| Orange and the Official UK Charts Company |
| 3rd
April, 2005 ( see
below for all today's 3G news ) |
|
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. “The Official UK Singles Chart is evolving to embrace the massive growth in popularity of digital music, recognising and including music sales from all major media, including the High Street, Internet and mobile. This will ensure that the Official Singles Chart remains the most accurate barometer of the UK’s music taste and consumption,” said James Gillespie, product and new media coordinator, Official UK Charts Company. “The Official UK Chart’s decision to include music downloads from Orange World in its Chart demonstrates that the music industry has recognised the rising importance of mobile music downloads within the digital music sphere,” said Mark Ashford, head of music, Orange UK. “The advent of digital music downloads on mobile means that up-to-date phones also act as music players, making digital music accessible for one in three people in the UK.” Ashford continued, “Orange is a mobile music pioneer and is committed to the music industry. Downloading music to mobile phones is a new and exciting way for artists to get their music out there.” Find music on your Orange phone Music Player enables Orange users to download and enjoy the latest music tracks on their mobiles. Music Player can be downloaded for use on a wide range of Orange phones that include the SPV E100, E200 & C500, Nokia 3230, 6600, 6630, 6680 and 7610 and Sony Ericsson P800, P900 & P910. Music downloads form Orange World cost £1.50 per track. Orange users can browse through the latest releases or search for the artist of their choice on Music Player. Music Player is free to browse, preview tracks and download from Orange World (standard GPRS rates apply). |
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| Bridge Chip Offers 3G HSDPA Speeds |
| 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. |
| Vodafone Customers First to Watch Live Eurosport on 3G Mobiles |
| As of today Vodafone customers can watch live Eurosport on their Vodafone live! UMTS handset. |
| Ultra-sharp LCD Mobile Images at a 160-degree Viewing Angle |
| 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. |
| 47% of IT Managers Set to Deploy Smartphones |
| Enterprise interest in Smartphone adoption has rebounded sharply with almost half of all IT managers saying they would consider deploying them as business tools, |
| Nokia 3G Phone and Stand Wins Award |
| "For Nokia, winning the iF product design award affirms Nokia's competence in design," says Eero Miettinen, Design Director, Nokia. |
| Orange and the Official UK Charts Company |
| 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. |
3G
mobile operators have little incentive to offer VoIP services as W-CDMA
offers the cost and capacity attributes to support fixed–mobile
substitution. Wireless VoIP presents fixed operators, MVNOs and VoIP
providers with opportunities to disrupt the mobile voice market. |
Hutchison
Whampoa Limited (HWL) today announced the Group’s annual results
for 2004, and disclosed a current updated subscriber figure on its global
network, which includes Italy, the UK, Australia, Austria, Sweden, and
Denmark; as well as Hong Kong and Israel, which are under Hutchison
Telecommunications International Limited (HTIL). |
Subscribers
can watch what happens in the house live-streamed on their video-enabled
mobile phones. Big Brother is one of the most successful mobile content
services offered by 3 Sweden. |
Mobiltel
won the UMTS A Class license tender for a 20-year term. The tender included
a secret bidding and took two hours. The closing bid achieved –
which is also the winning one for Mobiltel - amounted to BGN 78 million. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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). |
Europe
: Orange, the UK’s most popular mobile network, today announced
an industry first – music downloads from Orange World are to be
included in the Official UK Download Chart, paving the way for tracks
downloaded to Orange mobiles to be included in the Official UK Singles
Chart for the first time. 
