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| Karaoke Goes Mobile |
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12th June 2003 |
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Alatto has been developing Mobile Music applications using lessons learnt from the Japanese and Korean markets where polyphonic sounds chips have been standard in handsets for some time but are just appearing in Europe. The music applications are typically downloaded onto a mobile phone and can have a built in number of plays or expiry time as well as rights management protection.
"We are delighted to have Nokia showcase our application and to be able to partner with such a major market leader in the area of mobile music. Mobile karaoke is the perfect commercial exploitation of the Multimedia capabilities of the current wave of mobile handsets. air.karaoke is building on the success of ringtones and Alatto are the only European and US provider of a ready to go mobile karaoke system. " said Alatto founder Dr. John Whelan. According to a report published today from IDC the revenue opportunity for ringtones in the US market will reach more than US$1 billion by 2007. About Alatto Technologies: Alatto Technologies, founded in 1999, is a profitable and self funded company, specializing in applications for the wireless industry, based in Dublin, Ireland with sales offices in Boston and Tokyo. Customers include Vodafone, Hutchison “Three”, Orange, Sharp and O2. Alatto was recently ranked 26th in the annual Tornado100 list of emerging Technology companies. |
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WCDMA, Nokia has already gained more than 30% of the market and currently
leads the industry in WCDMA deployment, with over 20,000 base stations
shipped globally. Nokia believes it is well on track to achieving its
targeted 35% market share in WCDMA networks. |
With
the launch of a Personal Java version of Photostore for the popular Sony
Ericsson P800, owners of this device can join the community of existing
users in over 32 countries who are already enjoying the fun and benefits
of Photostore. |
KPN
Mobile N.V. announced it considers Hutchison Whampoa Limited to be in
material breach of the shareholders agreement (due to its continued support
of an invalid funding call ), issued by Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Limited. |
Alcatel
announced the signature of a contract with Wave Telecom, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Jersey Telecom Group Ltd, to supply a GSM/GPRS and 3G/UMTS
mobile network in the island of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands.
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The
patented mobile java applications known as air.karaoke include a back
catalogue of 8,339 songs and function on the latest multimedia handsets
from Nokia and other handset manufacturers including Motorola, Siemens,
Samsung and Sharp. |
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Alatto’s
mobile karaoke application air.karaoke will be demonstrated at the Nokia
stand at the JavaOne conference. This conference is being held from
June 10-13 in San Francisco and is the premier conference for Java developers
worldwide. The product will be demonstrated by Nokia personnel at Booth
631 in the main pavilion and this is the first time that this groundbreaking
product will be shown to the public. The patented mobile java applications
known as air.karaoke include a back catalogue of 8,339 songs and function
on the latest multimedia handsets from Nokia and other handset manufacturers
including Motorola, Siemens, Samsung and Sharp.