| November
News Reports |
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28th November
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3G
Reality Centre in Italy to foster next generation mobile services
Alcatel officially launched its latest-born 3G Reality Centre
in Milan, Italy, today... |
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Ericsson
further aligns its 3G portfolio for WCDMA and CDMA2000
Ericsson announced its plans to further align its product offerings
for WCDMA and CDMA2000... |
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Enhanced
distributed radio access points solution for 3G mobile networks
Alcatel announced it signed an agreement in Italy with Pirelli
to integrate the innovative optoelectronic module... |
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27th November
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Public
3G call made in Latvia
Latvian operator LMT has made the first public WCDMA 3G call
in Latvia, using a Nokia test network... |
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Intelligent
network multiple number service
Roamware, Inc., a leading global provider of value added voice
and data roaming solutions, announced that... |
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Mobile
Application Awards
Recently, at a ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland, Ericsson rewarded
the winners of this year's best mobile applications... |
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26th November
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Cable
Telephony an Integral Part of the Industry's "Triple Play" Bundle
Cable telephony services continue to proliferate as cable TV
operators expand their video... |
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All
time high for Text Messaging
The Mobile Data Association (MDA) announced that the total number
of chargeable person-to-person text messages... |
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25th November
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Christmas
calendar on your cell phone
Geniem Ltd. and Zento Interactive Ltd., two companies located
in Tampere Finland, have released a downloadable Christmas calendar...
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Barriers
limiting growth in Network equipment deployment
Although the financial services market is, in some ways at the
forefront of technology adoption, important barriers are limiting
growth... |
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24th November
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Mobile
PhoneTools 2.0 from Motorola
Motorola, Inc. introduced Mobile PhoneTools 2.0, an innovative
software solution that links a Motorola mobile phone and PC...
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UK
mobile phone sales set to surge in Christmas
Mobile phone retailers are running short
of high-end handsets as they move into what is expected to be
their best Christmas... |
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SMS
text service for ordering Home Cinema pay-per-view movies
Leading regional digital pay-television
network Showtime has set another first with the launch of Home
Cinema Text... |
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21st November
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Virgin
Mobile tops U.K. customer satisfaction report
Virgin Mobile U.K. said it received the
lowest number of complaints in the latest customer satisfaction
report... |
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20th November
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Boost
Mobile Shows Strong Growth in the Wireless Youth Market
Earlier this summer, Boost Mobile, the new wireless brand based
on Nextel's wireless service, sponsored a skateboard... |
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Alcatel
acquires the Network Solutions unit of PacketVideo
Alcatel announced the purchase of the Network Solutions unit
of PacketVideo. This unit, mainly based... |
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Top
Global award for UK Scientist
The coveted Sir Henry Royce Award, presented to young members
of the Institute of Electrical Engineers... |
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Live
high speed EDGE network demonstration
Alcatel and Royal Philips Electronics have announced the success
of a series of interoperability tests performed... |
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19th November
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Motorola
Unveils Six New Handsets
Motorola Inc, introduced a series of new handsets, the Motorola
C550, C450, C250, C200, V150 and C343... |
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Mobile
Games BAFTA awards
Nominations for the 2003 BAFTA Mobile Games award can be found
below and these include games from... |
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Fixed-to-mobile
substitution is viable
New international research reveals how enterprises are missing
out on major cost savings of as much as 25%... |
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Tiger
Woods PGA Tour 2004 on the N-Gage
Nokia, together with Electronic Arts (EA) today announced that
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 2004... |
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The
Jetsons home could be a reality
According to In-Stat/MDR, the future looks promising for the
up and coming low-rate Wireless PAN... |
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18th November
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Vodafone
live! content downloads powered by End2end
Swisscom Mobile, a provider of mobile communications services
in Switzerland, and End2End... |
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Groundbreaking
Wireless Broadband Solution
CETC-China Communication Co., Ltd, China’s largest fixed
wireless access network operator, and Motorola’s... |
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New
3G Service For Vodafone Global
Enfour Group announced launch date for
GlobalNavi - their new roaming content on Vodafone Global Standard
(VGS)... |
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17th November
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UK
mobile hand-held ban while driving
It will be an offence in the UK from 1st December 2003 to use
a handheld mobile phone while driving... |
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Orange
launches Mapway view map and walking directions services
Mobile mapping solutions provider m-spatial today announced
that its Mapway View Map and... |
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New
mobile music service from Ericsson
Swisscom Mobile is the first operator in the world to launch
M-USE, a new mobile music service... |
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14th November
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Nokia's
war on un-safe batteries
At an audio conference hosted in Espoo, Nokia outlined its battle
plan in the company's ongoing war against unsafe... |
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Vodafone
Launch New 3G Handset
Vodafone K.K. announced a new 3G handset
compatible with Vodafone Global Standard (VGS) for use not only
in Japan but abroad as well... |
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Nokia
game-player hit by computer hackers
Computer hackers yesterday spoilt Nokia’s
Christmas after the world’s largest mobile phone company admitted...
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13th November
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Alcatel
showcase UMTS live TV and MP3 downloading solution
Alcatel announced that it is showcasing live TV, MP3 downloading
and other 3G applications... |
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Nokia
Game 2003 Begins on 19 November
Gamers will begin competing in Nokia Game 2003, a 10-day interactive
multimedia game competition... |
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Joint
promotion of advanced mobile Internet applications
Alcatel, and Intel announced the signing of a MOU to jointly
promote advanced mobile Internet applications... |
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Push-to-talk
GSM phone features built-in compass
Nokia unveiled the world's first GSM push-to-talk handset, the
sports-inspired Nokia 5140 phone... |
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12th November
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Pen-Based
Nokia 3108
Nokia added a new mobile phone with intuitive pen input and
handwriting recognition capability optimised for messaging...
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Next
generation services with launch of Strawberra™
Sasken announced the launch
and availability of its Strawberra™ range of multimedia
applications... |
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New
customized Nokia services for mobile operators
Nokia launched a range of new customized services for mobile
operators at the TeleManagement World conference... |
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Wireless
patient diaries used in clinical study
Sweden-based developer of one of the world’s first wireless
patient diaries announced that.... |
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11th November
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Norway
Travellers can access High-Speed Internet in Any Airport
Proxim Corporation, a global leader in wireless networking equipment
for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless networks... |
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Iran
is positioning to become a telecoms hub between Asia and Europe
A new report published today by BroadGroup, the London based
broadband and mobility consultancy... |
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10th November
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Total
US Wireline Carrier Services Entering a Period of Decline
The US carrier market will face a rough couple of years, as
total wireline service revenues continue to decline, reports
In-Stat/MDR... |
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Vodafone
hangs up on Nokia with Japanese 3G supply deal
Vodafone has placed orders for millions
of next generation mobile phones for its new 3G services with
Japanese manufacturers, in a snub to Nokia... |
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Cell
phones featuring keyboards for e-mail
E-mail fiends who can't live without easy
access to a keyboard and an always-on Internet hook-up have
never had it better... |
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7th November
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Nokia
moving towards IPv6 handsets
Nokia said on Wednesday that phones it
plans to make next year will dip into the next generation of
the internet... |
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Smile,
You're On Candid Cell Phone
Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled Thursday
a cellular phone that lets the user listen to music, record
video and control TVs, DVD players... |
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3
in 3G Handset Race
A lack of suitable handsets looks set
to scupper 3’s plans to launch a pay-as-you-go 3G service by
Christmas... |
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6th November
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Ericsson
Demonstrates CDMA2000 1xEV-DV
In a demonstration recently, Ericsson utilized its commercial
CDMA2000 base station controller... |
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3G
Progress in Europe
Mobile industry body The UMTS Forum has
held a workshop in Prague this weekto provide an overview of
the deployment status of UMTS... |
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5th November
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Portal
Wireless Data and Content Billing system
Portal Software, Inc. announced that U.S. Cellular has implemented
Portal’s product-based billing platform... |
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Europe's
First 3G UMTS TD-CDMA
German communications provider Airdata
AG launched commercial services built on IPWirelessTM Mobile
Broadband technology... |
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Vodafone
Multimedia Postcards
Vodafone K.K. announced that it will launch
"Sha-mail Card", a new service that makes it possible for customers
to create a multimedia message... |
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4th November
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Telephone
Tag costs £22BN a year says Siemens
A new survey has confirmed what many bosses have suspected for
years, office workers are wasting their time... |
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Mapinfo
agreement with Siemens signals new location based services
MapInfo Corporation announced that it has signed an OEM agreement
with Siemens Information and Communication... |
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New
countertop electronic payments service
MULTePAY Limited, the first truly independent broker of countertop
electronic payments services in the UK... |
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3rd November
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World's
first ‘viral’ voice conferencing service
The world's first ‘viral’ voice conferencing service,
where participants can join, leave, re-join and involve friends
and colleagues at will... |
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US
mobile phone technology to enter Europe
Europe's mobile phone technologies may
be about to face competition from the US standard on their home
ground for the first time... |
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Yet
another Nokia cell phone explodes
A Thai man narrowly escaped serious injury
when his mobile phone exploded in his hand, blasting through
its leather cover and shattering into pieces.... |
