3G Features April 2005
3G Features April 2005
Alcatel announced that it has been selected by Telefónica Móviles España, the leading Spanish mobile communications operator, as a supplier for its 3G/UMTS network.
PCTEL, Inc. announced that it had signed a contract to develop and customize client software for converged handsets that NTT DoCoMo obtains from Motorola. Under the agreement.
Insignia Solutions announced that it has been selected by Hutchison 3G Austria to provide its Device Management Server (DMS) for the configuration of subscriber email accounts.
The mobile industry could spend USD 80-100 billion on WCDMA-IP-royalty payments up to 2017, sparking fears about the future of second-tier vendors and the level of innovation entering the 3G market.
3 Hong Kong is once again leading the market by introducing the world’s first-ever pre-book exempted 3G video conference service. Using their 3G video mobile phones, up to four 3’s customers can participate in a video conference at any time, from Hong Kong or different parts of the world.
Vodafone K.K. announces that today it has applied to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications for licenses to operate W-CDMA experimental radio stations on the 1.7GHz frequency band,
"The Nokia N70 perfectly illustrates our commitment to offer powerful, all-inclusive handsets that aid people in their daily lives. In addition to advanced smartphone and entertainment features, mobile photography is extremely easy and enjoyable with the elegant Nokia N70," said Joe Coles, Director of imaging product marketing at Nokia.
"We foresee that already this year, the camera phone market will grow to be over four times the size of the digital camera market," said Juha Putkiranta, Senior Vice President, Multimedia Imaging, Nokia.
Motorola, Inc. announced the launch of a new 3G Development Center in China. Based in Beijing, the center will play a crucial role in the development of Motorola's 3G network solutions globally, as well as provide direct support for 3G customers in China.
With the rapid proliferation of wireless technology, telecom carriers are deploying 3G networks to tap the growing demand for new age wireless services. In moving up the technology chain from 2G to 3G protocol,
Analog Devices and Datang Mobile, leading developer of the TD-SCDMA standard, announced a complete reference design for the development of 3G cellular handsets based on the TD-SCDMA standard.
Silver Screen Studios, Inc. is pleased to announce that its has placed the Rules and Regulations for the Silver Screen Studios, Inc. Global 3G Film Festival at the website www.wsssg-tv.com.
Pantech, one of the world’s leading mobile communications groups - comprised of Pantech&Curitel Communications, Inc., Pantech Co., Ltd. and Pantech C&I Inc.
Japan's mobile phone operators, NTT DoCoMo, Inc., KDDI Corporation, Vodafone K.K. and TU-KA Cellular Tokyo Inc.
LogicaCMG announced that it has successfully implemented a new billing system for SmarTone, Hong Kong's leading mobile operator in multimedia services.
Nokia and Austrian operator mobilkom austria have signed an agreement for the renewal and expansion of mobilkom austria's GSM network in several regions of Austria.
Analog Devices announced details of its participation as a silver sponsor of the International TD-SCDMA Summit being held at the Kempinski Hotel in Beijing, China on April 26 and 27.
WOW! TV is Kamera’s own mobile TV channel, focusing on international entertainment news and targeting people between 12-30 years.
The new dual-camera Nokia 6680 video handset supports both 3G and EDGE technologies. With CSL's unique "Integrated 3G" network and 1O1O's three new Infotainment Channels, customers can now enjoy stable, reliable and high-quality mobile multimedia services anytime, anywhere.
Nokia has signed a contract extension with 3G Infrastructure Services AB (3GIS) to expand the Swedish operator's WCDMA 3G radio network, providing improved network coverage and capacity across Sweden.
Top Global, a wireless convergence solution provider, announced the World's First Dual Slot Enterprise Class MobileBridge solutions that link 3G mobile and Wi-Fi networks.
The networking solution, based on the Cisco 12000 Series Router, will enhance Hutchison's existing Gigabit Ethernet core, packet-based data network.
Cameras started rolling for Asia’s first 3G mobile drama P.S … I Luv U since its announcement in December 2004. Co-produced by MediaCorp Studios and the Media Development Authority (MDA), the 30-episode Chinese mobi-drama is slated to make its debut in Singapore mid-June 2005.
Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed a 4Gb (Giga B it) OneNAND ™ Flash memory device for multimedia phones, featuring micro-compact dimensions, low power consumption and high performance, in addition to its high density.
Agilent Technologies announced its family of 4 mm by 4 mm power amplifier (PA) modules featuring CoolPAM technology. CoolPAM significantly reduces battery power consumption and allows mobile handsets to run cooler.
Ericsson has strengthened its 3G position in Taiwan by winning a contract with WCDMA operator VIBO Telecom. Ericsson has been chosen to deliver a turnkey solution for VIBO's core network.
It said convergence and bundling of services as well as Asia / Pacific domination of subscriber growth will be the prevalent trends in the mobile and wireless industry over the next five years
DiGi, one of Southeast Asia’s leading operators, today announced the successful selection and deployment of its next generation audio and video services. LogicaCMG was selected as the lead systems integrator and technology provider.
DATATRAK International, the leading and most experienced Application Service Provider ("ASP") in the Electronic Data Capture ("EDC") industry today announced that it has delivered for one of its clients, completely wireless EDC capabilities to a research site based in Ancona, Italy.
From Strategy to Implementation is the focus for the first Decision Summit of the year.
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.
Sprint and FOX News Channel announced the delivery of live news to Sprint TV, known as FOX News Channel Live.
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.
WJ Communications introduced a new family of +12 V power amplifiers, the AP501, AP502, AP503 and AP504.
Orange France has launched a new high-speed mobile service which covers 85 percent of French inhabitants.
Ericsson and 3 Italy have finalized the due diligence and execution of the managed services contract announced on January 20, 2005.
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.
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, the award winning wireless network developer, announced the latest addition to its mSystem family of indoor and outdoor wireless mesh access points and routers.
Connex, Romania's leading mobile network and first video mobile network, announces the April 25th, 2005 launch of 3G services in Romania.
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 .
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.
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.
Royal Philips Electronics unveiled two new products that enable OEM manufacturers to enhance the consumer experience of multimedia on the move.
3, the UK's first video mobile network, today announced that there are now over 8,800 retail outlets in the UK selling 3 video mobiles, an increase of over 4,000 a year ago.
From today, all Vodafone Portugal customers will be able to contact its Customer Care service by videocall.
As of today Vodafone Netherlands expands its successful UMTS business service by making the Vodafone Mobile Connect UMTS datacard MAC compatible.
According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, 257 million camera phones were shipped worldwide, representing 38 percent of total handset sales, in 2004. This was up sharply from 84 million, or 16 percent of total, in 2003.
From a technological point of view, a compelling video and audio experience over wireless networks and devices has arrived.
"GSM, the last wireless digital technology to be deployed in the region, has progressed at an astonishing rate to first place in terms of total subscribers as of the first quarter of this year," explains Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas.
"With Lucent's 1xEV-DO network, we can now offer advanced data services at speeds that compete with most of the fixed connections," said Gustavo Guzman, Iusacell's CEO.
With the Kyocera KPC650 PC Card and BroadbandAccess, Verizon Wireless customers get typical download speeds of 400 - 700 kbps and bursts up to 2 Mbps, providing them with a wireless data experience similar to using high-speed wired connections at the office.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Nokia has signed an agreement with leading Indonesian operator Telkomsel to expand its packet core network in Indonesia.
Rogers Mobile Television service is powered by MobiTV, the world's first network and platform providing live television on wireless phones.
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced today the forthcoming launch of mopera U™, an advanced mobile ISP service for FOMA subscribers who connect to the Web via a PC, PDA or DoCoMo's new business-oriented M1000 handset. NTT DoCoMo aims to start the service this June.
QUALCOMM Incorporated announced the on-time sampling of the industry's first chipset for CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A, the Mobile Station Modem (MSM) MSM6800 chipset, optimized to drive demand for data-intensive wireless multimedia.
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.
OMRON Corporation, a global leader in automation, sensing and control technology, demonstrated the 'OKAO Vision Face Recognition Sensor' at the 'Security Show Japan 2005', held March 2nd to 4th at the Tokyo Big Sight.
Novatel Wireless announced it will supply its Merlin U630(TM) PC Data Cards to Vodafone Spain, one of Southern Europe's largest wireless carriers.
Tiny TVs have been around for decades without having much impact. That's about to change, according to a new study from ABI Research.
TerreStar Networks announced that it has commenced physical construction of the TerreStar-1 satellite.
Samsung’s new B200 boasts a horizontal screen that allows users not only to benefit from easier viewing of DMB services, but also to comfortably enjoy multimedia functions, such as photography and games.
Cellular3G Inc., the wireless chip-set company with a R&D site in the UK, stepped up its UMTS offering with a full rate HSDPA solution, a natural migration from its, already commercial UMTS Rel.4 UE baseband processor implementation, TopHat(TM).
Haiti Telecommunications International S.A. (HaiTel), a wireless voice and Internet service provider in Haiti, is expanding and enhancing its wireless network with Nortel CDMA wireless infrastructure solutions.
QUALCOMM congratulates Cellular One, a leading provider of wireless communications, on its commercial launch of CDMA2000 1xEV-DO services in Bermuda.
The first Dutch mobile television channel 2GOTV, which is an initiative of Media Republic and Vodafone Netherlands, has won the Spin Award in the category 'best mobile concept'.
Pantech, one of the world’s leading mobile communications groups - comprised of Pantech & Curitel Inc., Pantech Co., Ltd. and Pantech C&I Inc.
Ericsson further strengthens its industry leadership in managed services by signing a contract with Maxis Communications Berhad, Malaysia's largest mobile operator.
Forward Concepts has announced the publication of an in-depth study of the worldwide cell phone market and the chips that go into them.
TComm UK announced today at the MIP TV/MILIA audiovisual and digital content trade show the UK launch of it's TELLYfoneSM mobile TV service.
Ericsson has used the Milia TV and broadcasting event to demonstrate an application that truly brings interactive television to multimedia mobile devices.
Telecom customers with a Sanyo 7400 mobile phone can now watch the latest news, Rebel Sports Super 12 highlights and more in the palm of their hand with the launch of the latest T3G service –Video Clips.
KDDI and Okinawa Cellular are pleased to announce that the total number of subscribers for 3rd generation cellular phones provided by KDDI and Okinawa Cellular exceeded 18 million on April 6, 2005.
Orange is launching its new national EDGE network today. Orange is now the only operator in France to provide a complete mobile broadband offer covering 85% of the population and 90% of businesses beginning in April 2005.
As far as technology is concerned, T-Mobile Austria is focusing on UMTS and the next-generation technology of HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access).
Samsung Electronics introduced 3D game phones (models: SPH-G1000, SCH-G100) with vibration capability. The phone delivers realistic images and true-to-life sound, while the vibration it sends to the user's hand provides an extra sensation to the game experience.
GSA applauds the finalization of the latest set of specifications for 3G mobile communications services, published by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and which is known as Release 6.
One Minute Guides a new range of streaming and downloadable videos for mobile phones from Moonlight Mobile published under the TV2Mobile brand, will be launched next week at MIPTV in Cannes.
3G Americas announced the election of Andrew Corporation, a global communications systems and equipment supplier, to its Board of Governors effective March 2005.
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".
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fujitsu bring a lot to the new agreement including Mobile Media Processors for 3G phones.
 
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.
  
The mobile TV distributor Kamera announced that the management together with external investors have completed their buyout of Kamera from World Television, listed at the London Stock Exchange.
Knowledge Technology Solutions PLC (KTS) and O2, a leading provider of mobile services to consumers and businesses in the UK, have today launched KTS MarketTerminal with O2.
Fujitsu bring a lot to the new agreement including Mobile Media Processors for 3G phones.
RADVISION announced a suite of significant new handset-oriented development modules for version 3.0 of its 3G-324M Developer Toolkit.
In some respects they follow a typical pattern: asset management and a revaluation of properties resulted in one-off gains that boosted profits by 38.1%, offsetting further losses in 3G.
GSA – the Global mobile Suppliers Association, confirms from its latest survey published today that the number of GSM/EDGE devices launched in the market has reached 100 models.
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.
Gemstar-TV Guide Int. will showcase its new Java-based IPG application designed for mobile devices at the National Cable and Telecommunications Association's (NCTA) 2005 National Show in San Francisco, April 3-6.
QUALCOMM Incorporated announced its successful collaboration with Inetcam in a project to provide trial wireless services to customers in South Africa.
Most of Asia's operators are aggressively moving toward content provision as voice APRUs decline.
Elan's new VMB5000 Bridge Chip provides the only commercially available custom-built solution for translating the USB or UART signals from HSDPA modem chips or modules into PCMCIA or CF format in a single chip.
Samsung has developed a new design for mobile displays 10 inches or smaller that allows viewing of ultra-sharp LCD images at a 160-degree viewing angle in a variety of low or high ambient lighting conditions.
"For Nokia, winning the iF product design award affirms Nokia's competence in design," says Eero Miettinen, Design Director, Nokia.
Enterprise interest in Smartphone adoption has rebounded sharply with almost half of all IT managers saying they would consider deploying them as business tools,
As of today Vodafone customers can watch live Eurosport on their Vodafone live! UMTS handset.
From April 2005 every Orange customer that downloads a music track to their mobile could help make their favourite pop stars become UK chart toppers.
Orange has launched technical and marketing trials of UMTS TDD (TD-CDMA) targeting the enterprise market in Lille, France with equipment supplied by IPWireless, the companies announced today.
SUNDAY Communications announced its annual result for the 2004 financial year, reporting a net profit of HK$6 million after deduction of HK$43 million in 3G costs, and its intention to launch 3G services in the second quarter of 2005.
PacificNet Inc., a leading provider of value-added telecom services (VAS) in China, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 51% controlling interest in Guangzhou 3G Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Wireless Valley Communications, a pioneering developer of innovative software solutions for wireless network design and management, today announced that it has enhanced its SitePlanner(R) and EnterprisePlanner(TM) products to support broader and more powerful design and analysis of CDMA networks.
Following the lead of CSL, mobile operators worldwide are deploying the Helix Universal Mobile platform to help bridge the speed gaps between 3G, Edge and GPRS data networks.
Convergys Corporation announced its Infinys (TM) Rating and Billing software has "gone live" for Hong Kong mobile network operator, SmarTone (SEHK:0315).
PacketVideo today announced that a new handset from Fujitsu Limited incorporates PacketVideo's pvPlayer™ multimedia software for high-quality video and audio playback.
Samsung Electronics introduces its first “file viewer” phones (model name: SPH-V6500, SCH-V650) that allow users to view document and image files over the mobile phone.
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) senior vice president and general manager of its Wireless Terminals Business Unit, detailed in a Tokyo press conference today how TI's 3G technology is being widely adopted worldwide.
Telstra Mobile Broadband data plans are proving a big hit in the 3G business market with the customer base growing at nearly 50 per cent month-on-month since launch in November 2004.