| February
News Reports |
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27 February
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Flash
on-board multimedia memory solution
M-Systems today announced that Texas Instruments Incorporated
(TI) has integrated support into its OMAP™ 1710 application...
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Vodafone
launches megapixel camera phone
Vodafone has announced the latest addition to its range of Vodafone
live! exclusive handsets and the first mega-pixel camera... |
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New
Samsung Wireless Phone
SAMSUNG, the world's third largest mobile phone supplier, today
announced the launch of the SAMSUNG SGH-X430... |
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26 February
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Landline
Displacement to Increase as More Wireless Subscribers Cut...
While some significant barriers still exist to the widespread
displacement of landlines by wireless phones, consumer... |
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Two
Trillion SMS messages per year by 2008
Zi Corporation of Canada, took the SMS market a giant leap forward
towards the massive predicted increase... |
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GSM
Association award winners take centre stage
The ninth annual GSM Association Awards provided an evening
to remember last night as the industry recognised... |
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25 February
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GSMA
and leading manufacturers agree steps to block stolen phones
The GSM Association (GSMA) and leading manufacturers including
Alcatel, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic... |
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World's
first Photo-Music-Video service
Alcatel and SK Telecom, today jointly introduced the world's
first photo-music-video (PMV) service at the 3GSM World.... |
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PDA
Market Still Evolving in Hopes that Usability will be Key to
Growth
While shipments declined in 2003, PDAs have continued their
evolution into multimedia and business data devices... |
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IBM
and Nokia Take Mobility Deeper Into the Enterprise
Forging a tighter bond between the worlds of IT and communications,
IBM and Nokia today announced that they will jointly... |
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GSM:
the business of a billion people
More than one billion people, almost one in six of the world’s
population, are now using GSM mobile phones... |
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24 February
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Mobile
game with forty simultaneous players
Alcatel and BeTomorrow, a French specialist in mobile entertainment,
today announced the launch of, as a world... |
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Nokia
and Samsung join forces in bringing push to talk to mass market
Nokia and Samsung today announced
a cooperation agreement aimed at bringing Push to talk over
Cellular... |
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Nokia
launches new enterprise-class Communicator
Nokia today renewed its commitment to enterprise mobility with
the introduction of the first in a series of new... |
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Five
new mobile phones from Alcatel
Alcatel will unveil five new mobile telephones at the 3GSM World
Congress. In each of their categories... |
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23 February
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Actix
acquires ComOpt
Actix, the global provider of wireless network performance engineering
software, has acquired ComOpt, a leading... |
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Alcatel
and Fujitsu support live FOMA 3G showcase
Alcatel and Fujitsu Limited today announced that both companies
joined forces to establish a FOMA® live demonstration... |
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Joint
industry effort demonstrates MMS compatibility
Visitors to this year’s 3GSM World Congress (Cannes, 23-26
February 2004) can experience demonstrations... |
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20 February
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3’s
NEC 313, Will it sell in Europe?
3 Hong Kong have released the long awaited NEC 313 handset this
week as a precursor to its release across 3's other... |
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Interest
in Push-to Talk Service is Tepid
A recent survey of In-Stat/MDR's wireless panel indicates moderate
interest in Push-to-Talk (P2T) technology... |
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Starhome
launches new product for enhanced roaming experience
Starhome, a provider of Mobile Roaming Technology and Value
Added Solutions to wireless carriers throughout... |
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Gaming
experience unlike any other
Mobile gaming is poised to take off in Europe in a major way,
much as it has done in the Far East... |
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19 February
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Outlook
in the UK for operators remains positive despite increases in
competition A new report from Arthur D. Little (ADL), one
of Europe’s premier management and technology consulting
firms... |
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GoodLink
3.0, on the palmOne Treo 600 and PocketPC smartphones
Good Technology, the leader in industry standards-based wireless
messaging and corporate data access... |
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Radioplan
Releases Powerful Upgrade for 3G Optimization Solution
Radioplan, a supplier of 3G radio network planning, optimization,
and measurement analysis solutions, will release the... |
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18 February
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Jataayu
to License the jMMS Client for Sierra Wireless’s Voqä Professional
Phone Jataayu Software, a wireless terminal solution provider
for device makers, reference design vendors... |
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New
two-way eSMS solution for Lotus Notes and Outlook Express users
General Wireless, provider of two-way eSMS to Europe’s
leading operators, today announced... |
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Vodafone
UK launches 3G datacard
Ahead of its original schedule, Vodafone UK announces the launch
of its Vodafone Mobile Connect 3G/GPRS... |
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17 February
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World’s
first leadership summit sees global operator CEOs
More than 150 wireless industry CEOs and board-level executives
are set to meet next week for a two-day summit... |
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First
ever wireless head-to-head play via Bluetooth
Nokia and Vivendi Universal Games (VU Games) today announced
Crash Nitro Kart(TM) for the N-Gage game deck... |
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16 February
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Zi
Corporation to unveil world firsts in dual language text entry
Zi Corporation, whose technology lies at the heart of more than
70 million mobile phones around the world, will be... |
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Bluetooth
Wireless Resurrected with New Gadgets
Bluetooth wireless, considered tech roadkill
just a few years ago, has been resurrected by the release of
a slew of gadgets... |
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Vodafone
under pressure over AT&T
Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile
phone company, is expected to come under mounting pressure next
week to reveal... |
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13 February
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Siemens
unveils two new phones
Siemens Mobile has shown off two new handsets. The tri-band
CX65 comes with an extra large 65,536 color screen... |
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France
Telecom and Ericsson to form strategic partnership
France Telecom and Ericsson announced today the signing of a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)... |
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12 February
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Convergence
of PC and CE Worlds to Grow Market for Entertainment Home Networking
Developments in computing, consumer electronics, and networking
are combining to lead to an explosive... |
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New
handset launch initiates fixed to mobile convergence plans
Primus Telecommunications, today launched its own mobile handset
as the first stage in the company’s fixed / mobile... |
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Motorola
puts the “Talk” into the (Red Carpet) Walk for Nominees
On Hollywood’s most celebrated evening, the 25 top acting
and directing nominees will once again be amongst... |
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11 February
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India's
IDEA Cellular selects Nokia to pilot launch EDGE
Nokia and Indian GSM operator IDEA Cellular Limited (IDEA) have
today jointly demonstrated live mobile multimedia... |
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Nokia
brings pictures to FM radio
Soon you could be watching pictures as
you listen to the FM radio built in to your Nokia handset. The
Finnish phone maker has come up... |
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Handsets
To Solve 3G Problems
Sufficient numbers of reliable, dual-mode
wideband CDMA/GSM handsets are the key to the success of third
generation (3G)... |
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10 February
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Nokia
to acquire Psion plc's shares in Symbian
Nokia today announced that it has started the process of enabling
the transfer of Psion's shares in Symbian to Nokia... |
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New
system for Wireless LAN Voice Support
Proxim Corporation, a global company in wireless networking
equipment for Wi-Fi and broadband wireless... |
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New
Streaming Media, JAVA download and Video on Demand
China’s telecoms equipment vendor ZTE – announced
today that sales of its GSM equipment have now reached... |
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9 February
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Motorola
Turns Heads with New Collection
Motorola, Inc. announced five stylish new additions to its handset
and accessories range, based on Motorola’s... |
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Ericsson
launches Expander solutions for emerging markets
With solutions optimized for cost efficient coverage in high
growth markets, it is possible to make mobile... |
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Mobile
multiplayer gaming goes on the piste around Europe
Snow sports enthusiasts enjoying the first virgin powder on
the slopes of Europe in 2004 will get the opportunity... |
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6 February
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Mobile
switching equipment from Motorola interoperates perfectly
GIGA STREAM is announcing the successful completion of its interoperability
tests with Motorola’s... |
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Orange
and O2 customers finally get the picture
Taking a photo with a mobile and sending
it to friends and family finally seems to be taking off, with
Orange and O2 yesterday... |
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5 February
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eZiText®
offers Faster Time-to-Market
Zi Corporation today announced that Comneon GmbH & Co. OHG,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infineon... |
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Lower
Voice Trunking Costs for TDM and IP Core Networks
RAD Data Communications will be exhibiting its Vmux-2100™
compressed voice gateway at the 3GSM World Congress... |
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Cross-vendor
specifications expansion for Push to talk over Cellular
To facilitate interoperability among push to talk products from
multiple vendors and multiple technologies... |
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4 February
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Youth
Market Represents Large Opportunity for Wireless
With an estimated 25 to 35 million potential customers, the
youth market in the US could represent an extremely... |
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Telecom
Serbia chooses Alcatel for a UMTS field trial
Alcatel has been chosen by Telecom Serbia (Telekom Srbija),
the Serbian incumbent operator for a UMTS network field trial...
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NEC
shows credit card handset
NEC Corporation today announced that it
has succeeded in creating a card-shaped, camera-equipped mobile
phone... |
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3 February
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Industry
Leaders Establish Digital Media Licensing Body
Beverly Hills, California - Intel, mm02, Nokia, Panasonic*,
RealNetworks, Inc., Samsung and Warner Bros. Studios today... |
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Nokia
5140 mobile phone adds mobility to Outdoor Adventure
At ISPO Winter 2004, the international sports equipment and
fashion trade fair, Nokia unveiled its latest mobile handset...
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MultiMediaCard
specification version 4.0 released
Version 4.0 of the MultiMediaCard specification, offering wider
bus width, dual voltage operation and the highest... |
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2 February
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Mobile
phones crazy for Beyonce
Beyonce's number one hit Crazy In Love
was the best-selling mobile phone ringtone of 2003... |
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Vodafone
making a buyout case?
The chief executive of Britain's Vodafone
is believed to have told financial advisors to draft documents
to try to persuade... |
