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| O2 Personalised Video Messaging |
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24th February , 2004 |
| Europe UK : Pulse Entertainment, the virtual character technology company, and Image Semantics, the mobile imaging company, today announced the launch of personalised video messaging in partnership with O2. The new service is the first launch of the wireless version of Pulse’s interactive virtual character technology in Europe. The service allows customers to select a character from a photo gallery and type in their own text message. Customers can do this through both web and wap interfaces. Advanced text-to-speech technology and character animation techniques, such as lip synchronisation, convert these words into a speaking and expressive character. The personalised message can be sent directly to a mobile handset as a video clip. The service is available across all networks and, through the use of industry standards for mobile video, avoids the need to install any additional client software. One of the first deployments of the application, called ‘Lip Service’, has been through O2’s ‘Mobile Model Search’ promotion (www.mobilemodel.o2.co.uk). Richard Sedgwick, Business Manager at O2, commented “In support of this major campaign we carefully selected a small number of value-added services from O2’s Revolution developer community which really demonstrate the future of media messaging. Lip Service had all the ingredients we were looking for – it is highly entertaining, easy to use and innovative while working with today’s technology. This service further strengthens O2’s data leadership position in the market.” Pulse Entertainment’s Veeper© technology for creating talking virtual characters that convey emotional behaviour has been licensed by Image Semantics. It has been integrated into Image Semantics’ mobile platform for personalised multimedia applications to deliver the character-driven messaging service. James
Pycock, Business Development Director at Image Semantics, explained:
“We wanted to extend video beyond pure content downloads and
into media messaging. The critical dimension of messaging is the personalisation
aspect. This service manages to bring that new dimension to video
by allowing customers to create and send their own individual and
unique video clips. We are delighted that O2 has adopted the service
for such a high-profile promotion of media messaging”. |
| TODAY'S
PRESS RELEASES |
| 3 Ends Higher Charges for Pay-As-You-Go 3G Users |
| Research out today suggests that Brits with Pay-As-You-Go mobile phones are paying a £500 million a year penalty simply by choosing to pay up front. |
| Turnkey Solution Offers 3G Mobile Operators Flexibility |
| Starent Networks Corporation and NetSpira Networks today announced their partnership to deliver an enhanced charging solution for mobile operators. |
| 3 Hong Kong 3G Agreement with UEFA |
| 3 Hong Kong today announced the signing of an agreement with UEFA for the rights in Hong Kong to transmit highlights of all UEFA Champions League matches |
| Leading Portfolio of 3G Performance Monitoring Solutions |
| NetTest, a leading worldwide provider of testing, monitoring and management solutions for advanced and converged networks, will demonstrate its industry leading portfolio of 3G performance monitoring and optimization solutions at 3GSM 2004 |
| 3G for 3GSM |
| Nortel Networks and Orange have completed a five-month UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network deployment to provide live third generation (3G) coverage for Cannes and portions of Nice - including the airport - for 3GSM World Congress 2004. |
| 3 Launches 3G Pay As You Go |
| 3, the UK's only video mobile operator, is set to shake-up the pre-paid market in the UK with the launch of ThreePay its first Pay-As-You-Go offer to customers on Monday 23rd February. |
| Sendo SM570 : MMS and Java-Enabled Wireless Phone |
| Sendo today announces the M570, an MMS and Java-enabled clamshell phone with a 65K ultra fine and bright (UFB) colour display. |
| Sendo S600 : New Wireless Camera Phone |
| Sendo today announces the launch of the S600, a slim, elegant phone with leading edge digital camera capability. |
| 15 GSM Wireless Phones for Europe |
| Innostream, Korea’s GSM phone manufacturer, announced today the acceleration of its advance into the European GSM market, by introducing advanced camera phones to the 3GSM World Congress 04 and the CeBIT 2004. |
| Advances in 3G Services |
| Ericsson is demonstrating continued market progress for 3G services with interoperable and commercial 3G handsets from eight leading handset vendors. The demonstration will take place in Hall 1, next to Ericsson's Internet Café. |
| O2 Personalised Video Messaging |
| Pulse Entertainment, the virtual character technology company, and Image Semantics, the mobile imaging company, today announced the launch of personalised video messaging in partnership with O2. |
| Vodafone live! Wireless Portal Enhanced |
| Vodafone K.K. announced that from March 1, 2004 it will strengthen the top menu functions of the Vodafone live! portal to further enhance customer convenience. |
| 1 Billion for GSM Wireless |
| More than one billion people, almost one in six of the world’s population, are now using GSM mobile phones. This historic milestone has been reached only 12 years after the launch of the first networks. |
| New IM-7200 Wireless Handset |
| Nextreaming Corporation, a leader in mobile video software for operators and handset manufacturers announced that SK Teletech (SKTT) Co., Ltd, has integrated Nextreaming’s mobile multimedia software package, Nexembedded™ Suite to help SKTT’s IM-7200 handset enable multimedia communications. |
| Sun Drives New Wave Of Wireless Java Services |
| The new mobile Java infrastructure enhancements announced today help all members of the wireless community take advantage of these opportunities. |
| Single Board Computer for 3G Network Signalling |
| This provides infrastructure developers with the high density and scalability they require for Next Generation Network nodes that most other SBC signalling products cannot achieve. |
| Technology That Enables Sharing of 3G Cell Site Antennas |
| Andrew Corporation and IPWireless have jointly developed a product that lowers operators’ costs and simplifies deployment of wireless systems by enabling them to combine transmission of two 3G radio technologies onto a single cell site antenna. |
| Low Down On NEC 313 3G Phone |
| So what can we expect from this device when it comes to Europe on 3? |
| New GSM/GPRS Wireless Phone for Vodafone |
| Sharp Corporation announces that it will commence shipment of its new GX30 mobile phone with built-in megapixel CCD camera and color LCD |
| Satellite DMB for Wireless |
| SK Telecom announced that the construction of the world's first satellite for Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) |
| KPN One Millionth i-mode Wireless Customer |
| KPN's mobile division this week registered its 1 millionth i-mode customer, continuing the trend of accelerated take-up. |
| 3G Video Breakthrough for Vfone and 3 |
| This is a key milestone in video communications and is the first time in the world that a video phone has been successfully connected to a 3G video mobile phone. |
| DoOnGo Software Aims At 3G Flaws |
| "More technology glitches are expected as handsets move exclusively to 3G," said Dr. Luosheng Peng, CEO, chairman and co-founder of DoOnGo Technologies. |
| Motorola V80 Mobile |
| Broadband
wireless technologies will help bring the next five billion users to
the Internet, an Intel Corporation executive explained |
| Sun Drives New Wave Of Wireless Java Services |
| The new mobile Java infrastructure enhancements announced today help all members of the wireless community take advantage of these opportunities. |
| Single Board Computer for 3G Network Signalling |
| This provides infrastructure developers with the high density and scalability they require for Next Generation Network nodes that most other SBC signalling products cannot achieve. |
| Technology That Enables Sharing of 3G Cell Site Antennas |
| Andrew Corporation and IPWireless have jointly developed a product that lowers operators’ costs and simplifies deployment of wireless systems by enabling them to combine transmission of two 3G radio technologies onto a single cell site antenna. |
| T-Mobile 3G Lift-Off |
| At present, the 3G networks are being used by selected customers using 2.5 and 3G data cards in laptops with automatic roaming across T-Mobile’s seamless network. |
| SK Telecom Selects Gemplus USIM Card for 3G W-CDMA |
| The Gemplus "GemXplore 3G" USIM cards deployed for SK Telecom support all three primary networks currently available: 3G W-CDMA, CDMA 2000 1X and GSM. |
| Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones Push to Talk Wireless |
| Sapio have a long term commitment to Push to Talk products and the release of a version that works on Sony Ericsson P800 and P900 |
| IN-BUILDING wireless navigation |
| The navigation system uses a combination of silicon gyroscopes and accelerometers to measure the operator’s stride, which determines the velocity vector. |
| Cingular to Acquire AT&T Wireless |
| Cingular Wireless announced today an agreement to acquire AT&T Wireless, creating the premier wireless carrier in the United States. |
| GCF Validation for 3G WCDMA Test Cases |
| Spirent Communications announces that test cases for its UMTS Automatic Test System (U-ATS) have now been validated... |
| 3G WCDMA's Role Defined |
| Although off to a slower start than originally expected WCDMA is showing regained promise, according to a new study from |
| Strategic Thrust Into 2.5G and 3G Mobile Markets |
| Media Servers are now available to provide the Multimedia Resource Function (MRF) for 2.5G and 3G wireless networks. |
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