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DoCoMo
Wireless Camera Phone Sales Exceed 3 Million |
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27th November 2002 |
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| Inset is the NTTDoCoMo The N504iS camera mobile. Launched
on June 1, 2002, the service has proved a major hit with the Japanese
market. i-shot phone sales reached 1 million on August 12, less than
three months following service launch, and 2 million on October 13,
less than five months. Given the service's popularity, which continues
to rapidly grow, DoCoMo has introduced a variety of i-shot compatible
handsets. Currently, there are seven models available on the market.
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TODAY'S
PRESS RELEASES |
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NTT
DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that sales of i-shot™ handsets have
topped the 3 million mark, less than six months |
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Hutchison
Whampoa's growing debt and the cash flow drag from its third-generation
mobile telecom business (3G) put it in danger of a ratings downgrade next
year, UBS Warburg has warned. |
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Juniper
Research interviewed over 40 industry leaders and concluded that MMS has
the potential to generate revenues in excess of $8.3bn by 2004 |
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lcatel
announced it has signed a frame agreement and three supply contracts with
Mobile Telesystems, a leading mobile operator of Eastern Europe. |
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Alcatel
officially inaugurated its 3G Reality Centre in Stuttgart, Germany today.
This facility, which has been operational since June of this year, is
the first end-to-end, fully open 3G/UMTS mobile facility in Germany |
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Lucent
Technologies today introduced a third-generation (3G) CDMA2000 base station
that, because of its compact design and distributed architecture, offers
the flexibility needed to meet a variety of deployment needs and coverage
challenges for mobile operators |
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Alcatel
announced that leading French mobile operator Cegetel/SFR Group has signed
a multi-million Euro contract for Alcatel's flagship multiprotocol, platform
family, network management and services. |
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igital
Bridges announced it has launched its first i-mode title - Star Trek®
First Duty - with German mobile operator E-Plus. |
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UTStarcom
announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Datang Mobile ("Datang"),
marking their joint effort to develop and promote the TD-SCDMA 3G standard. |
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Until
recently, Li Ka-shing's business judgment seemed above reproach, thanks
to his decades of virtually flawless maneuverings in everything from container
ports to hotel management. |
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Implementation
of third- generation (3G) communication systems, especially in Europe
and Asia, and new automobile electrical accessory designs are powering
the growth of the world lead acid batteries market. |
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The
CDMA Development Group announced that already eight TDMA operators in
Asia and the Americas have migrated to or are deploying CDMA2000 for 3G.
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There
are rumors in academic circles and in the media that 3G will lead to a
dramatic increase in power consumption. This is not true. |
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Japan
was first to launch a 3G network for mobile services. But South Korea
has been by far the best in turning this network technology into a commercial
success. |
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Samsung
Electronics is scheduled to introduce multi-function intelligent terminals
in CDAM2000 1x format. |
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Parker's
Car Guides and Bango.net to give Vodafone, 02 and T-Mobile users the chance
to check prices and get mini reviews through WAP-enabled handsets. |
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It
is a positive sign for the industry to see vendors remaining profitable
in challenging market conditions. Motorola even managed to turn its highest
operating margin since 1997 |
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Hutchison
3G, the new mobile operator aiming to launch a 3G service in the UK and
Italy next month, is closer to deciding on what tariff plans it will offer
consumers in the UK. |
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3,
the Italian video mobile company of the Hutchison Whampoa Group, marks
the beginning of the era of the mobile communications of third generation
in Italy, opening its website to the reservations of the first UMTS offer
of the Italian market. |
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France
Telecom has signed a conditional transaction with MobilCom for an amicable
termination of their agreements regarding the development of UMTS in Germany.
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Dilithium
Networks today announced the introduction of QuickReach DNA (Dilithium
Network Analyzer) a protocol analysis platform for the mobile market.
QuickReach DNA is a H324M/3GPP-324M protocol analysis tool |
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Wavecom
SA announced the launch of the first WISMO-powered mobile phones with
a colour LCD. After the success of its existing range of mobile phones,
TCL Mobile Communication now responds to a strong demand in the Chinese
market with its first models featuring colour LCDs |
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Samsung
Electronics said on it will debut with a third generation mobile phone
on the European market in the third quarter of 2003, using a Qualcomm
chip that was announced last week. |
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Samsung
Electronics, Vodafone and Nortel Networks has agreed to carry out a program
to realize the first 3G UMTS trial test in Spain. |
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The
Nordic IT and management consultant HiQ signs an agreement with the operator
3, former Hi3G. The agreement, which gives HiQ preferred supplier status,
covers services like radio network and transmission design, telecoms strategy
and specialist technical competence. |
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This
will provide 2.5G and 3G module and terminal manufacturers with application-specific
solutions. The partnership will speed up time-to-market for mobile multimedia
devices and will allow reduced R&D investment |
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Fourth
generation wireless will be rolled out by this time next year by forward-thinking
wireless operators who are now working with 4G technology providers in
an effort to leapfrog expensive and ineffective third generation wireless
strategies. |
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South
Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom said on Thursday it would launch
a third-generation service based on W-CDMA technology |
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J-PHONE
announced that as of December 1, 2002, customers using J-PHONE’s
“Super Mail” (Movie Sha-mail-enabled) packet data service
will be able to receive initial message notifications for free. |
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apan's
mobile phone operators, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., KDDI Corporation, J-PHONE Co.,
Ltd. and TU-KA Cellular Tokyo, Inc., have agreed to conduct a joint study
on the possible biological effects of exposure to radio waves from mobile
phone systems. |
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NTT
DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that sales of i-shot™ handsets have
topped the 3 million mark, less than six months after DoCoMo's i-shot
service was introduced. i-shot allows subscribers to transmit still
images taken with compatible mobile phones having built-in digital cameras
to virtually any device capable of receiving