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| i-mode Wireles Subscribers Outside Japan exceed 2 million |
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1st March , 2004 |
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Europe France : i-mode™ users outside Japan exceeded two million at the end of January 2004 and continue to grow rapidly. Services are currently available through seven i-mode operators outside Japan: BASE NV./S.A (Belgium), Bouygues Telecom (France), E-Plus (Germany), Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (Taiwan), KPN Mobile (The Netherlands), Telefónica Móviles España (Spain), WIND Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. (Italy), representing a market of over 60 million cellular phone users. In addition, COSMOTE - Mobile Telecommunications S.A., Greece's leading mobile telecommunications operator, is scheduled to launch i-mode services prior to the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games. i-mode has now amassed a global subscriber base of 42 million users including Japan, making it the most popular mobile Internet service in the world. Furthermore, the i-mode business model has proven to be successful in markets worldwide. Rich content and service offerings, as well as innovative, user-friendly handsets, have contributed in stimulating high usage. European i-mode operators already achieve average revenue per i-mode user (ARPU) of 6 -10 Euros per month, and an average of two-thirds of operators' i-mode subscribers are active users on a monthly basis. In addition to the operators, i-mode also cooperates with over 1,000 content providers in markets outside Japan. Contents and services are offered in eight languages. Along with collaboration with leading international content providers such as Disney, CNN and ViaMichelin, i-mode offers strong localized content portfolios, assuring that i-mode is a convenient and helpful tool that can be used in everyday life. The i-mode business model and leading technology results in high satisfaction for content providers and the entire i-mode value chain. To date, i-mode operators outside Japan deliver services using ten handsets from four handset vendors: NEC, Mitsubishi, Vitelcom, and Toshiba. Other handset vendors, such as Samsung, Siemens, Sagem and Panasonic are scheduled to release new i-mode handsets in Europe and Asia during 2004. i-mode operators are committed to work in close cooperation to further improve their i-mode service offerings and expand i-mode's global presence. The i-mode brand will continue to be strengthened through DoCoMo's sponsorship of The Mild Seven Renault F1 Team, and co-marketing activities with i-mode operators. Joint branding efforts are also planned for the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games, and with COSMOTE being a Grand National Sponsor, unique opportunities arise that allow for worldwide i-mode brand exposure. |
| TODAY'S
PRESS RELEASES |
| 3G UEFA Champions League |
| 3 Hong Kong announced the signing of an agreement with UEFA for the rights in Hong Kong to transmit highlights of all UEFA Champions League |
| Huawei Shows Off 3G Solutions |
| So far, Huawei has developed its full set of mobile communications solutions covering GSM, WCDMA, CDMA2000, and TD-SCDMA |
| T-Mobile's 3G Strategy Outlined |
| T-Mobile announced its strategy and launch programmes for broadband mobile and the launch of 3G services, integrated with WiFi, from Spring onwards. |
| 3 Launches New 3G VideoText Price Plans |
| 3 announced that it had launched three new price plans and three new top-up vouchers, all designed specifically for customers that love to text. |
| Third Handset in 3G FOMA 900i Series |
| NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that the P900i, the third handset in the new 3G FOMA® 900i series, will be released on February 29, 2004. |
| i-mode Wireles Subscribers Outside Japan exceed 2 million |
| Services are currently available through seven i-mode operators outside Japan: BASE NV./S.A (Belgium), Bouygues Telecom (France), E-Plus (Germany), Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd. (Taiwan), KPN Mobile (The Netherlands), Telefónica Móviles España (Spain), WIND Telecomunicazioni S.p.A. (Italy), |
| New 3G VideoMail Solution |
| 3G mobile phone users are being offered 'video voicemail' based on a centralised message store. |
| Panasonic's Flagship X700 GSM Wireless Smartphone |
| Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., introduces its flagship model for 2004 - the X700 smartphone. This compact digital camera phone, with video capability, comes in Panasonic's stylish clamshell design |
| Texas Keynote Address At 3GSM |
| Wireless has become the most important platform in consumer electronics and will be a primary focal point for innovation in coming years |
| Mobeon launches 3G Videomail |
| G mobile phone users are being offered 'video voicemail' based on a centralised message store. |
| New Alliance to Accelerate 3G UMTS TDD’s Global Success |
| A new alliance was launched today at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes to accelerate the growing success of UMTS TDD as the leading standard |
| Nokia Collaboration on 3G Multimedia Phones |
| ACCESS announced that it has collaborated with Nokia to demonstrate ACCESS' acclaimed NetFront mobile browser for WCDMA optimized releases of Nokia's Series 60 Platform. |
| 3G Handsets Based On TTPCom Apps |
| The ASUSTeK range of 3G products will include both feature phones and smartphones and in addition, the company is developing a range of GPRS handsets |
| Alcatel Launch 5 New Wireless Handsets |
| They are extremely simple to use and will make access to the most popular multimedia services and technologies even easier: video, photo, MMS and the most recent version of Java(TM) (MIDP 2.0) for downloading games and applications. |
| World's First Wireless Photo-Music-Video |
| Alcatel and SK Telecom jointly introduced the world's first photo-music-video (PMV) service at the 3GSM World Congress 2004 in Cannes, France. |
| Reliability and Uptime of GPRS & 3G Services |
| Micromuse announced that SmarTone is using the Netcool(R) suite as the strategic platform for the service quality management of its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and third-generation (3G) services. |
| PacketVideo Wireless Handsets Galore |
| The company will demonstrate the capabilities of more than a dozen PacketVideo-powered multimedia technologies and handsets from leading device OEMs in the world. |
| 3 Ends Higher Charges for Pay-As-You-Go 3G Users |
| Research out today suggests that Brits with Pay-As-You-Go mobile phones are paying a £500 million a year penalty simply by choosing to pay up front. |
| Turnkey Solution Offers 3G Mobile Operators Flexibility |
| Starent Networks Corporation and NetSpira Networks today announced their partnership to deliver an enhanced charging solution for mobile operators. |
| 3 Hong Kong 3G Agreement with UEFA |
| 3 Hong Kong today announced the signing of an agreement with UEFA for the rights in Hong Kong to transmit highlights of all UEFA Champions League matches |
| Leading Portfolio of 3G Performance Monitoring Solutions |
| NetTest, a leading worldwide provider of testing, monitoring and management solutions for advanced and converged networks, will demonstrate its industry leading portfolio of 3G performance monitoring and optimization solutions at 3GSM 2004 |
| 3G for 3GSM |
| Nortel Networks and Orange have completed a five-month UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) network deployment to provide live third generation (3G) coverage for Cannes and portions of Nice - including the airport - for 3GSM World Congress 2004. |
| 3 Launches 3G Pay As You Go |
| 3, the UK's only video mobile operator, is set to shake-up the pre-paid market in the UK with the launch of ThreePay its first Pay-As-You-Go offer to customers on Monday 23rd February. |
| Sendo SM570 : MMS and Java-Enabled Wireless Phone |
| Sendo today announces the M570, an MMS and Java-enabled clamshell phone with a 65K ultra fine and bright (UFB) colour display. |
| Sendo S600 : New Wireless Camera Phone |
| Sendo today announces the launch of the S600, a slim, elegant phone with leading edge digital camera capability. |
| 15 GSM Wireless Phones for Europe |
| Innostream, Korea’s GSM phone manufacturer, announced today the acceleration of its advance into the European GSM market, by introducing advanced camera phones to the 3GSM World Congress 04 and the CeBIT 2004. |
| Advances in 3G Services |
| Ericsson is demonstrating continued market progress for 3G services with interoperable and commercial 3G handsets from eight leading handset vendors. The demonstration will take place in Hall 1, next to Ericsson's Internet Café. |
| O2 Personalised Video Messaging |
| Pulse Entertainment, the virtual character technology company, and Image Semantics, the mobile imaging company, today announced the launch of personalised video messaging in partnership with O2. |
| Vodafone live! Wireless Portal Enhanced |
| Vodafone K.K. announced that from March 1, 2004 it will strengthen the top menu functions of the Vodafone live! portal to further enhance customer convenience. |
| 1 Billion for GSM Wireless |
| More than one billion people, almost one in six of the world’s population, are now using GSM mobile phones. This historic milestone has been reached only 12 years after the launch of the first networks. |
| New IM-7200 Wireless Handset |
| Nextreaming Corporation, a leader in mobile video software for operators and handset manufacturers announced that SK Teletech (SKTT) Co., Ltd, has integrated Nextreaming’s mobile multimedia software package, Nexembedded™ Suite to help SKTT’s IM-7200 handset enable multimedia communications. |
| Spatial Supports 3G UMTS |
| Spatial Atrium®, to support UMTS at 3GSM World Congress. Spatial Atrium is ideally suited for mobile service providers looking to seamlessly transform their current GSM infrastructure to support UMTS or for Greenfield UMTS deployments. |
| New Family of Timestar EDGE Wireless Transmitter Solutions |
| Tropian, Inc announces today the availability of samples for its new family of GSM/GPRS/EDGE transmitter devices TP15321/2/3/4. |
| Cisco Mobile Exchange to Help Enable 3G Mobile Data Services |
| Cisco Systems (Nasdaq:CSCO) today announced that its Cisco Mobile Exchange framework is being deployed by 3 in Italy for the delivery of third-generation mobile data services to both consumer and business users. |
| First Active-Call Test System to Manage Performance of Advanced 3G Services |
| Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the industry's first active-call test system for real-time management of advanced 3G UMTS |
| Orange 3G Wireless Readies For Take Off |
| Orange today delivered a 3G strategy update in which it announced commercial trials of the network in the UK and France, the creation of nine 3G Developer Centres across the globe |
| Nokia's Series 60 Platform Integrated with Motorola's 3G Innovative Convergence Platform |
| -Nokia, Motorola, Inc. and Teleca are demonstrating the wireless industry's first full-featured smartphone reference design for WCDMA technology by integrating the Series 60 Platform and Symbian OS with Motorola's i.300-20 Innovative Convergence(TM) platform. |
| 3 Italy Selects P-Cube for 3G Network Optimisation |
| P-Cube Inc., the originator of programmable IP Service Control platforms for fixed-line and mobile network operators, has announced 3 Italy (Hutchison) |
| World's first Software-Defined 3G Interference Test System |
| PA Consulting Group will announce at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, 23-26 February 2004, the successful completion of the World's first 3G Interference Test System using software-defined radio (SDR) technology. |
| 3G QoS Test Tool and Datang Partnership |
| Dilithium Networks, a leading provider of wireless multimedia solutions announced today it has licensed its H.324M/3G-324M video-telephony/video- conferencing protocol software |
| REMEC Rescues Operators from 3G Dropped Calls |
| REMEC will be showcasing its AISG (Antenna Interface Standard Group) compliant Tower Mounted Amplifiers (TMAs) at 3GSM World Congress. This technology is proven to reduce the number of dropped calls by over 50%. |
| Sun Drives New Wave Of Wireless Java Services |
| The new mobile Java infrastructure enhancements announced today help all members of the wireless community take advantage of these opportunities. |
| Single Board Computer for 3G Network Signalling |
| This provides infrastructure developers with the high density and scalability they require for Next Generation Network nodes that most other SBC signalling products cannot achieve. |
| Technology That Enables Sharing of 3G Cell Site Antennas |
| Andrew Corporation and IPWireless have jointly developed a product that lowers operators’ costs and simplifies deployment of wireless systems by enabling them to combine transmission of two 3G radio technologies onto a single cell site antenna. |
| Low Down On NEC 313 3G Phone |
| So what can we expect from this device when it comes to Europe on 3? |
| New GSM/GPRS Wireless Phone for Vodafone |
| Sharp Corporation announces that it will commence shipment of its new GX30 mobile phone with built-in megapixel CCD camera and color LCD |
| Satellite DMB for Wireless |
| SK Telecom announced that the construction of the world's first satellite for Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) |
| KPN One Millionth i-mode Wireless Customer |
| KPN's mobile division this week registered its 1 millionth i-mode customer, continuing the trend of accelerated take-up. |
| 3G Video Breakthrough for Vfone and 3 |
| This is a key milestone in video communications and is the first time in the world that a video phone has been successfully connected to a 3G video mobile phone. |
| DoOnGo Software Aims At 3G Flaws |
| "More technology glitches are expected as handsets move exclusively to 3G," said Dr. Luosheng Peng, CEO, chairman and co-founder of DoOnGo Technologies. |
| Motorola V80 Mobile |
| Broadband
wireless technologies will help bring the next five billion users to
the Internet, an Intel Corporation executive explained |
| Sun Drives New Wave Of Wireless Java Services |
| The new mobile Java infrastructure enhancements announced today help all members of the wireless community take advantage of these opportunities. |
| Single Board Computer for 3G Network Signalling |
| This provides infrastructure developers with the high density and scalability they require for Next Generation Network nodes that most other SBC signalling products cannot achieve. |
| Technology That Enables Sharing of 3G Cell Site Antennas |
| Andrew Corporation and IPWireless have jointly developed a product that lowers operators’ costs and simplifies deployment of wireless systems by enabling them to combine transmission of two 3G radio technologies onto a single cell site antenna. |
| T-Mobile 3G Lift-Off |
| At present, the 3G networks are being used by selected customers using 2.5 and 3G data cards in laptops with automatic roaming across T-Mobile’s seamless network. |
| SK Telecom Selects Gemplus USIM Card for 3G W-CDMA |
| The Gemplus "GemXplore 3G" USIM cards deployed for SK Telecom support all three primary networks currently available: 3G W-CDMA, CDMA 2000 1X and GSM. |
| Sony Ericsson Mobile Phones Push to Talk Wireless |
| Sapio have a long term commitment to Push to Talk products and the release of a version that works on Sony Ericsson P800 and P900 |
| IN-BUILDING wireless navigation |
| The navigation system uses a combination of silicon gyroscopes and accelerometers to measure the operator’s stride, which determines the velocity vector. |
| Cingular to Acquire AT&T Wireless |
| Cingular Wireless announced today an agreement to acquire AT&T Wireless, creating the premier wireless carrier in the United States. |
| GCF Validation for 3G WCDMA Test Cases |
| Spirent Communications announces that test cases for its UMTS Automatic Test System (U-ATS) have now been validated... |
| 3G WCDMA's Role Defined |
| Although off to a slower start than originally expected WCDMA is showing regained promise, according to a new study from |
| Strategic Thrust Into 2.5G and 3G Mobile Markets |
| Media Servers are now available to provide the Multimedia Resource Function (MRF) for 2.5G and 3G wireless networks. |
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