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| Apple Support 3GPP |
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4th June 2003 |
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Building on the success of QuickTime 6, which surpassed 100 million downloads in less than 10 months, QuickTime 6.3 enables users to share high-quality video, audio and text on a new generation of wireless devices including cell phones and PDAs. QuickTime 6.3 delivers extensive support for the 3GPP standard, including Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) and Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) audio, MPEG-4 and H.263 video, 3G Text (TX3G) and native .3gp file format support. "QuickTime's support of open standards like MPEG-4 and 3GPP now make it the best technology for creating and deploying content in the wireless world," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "QuickTime 6.3 delivers the first 3GPP content creation and playback software and extends our industry leading support of open standards beyond the desktop into the mobile market." "NTT DoCoMo's FOMA is the standards-based 3G service which allows users to enjoy "i-motion" video clip distribution and "i-motion mail" video clip email service," said Takeshi Natsuno, Managing Director of NTT DoCoMo's i-mode Planning Department. "We are thrilled that QuickTime 6.3 has made standards-based content creation and desktop playback a reality for NTT DoCoMo subscribers that can now share personal movies captured on their phones with friends and family on Mac and PCs." "Nokia welcomes the release of QuickTime 6.3, featuring support for 3GPP codecs and formats," said Janne Juhola, senior technology manager, Multimedia Technologies, Nokia. "Our company is strongly committed to the creation of an ecosystem in which open standards ensure interoperability across a wide range of device categories, networks, services and applications. Nokia believes the inclusion of 3GPP support in QuickTime creates a wealth of exciting new opportunities for both desktop and mobile phone users." Extending the reach of multimedia to a new generation of wireless devices, QuickTime 6.3 support for 3GPP delivers high-quality video, audio and text for use in end-to-end, standards-based content delivery solutions. The high-performance MPEG-4 video codec and the time-tested H.263 video codec both provide excellent results at low data rates. The modern AAC audio codec delivers exceptional quality music at a broad range of data rates while AMR provides narrowband audio encoding designed specifically for speech. 3G Text support in QuickTime 6.3 is time-based for accurate synchronization of titling and captioning with audio and video tracks. Additional QuickTime 6.3 features include automatic streaming transport detection for a more reliable streaming experience, improvements to DV audio and video synchronization and enhanced support for Apple's Keynote™, iMovie™ and iDVD™ applications. QuickTime 6.3 is available immediately as a free download for Mac® and Windows users at www.apple.com/quicktime. QuickTime is Apple's industry-leading, standards-based software for developing, producing and delivering high-quality audio and video over IP, wireless and broadband networks. As the platform of choice for content creators worldwide, QuickTime delivers the full media experience for thousands of unique software titles and enhanced music CDs. QuickTime was chosen by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as the base file format for MPEG-4 and is at the core of the 3GPP standard. Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings. NOTE: Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, Mac, Mac OS, QuickTime, Keynote, iMovie and iDVD are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. "i-mode" is a trademark or registered trademark of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries. FOMA and i-motion are trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan. NTT DoCoMo's "FOMA" and "i-motion" service are only available to subscribers in Japan. |
| TODAY'S
PRESS RELEASES |
After
all the hype around 3G and "3" and all the services that will
be available at high speed over the network - what is the main selling
point for a new "3" mobile phone? Unbelievably it is the price
of the voice traffic! |
Apple
announced QuickTime® 6.3, the industry's first mainstream solution
to support the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard and
to deliver a foundation for the creation, delivery and playback of rich
multimedia content over wireless networks. |
Radio
Frequency Investigation Ltd (RFI) has become a shareholder in RFI Japan
as part of its commitment to the development of Bluetooth and 3G products
and services in Asia. |
Lucent
Technologies announced that it has been selected by O2 to provide packet
infrastructure, software and services, to enable the operator to deploy
and manage a voice and data transport network to support its 3G UMTS (universal
mobile telecommunications system) network roll out. The three-year framework
agreement has a potential value in excess of $45 million. |
Intec
Telecom Systems has signed a second deal with Taiwan-based 3G operator
Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communications (APBW) to supply its world
leading settlement solution InterconnecT(tm). |
J-PHONE
it will offer two new Sha-mail picture messaging handsets, the J-D08 by
Mitsubishi Electric and the J-T010 by Toshiba, for sale after early July. |
With
the exception of Short Messaging Services (SMS), wireless data in Europe,
as in the Americas, has arrived with a whimper rather than a bang, reports
In-Stat/MDR. The high-tech market research firm finds that, the prospects
for 3G services, which are being launched during a seemingly unending
telecom slump, look grim |
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: Apple announced QuickTime® 6.3, the industry's first mainstream
solution to support the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard
and to deliver a foundation for the creation, delivery and playback
of rich multimedia content over wireless networks.