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3G Features October 2005
3G Features October 2005
Through its deal with MobiTV, 3 is now offering customers a portal providing access to a suite of new channels, namely: CNN; ITN; Kiss; Cartoon Network; Shorts TV; Extreme Sports; and Bravo.
T-Mobile Slovensko, a mobile operator in Slovakia, has selected Ericsson as sole supplier of its 3G/WCDMA network.
VIVO, the largest mobile operator in the South Hemisphere, has expanded its 3G wireless broadband network in the North, South, and Center-West regions of Brazil using solutions from Nortel.
Huawei Technologies announced the global launch of its full-performance HSDPA solution. Based on its self-designed ASIC chip, Huawei provides a full-performance HSDPA solution, the data rates can peak 14.4 Mbps downstream.
Alcatel announced it has signed an 87 million Euro contract with TA Orange, a leading mobile operator in Thailand, to expand and upgrade TA Orange's GSM/GPRS/EDGE mobile network.
Vodafone K.K. announces that it commenced sales of the Vodafone 803T all-in-one music player 3G handset by Toshiba, which features easy access to music files and background play when using mail or the web.
Intellisync Corporation announced its wireless email and mobile software platform for the Dopod 900.
CoMob PDA features a point and click interface and is fully integrated with Pocket Outlook contacts while the phone version uses the Smart phone keyboard.
At this week's Futurecom conference, the CDMA Development Group (CDG) reported that the Latin American region continues to be CDMA technology's fastest-growing market.
The small and modular Nokia Flexi WCDMA Base Station makes site selection more flexible than before.
3, the UK's first 3G operator, announces customers on the 3 network can play the multiplayer versions of Synergenix's games Lock 'n Load Combat Arena and Rally Pro Contest MP on their handsets.
NEC Corporation and NEC Solutions Asia Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, today announced that NEC will provide its i-mode 3G and 2.5G phones,
Agilent Technologies unveiled the first voice-over-IP (VoIP) call trace signaling analyzer that can uniquely identify complex signaling problems end-to-end across multiple voice technologies such as VoIP over broadband, legacy SS7, 2G, 2.5G or 3G mobile networks.
"We are delighted to establish this relationship with Ecrio," said Koji Chiba, Vice President, Managing Director of Customer Equipment Development Department.
"We are pleased to build on our long standing relationship with Cingular to bring the latest 3G wireless technology to their customers," said Dan Schieler, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales for Sierra Wireless.
One single product offering low-cost phone calls and Internet surfing, an answerphone function and cable-free printing!
The LG-U880 is equipped with all the features to satisfy the sophisticated tastes of today's trendsetter.
The distribution partnership with Cetecom places Aeroflex in the forefront of the global market for mobile terminal RF conformance testing.
PTS has decided that, in order to ensure that there are no adverse effects for the consumer, the 3G operators shall continue to use the same technology as previously for the 3G networks.
An optimal blend of OFDM and CDMA technologies, implemented across local and wide area networks, will spur growth in wireless data and content for enterprises and consumers.
TelASIC Communications announced the immediate availability of a Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI(TM)) module for both Radio Equipment (RE) and Radio Equipment Controller (REC).
Texas Instruments introduced the industry's most integrated, highest performance diversity mixed signal receive processor for 3G base stations and fixed wireless communication devices.
Ericsson's leadership in 3G is once again confirmed as, to date, more than 10 million of the world's WCDMA (3G) handsets are based on Ericsson technology.
Speaking at the MIPCOM TV market in Cannes, Endemol's Chief Creative Officer Peter Bazalgette revealed Endemol's plans for two mobile phone 'channels' as well as the launch of 'Endemol Mobile' - a new prototype division in the UK.
"digital dividend" is possible due to the greater spectral efficiency of digital TV that typically requires 3-6 times less bandwidth than equivalent analogue transmissions.
Option N.V. announced, as a result of the acquisition of the wireless router business of Possio, the GlobeSurfer(R) 3G unveiling the companies first product aimed at the Fixed-Mobile substitution market.
Manx Telecom and Lucent Technologies announced plans to launch the first commercial HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) network service in Europe on the Isle of Man on Nov. 1 of this year.
Alcatel announced the creation of Alcatel Mobile Broadcast, a new internal venture dedicated to Mobile TV.
Orange today announced the launch of the UK’s first web integrated mobile music download service.
Vodafone K.K. announced that it will commence sales of the Vodafone 803T all-in-one music player 3G handset by Toshiba, which features easy access to music files and background play when using mail or the web.
In a partnership with Cisco Systems and Linksys, Vodafone is today exclusively launching the 3G Router in Portugal. This is a new broadband mobile access system for mobile groups.
Immedia Broadcasting, the UK's leading provider of live tailored radio for retailers, has signed a contract to broadcast live radio stations direct to mobile phones.
South Korea’s second biggest mobile phone manufacturer - today announced that it has signed an agreement to supply 200,000 CDMA handsets to Vivo, the largest wireless service provider in Brazil.
Lucent Technologies has completed upgrades of Cingular Wireless' third-generation UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) networks in Seattle and Phoenix to support HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology.
I have not yet seen a better laid out and designed package for housing a mobile phone and its accessories.
NTT DoCoMo announced the development of the new 902i series of 3G FOMA® handsets.
rockdirect, Vodafone and Intel joined forces to offer a free 3G Vodafone Mobile Connect Data Card with all rockdirect Intel Centrino notebooks.
TelASIC Communications announced that Panasonic Mobile has selected TelASIC's solution for its next-generation 3.5G high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) network base transceiver station (BTS).
 
Analog Devices has announced that China's ZTE Corporation has designed it's SoftFone-LCR chipset and Datang Mobile's solution into its new 3G TD-SCDMA U310 handset and MU100 data card.
  
Toshiba Mobile Communications Division announced an agreement to bring exclusive live and pre-recorded content from Oasis to its music mobile phone Toshiba 803.
In a few months, Slovak citizens will have a chance to exploit advantages of super-speed mobile internet.
Austrian mobile operator tele.ring has licensed Andrew Corporation's Optum(TM) automated cell planning tool to provide its rapidly increasing subscriber base the best possible cellular services in both its GSM and UMTS networks across Austria.
Software company Sceneware announces version 1.0 of its 3G mobile content producer tool SceneCast. SceneCast is available for Windows NT/2000/XP.
The launch sees 3 offering over 3.2 million customers cash in exchange for popular video content in a move that promises to revolutionise the way 3G users share video clips.
Wireless handset component makers are scrambling to support some challenging market trends including the proliferation of 3G services, reports In-Stat.
Motorola unveiled its next generation of 3G/UMTS mobile handsets, which are launching first with operators in Europe and Asia.
3 set out its strategy to build on its lead in the convergence of communications, entertainment and information.
“Backed by the UK’s most extensive 3G coverage, 3 has turned 86% of the country into a virtual music shop.
QUALCOMM Incorporated announced a new chipset that enables lower-cost WCDMA handsets with more integrated multimedia features and reduced power consumption.
T- Mobile brings new and faster mobile broadband Internet access in Slovakia
Cingular Wireless and Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced that Cingular has awarded Lucent a four-year agreement to provide a comprehensive IMS-based
Telephia, the leading provider of performance measurement information to the mobile industry, reports European mobile consumers are four times more likely to use their music-capable wireless phone (e.g., phone with MP3 player) than their American counterparts.
3, the UK’s first video mobile network, today announced it is adding four new video mobiles to its range for the busy Christmas trading period.
AlanDick has developed a base station that looks like a village or shopping mall clock.
Sony Ericsson today adds its first UMTS handset to the Walkman range of music phones bringing the total number of phones in the range to four.
VoxSurf, the London-based video messaging solution provider, announced that the BBC has deployed its technology to power a new trial called ‘Your Shout!’
The first ever service that streams multi-channel TV programmers direct to mass-market 2.5G mobile phones launches in Britain today.
"Western telecom equipment vendors are scrambling to line up local partners in China to have their 3G play in place as soon as licenses are awarded," notes Dennis Mendyk, Managing Director of Heavy Reading.
UALCOMM Incorporated announced the on-time sampling of the Mobile Station Modem MSM6280 solution supporting HSDPA technology, an evolution of the WCDMA (UMTS) standard 3GPP Release 5.0.
 
Mobile industry association The UMTS Forum has welcomed the European Commission's recent communication* on EU priorities for radio spectrum availability following the planned switchover to digital television broadcasting.
 
Vodafone K.K. announced that it will commence sales of the Vodafone 903T 3G handset by Toshiba,
Nokia and China Putian today signed an agreement to set up a joint venture to focus on R&D, manufacturing and sales of 3G network solutions for TD-SCDMA and WCDMA technologies.
Rogers Communications Inc. today announced that the Company will begin a trial of its 3rd Generation Wireless services and applications with Ericsson.
Verilink Corporation announced that it has joined forces with Global Wireless Data to sell and distribute the NetPath 2000 wireless broadband access solution through its network of Wireless Solutions Integrators and direct sales force.
Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago, Limited (TSTT), the country’s leading telecommunications provider,
Aloha Partners LP and Lucent Technologies announced a Public Safety demonstration in Phoenix using Aloha Partners' 700 MHz spectrum and Lucent's third-generation (3G) CDMA2000® 1xEV-DO equipment.
PCTEL, Inc. announced the commercial availability of CLARIFY® WCDMA/GSM – a version of its leading wireless propagation and interference management solution that simultaneously supports both WCDMA and GSM networks.
Nokia announced the addition of three new models to its portfolio of business-optimized devices.
Leave your bulky laptop at the office because the days of lugging it around the world are over.
Andrew Corporation, a global leader in communications systems and products, has been chosen by Cingular Wireless to provide network testing equipment for a nationwide network quality benchmarking program.
Finland joins the growing global community of governments and carriers who are harmonizing their broadband wireless spectrum allocations with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the European Union, and the 3GPP international standard organizations.
iPoint-media, a leading provider of 3G/IP applications and services platforms , announced today that it would be unveiling its new version (1.7) of Vitrage™,which introduces Vitrage O2m, a Hosted Live and Interactive One2many distribution product.
 
"We worked closely with Lucent on our plans to upgrade our markets and expand our business.
  
Tektronix announced the PC-based NSA18, a new generation UMTS UTRAN protocol analysis platform.
DyLogic announced that Mobaila, the Italian company focused on the creation of new contents and formats for broadband and UMTS markets, selected DyLogic's technology also for the forthcoming new release of the Mobaila 3G Videoblog service.
The public test has been successful, so Pannon GSM launches its commercial 3G service - announced - announced Ove Fredheim, the mobile operator’s CEO.
Opera Software announced that Sony Ericsson's P990 will ship with Opera 8 as its default browser.
In a ground-breaking demonstration, Freescale Semiconductor will be streaming video using high speed download packet access (HSDPA) category five, 3.6 Mbps class technology with its partner Rohde & Schwarz on the 3G dual core modem i.300-30 platform.
Radioplan, the German automatic mobile network optimization (ACP) vendor, today announced that the latest version of their automatic cell planning solution features fully automatic HSDPA optimization functionality.
 
Rakuten and NTT DoCoMo announced that they will form a business and capital alliance to provide Internet auction services over both mobile phones and PCs.
  
Sony Ericsson emphasised its continued commitment to Symbian OS today with the announcement of its next generation smartphone to the global development community.
Zi Corporation will be showcasing its range of innovative multi-modal input technologies and will share recent usability findings at this week's.Smartphone Show by Symbian (11-12 October, ExCel Centre, London).
bHutchison Whampoa Limited ("Hutchison") today announced that, as of 7 October, the Group's 3G global customer base is over 10 million. This milestone comes after only 18 months of operation with full handset availability.
The Lovers’ Guide™, the number one international brand on sex and relationships, is today launching its well-known series of sex advice videos for mobile phones on the 3 UK mobile network.
 
"We reviewed all designs from the level of crystal fragments used as elements. If crystal fragments are made thinner in conventional thickness-shear mode oscillation, the oscillation frequency will increase, so products cannot be made smaller.
  
T-Mobile and Sony Ericsson today announce the launch of the Robbie Williams special edition W800i mobile phone that will feature an exclusive previously unreleased full track "Don’t Stop Talking".
The most comprehensive streaming package for the creative media industry has been launched by Film and Music Showcase.
High-speed upgrades to 3G cellular networks could be a key factor in driving the expansion and profitability of wireless broadband communications, finds a new report from the subscription research service Unstrung Insider.
Rai and 3 Italia announced the launch of a new Rai channel, available to all 3 customers.
 
Electronic Arts, the world's leading interactive entertainment software company, and Vodafone, the world's largest mobile community, today announced a mobile gaming agreement to bring EA's leading game franchises to Vodafone live! mobile phone customers throughout Europe, Egypt, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
  
Hong Kong based Artificial Life, a provider of leading edge mobile 3G technology and applications today announced the upcoming release of its next key 3G product: V-boy™ - your virtual boyfriend.
3, the UK’s first video mobile network, announces a partnership with EMI Music UK, one of the country's largest recorded music groups, to supply full-length music videos directly to more than 3 million customers on the 3 network.
Back on May 25, 2005, Taiwan Mobile Co., Ltd. (TWM) was the first operator to debut its 3G services with a limited free-trial period. Inset is Daniel Tsai, Chairman of Taiwan Mobile.
SoundClear(R) Software Enables Full-Duplex Hands-Free for VoIP, 3G Video and Other Wideband Audio Applications
Digital video broadcasting (DVB-H), the standard used for bringing broadcast services to handheld receivers, is set to gain momentum in Europe by 2008.
According to the paper’s sole author, Michael Thelander of the SRG, “Although not always well understood and appreciated, all 3G technologies are CDMA-based, and over time will exhibit similar performance characteristics.
O2 Ireland announced a major innovation in mobile technology with the commercial launch of i-mode, the world's most widely used mobile internet service, developed by NTT DoCoMo (Japan's largest mobile communications provider).
Polish operator Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, PTC, has signed a frame agreement with Ericsson to supply its 3G radio network. The rollout will begin in 2005.
Option N.V. announced that BT has selected the GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD™ and GlobeTrotter FUSION QUAD™ wireless data card devices to launch “BT Datazone”, releasing the full power of mobile broadband data services for its business customers.
Orange launched a world’s first for live sports broadcasting - a live cricket channel covering the ICC Super Series for Orange mobile TV users.
DoCoMo's P901iTV will allow users to enjoy services that converge mobile communications and broadcasting, such as access to TV program related websites by simply clicking the URL shown on the display during the program.
Vodafone has chosen Ericsson's Mobile Softswitch to expand its network in Fiji. Ericsson will also introduce the first 3G network to the Pacific Ocean nation with a WCDMA upgrade.
CETECOM and TELEC have announced a strategic collaboration to provide the Japanese mobile communications industry with conformance testing resources on location for accessing global markets.
3 customers will now have constant and immediate access to the game, meaning all those wasted moments can now be packed full of thrilling Civilization adventures.
 
Motorola announced today that it signed a 3G contract with Andorran operator, Servei de Telecomunicacions d'Andorra (STA), for a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network.
 
A brand new channel in music marketing and promotion based on 3G multimedia messaging is today being powered by VoxSurf's mobile video solutions.
T-Mobile has commercially launched Hungary's first push to talk service, using a Nokia solution. The service is available in T-Mobile Hungary's 2G and 3G networks.
SK Telecom, Korea's largest mobile communications provider, has selected LG Electronics (LGE) and Nortel to provide technology to support new high-speed wireless broadband services throughout southern Korea.
PE42672 is the world's first monolithic SP7T switch with on-board CMOS decoder.
 
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Telecom Infrastructure--Annual Report on CAPEX Investments by Operators 2004-2005 to their offering
 
BT has announced its first step into 3G with the launch of a combined Wi-Fi, 3G and GPRS tariff, known as BT Datazone.
Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd. (President: Yoshiaki Kushiki) announced that it has begun shipments of FOMA P701iD phones to NTT DoCoMo Co., Ltd. Developed in collaboration with Mr.
Aeroflex has today launched a High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA) test capability.
China Mobile has selected Nortel to expand its digital wireless network in six regions under a series of contracts awarded since January of this year and collectively estimated at US$150 million.
Orange today launches its first pay as you go tariff for 3G customers in the run up to Christmas.
According to "connect", Europe’s largest telecom magazine, the LG U8290 from T-Mobile is a “real gem”
The layer 1 test software from Rohde & Schwarz is a flexible test environment for layer 1 implementations in WCDMA and HSDPA user equipment.
TOPEX introduces BYTTON UMTS, an advanced router for wireless broadband Internet access using 3G UMTS technology.
Toshiba announced the Toshiba 803, Vodafone exclusive mobile phone, its first combined 3G phone and music player.
In a contract valued at €2m, Irish online retail player Buy4Now has secured a deal to provide Ireland’s newest mobile operator 3 with a direct internet sales channel.
The GSM Association’s Board has reaffirmed its full commitment to an evolutionary path for 3G that has HSDPA* as its natural next step and seeks to ensure further technology advances are seamless and compatible.
Nokia announced that it has started deliveries of the Nokia N70, a compact, beautifully styled, easy-to-use 3G smartphone.
Hong Kong based Artificial Life, a provider of leading edge mobile 3G technology and applications today announced that it has signed an agreement with Hutchison Telecom
KDDI, with partners Toshiba Corporation and Hitachi, Ltd., is pleased to announce that prototype mobile phones powered with fuel cells will be exhibited in the KDDI booth at CEATEC JAPAN (Makuhari Messe), to take place from October 4.
My first impression of the LG 8360 was that is just the same as the other LGs in the 8000 series - there must be about 6 different models released
O2 has announced it has partnered with RealNetworks to provide the RealArcade Mobile game service through the i-mode service to consumers in the UK.
With currently under-utilised 3G networks, some mobile operators are offering streamed TV and video content at highly attractive prices to encourage consumers to adopt and use the services.
Comarco Wireless Test Solutions announced that HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) test capability is now available with its 3G scanning receiver, which comes in its three major product offerings, Seven.Five, Prizm and OEM Scanners.
NTT DoCoMo announced the development of the 3G FOMA® P901iTV, DoCoMo's first mobile handset to receive terrestrial digital broadcasting signals, in addition to conventional analog signals.
Nokia is working hand in hand with Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), the leading operator in Taiwan to organize the first Mobile Film Festival in Asia Pacific from September 27th to November 9th.
O2 announced the UK launch of i-mode(R), the world's most widely-used mobile Internet service with more than 50 million users in 22 countries.
Top Global announced today the World’s first fully integrated third generation (3G) Evolution Data Optimized (EVDO) wireless router the MobileBridge™ 7000.
Novatel Wireless announced it has begun commercial shipments of its Ovation MCU1200(TM), the first model in the Ovation(TM) Family of 3G Multimedia Application Consoles to offer voice and 3G data capabilities.
3, the UK’s first video mobile network, announced the launch of its enhanced ‘MMS-to-Email’ service.
 
Nokia and Danish operator TDC Mobile have signed a frame agreement on the supply of WCDMA 3G radio access network (RAN).
  
In a UK first, EastEnders, Coronation Street, CSI and Lost are just some of the TV programmes up to 400 O2 customers, living and working in Oxford, will be able to watch live on an advanced mobile phone from next week.
3 Hong Kong launches the latest LG Fashion Phone tomorrow, which is set to be a big hit among Hong Kong’s trendsetters.
Samsung Electronics announced three new technologies targeted at the expanding, multi-facetted mobile application industry.
Hutchison Whampoa Limited (“Hutchison”) today announced that an application to Consob* and Borsa Italiana** in connection with the listing on the Italian Stock Exchange of 3 Italia S.p.A. (“3 Italia”) was submitted on 20 September 2005.
Orange launched the UK's first mobile TV service in May this year.
Two-thirds of mobile phone and PDA users rate ‘two-days of battery life during active use’ as the most important feature of an ideal converged device of the future, according to a new study by TNS, a leading global provider of market information.
Nokia announced the launch of a number of programs to cultivate Taiwan's mobile services industry as it enters the era of 3G multimedia communication.
My first impression of the Samsung SGH-Z500 was that it is the smallest 3G handset I have seen. I have checked the dimensions and yes it is officially the smallest 3G handset released to date in the UK.
In a UK first, EastEnders, Coronation Street, CSI and Lost are just some of the TV programmes up to 400 O2 customers, living and working in Oxford, will be able to watch live on an advanced mobile phone from next week.
IPWireless announced UMTS RailLinkä, a new network solution that allows operators to offer high-speed broadband connectivity and WiFi access even in the world’s fastest trains.
The joint BroadSoft(R)/InnoMedia(TM) solution is an integral part of the Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) service that lets users make video calls
SPIRIT embedded voice engine is inside HTC Universal, the world's first 3G Video Telephony smartphone based on Windows Mobile 5.0, to deliver superior voice quality in full-duplex voice and video conferencing in T-Mobile,
NMS Communications announced Netcentrex is using the company's multimedia products to rapidly create and deploy new 3G voice and video solutions to meet the demands of the exploding video services market.
The role of the mobile phone as a major new distribution channel for broadcast television was a central theme of IBC 2005 in Amsterdam.
Orange SA today launches the SPV M5000, a new laptop-style 3G phone and connected PDA for business users.
NEC announced that it has supplied the Mobile Internet Platform for O2 plc (O2)’s forthcoming i-mode service. O2’s i-mode operations are scheduled to start this autumn in the UK and Ireland.
As the 3G handset range continues to improve and usage charges are further reduced, 3G will become a more attractive alternative for European consumers and business users.
NEC Corporation today announced that it has launched the world's thinnest fold-Type mobile phone with mega-pixel camera on the Hong Kong market.
Vodafone K.K. announced that it will offer 3 new 3G handsets for the 2005 fall and winter season in the run up to Christmas.
SST (Silicon Storage Technology ) introduced a new product line to the successful Emosyn Theseus smart card IC family.
Acme Packet unveiled its next-generation session border control (SBC) platform - the Net-Net(R) 9000.
At a press conference hosted by the CDMA Development Group (CDG) (www.cdg.org) during the 3G CDMA Americas Congress this week, leading operators from the Americas and Asia discussed their successes with CDMA2000®
Novatel Wireless announced a supply agreement to provide its Merlin U630 PC Data Cards to Mobitel, a national mobile telecommunications carrier in Slovenia.
Boingo Wireless and Birdstep Technology announced a software licensing and marketing agreement that will make it easier for operators worldwide to offer an integrated Wi-Fi and 3G wireless WAN service.
Vodafone Group Plc is hosting an analyst and investor day at its headquarters in Newbury, England.
Nokia introduce the Nokia 6630 Music Edition, a special music version of the iconic 3G smartphone.