| 3G Press Archive October 2006 |
A
major shift is taking place in the way people are communicating using
their mobile phones. No longer content to just use calls and texts to
chat to friends and family, mobile users are now adopting instant messaging
in droves. |
An invited audience of operators, equipment vendors and government officials
heard today at a seminar organized jointly by The TD-SCDMA Forum and
The UMTS Forum that complementary deployment of W-CDMA and TD-SCDMA
technologies |
Comarco is extending its popular Prizm Scanning Receiver System to support
the emerging TD-SCDMA standard currently being deployed in China. The
Prizm System is an advanced scanning receiver used by cellular carriers
to deploy, monitor and troubleshoot cellular networks that conform to
the TD-SCDMA 3G standard. T |
hythm
NewMedia, a pioneer in mobile advertising, announced that it has closed
$18 million in Series B financing. Carlyle Venture Partners, the US
venture and growth arm of The Carlyle Group, a global private equity
firm with over $44 billion under management, led this up round, joined
by all existing institutional investors. |
Huawei
Technologies confirmed that Emirates Telecommunications Corporation
(“Etisalat”) has selected Huawei as its major supplier for
the construction of its nationwide UMTS/HSPA network. |
Catapult
Communications has been selected by Korea Telecom (KT) to provide simulation
and load testing capabilities for the addition of IP Multimedia Subsystem
(IMS) services to their existing IP network. Catapult's distributor,
Tricomtek Co., Ltd., will provide local technical expertise to assist
Korea Telecom. |
Sierra
Wireless and Tomen Electronics have signed an agreement that designates
Tomen as the primary distributor for all Sierra Wireless products in
Japan, marking the formal entry of Sierra Wireless into the Japanese
3G wireless market. |
China
is a proving ground for the very latest in wireless technology, said
Perry LaForge, executive director of the CDG. With its unsurpassed performance
and two-to-three year lead over competing technologies, CDMA2000 has
emerged as the most compelling choice for operators around the globe
who want to get their 3G networks up and running as soon as possible. |
Comlent
Technology Inc., the only Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit (RFIC)
corporate member of China's 3G standard TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance (TDIA),
announced today that it starts sampling RFIC transceiver and analog
baseband (ABB) chipset in advanced CMOS technology for TD-SCDMA, the
world's first in its kind. |
3
announced the launch of six new phones for the Christmas season. The
Sony Ericsson W950i offers the most cutting-edge music applications
while for those after the latest technology and good looks. |
CEVA
announced the CEVA-X1641( block diagram above ) - the newest addition
to the company's industry-proven family of CEVA-X DSP cores and fully
compliant with the CEVA-X Instruction Set Architecture (ISA). |
Actix,
the supplier of performance optimization solutions to 9/10 of the world’s
wireless operators, announced today that they have completed the delivery
of a full GSM/GPRS/UMTS optimisation and roll-out solution for O2 Ireland. |
Nokia
and Ukrainian fixed line and broadband operator, Ukrtelecom JSC, have
signed a three-year frame agreement for the supply of 3G core and radio
network as the operator is extending its services to the mobile domain.
|
The
High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology represents a development
on the currently used UMTS, with which data transmission speed can be
now increased from 384kbit/s to 1.8Mbit/s |
Mobile
networks will provide coverage to 90% of the world’s population
by 2010, compared with 80% today, despite the misplaced policies of
many governments, who continue to subsidize the rollout of fixed-networks,
according to a study commissioned by the GSM Association, the global
trade association for mobile operators. |
3ple-Media,
the Mobile Multimedia infrastructure company, has launched a new platform
to enable Mobile Operators to kick-start MMS and Video Streaming services
for 2.5G and 3G subscribers, making two clear and important advances. |
LG Electronics (LG) has signed a contract for technical cooperation
with Germany's Schneider-Kreuznach, since long known for the world's
highest quality camera lenses. |
Ericsson
has been selected to supply, install and integrate Bouygues Telecom's
WCDMA/HSPA radio equipment in the Greater Paris area and Rhône-Alpes.
|
NetHawk
has released a new comprehensive solution for Rel5 HSDPA and Rel6 HSUPA
testing. NetHawk provides a full set of features for monitoring, functional
simulation and load testing of HSPA. |
Eamon Dunphy, Ireland’s infamous and most talked-about sports
pundit has signed a ground-breaking deal to present Ireland’s
first “made for mobile” TV series - exclusively on the 3
mobile media network. |
A
fleet of 64 specially equipped test vehicles is travelling more than
10,000 kilometres a day testing Telstra's Next G™ network - helping
Telstra get even better coverage on Australia's largest and fastest
3G network. |
Japanese
and South Korean consumers are early adopters of new technologies, and
today, nearly 14% of all mobile handsets in South Korea support Digital
Mobile Broadcast television. |
Nokia
launched of the blockbuster movie M:i:III on memory cards to coincide
with the film's DVD release. This exceptional quality, full length version
of M:i:III will be available on memory cards exclusively with Nokia
Nseries multimedia computers. |
Broadcasting
giants, BBC and Sky, dominate the third screen in the U.K., according
to Telephia, the largest provider of consumer research to the communications
and new media markets. Telephia recently expanded its consumer research
program in the U.K. to track mobile content consumption at the channel,
website and content title level. |
Hutchison
Telephone (Macau) Company announced that it has been awarded a 3G licence
by the Direcção dos Serviços de Regulação
de Telecomunicações |
iPoint-media
announced that Siemens, a major 3G infrastructure provider, has completed
implementation of the iPoint-media Vitrage™ media platform at
Seat Pagine Gialle, one of the world's leading telephone directory companies.
|
HP and Cingular Wireless announced that beginning Oct. 31 Cingular will
be the first carrier in the United States to offer a new HP iPAQ handheld
device with five wireless communications technologies. |
Ericsson,
and the leading Serbian operator, Telekom Srbija, have signed the first
contract on the Serbian market for supply and implementation of a 3G
network with HSPA functionality and associated services. This 3G network
will be connected to Telekom Srbija's existing core network, also supplied
by Ericsson |
3G
Americas, a trade association dedicated to the ubiquitous deployment
of GSM and its evolution to 3G and beyond in the Americas, today published
a white paper focused on coverage-enhancing features, products, and
network design in 3G systems. |
Sprint
announced that it has upgraded the Sprint Power Vision Network(SM),
the nation's largest wireless broadband network covering more than 164
million people, with the faster EV-DO Revision A technology in the San
Diego market |
Actix
announced the launch of HSPA upgrades to their performance optimization
software suite, enabling strong productivity improvements and faster
time-to-market for W-CDMA wireless network operators. |
Airvana,
Inc. announced it made the industry's first Quality of Service (QoS)
enabled mobile-to-mobile VoIP call on a commercially available EV-DO
Rev. A network. Airvana demonstrated the call in its Multimedia/VoIP
laboratory. |
New
findings from the TNS Global Technology Insights (GTI) 2006 study, which
examines cutting-edge technology issues across key markets, indicates
that American consumers, like their global counterparts, haven’t
fully grasped the advantages of Third Generation (3G) mobile handsets.
|
QUALCOMM
Incorporated announced that the Company's Engineering Services Group
(ESG) now works with more than 120 network operators in more than 60
countries, which collectively reach nearly 90 percent of 3G wireless
subscribers worldwide |
enturi
Wireless announced the immediate availability of its V5000 Optimization
Engine. The V5000 allows mobile and wireless operators to more quickly
adapt to accelerating demand for high bandwidth data and multimedia
services, while new capabilities further enhance subscriber experience
for email and video streaming over 2.5G, 3G and 4G networks. |
3, the mobile media company, is pleased to announce that it has acquired
a portfolio of 95 prime-location retail stores in shopping centres and
high street locations across the UK. |
Ericsson
and T-Mobile International have successfully trialed AMR Wideband among
consumers in Germany, proving the potential of this technology thanks
to a significant improvement in voice quality and the consequent end-user
satisfaction. |
Ericsson
has been selected to upgrade Wataniya's network with full 3G/HSPA functionality
that will boost the operator's mobile broadband offering to end-user
in Kuwait. Commercial launch has already started. |
onicWALL
introduced the SonicWALL TZ 190, a network security appliance which
allows users to instantly create a secure 3G wireless broadband network
without the need for a fixed Internet connection. |
Successful
mobile advertising will be one component of an integrated mobile marketing
strategy spanning promotion, sales, and customer service-and not just
a series of standalone ads on small screens. |
Anite
Telecoms announced the commercial launch of its first High Speed Uplink
Packet Access (HSUPA) test case package, from which five test cases
have already been successfully validated against two or more terminals.
|
Kyocera
Wireless and Cypress Solutions announced the Cypress Solution Chameleon
CTM 152, a rugged, industrial cellular modem that integrates the award-winning
Kyocera Passport KPC650 PC Card to leverage the power and speed of 3G
Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) networks. |
GIGABYTE Communications today unveils the GSmart i200, the first DVB-H
Windows Mobile 5.0 AKU 3.0 VGA handheld device, at the 3GSM World Congress
Asia 2006. In fact, a major highlight of the event is the preview of
the new GSmart DVB-H digital mobile TV device, GSmart i200. |
RFI
Global Services Ltd (RFI) announced the launch of the first handset
camera module test services. RFI is the first laboratory to be approved
by the founder members of the SMIA forum, Nokia and STMicroelectronics,
who have selected RFI as the first fully qualified SMIA Approved Laboratory
to independently test compliance of camera modules. |
POGO,
a South African based company, developed the software and is looking
to benefit from the growing demand for mobile phone applications in
the youth market. The application entered the market in May 2006 after
several months of development and testing. |
Azaire
Networks Inc. and Movial demonstrated a live IMS-based Video Share service
between a WiFi connected Windows XP laptop and a 3G mobile phone at
the 3GSM World Congress Asia in Singapore. Azaire Networks’ IP
Converged Network Platform (IP-CNP) and the Movial Connect PC 7.0 client
showed true Fixed-Mobile Interworking between an I-WLAN access network
and a 3G wireless network, demonstrating how users can securely access
and share content over any network. |
iemens
Networks LLC is dedicating a new 3G/IMS laboratory at the Georgia Institute
of Technology on Monday, October 23. The new lab, co-sponsored by Cingular
Wireless, the Georgia Electronic Design Center (GEDC) and the Georgia
Tech Research Network Operations Center |
Telsima
Corporation introduces TRUFLE™, its innovative mobility framework
that promises a disruptive impact in the 4G market. TRUFLE is a lightweight
architecture and software solution that enables the use of commoditized
network elements, significantly reducing the infrastructure investments
for mobile solutions. |
Samsung
Electronics is bolstering its brand image by showcasing state-of-the-
products and technologies at Korea Electronics Show 2006. This year
marks the 37th running of, Korea 's largest electronics industry event,
which is being held at the Korea International Exhibition Center (KINTEX)
in Ilsan October.. |
Huawei
Technologies demonstrated its leadership in next generation wireless
products and solutions at 3GSM World Congress Asia 2006, held in Singapore. |
The
fring™ Mobile VoIP solution is designed to optimise the embedded
internet capabilities within the subscriber handset. The fring™
solution establishes a Peer-To-Peer VoIP connection between calling
parties, enabling true VoIP sessions between fring enabled handsets
and also between handsets and PCs. |
Download
and store all the music you need with the ultimate music mobile –
the Sony Ericsson W850i with inbuilt Walkman – now available from
3. Like to listen to music on the go? mobile’s new W850i - available
in mystic black and golden white - is the ultimate 3G music mobile. |
Nokia
and the Russian operator Megafon have successfully tested data transmission
at 3.6 Mbps speed using High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology.
The test zone deployed by Nokia at one of Megafon sites in Saint Petersburg
allows the testing of all new capabilities of 3G networks. |
Mobile
broadband HSPA technology will soon be ready to deliver the services
needed by Americans for public safety. This message was delivered and
demonstrated by experts representing 3G Americas. |
Orange
and Microsoft announced their first convergent Instant Messaging offering
for PCs and mobile. The new service, named Orange Messenger by Windows
Live, will allow users to benefit from the collaboration between Orange
and Microsoft® Windows Live' Messenger. |
Analysys
says in its recently released report ''China's Handhold TV Annual Report
2006'', that China's total users of handhold TVs will reach 22.19 million
in 2010. |
Texas
Instruments introduced the expansion of its FlatLinkTM3G family of high-speed
interface integrated circuits that transmit true 24-bit (16 million
color) RGB color data for high-resolution video content in handheld
electronics such as clamshell phones, multimedia players and digital
cameras. |
Comba
Telecom Systems launched the world's first 3G multi-carrier power amplifier
("MCPA") for Advanced Wireless Services ("AWS")
band. Developed by Comba's R&D center in Santa Clara, California,
this new generation MCPA is specifically developed for the United States
market with AWS band (1.7GHz/2.1GHz) as its prevalent 3G standard. |
ytemobile
announced that SmarTone-Vodafone has partnered with Interactive Technology
Limited (ITL) to deploy Bytemobile's Optimization Services Node (OSN)
in the launch of network-wide HSDPA coverage in Hong Kong, as announced
on June 6, 2006. |
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Improvements to Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) technologies have renewed
the debate over the place in the telecom market for fixed and mobile
WiMAX, traditional 3G technologies and their offspring -- UMTS TDD,
FLASH-OFDM and iBurst. New BWA technologies are expanding consumer services
and selection, forcing mobile and fixed carriers to either upgrade or
pursue a dual network strategy. |
Owners
of the Sony Ericsson P990 smartphone can now enjoy their favourite local
TV shows on their phones wherever they are in the world. LocationFree™
from Sony redirects TV shows from your home television to target devices
such as your P990, |
As
Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA) technology
ramps in China as the official standard for third-generation (3G) mobile
telephone service, Freescale Semiconductor continues to win major wireless
basestation designs. |
WFI
announced today that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract
to continue providing its services and expertise in the areas of 2G
and 3G network design and optimization services for O2, the leading
provider of mobile services in the United Kingdom. Work under the contract
extension is already underway and will continue in to 2007. |
AirWalk
Communications announced the closing of a $15 million second round of
equity financing to aggressively extend its leadership position in the
fast-growing CDMA network market. |
Truphone announced a beta version of its free VoIP download for Nokia's
best-selling, Wi-Fi-enabled N80 mobile handset. |
Broadcom
Corporation announced that its WCDMA processor is now shipping in Panasonic's
new SoftBank 705P 3G/GSM mobile handset which the Japanese operator
SOFTBANK MOBILE Corp. |
Panasonic
Computer Solutions introduced two new rugged Panasonic Toughbook computers:
The CF-19 convertible tablet PC, and the flagship CF-30 clamshell notebook.
|
DyLogic
announced release 2.2 of its PSE 3G Gateway, an open-standard and protocols-compliant
appliance allowing connectivity between 3G and IP networks, now available
in a new version engineered on business environments’ purpose.
|
PacketVideo
Corporation and NTT DoCoMo have expanded their collaboration to provide
the Japanese market with six new advanced multimedia player handset
options powered by PacketVideo’s Universal pvPlayer software. |
High-speed
mobile broadband connectivity – powered by HSDPA - will soon become
a standard feature of notebook PCs following the publication of guidelines,
developed by a GSM Association-led initiative, that prescribe a common
approach for PC manufacturers to fully integrate 3G functionality in
their product ranges. |
Twelve leading mobile operators spanning six continents are spearheading
the GSM Association’s '3G for All' campaign, which aims to make
third-generation mobile services accessible to a much wider user base.
|
3,
Ireland’s mobile media network, today announces plans to open
up to twenty eight of its own stores across the country by the end of
2007. |
3
the mobile media company and Unipart Technology Logistics have signed
a five-year extension to their handset logistics partnership. |
Nokia
has won a contract to expand Wataniya Telecom's High Speed Downlink
Packet Access (HSDPA) radio and core network in Kuwait, increasing its
capacity and extending the HSDPA network coverage to new areas. |
Vodafone announced its range of Christmas 2006 consumer handsets offering
the widest choice of handsets ever and 3G phones at entry level prices. |
The
GSM Association, Ericsson and multinational telecommunications group
MTN have teamed up to establish biofuels as an alternative source of
power for wireless networks in the developing world. |
The
launch by Telstra of its high-speed mobile broadband service across
Australia is a major success not only because this massive undertaking
was completed in record time of just 10 months, and ahead of schedule,
but also underlines the position of WCDMA-HSDPA as the world’s
leading 3G mobile system. |
Nokia announced that it has completed its acquisition of gate5 AG, a
leading supplier of mapping, routing and navigation software and services.
Above shows Navigation Mode on Nokia N95. |
Samsung
reinforces its technology leadership by launching the world's first
10 megapixel mobile phone (model: SCH-B600) in Korean market. |
Mobile
TV in the UK has started to become a reality and with the Oxford 3G/DVB-H
Mobile TV trial revealing strong consumer demand for broadcast TV to
mobiles, the Oxford University CPD Centre presents a new course in 3G
/ DVB-H (digital video broadcasting - handheld) Mobile TV. |
Despite
mobile phone providers' endeavours to recruit 3G customers, 3G technology
remains a low priority for mobile users across the globe - and cost
is the overriding factor. |
Sony
Ericsson announced special silver versions of the K800i and K790 Cyber-shot™
camera phones as used by James Bond in the eagerly awaited new Bond
movie, Casino Royale. T |
NTT
DoCoMo announced 14 new 3G FOMA™ handsets-the 903i series, SIMPURE™
series and N902iL. Above shows the N902iL ( left ), the 903i ( middle
) and the 903ix ( right ). |
After
years of eagerly anticipating video would be the "killer application"
for 3G, a new survey from In-Stat finds that existing and potential
3G customers are much more interested in high-quality mapping and navigation
services. |
Nokia announced that they will work with Orb Networks to integrate Orb
MyCasting into the Nokia N80 Internet Edition. The integration will
arrive initially in the United States when the device begins to ship
November of this year. |
Novatel
Wireless announced that it has begun commercial shipments of its Merlin
XU870 ExpressCard to leading HSDPA and UMTS carriers worldwide. Designed
to operate on both North American and European HSDPA networks, |
Groove
Mobile announced that it powers music on 8 of the world's top 10 selling
mobile phones during the month of September. |
3UK,
Orange, Telefonica, and Vodafone announce the launch of a technical
trial of TDtv, the UMTS TD-CDMA-3GPP Multimedia Broadcast andMulticast
Services (MBMS)standard-based solution. |
PacificNet
has taken another step in its strategy of capturing market opportunities
with the impending launch of 3G in China. |
Fixed
Mobile Convergence (FMC) will grow slowly at first in China, and then
experience swift growth after the commencement of 3G services between
2008 and 2010, |
GPS
in the GSM mobile phone has always seemed to be a year away. But 2007
may be the year that it finally arrives, and 25% of WCDMA handsets will
offer GPS by the end of 2008, according to a new study from ABI Research.
|
Option
announced that they have successfully completed the industry’s
first demonstration of live HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access)
data card calls reaching a wireless uplink transmission rate of 1.3
Mbps and a wireless downlink of 2.7 Mbps at application level. The test
calls were carried out at Nortel’s research campus in Chateaufort,
France. |
TeliaSonera’s
mobile operator in Spain, Xfera, completed the first call using the
UMTS network that the company is rolling out in the country. |
World
leading HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology from Nokia
is powering Vodafone's 3G Broadband network in New Zealand. 3G Broadband
gives Vodafone's customers an innovative mobile alternative to fixed
broadband |
3,
Ireland's mobile media network, announced that its products and services
are now on sale in over 270 outlets nationwide |
Vidiator,
a leading provider of mobile streaming, encoding, mobile TV and 3D messaging
solutions, announced today that it has started supporting NTT DoCoMo’s
i-mode™ service with their Xenon™ Encoder. |
Hong
Kong based Artificial Life, a leading provider of award winning mobile
technology and applications, announced that it has signed a licensing
deal with CBS Digital Media to develop a series of mobile games. |
Novatel
Wireless announced a next generation HSDPA design win at one of the
Company's existing OEM customers -- one of the world's leading laptop
manufacturers. |
The
International 450 Association (IA450) was elated to receive the news
from TRAI about the spectrum allocation. As promoters for the use of
CDMA2000 in the 450MHz band |
3UK,
the mobile media company was last night awarded two top honours at the
2006 Mobile Choice Consumer Awards in London. |
Infineon
Technologies announced that its GPRS/UMTS multimedia platform powers
Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. newest commercially available
Softbank 705P mobile handset |
Australia
has joined the rapidly growing list of countries with live 3G HSDPA
high speed mobile networks, following Telstra's nationwide service launch
today - three months ahead of schedule. |
More
than 85 million mobile subscribers worldwide are already enjoying a
new generation of compelling mobile multimedia services on around 120
WCDMA networks that have been deployed commercially. |
LG.Philips
LCD has developed the industry's first TFT-LCD panel for next-generation
mobile phones. |
3D
and multiplayer games may grab the games technology headlines, but it
is mass market casual games that will drive market growth over the next
three years, says Juniper Research in its latest study of the global
mobile games market. |
Ixia and Anite have integrated two of their key products to simplify
video telephony certification. The collaboration helps ensure handsets
conform to the test cases selected by the Global Certification Forum
(GCF) for video telephony application enabler certification. |
xesstel
announced the new MV400 ( above ) Series of 3G Wireless
Broadband Gateways at Futurecom being held in Florianopolis, Brazil.
The MV400 Series, including the MV410 (450 MHz), MV420 (800 MHz), MV430
(1900 MHz) and MV440 (800/1900 MHz), combines CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A
wireless wide area networking (WWAN), a Wi-Fi wireless local area networking
(WLAN) router, and a four port Ethernet switch. |
Digital
music- the most popular form of mobile entertainment- is set to drive
customer adoption of 3G services, with record labels, aggregators and
handset manufacturers pursuing the mobile music arena. |
Novatel
Wireless announced a next generation HSDPA design win at one of the
Company’s existing OEM customers – one of the world’s
leading laptop manufacturers. |
The
Helio Hybrid combines a 3G card and a laptop’s built-in Wi-Fi
with easy software that switches between a nationwide 3G network, private
and free Wi-Fi signals and a network of commercial Wi-Fi hot spots,
all for one simple monthly fee. |
The
3G gateway is an easy to use, integrated desktop networking device that
networks multiple desktop and laptop PCs to provide wireless access
to broadband data at speeds up to 3.1 mega bits per second (Mbps). |
The
CDMA Development Group (CDG) is pleased to report that there are eight
CDMA2000® 1xEV-DO Revision A (Rev. A) mobile broadband devices that
are available on the market today, with three of these devices already
being sold at retail locations. |
OmniVision
Technologies unveiled a new high-performance Square Graphics Array(TM)
(SGA) 400 x 400 resolution camera chip sensor. The new OV6680 is intended
principally for use in secondary cameras in the fast growing 3G video
phone market, and has already been designed into several 3G handsets. |
Express
Logic announced that Datang Mobile Communications will distribute Express
Logic’s ThreadX RTOS, FileX file system, and NetX™ TCP/IP
stack to its customers worldwide. Under the terms of a new distribution
agreement with Express Logic, Datang will feature ThreadX as its preintegrated,
preferred RTOS solution for its customers using Datang’s SoC or
mobile handset hardware. |
Comverse
announced that VIBO Telecom, Taiwan's newest operator, deployed Comverse’s
InSight™ Open Services Environment and advanced messaging services
for its new 3G network in Taiwan. |
Dilithium
Networks confirmed that Mobitel Slovenia, the leading national mobile
telecommunications operator in Slovenia, has selected the Dilithium
DTG 2000 multimedia gateway for the delivery of multimedia and enhanced
video services across mobile and broadband networks. |
NEC
Corporation (NEC) has supplied High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA)
infrastructure systems to NTT DoCoMo, which successfully launched a
HSDPA service in Japan on August 31, 2006. |
Kenwood
Martin heads up RFI’s new Dallas-based office as a key US account
manager. Establishing a US presence is the first step in RFI’s
drive to increase its unique 2G/3G cellular approval services to mobile
handset and chipset manufacturers in the US and Canada. |
CDMA
Development Group (CDG) announced that the number of 2G cdmaOne(r) and
3G CDMA2000(r) subscribers has expanded its market share in Latin America
and the Caribbean to 70.4 million users, or 26 percent of the technology
market share in the region. |
Aplix
Corporation confirmed its JBlend(TM) Java platform has been deployed
in K610im ( above ), Sony Ericsson's first i-mode phone. |
Call
Direct Cellular Solutions (CDCS) has launched their series of HSDPA
Routers based on their successful CDM800 series platform. The new devices
will cover all of Australia's HSDPA frequencies of 850/2100MHz plus
1900MHz. |
Ireland’s mobile media network, today announced that its leading
range of handsets and mobile services are on sale in all forty eight
Carphone Warehouse stores nationwide. |
Top
Globaland Airpath Wireless announced the combination of the MobileBridge
( above ) with the Airpath Wireless Broadband Operational Support System
(WiBOSS) platform, allowing Wi-Fi carriers and businesses to quickly
deploy mobile/portable hot spots. |
Axesstel
announced it received a purchase order valued at approximately $1.8
million from a large infrastructure provider, headquartered in China,
for Axesstel D1900 (1900 MHz) and D800 (800 MHz) Wireless Broadband
Modems. Axesstel has begun shipments of both modems to the company.
|
National
Semiconductor unveiled the industry’s first 14-bit, dual, 1 GHz-input
bandwidth analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with serial low-voltage
differential signaling (LVDS) outputs for demanding communications,
test and measurement, and imaging applications. |
A
definite development schedule has been given to the third generation
or 3G, as it’s known commonly, mobile telecom in China. A broad
range of new telecom services like multimedia services, mobile banking
etc. will be offered by 3G, whereas current mobile telecommunication
services focus mainly on voice business. Also, consumers will enjoy
more exciting mobile life and much improved quality of services. |
The
patent encompasses the use of GSM / 3G mobile devices, be they phones,
PDA’s or other similar devices for authenticating users and transacting
mobile commerce. The patent grant serves to strengthen Mobile VPT Europe’s
mission to make its technology ubiquitous across mobile devices and
will enable the company to provide consumers with maximum transaction
security and authentication while reducing costs through an open mobile
transaction network. |
The
fourth-generation mobile network is called NGMN – Next Generation
Mobile Network. As part of an in-house exhibition at the Siemens Forum
in Munich, Siemens held a live presentation of the functionality and
advantages of this network for the first time worldwide. |
NTT DoCoMo announced it has co-developed a portable, seven-inch 3D display
system with Associate Professor Yasuhiro Takagi of Tokyo University
of Agriculture and Technology. |
Palm’s
Treo 750v isn’t the first Treo labelled smartphone from the company,
nor is it the first Treo to sport Windows Mobile. But it is the first
time we’ve seen the combination in the UK. |
LG
Mobile bring the KG920 ( above ) 5 Mega-Pixel digital camera phone to
the UK in silver with a unique camera-style form, the KG920 boasts an
innovative twist design that allows the camera to rotate up to 180 degrees. |
Nokia
is expanding mobility into a new arena by bringing wireless wide area
connectivity for notebook users. Nokia has developed an HSDPA connectivity
module for notebook computers |
Sierra
Wireless announced support for Intel Corporation's 3G-enabled Ultra
Mobile PC platform, shown today at the Intel Developer Forum in San
Francisco. |
alm
and Microsoft announced the first Asian availability of the new Palm(R)
Treo(TM) 750v smartphone, bringing for the first time to Asia the hallmark
Palm experience on Microsoft(R) Windows Mobile(R) 5.0 over a wireless
3G/UMTS network. |
Vodafone
unveiled its first Vodafone-only branded 3G consumer handset, the Vodafone
710, which will see the mobile network operator become a brand name
in its own right in the consumer handset market. |
SeeMeTV
passes 12 million downloads since launch 3’s SeeMeTV service, which allows customers to share videos and make “cash for clips” from viewings, has seen more than 12 million downloads since its launch last October. In the same time period there have been in excess of 100,000 uploads to the service, generating more than £250,000 for contributors. |
Ericsson
has been chosen as the sole supplier to build and integrate TelstraClear's
3G/WCDMA/HSPA high-speed mobile broadband network in Tauranga, New Zealand. |
Considering
the imminent Olympics 2008 in Beijing, issuing of 3G licenses to ensure
high-speed mobile networks is probable this year. This is likely to
drive demand in the wireless test and measurement equipment. |
In 2011, the total population of GPS-enabled location-based services
(LBS) subscribers will reach 315 million, up from 12 million in 2006,
according to a new study from ABI Research. |
Sandbridge
Technologies is sampling its SB3011 chip that implements a complete
third-generation (3G) mobile handset capable of operating virtually
any radio protocol required for a common (universal) multi-mode, multi-function
mobile platform and significantly reducing the time to market and total
cost of ownership for OEMs and carriers. |
A
web site entirely focused on Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology,
the 3GPP global standard for fixed-mobile convergence, was unveiled.
The site, www.umatoday.com, is dedicated to providing the latest news,
information and discussion on UMA-based services, products and events. |
This
launch of high-speed mobile data connections is taking place just 10
months after Sonofon purchased the 3G licence. To begin with, coverage
will extend to the centre of Copenhagen, Aarhus, Aalborg, Odense and
a number of other cities in Denmark. |
Nokia
extends its existing, exclusive WCDMA 3G network frame agreement with
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) to cover the Nokia High Speed Downlink Packet Access
(HSDPA) solution and the new Nokia Flexi WCDMA Base Station. |
Nokia
unveiled music editions of three Nokia Nseries multimedia computers,
the Nokia N70 Music Edition, Nokia N73 Music Edition and Nokia N91 8GB.
The Nokia Nseries Music Range combines sleek black design with heightened
mobile music experiences appealing to the music enthusiast in everyone. |
Nokia
introduced the Nokia N75, its smallest multimedia computer, offering
digital music playback, quality photography, telephony and rich internet
communication. The Nokia N75 provides a complete multimedia experience
in a thin and elegant clamshell, while utilizing Nokia's renowned ease
of use. |