray it. Looking at these photos, I would immediately discount the handset as a damp squid out of its depth surrounded by sharks.
UbiquiSys announced that it had selected picoChip's PC202 processor and modem technology for its 3G HSDPA ZoneGate home access point system.
Several European mobile operators are investigating the possibility of integrating a UMTS base station module into a home gateway connected via ADSL.
Nokia unveiled the latest addition to the Nokia Nseries family, the Nokia N73, a stunning multimedia computer in a compact and savvy exterior with exquisite photography features and integrated stereo speakers with 3D sound for optimized audio pleasure.
Nokia revealed the Nokia N72, a sleek and stylish new addition to the Nokia Nseries range. In pearl pink or gloss black, this compact package has high-perfomance multimedia at its core, wrapped in a beautiful design.
Nokia introduced the Nokia N93, the ultimate mobile device for spontaneous video recording. Offering uncompromised digital camcorder, telephony and rich Internet communication functionalities, the Nokia N93 features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
"It's an exciting time for the broadcast industry when millions of mobile consumers can view high quality television on Modeo integrated DVB-H smartphones with Windows Media technologies," says William Mutual, CEO of ComVu.
Assisting service providers in delivering video content and interactive videoconferencing to mobile consumers, TANDBERG introduced unique 3G video capabilities that enable service providers, including mobile operators and content providers, to differentiate their offerings and maximize their revenues.
“For the first time we can now offer a whole show to watch on your mobile at the same time it screens on the TV network. The fact that it’s a news show is particularly relevant in today’s fast paced world as many of us need to keep up to date but don’t often make it home for the news,” says Tim.
Dr. Young-Chu Cho, president and CEO of KTF, commented, “This alliance is expected to greatly contribute in providing high-quality seamless mobile services to customers in the AP region.
The battle for the “quadruple play” market (the ability to offer fast internet, fixed line and mobile telephony and TV services), in the UK looks like heating up with reports that Vodafone is poised to make an offer for the British unit of Italian-based ISP Tiscali.
Cambridge Positioning Systems announced the launch of an MS-based version of its E-GPS high accuracy mobile location technology for GSM/W-CDMA networks - designed to deliver faster location fixes, lower cost implementations and reduced power and processing requirements.
"We are excited to join together with Cingular and Georgia Tech to develop the first ongoing, live third-generation convergence test bed in the country,"
Comtech Group based in China, announced the first major design win from Huawei for customized 3G cell phone modules. Comtech will provide customized module designs for use in Huawei's new Vodafone-branded 3G phone. Comtech HQ Shenzhen shown left.
TelcoBridges announced that its highly scalable mobile video solution 3G-324M on a Blade™ is now available to enable the construction of high-performance 3G-324M systems of all sizes.
“The 2GByte high-performance MMC is a powerful indicator of Samsung’s expanding efforts to embrace the widest possible range of multimedia applications including mobile video,” said Don Barnetson, Director, Flash Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
SimpleDevices announced a home media server PC application that will enable the wireless transfer of digital media with the Nokia N80 multimedia device.
As many as 25 million wireless phone subscribers in North America could be using their mobile phones as mobile wallets by 2011, reports In-Stat, a high-tech market research firm.
Vodafone K.K. announced it will commence sales of the Vodafone 804N, a new 3G handset by NEC, in the Kanto-Koshin region. The Vodafone 804N will be rolled out in other regions when preparations are in place.
While it is very early days for 3G in most countries, mobile operators in Japan and South Korea have already reached 40% penetration of 3G services and they provide valuable lessons for mobile operators in other regions, according to a new report
Ericsson has been selected by 3 Scandinavia to provide the Ericsson Mobile Organizer (EMO), Ericsson's solution for push e-mail. EMO allows 3 Scandinavia's business customers to access e-mail, contacts and calendar conveniently while on the move.

LG is set to launch the new LG-U890, a slim and wide screen music phone equipped with stereo Bluetooth in March.LG-U890 is the latest arrival in the MUSE (Multimedia with Unique Style for Entertainment) series of LG.
Vodafone is to offer New Zealanders mobile broadband solutions, confirming that it will launch 3G Broadband by the end of the year.
T-Mobile is the first operator to launch HSDPA in the Netherlands and with this meets the requirements of the 3G-license with mobile Internet at ADSL speed.
"Early availability of a complete test solution is critical to the successful roll-out of EvDO Rev A devices and applications,"