| Video Clips to 2.5G / EDGE Handsets in Africa |
| 6th
April, 2005 ( see
below for all today's 3G news ) |
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Inset : Dan Willstrand, Head of Sales at Kamera. The service launched with MTN is a pure entertainment news service covering the most spectacular entertainment happenings in the world. With this service MTN’s customers can find out what their favorite music and movie stars are doing today. “Entertainment news is growing more popular in all channels, including mobile phones. This cooperation with Kamera strengthens our offering in the mobile entertainment segment” says Ashraff Paruk, General Manager, Products, Services and Innovation, MTN South Africa. The launch with MTN is the first project resulting from the Content Distribution Agreement Kamera recently signed with Ericsson. The project was initiated through Ericsson and the video clips delivered from Kamera will be handled by Ericsson’s content management solution. “We are very happy to launch this service with MTN in South Africa. This is our first cooperation in Africa and MTN has a very strong position in many African markets” says Dan Willstrand, Head of Sales at Kamera. |
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| Today's
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| Ericsson and NTT DoCoMo Successfully Complete 3G WCDMA Interoperability Testing |
| Ericsson Mobile Platforms and NTT DoCoMo, Inc. have successfully completed WCDMA Interoperability Testing (IOT). Testing has been conducted using Ericsson Mobile Platforms' global market leading WCDMA/GPRS platform U100. |
| Video Clips to 2.5G / EDGE Handsets in Africa |
| The Swedish mobile video distributor Kamera has signed a deal with the South African operator MTN to distribute video clips to MTN’s customers. Customers will be able to download these video clips to their 2.5G / EDGE handsets, |
| 3GUpload.com Launches Music Ringtones Offering |
| 3GUpload.com, Inc., a leading mobile entertainment website, today announced that it has significantly upgraded its expansive ringtone library with the addition of a new "Music Ringtones" catalogue. |
| Industry-First Integrated Video Test for 3G Networks |
| ektronix, Inc. announced the broad and innovative range of new video test, monitoring and measurement products the company will feature at the National Association of Broadcasters |
| OneNAND on All Major Mobile Platforms |
| Samsung Electronics announced the availability of OneNAND Flash software -- called eXtended sector remapper (XSR) -- that optimizes the functioning of OneNAND memory devices for 3G mobile phones, PDAs, portable gaming systems and digital cameras. The software simplifies OneNAND Flash integration with digital devices. |
| Andrew Corporation Elected to 3G Americas' Board of Governors |
| 3G Americas announced the election of Andrew Corporation, a global communications systems and equipment supplier, to its Board of Governors effective March 2005. |
| Two New 3G Price Plans for 3 UK |
| 3, the UK's first video mobile network, today announced the launch of two new price plans, "Off-peak 3000", 3's first off-peak plan and "Talk, Text & Video 600", an enhancement to 3's best selling plan, "Talk & Text 600". |
| ‘Supercharged’ Wireless Experience Using HSDPA |
| Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian mobile operator, demonstrated the potential of its wireless network evolution with High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) technology from Nortel. |
| Performance/Cost Reduction for 3G-UMTS Base Station |
| LSI Logic Corporation announced that IPWireless, a global provider of advanced standards-based broadband wireless technology, has deployed RapidChip(R) Platform ASIC in its 3G-UMTS Base Station. |
| Is 3G Going to be the Way Forward? |
| 3G was envisioned as the technology that would help wireless carriers reduce their dependence on voice services, and transition to a new data-centric world. |
| Fast, Secure and Reliable, 3G and VoIP Network Protection |
| SafeNet, Inc., setting the standard for information security, announced the availability of QuickSec for Telecom, the market's first IPSec network security toolkit to secure third generation (3G) Wireless Networks. |
| Western European Mobile Market: trends and forecasts 2005–2010 |
| Mobile operators are facing a number of challenges, including managing technology transition and growing ARPU. However, they also have a number of options: 3G opens an opportunity not only for mobile data but also for further growth in voice revenues. |
| Will 3G WCDMA Succeed Outside of US, Europe and Japan? |
| As mobile operators in both saturated markets and emerging ones continue to build towards a totally cellular world, infrastructure vendors will be the benefactors throughout the decade. |
| CDMA2000 Continues to Dominate the 3G Market in Latin America and The Caribbean |
| The CDMA Development Group (CDG) reported today that CDMA2000(R) continues to expand rapidly in Latin America and the Caribbean, spurring growth for operators and bringing advanced services to the region. |
| Fujitsu Tie-Up with Alcatel for 3G Phones in China |
| Fujitsu bring a lot to the new agreement including Mobile Media Processors for 3G phones. |
Africa
: The Swedish mobile video distributor Kamera has signed a deal with
the South African operator MTN to distribute video clips to MTN’s
customers. Customers will be able to download these video clips to their
2.5G / EDGE handsets, from the MTNLoaded portal. Kamera will provide
two new entertainment clips on a daily basis. 
