| FOX News Channel Live on Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Phones |
| 20th
April, 2005 ( see
below for all today's 3G news ) |
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"The addition of live FOX News Channel to Sprint TV continues to illustrate our leadership in the wireless multimedia space, adding more high-quality live video to our customers mobile experience that they typically consume on TV at home," said Jeff Hallock, vice president - Wireless Data Product Strategy, Sprint. "Sprint has been delivering multimedia content nationwide for more than two years and was the first U.S. CDMA wireless carrier to deliver streaming audio and video on demand at up to 15 frames per second." "This deal positions FOX News Channel to become a significant player in the wireless industry and is a great opportunity to expand the brand and reach our loyal audience outside their homes," said Jeremy Steinberg, FNC's director of digital media. Sprint first launched Sprint TV in August 2004, giving customers access to streaming audio and video at up to 15 frames per second. The service has continued to grow with Sprint now offering 17 channels of video content on demand from some of the most highly regarded brands in broadcasting. The content genres range from news, sports and weather to music, cartoons and made-for-mobile movies. Sprint PCS Vision subscribers may add Sprint TV to their existing Sprint PCS Vision plan for $9.99 per month, or subscribers may choose the Sprint Multimedia Pack and get unlimited access to Sprint TV, wireless data, Picture Mail(SM) and Sprint PCS Video Mail and 100 SMS text messages for just $25.00 per month. All multimedia services plans are in addition to voice calling. Sprint continues to prevail as the wireless data leader. At the end of the fourth quarter 2004, Sprint announced 6.2 million Sprint PCS Vision customers with average revenue per user of more than $5.50 for advanced data services. About
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| ZTE Introduces 3G To Vietnam |
| ZTE Corporation, China’s largest listed telecommunications manufacturer and leading wireless solutions provider, is to install Vietnam’s first 3G network in Ho Chi Minh City. |
| Alcatel and Istituto Geografico De Agostini Develop Location-based services for 3G UMTS Terminals |
| Alcatel and Istituto Geografico DeAgostini - a leading Italian publishing house, with an unrivalled expertise in cartography - have developed an advanced solution for location services, based on Assisted GPS technology. |
| Highly Linear 12 V Power Amplifier Modules; Targeted for 3G Cellular Base Station Applications |
| WJ Communications introduced a new family of +12 V power amplifiers, the AP501, AP502, AP503 and AP504. |
| FOX News Channel Live on Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Phones |
| Sprint and FOX News Channel announced the delivery of live news to Sprint TV, known as FOX News Channel Live. |
| 3 Italy Finalizes 3G Managed Services Contract |
| Ericsson and 3 Italy have finalized the due diligence and execution of the managed services contract announced on January 20, 2005. |
| VimpelCom to Broadcast Live to 10m Mobile Subscribers |
| Celltick’s, the market leader in idle-screen applications and interactive mobile broadcast, turns Russian mobile operator VimpelCom into a national media broadcaster overnight. |
| Telabria merges Wi-Fi with 3G |
| Telabria, the award winning wireless network developer, announced the latest addition to its mSystem family of indoor and outdoor wireless mesh access points and routers. |
| 3G Adoption and Faster Handset Replacement in Asia-Pacific Are Inevitable |
| For mobile handset vendors, Asia-Pacific is the largest regional market in the world and holds the greatest potential. The region currently accounts for more than 40% of global handset sales and mobile users. |
| Connex launches 3G |
| Connex, Romania's leading mobile network and first video mobile network, announces the April 25th, 2005 launch of 3G services in Romania. |
| Orange France Expands EDGE Wireless Services |
| Orange France has launched a new high-speed mobile service which covers 85 percent of French inhabitants. |
| Wildwave Launches Havoc TV on Vodafone 3G |
| Wildwave today launched the Havoc TV Mobile Music Video channel on Vodafone Live! powered by 3G, The channel is based on Havoc TV Video on demand, which which is currently carried to millions of US households via top cable carriers . |
| 3 UK to launch Football365 m-site |
| ukbetting plc, the online gaming and sports content provider, announced today the launch of its first branded, stand alone, channel on the UK's largest 3G mobile network. |
| 3G World Congress and Exhibition 2005 in Hong Kong |
| This year marks the 10th anniversary of the leading event in Asia for global mobile and wireless industry covering all 3G and emerging wireless technologies. New elements including the "Networking Area" and the "WiMAX Village" will be added to this year's event. |
| Tatara Systems Demonstrates Fixed Mobile Convergence |
| One of the first fixed mobile convergence solutions being offered by Tatara is SMS over IP, which allows communications service providers to seamlessly handoff SMS traffic from their legacy circuit network to an IP network (e.g. over WLAN). |
| Deal Reinforces Nokia's Leading Position in 3GPP Core Networks |
| Nokia has signed an agreement with leading Indonesian operator Telkomsel to expand its packet core network in Indonesia. |
| Rogers First In Canada To Provide Live TV On Cell Phones |
| Rogers Mobile Television service is powered by MobiTV, the world's first network and platform providing live television on wireless phones. |
| 3G Mobile Video Content for Telecom New Zealand |
| Gamer.tv has signed an agreement with Telecom New Zealand to supply video game reviews, previews and features for access by Telecom's T3G customers. |
| Woosh Order with IPWireless Triples its 3G UMTS TDD Network |
| Woosh Wireless and IPWireless announced today that the New Zealand broadband service provider has placed an order for an additional 180 UMTS TDD base stations to expand its New Zealand network. |
| SK Telecom Releases "GXG", Mobile Phone 3D Games |
| SK Telecom has launched a variety of great 3D games that let users enjoy a sense of incredible speed and powerful graphics by upgrading the existing mobile games offered via mobile phone. |
| 3G HSDPA Tipped as a Low-Cost Path to Fast Mobile Broadband |
| Mobile communications infrastructure vendors and carriers, impatiently waiting to offer their customers mobile broadband services, would do well to consider HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) as an economical alternative. |
US
: Sprint and FOX News Channel announced the delivery of live news to
Sprint TV, known as FOX News Channel Live. The deal provides Sprint
customers with the opportunity to watch continuous live FNC programming
nationwide on Sprint PCS Vision Multimedia Phones. 
