3G Features January 2004
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced that Japanese customers of its 3G FOMA®-based WORLD CALL
Spirent has added a cost-effective Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) option to the SR5500 which will greatly simplify wireless receiver test setups.
LG Mobile Phones and Verizon Wireless announce their newest handset, the VX4500 will be available to customers on Jan. 29.
he MRC6011 device is an efficient solution for computationally intensive applications, such as Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) baseband signal processing, including chip rate, symbol rate, and advanced 3G functions
CDMA450 uses the 3G CDMA2000 1X interface and provides voice capacity and high-speed data up to 153 kbps.
Designed for 3G load test applications, the m5000 provides a significant performance upgrade for
3 Hong Kong today officially rolls out the 3 Service, the first 3G video mobile communications services in Hong Kong, as well as the world-first NEC c616 3G video mobile phones.
WiNeS, a sophisticated, fully-featured 3G optimization toolset that has been developed to its current level of advanced functionality over several years
As part of the 3G launch in Hong Kong promotion this car was seen driving around Hong Kong.
Vodafone UK announced it has launched trials of its unique 3G Mobile Connect laptop PC data card. Vodafone is the first operator in the UK to announce such trials and will be conducting them initially with corporate customers adding smaller business customers as the trial progresses.
French mobile network operator SFR has chosen Wapaka Web, Digital Airways' WAP simulator, for its new Vodafone live! multimedia service.
Agere Systems announced it has delivered high-performance radio frequency (RF) power transistors to NEC for use in the company's third-generation (3G) wireless base station equipment.
3 Hong Kong joins forces with TVB to be the first in Hong Kong to provide the latest and richest video-based TV entertainment content through 3G video mobile phones.
RealNetworks(R), Inc. and TeliaSonera announced that TeliaSonera has selected RealNetworks' Helix(TM) mobile platform to power streaming delivery of audio and video content to GPRS and 3G network mobile subscribers in Finland and Sweden.
The biggest mobile operator in Poland, Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa ( PTC ) has awraded Siemens AG the contract to supply its 3G wireless network. Inset above some of the PTC staff gather after the news of Siemens win.
Vodafone K.K. announced it will offer a new Sha-mail picture messaging handsets for sale after mid-February, the V301SH by Sharp.
STET Hellas Telecommunications SA ushered in the new era of mobile telephony in Greece with the launch of UMTS services
Vodafone K.K. announced it will offer a new Sha-mail picture messaging handsets for sale after mid-February, the V302T by Toshiba.
We all know that TV reporters sometimes use satellite phones for reporting purposes but now the BBC has started using 3G phones.
3 Hong Kong joins hands exclusively with Metro Radio to be the first in Hong Kong to bring the multimedia broadcasting service on video mobile phones.
BT announced today that BT Openzone will be available at 13 key railway stations by spring of this year - with more to follow.
Alcatel and Fujitsu Limited announced the official opening of a FOMA® showroom showcasing NTT DoCoMo’s third-generation (3G) FOMA mobile communication services in France.
NetTest announced that H3G in Italy has entered into an agreement with NetTest for the delivery of a nationwide MasterQuest UMTS network
This is the first Nokia 3G phone which is commercially released in Europe.
Wherify Wireless is unveiling the world's smallest GPS Locator Phone
3 Hong Kong will commence the 3 Service on 27 January 2004 and be the first operator in the world to deliver NEC c616 3G video mobile phones
SK Telecom has contracted Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. to provide next generation data core network equipment for its CDMA network.
ZTE Corporation, China’s leading telecom equipment vendor, will use next month’s 3GSM World Congress in Cannes to unveil its entire range of 3G solutions
6 UK mobile operators have grouped together to bar children from being able to see pornography
Siemens Mmobile will equip the Czech subsidiary of T-Mobile International with 3G/W-CDMA network technology.
Microcell Solutions announced that it has chosen Nortel Networks as its exclusive supplier for GSM and UMTS core wireless network equipment
fg microtec announced the availability of QoSM6251, the world's first Quality of Service Manager (QoSM) for mobile phones.
Finnish network operator Finnet Networks Ltd. has chosen Nokia's EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) system to offer data service that is on average three times faster than GPRS.
As 3 prepare to offically launch 3G Services in Hong Kong - a newly lit-up 3 advertisement on Cheung Kong Centre has appeared.
Sony Ericcson has confirmed that the Z1010 will hit the UK in the next few weeks. The declared target was 1st Quarter 2004.
The phone captures and sends video, has a digital camera with 4 x zoom and a brilliant 65K display for consumers who want to communicate everything instantly. The ST60 will be available across Europe from January 2004.
3G will finally launch in Hong Kong within a few days after the company missed its original target of launch in HK in 2003. The company gave a 3G demonstration of the service and new NECe616 handsets in December, 2003.
The new Mitsubishi M341i i-mode wireless handset. The M341i is more lightweight with a large 262,000-colour screen and a a camera to instantly capture those special moments and direct access to all i-mode™ services.
GIGA STREAM is announcing its Universal Navigation Switch (UNS) platform and is setting the pace in the design of voice, data and video service nodes for next-generation wireless networks
Orange launched a unique international service, offering instant voice communication and easy-to-access group calling and messaging
The features and description of the SGH E700A follow :
In the near future, you will only need a Java-enabled phone and a GPS receiver to find your way in traffic or in cities
The new user interface of NetHawk 3G Analyser enables efficient real-time trouble-shooting
The world's first two-way Text Messaging Communicator - allowing kids of all ages to send text and voice messages without incurring any service charges
Toshiba announced the development of a 0.85-inch hard disk drive (HDD), the first drive to deliver multi-gigabyte storage in a sub-one-inch form factor.
Over the past few years, wireless handset operating systems (OSs) and middleware have started playing an increasingly important role for OEMs/ODMs.
Powered by Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) third generation (3G) wide-area network, BroadbandAccess commercial service, with average user speeds of 300-500 kilobits per second
PT Mobile-8 Telecom congratulated on the carrier's commercial deployment of 3G CDMA2000(r) services, available today for subscribers in Indonesia.
BT announced a huge boost to its campaign to bring public Wi-Fi to every community in the UK by installing BT Openzone access points in more than 500 McDonald's restaurants in the next few months.
Five leading European news agencies have founded a consortium to create a new generation of information and new services for mobile communication.
VIVO, the largest mobile operator in Brazil, and Lucent Technologies announced an agreement to expand VIVO's third-generation (3G) CDMA2000 1X network.
Atmel Corporation announced the release of its AT73C203 Power Management standard product for 3G wireless platforms.
Novatel Wireless announced the commencement of commercial shipments of its Merlin U530™ Wireless PC Card Modem and the receipt of $14 million in new orders
Dilithium Networks, a leading provider of wireless multimedia solutions announced it has entered into a value-added reseller (VAR) agreement with RDT Equipment & Systems for Israel.
Superscape will be showing the latest additions to its portfolio at the 3G Mobile World Forum
A new series of real-time spectrum analysers that provide the first complete measurement package for engineers developing cutting-edge radio-frequency (RF) technologies, ranging from RF identification (ID) tags to sophisticated radar applications.
Sasken, a leading provider of telecoms software and solutions, today announced the widened scope of its 3G UMTS network software development services provided to network equipment manufacturers.
The GSM Association (GSMA) announced today in Beijing that it would consolidate the efforts of its more than 600 mobile operator members to support China’s upcoming 3G roll out.
Vodafone is starting to make available third generation mobile / UMTS services in Portugal. At this first stage, access to 3G technology will be available only to a limited number of users in Lisbon and Oporto, mainly Vodafone staff and selected business partners and customers.
SBC Communications announced a groundbreaking initiative to deploy more than 20,000 Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) hot spots in 6,000 venues over the next three years and create an integrated Wi-Fi and third-generation (3G) wireless service
CDM-8900 camera phone will be available on Friday, December 12, 2003. The Get It NowSM-enabled CDM-8900 is a compact handset (measuring just 3.3 x 1.6 x 0.9”) with a built-in 300-pixel high-resolution digital camera and color screen.
The Heads of Agreement cover a supply contract outlining principal terms of equipment supply, and facilities for the financing of SUNDAY's 3G network
The i519 is the first embedded Linux device running Voice Signal's VAP application.
The fgMIM is an open toolbox which enables manufacturers to mix and match own or third party software blocks.
The company scored a notable success in December 2001 when it became the first telecommunications operator in Europe to switch on a live 3G network.
The two companies will work together, to both develop existing services and to introduce a range of new services based on GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and 3G (third generation) mobile technology.
3G Features January 2004
NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries announced that subscribers to the 3G FOMA service surpassed two million today, two years and four months after the service was launched.
With operators faced by major uncertainties over services and technology choices, scenario planning and ‘market-making’ strategies
With the arrival of mass-market broadband and video-capable mobile phones, there is at last a real opportunity
As the supplier of TELESTET's network, Nokia has played a key role in the realization of this landmark network launch, which is initially taking place in the greater Athens
The free one-day seminars, inviting all levels of involvement within the 3G market, focus on the evolution of wireless and wireline elements of UMTS networks
The first in the series is the SCH-V420 model. This CDMA2000 1x EV-DO phone features an integrated MegaPixel camera
Renesas Technology announced its decision to incorporate Microsoft Corp.'s digital audio and video codec technology, Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series, and RealNetworks' Inc.'s digital audio and video codec technologies,
The Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group (Siemens mobile) will be a turnkey supplier for the complete radio and core network technology to set up a 3G/UMTS network in Poland
ADC announced today that O2 Germany has extended its existing implementation of the Metrica(R) NPR system to monitor its Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS) network
By the end of January 2004 we expect the total number of mobile data subscribers is likely to have exceeded 115 million, fuelled primarily by the continued growth...
Vodafone K.K. announced it developed the VRM301R remote module(manufactured by JRC, Japan Radio Co., Ltd.), which incorporates mobile handset communication components and functions.
NEC Corporation (NEC) announced it would participate in the 3GSM World Congress 2004 in Cannes, France.
The GSM Association has announced that CNBC Europe, the leading real time financial and business broadcaster, will be the Official Global Broadcast sponsor for the 2004 3GSM World Congress – the global mobile industry’s leading annual event.
Surerange Analysis announced MobileClipper, an Internet service that allows users to create personalised web clips of web pages and view them on their mobile phone.
Nearly one in three (30%) adults say the cell phone is the invention they most hate but cannot live without, according to the eighth annual Lemelson-MIT Invention Index study
Extending its line of sleek, small smart phone reference designs, Texas Instruments announced its first complete EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) chipset
Sony Ericsson and T-Mobile in exclusive partnership for the T630 Camera phone. New black design with mobile imaging
NVIDIA Corporation announced that its multimedia graphics technology is primed to impact the mobile phone and PDA market
Lucent Technologies is entering into the 3G sector with AT&T Wireless in 2004, which is likely to boost earnings.
Legend's first collaborative handset ET560 made its debut today at the company's Beijing tech show.
Superscape announced that it is working with Intel Corporation to optimise Superscape’s Swerve Mobile 3D Graphics
TransDimension announced that NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE), a leader in Large Scale Integration (LSI), has licensed its USB On-The-Go (OTG) technology to integrate into their next generation LSI chip for third generation (3G) mobile phones.
At the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, RAD Data
Motorola’s Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS) announced an agreement to build a 3G Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network in northern Portugal.
As part of LG Electronics''''(LGE) quest for U.S. market leadership, the company unveiled its latest product innovations
P-Cube, an expert in mobile data service control, will announce its first major mobile network operator (MNO) customers, including a leading European 3G operator,
Mitec Telecom announced that it has received a multiple-year extension to a major supply agreement
SK Telecom started its 'Liquid Screen Small Payment Service' that allows settlement of account charges through ray signals captured on a liquid screen.
Siemens Information is to equip Spanish mobile operator Telefónica Móviles with 3G/UMTS technology.
Samsung’s SGH-X600 is a new product which boasts a bar type multi-function phone with a sleek design profile.
UMTS increases data profitability. Key to profitability is understanding which applications and services provide the greatest margins.
Mobile services will be worth $126bn worldwide by 2008, and will account for almost 20% of total mobile operator revenues
Nokia, together with Electronic Arts (EA), announced that The SimsTM Bustin' Out is in development for the N-Gage game deck.
A new study from Juniper Research finds that the market for mobile ringtones has already peaked, and is now showing signs of saturation and weakness.
The 3GEO mobile navigational system turns a customer's handset into a perfect travel companion by allowing quick and exact location searches.
An innovative location-based service which launched on January 1st 2004, promises to extend people's senses with a new geographical layer of information.
TechFaith Holding Limited and NEC Corporation announced the commencement of a new joint venture company named STEP Technologies (Beijing) Limited in Beijing
perators across the world that have launched pre-commercial or commercial 3G networks have deployed Actix 3G solutions
UMTS R5 is the latest step in the migration towards full implementation of third-generation (3G) UMTS networks.
The Multi-SIM solution enables real-time unification of multiple devices into a single subscriber profile. This real-time fault-resilient solution is currently being deployed in top tier networks globally.
The MINT RF Tester is a dual mode test system for 2G/2.5G/3G products that performs automatically the conformance RF Test Specifications
There is also an exciting new addition to the video selection: "Playboy Clips", featuring playmates
As the 3G market expands, a free-for all on 3G termination charges will hit callers hard
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i-mode customers can now personalise their i-mode phones with Disney-themed wallpapers and ringtones based on classic and contemporary Disney characters
Fourteen CEOs from key players within the mobile communications sector today set out a common vision for the future.
The number of text messages sent in one day reached an all time high on New Year's Day 2004, as record numbers of people
8x8, Inc. and Leadtek announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) the demonstration of their prototype next generation Packet8 SIP videophone.
LG Electronics (LGE) was selected by the CDMA Development Group (CDG) to receive a 3G CDMA Industry Achievement Award
The Motorola V600 brings advanced mobile solutions to consumers nationwide, giving them new easy-to-use wireless solutions
NTT DoCoMo announced that it will launch a trial, called the "i-mode" FeliCa preview service," using mobile phones equipped with FeliCa contactless IC chip technology developed by Sony Corporation.
Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced the availability of its 64 Megabit single data rate (SDR) Mobile RAM devices.
Playing truly 3D enabled games on cellphones is now possible thanks to the new IMAGEON(TM) 2300 multimedia and graphics family of co-processors
Vemotion will bring TV Program Shattered ( Channel 4 Stay Awake Show ) to GPRS video enabled phones and PDAs.
Dilithium Networks, a leading provider of wireless multimedia solutions announced today that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Partner Program.
The most expensive mobile phones in the UK offer no better voice quality than the cheapest.
KDDI Corporation and Hitachi, Ltd are pleased to announce that they have co-developed a 3G CDMA 1X mobile handset equipped with a removable contact / contactless IC card with dual interface.
Alice Systems software enables leading operators to offer “one-click” connection capabilities to their end users connecting from a PC or PDA across a GPRS, 3G or Wi-Fi network.
SK Telecom which has been leading in mobile communication technology by commercializing the world's first 3rd generation CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO services, now starts leading in next generation wireless Internet technology.
Huawei Technologies, a global provider of telecoms infrastructure, announced that it helped Emirates Telecommunications (Etisalat) to have successfully launched UMTS services in UAE.
Telefonica Moviles and mobilkom austria have reached an agreement by which mobilkom austria has acquired 3G Mobile Telecommunications
3 UK, the video mobile network, today announced that it has successfully completed the build and integration of its 5,000th radio base station.
NTT DoCoMo unveiled the FOMA® 900i series, the most advanced-ever 3G FOMA i-mode mobile phones