NTT
DoCoMo and Bouygues Telecom's i-Mode Wireless Deal
30th April, 2002
NTT
DoCoMo, Inc. and French mobile communications
operator Bouygues Telecom S.A. announced that the companies have concluded
an
agreement under which DoCoMo will license and transfer technologies
to Bouygues
Telecom for the launch of i-mode(R) service in France and French overseas
departments*. This agreement also covers the use of the i-mode trademark
by
Bouygues Telecom.
Under
the licensing pact, DoCoMo will provide Bouygues Telecom with the patents,
know-how, and technologies needed to launch the service on the Global
Packet
Radio Service (GPRS), and UMTS networks if Bouygues Telecom is granted
a 3G
license in France. The pact will remain valid from April 17, 2002 to
April 16, 2012 and is renewable by mutual agreement.
Bouygues
Telecom aims to introduce i-mode service in its markets in the next
12 months. Subscribers will enjoy a variety of mobile internet services
and
content using cellular phones equipped with dual browsers for i-mode-compatible
HTML and WAP-Compatible WML1.X.
'NTT
DoCoMo is excited about the prospect of Bouygues Telecom introducing
i-mode
service to its subscribers in France,' said Keiji Tachikawa, President
and CEO
of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. 'The service has already been successfully deployed
by
E-Plus in Germany and will be launched by KPN Mobile in the Netherlands
on
April 18, 2002. With Bouygues Telecom on board, we are glad to see the
further
expansion of the i-mode community in Europe.'
'We
are delighted by the signing of this agreement, which will allow Bouygues
Telecom to offer the French consumers the i-mode services, i-mode means
friendly, easy to use and highly efficient multimedia services which
our
customers are eager to discover', said Gilles Pelisson, CEO of Bouygues
Telecom.
i-mode
was first launched in Japan by DoCoMo, becoming the world's most popular
mobile internet service with more than 32 million customers. Last month,
German
operator E-plus launched i-mode service in Germany, which will be followed
by
KPN Mobile in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Maui,
Hawaii will be the first location in the United States to deploy 3G UMTS
based technology as Maui Sky Fiberwill begin demonstrating portable broadband
wireless Internet access
The
solutions will utilize technology and products from each of these leading
companies: Eastcom's network and radio infrastructure, Starent Network's
packet gateway infrastructure and TELOS' wireless softswitch products
and technologies.
PacketVideo
Corp. today announced that the company has partnered with NTT DoCoMo to
deliver V-Live, a live video streaming service for FOMA (3G) video-enabled
mobile phones. The trial service is scheduled to begin on April 26, 2002,
targeting enterprise users and consumers.
TTI
Telecom International Ltd. today announced that it has opened a new Research
and Development center in Reading, England tasked to develop TTI Telecom's
Netrac 3GOSS products and solutions
NTT
DoCoMo & Bouygues Telecom announced that the companies have concluded
an
agreement under which DoCoMo will license and transfer technologies to
Bouygues
Telecom for the launch of i-mode(R) service
A
HOUSE of Commons committee has fuelled the fire over third generation
(3G) mobile phone licences by warning that the £22.5bn fee paid
by the industry to the government could stunt growth in the sector.
The
International Telecommunication Union has ratified the CDMA2000 1x EV-DO
standard for wireless telecommunication as a 3G ( third-generation ) technology
The
certificates were awarded to LGE’s GSM handsets (Model: LG-510W and
W7000) and GPRS color handset (Model: G7000) developed with LGE’s
own technologies.
Hong
Kong’s six local mobile operators jointly formed the Hong Kong m-Cert
Implementation Forum to develop and implement a single mobile digital
certificate (m-Cert) standard
The
service is already available in South Korea, Hong Kong, USA, Australia,
Canada and New Zealand. Preparations
are already underway to begin the same service in Brazil, Mexico and other
countries where companies offer services with the cdmaOne™ system.
Airborne
Entertainment’s addictive game offering is rounded out by Eternal
Hero, the wild role-playing adventure; the definitely “un-Casino”
grit and action of Backstreet Betting; as well as PhoneFoot and CrossCheck,
hard-hitting, head-to-head versions of soccer and hockey.
Chinese
mobile operator Zhejiang MCC and Nokia have signed agreements for the
expansion of Zhejiang's GSM network, as well as for trials of Nokia's
MMS and micro-payment capabilities.
NTT
DoCoMo, Inc. today announced a technical problem with its Mova R211i mobile
phone. Sales of this model have been suspended from today, April 26, 2002.
It’s
chic, it’s cool and it’s fast. The new Verizon Wireless VX1
by LG Mobile allows users to access Verizon Wireless’ high-speed
Express Network with one of the smallest and lightest tri-mode digital
phones on the market.
The
top mobile carrier in South Korea, one of the world's most enthusiastic
users of mobile Internet, has said it might delay its third-generation
(3G) mobile services by a year to 2004
Tribune
Interactive announced that five of its newspaper Web sites are providing
news headlines and full-length news stories to AT&T Wireless mMode(SM)
users via 2.5G wireless platform.
Starbase
Corporation , the leading provider of end-to-end collaborative products
for both the development and management of content and code for enterprise
and eBusiness applications
NTT
DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it will begin licensing patents for
its proprietary W-CDMA technology, on which , the world's first third-generation
(3G) wireless service, is based.
Faster
than a speeding bullet, able to stream video in a single bound, the technology
known as 3G is supposed to be just super for cell phones and other wireless
devices.
