Wireless Asia articles from June 2001

Wireless Asia archives from June 2001

One for all and all for one--3G gets major discount: strategis has projected about $80 billion in network infrastructure spending by 2003. Half of that could be saved by network sharing.(Street Wise)
June 1, 2001... Flattened by a mountain of debt from 3G licenses, which at the time seemed so cheap? Well, not to worry, there is help on the way. No, the British government is not about to give back the billions it took in from its 3G auction. The...

Limited mobility rocks the boat: the promise of WLL technology has come back to Asia in the form of limited mobility services. China has had it for three years, and India for two months, and its ability to undercut cellular tariffs by 90% has incumbents and regulators quaking.(News Analysis)
June 1, 2001... Four years ago, wireless local loop was being touted in the Asia-Pacific as a cost-effective technology to build out last-mile infrastructure in developing markets with low teledensities. For the most part, it didn't work out that way. Aside...

SK Telecom slim-fest down to the wire: Korea's SK Telecom and Shinsegi Telecomm need to cut their market share below 50% by the end of the month to consummate their merger. They're almost there, but what then?(News Analysis)
June 1, 2001... The pressure is on for Korea's top cellco, SK Telecom, and it's bride-to-be, No. 3 cellular operator and original SKT foil Shinsegi Telecomm. SKT and Shinsegi announced their intentions to merge in December 1999. In April 2000, after much...

Shaking out Down Under: the two struggling Australian cellcos both took steps to ensure their survival. While Hutchison allied itself with Telecom NZ, One.Tel's impatient shareholders removed the two co-founders.(News Analysis)
June 1, 2001... The shake-out among junior players in the $16 billion Australian telecoms market has accelerated, with Telecom NZ, Hutchison Australia and One.Tel making major changes in order to survive in the tough local market. While cash-strapped TCNZ...

Gifts geared to grab the bottom line: Singaporeans are being feted by a plethora of giveaways and offers to get operators subscription numbers on the up. But, asks Shu-Ching Jean Chen, is free competition good competition?(News Analysis)
June 1, 2001... No telecom consumer would ever resent competition, especially Singaporeans who ate so used to the care of a paternal state. In the first year since its third mobile operation was launched, subscribers in the Lion state are being deluged by...

Taiwan Cellular stretches lead with TransAsia takeover: consolidation continues in Taiwan, with the largest operator taking out the second smallest and extending its market leadership.(News Analysis)
June 1, 2001... Taiwan's largest cellular provider, Taiwan Cellular Corp. (TCC), has cemented its leading position in the market and established a beachhead in the south with the acquisition of regional operator TransAsia. While TransAsia's 664,000...

Controlled boom: pre-paid cellular in Thailand: long the laggard in the market for prepaid cellular services in Asia, Thailand is finally coming up to speed, with AIS reporting prepaid outstripping post-paid segment by "better than 30%." Jaruwan Ngamman reports from Bangkok.(News Analysis)
June 1, 2001... The belated boom is hardly an inexplicable phenomenon. Despite indications of pent-up demand, local cell telephone operators initially showed no great interest in offering prepaid services. The first to begin doing so, Total Access...

Manx Telecom may not become the world's first commercial W-CDMA operator after all.(Movements)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Manx Telecom may not become the world's first commercial W-CDMA operator after all. The BT-owned cellco, serving the Isle of Man, has postponed its service launch until October due to software problems. NTT DoCoMo made the same decision in...

The Wireless Advertising Association releases its first standard for wireless ads for the SMS platform.(Movements)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Wireless Advertising Association releases its first standard for wireless ads for the SMS platform. The new standard defines two categories of SMS ads.

NTT DoCoMo acquires an additional 6.37% stake in Hong Kong cellco Hutchison Telecom for $30.44m.(Movements)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... NTT DoCoMo acquires an additional 6.37% stake in Hong Kong cellco Hutchison Telecom for $30.44m. The deal is a bargain for DoCoMo, with Hutchison's share price some 55% cheaper per share than when DoCoMo bought its original 19% stake in the...

Intel has developed an experimental "wireless-Internet-on-a-chip" that features a microprocessor.(Movements)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Intel has developed an experimental "wireless-Internet-on-a-chip" that features a microprocessor, flash memory and analog communications circuits on a single chip, built using a single manufacturing process.

Hutchison Telecommunications Australia and TCNZ say they will form two 3G companies--Hutchison 3G Australia and Telecom 3G--operating in their respective markets.(Movements)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Hutchison Telecommunications Australia and TCNZ say they will form two 3G companies--Hutchison 3G Australia and Telecom 3G--operating in their respective markets. Both Hutchison 3G and Telecom 3G will use Hutchison Whampoa's 3G global brand,...

Singapore Telecom invests another $200m in its Indian strategic partner, the Bharti Group.(Movements)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Singapore Telecom invests another S200m in its Indian strategic partner, the Bharti Group, to build a pan-Indian footprint for its cellular and fixed line business.

Alcatel joins the mobile handset manufacturer outsourcing trend by signing an MoU with Singapore-based Flextronics to take over manufacturing of Alcatel mobile phones for the European market.(Movements)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Alcatel joins the mobile handset manufacturer outsourcing trend by signing an MoU with Singapore-based Flextronics to take over manufacturing of Alcatel mobile phones for the European market. However, Alcatel will keep its China-based handset...

The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium and the Global Mobile Suppliers Association sign MoU under which both associations will work more closely together.(Movements)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium and the Global Mobile Suppliers Association sign MoU under which both associations will work more closely together to finalize an industry spec and standard for EDGE and UMTS.

Beijing: ten telecoms equipment vendors receive contracts by China Unicom worth a total of $1.43b to build its CDMA network.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Beijing: Ten telecoms equipment vendors receive contracts by China Unicom worth a total of $1.43b to build its CDMA network. Motorola scores the biggest contract, worth $407m, just outweighing Lucent's contract of $400m, Nortel and Ericsson...

Hainan: Nokia wins a $25m contract from Hainan Mobile to expand its GSM 900 network.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Hainan: Nokia wins a $25m contract from Hainan Mobile to expand its GSM 900 network, to include enhancements for its SMSC and GPRS offerings. Hainan Mobile has around 385,000 subscribers.

Hong Kong: a government survey reports that monthly consumer spending on cellular services and mobile phones per Hong Kong household has jumped ten fold.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Hong Kong: A government survey reports that monthly consumer spending on cellular services and mobile phones per Hong Kong household has jumped ten fold in the past five years.

Hong Kong: New World Mobility launches a Mobile Betting service.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Hong Kong: New World Mobility launches a Mobile Betting service which enables customers to place horse racing bets as well as lottery entries via mobile phones.

Hong Kong: China Unicom (Hong Kong) enters the Hang Seng Index this month.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Hong Kong: China Unicom (Hong Kong) enters the Hang Seng Index this month, replacing Hong Kong cellco SmarTone.

Hong Kong: the government's 3G auction is postponed--again--to September.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Hong Kong: The government's 3G auction is postponed-again--to September in order to put the necessary legislation in place to facilitate a planned royalty payment scheme.

Jakarta: three GSM operators--Excelcomindo, Satelindo and Telkomsel--join forces.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Jakarta: Three GSM operators--Excelcomindo, Satelindo and Telkomsel--join forces to provide customers with open access to short message services.

Kuala Lumpur: British Telecom sells its 33.33% stake in mobile operator Maxis for $502.8m to local tycoon Ananda Krishnan.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Kuala Lumpur: British Telecom sells its 33.33% stake in mobile operator Maxis for $502.8m to local tycoon Ananda Krishnan, who also bought another 13% of Maxis from Media-One Group of the US, and now holds 70% of the operator through his...

Kuala Lumpur: the Communications and Multimedia Commission (CMC) announces plans to develop guidelines that would set limits on the amount of electromagnetic radiation emissions from cellular phones, radio base stations and other communications installations.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Kuala Lumpur: The Communications and Multimedia Commission (CMC) announces plans to develop guidelines that would set limits on the amount of electromagnetic radiation emissions from cellular phones, radio base stations and other communications...

Manila: Globe Telecom signs a $310m deal with Nokia.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Manila: Globe Telecom signs a $310m deal with Nokia to expand its existing GSM 800 and 1800 networks in the country.

Singapore: mobile operator M1 and local Web and wireless company EdgeMatrix will spend $550,000 to establish Wireless Intellect Labs, a joint wireless research center.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Singapore: Mobile operator M1 and local Web and wireless company EdgeMatrix will spend $550,000 to establish Wireless Intellect Labs, a joint wireless research center. The center will commence operations in the third quarter of 2001 with l0...

Tokyo: British Telecom agrees to sell its stakes in Japan Telecom and J-Phone to UK rival Vodafone in a deal valued at $5.3b.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Tokyo: British Telecom agrees to sell its stakes in Japan Telecom and J-Phone to UK rival Vodafone in a deal valued at $5.3b, giving Vodafone a 45% total stake in Japan Telecom and a 46% share in the J-Phone mobile group. The deal should be...

Tokyo: DoCoMo recruits 4,500 consumer and corporate users (out of over 147,000 applicants) to serve as test subjects for its 3G trial period between May 30 and September 30.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Tokyo: DoCoMo recruits 4,500 consumer and corporate users (out of over 147,000 applicants) to serve as test subjects for its 3G trial period between May 30 and September 30. Monitors have to pay bask monthly fees and optional service fees, but...

Tokyo: KDDI Group's Tu-ka subsidiary is reportedly up for sale.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Tokyo: KDDI Group's Tu-ka subsidiary is reportedly up for sale. Proceeds from such a sale would go towards paying off KDDI's S18b debt. KDDI chairman Jiro Ushio says eight companies have already expressed interest in buying Tu-ka, which...

Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo suspends sales of one of its i-mode handsets--the Java-enabled Sony SO503i--after discovering a software glitch.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo suspends sales of one of its i-mode Handsets--the Java-enabled Sony SO503i--after discovering a software glitch. According to DoCoMo, the upgrading of certain "i appli" apps made it possible for third-party providers to view...

Seoul: Korea Telecom Freetel reports a massive 960% year-on-year increase in net profit in its 1Q01 financial results on just a 5% increase in sales revenue.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Seoul: Korea Telecom Freetel reports a massive 960% year-on-year increase in net profit in its 1Q01 financial results on just a 5% increase in sales revenue. KTF's sales for the quarter were $577m, with d net profit of $43.9m, thanks to...

Seoul: LGEI announces it will use voice recognition technology from US/Israeli firm Advanced Recognition Technologies (ART).(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Seoul: LGEI announces it will use voice recognition technology from US/Israeli firm Advanced Recognition Technologies (ART) for its upcoming new line of GSM handsets.

Seoul: the growth rate of mobile phone subscribers in South Korea rises slightly in April.(report by the Ministry of Information and Communication of South Korea)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Seoul: The growth rate of mobile phone subscribers in South Korea rises slightly in April, following a slowdown over the previous four months, according to the Ministry of Information and Communication.

Taipei: First International Telecom Corp. (Fitel) launches a 64 kbps wireless data service in Taiwan using PHS technology.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Taipei: First International Telecom Corp. (Fitel) launches a 64 kbps wireless data service in Taiwan using PHS technology. Fitel's network uses Kyocera-supplied PHS base stations using IntelliCell smart antenna technology from ArrayComm.

Taipei: Taiwan Fixed Network Telecom applies to the island's stock exchange to acquire 11.68% of sister company Taiwan Cellular Corp.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Taipei: Taiwan Fixed Network Telecom applies to the island's stock exchange to acquire 11.68% of sister company Taiwan Cellular Corp, the biggest cellular operator in the market.

Melbourne: software-defined radio developer Advanced Communications Technologies (Australia) and NEC Australia are seeking funding from the Australian government.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Melbourne: Software-defined radio developer Advanced Communications Technologies (Australia) and NEC Australia are seeking funding from the Australian government to establish a Next Generation Wireless Communications Research Centre in...

Sydney: AAPT and Lucent Technologies agree to terminate the roll-out of a planned CDMA network.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Sydney: AAPT and Lucent Technologies agree to terminate the roll-out of a planned CDMA network. AAPT parent company TCNZ says the decision was based on changes occurring in the Australian mobile communications market and a comprehensive mutual...

Sydney: Telstra and Hutchison Australia reach an agreement over text messaging.(Telstra Corporation Ltd. and Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Sydney: Telstra and Hutchison Australia reach an agreement over text messaging, under which customers of their respective CDMA networks can now swap text messages with Telstra's GSM customers.

Wellington: Telecom Corporation of New Zealand (TCNZ) has signed an agreement with Norwegian telecommunications firm Telenor.("djuice" mobile services)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Wellington: Telecom Corporation of New Zealand (TCNZ) has signed an agreement with Norwegian telecommunications firm Telenor to provide it "djuice" mobile services portal to TCNZ's mobile customers in New Zealand.

Wellington: Telecom Mobile Limited, the wireless arm of Telecom New Zealand.(contract with Lucent Technologies Inc. and Openwave Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Wellington: Telecom Mobile Limited, the wireless arm of Telecom New Zealand, chooses Lucent Technologies and Openwave to provide a WAP-based mobile Internet solution for its upcoming COMA network.

Comfort noises and AMR subscribers return to quality: the fast-growing radio communications sector and increasingly intense competition have driven up subscribers' demands for voice quality on the GSM network. However, there are many factors in GSM system affecting voice quality, such as code rate restriction, radio channel interference and echo to name a few.(Advertorial)
June 1, 2001... Using a series of cutting-edge technologies, Huawei Technologies delivers solutions for superior services to subscribers in limited bandwidth and complicated radio environments. Technologies such as FR (full-rate) and EFR (enhanced full-rate)...

When packets roam: the high cost of GPRS: GPRS is the next step forward for cellular, promising faster connection speeds and packetized, always-on Internet access. But its arrival will require a radical transformation of international roaming. In order to support GPRS roaming, GSM operators will have to become ISPs--and it will be neither cheap, nor easy.
June 1, 2001... Seamless international roaming has been a recognized driver for the growth of GSM worldwide. As of last month, there are now more than half a billion GSM subscribers on more than 400 networks in 169 countries. The ability for these subscribers...

Stand by for the 3G revolution.(Survey: Asian 3G)
June 1, 2001... The evolution to 3G mobile was never going to be straightforward; it took the industry years to agree on standards alone. Now we are at the implementation stage, the challenges are as formidable as ever. Yet with many markets seeing a...

Asia's 3G: it's show time for 3G. Despite the much-discussed delay in NTT DoCoMo's planned W-CDMA network launch, the region's governments and operators are well-advanced in plans to license and implement IMT-2000 networks.(Survey: Asian 3G)
June 1, 2001... 2001 has been rocky enough for Asia's cellular operators without having to deal with the challenges of 3G: stock prices have crashed, margins have slid, market demand has flattened and the mobile Internet is yet to show signs of life in most...

Test market.(Australian government auctioning off 3g licences)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Having sold 2G and pay TV spectrum via auction over the past five years, it was no surprise to find the Australian government selling off 3G frequencies in the same way last February. In the end, however, the auction yielded no more than A$1.17...

Local champion.(China)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The MII is taking its time in making a decision about 3G. It has yet to set out a framework or licensing process, and spectrum will not become available for IMT-2000 services until the end of 2002, according to the MII. Management of the...

Virtual contention.(Hong Kong working on 3g licensing and regulations)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The government and the six Hong Kong mobile operators have been struggling for a more than a year to agree on a framework for licensing and regulating 3G. The continued delays are driven by a number of reasons, not least of which is cooling...

Getting standard.(3g licenses and standards)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Carriers in Japan were handed their 3G licenses for no charge last year. Led by NTT DoCoMo, Japan was slated to become the first country to launch a commercial 3G service at the end of May. However, because of technical difficulties in meeting...

Under review.(India)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Next generation cellular isn't exactly top-of-mind for Indian operators as they struggle to squeeze profits out of their existing networks with a weak competitive environment and crippling fees of 17% of gross revenues. Besides, operators and...

Govt to decide.(Malaysia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Malaysia is not expected to issue licenses for 3G until the end of 2002, while the government is also pondering the possibility of limiting the number of 3G operators to two. The Communications Minister, Leo Moggie, notes that the country...

Other priorities.(Indonesia)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Indonesia's newly-reshaped cellular market is showing no signs of haste in implementing 3G--hardly surprising given the country's continuing political woes and that cellular penetration is still less than 2%. The two local players, PT...

Spectrum sell-off.(Taiwan)(Taiwan government weighs proposal to auction five licenses for 3G services in October)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Taiwan government is weighing a proposal to auction five licenses for 3G services in October. With the four major operations likely to pick up a license apiece, a fifth will be reseived for a newcomer. The proposal, submitted by the...

One license short.(Korea)(Korean government awards two of its three planned 3G licenses, to SK Telecom and KTF)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The 3G situation remains unresolved in Korea, principally, due to the government's insistence on leveraging Korean vendor's technical advantage in second-generation CDMA. The government has awarded two of its three planned 3G licenses, to SK...

Aussie alliance.(New Zealand)(New Zealand government raised NZ$133 million ($59 million) from sale of 3G spectrum after a marathon seven-month auction)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The New Zealand government raised a mere NZ$133 million ($59 million) from its sale of spectrum after a marathon seven-month auction. Carriers TCNZ, Clear, Vodafone and TelstraSaturn paid one-thirtieth of what their counterparts in the UK last...

License investigation.(Thailand)(Thai government allocates spectrum in IMT-2000 range to ACT Mobile)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Thai government has allocated spectrum in the IMT-2000 range to ACT Mobile, a new mobile operator formed under questionable circumstances by the two state-owned incumbent telcos, TOT and CAT. ACT Mobile was established just prior to the...

Back to the drawing board.(Philippines)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... While the former administration headed by disgraced former President Estrada favored an auction process, the new government headed by President Arroyo has brought the plan back to the drawing board. Estrada had issued an Executive Order (no....

Incumbents rule.(Singapore)(Singapore government's auction of four 3G licenses fails to attract interest from major foreign telcos)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Singapore governments auction of four 3G licenses failed to attract interest from any major foreign telcos. In the end only three bidders registered interest, despite a one-third reduction on the reserve price from S$150 million to S$100...

Samsung: leading the way to 3G.(Samsung cdma 2000)
June 1, 2001... The implementation of third generation mobile is probably the greatest challenge and opportunity ever to face the world's cellular industry. While putting technological and financial demands on operators, it also means the potential of anytime,...

cdma2000 1x--making 3G a reality.(Samsung cdma2000)(World's cellular industry is preparing the ground for IMT-2000, or 3G)
June 1, 2001... Right now the world's cellular industry is preparing the ground for IMT-2000, or 3G. This means making the transition from second generation, narrowband networks primarily built for voice to high-speed wideband systems that will act as a...

Samsung: bringing next generation CDMA to the world.(Samsung CDMA 2000)
June 1, 2001... Samsung's ground-breaking achievement in developing the worlds" first cdma2000 1x is central to the company's goal of being the world's top CDMA network supplier. As a division of the giant Samsung Electronics group, it is backed by vast...

China's challenger.(1_2_1)
June 1, 2001... China Unicom may be a mere challenger to China's dominant cellular operator, China Mobile, but with more than 20 million customers it is still one of the world's biggest cellcos. Now it is vowing to win market share with its new CDMA network as...

Hard slog for new handset suppliers.(Wheel Of Industry)
June 1, 2001... Now that pessimism over future sales appears to have taken a firm hold among European and US handset manufacturers, it is refreshing to hear a positive note backed by some tangible products from a new entrant to the market. Sendo, formed...

GMPCS beyond the grave: a year ago, Globalstar said it was in no danger of going the way of Iridium. In April, Globalstar warned it may be bankrupt by the third quarter of this year. GMPCS may be dead, but the good news--oddly--is that Iridium might prove that there's life after death.(Wireless Biz)
June 1, 2001... It's no secret that in general, the LEOsat industry (such as it is) is fighting for its life. Two of the three principal players--Iridium and MEOsat operator ICO-Teledesic--have already endured the pain phase of bankruptcy (the latter having...

Sony handset.(Terminal Devices)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Sony's C413S Bluetooth-enabled handset for KDDI's cdmaOne network links up with Sony's bluetooth-enabled Vaio notebooks. The phone boasts a 256-color LCD screen, 16-chord ring tones and can handle messages of up to 5,000 characters.

Bluetooth on trial.(Terminal Devices)
June 1, 2001... At last--a Bluetooth product for consumers. Terminal Devices finally had the chance to trial an Ericsson headset and plug-in adaptor last month. The verdict--well, it works. It took a little setting up. In fact three of us tried and failed...

Formula for success: a Hong Kong company has developed an easy way of getting Palm and Pocket PC PDAs to combine with GSM phones.(Wireless Apps)
June 1, 2001... Hong Kong isn't exactly famous for technology innovation, but it is renowned for its hustle and bustle lifestyle where efficiency is king. Now a company founded by five local Chinese entrepreneurs and technologists is hoping to combine...

Spam fighters.(deals)(CMG and Brightmail Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... SMS infrastructure vendor CMG and message filtering solutions provider Brightmail have announced a partnership to fight mobile spam. The new alliance promises to provide mobile operators the ability to prevent all forms of unsolicited messages,...

Assisted GPS server deal.(deals)(SnapTrack Inc. and Neolink Technologies)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Location-based technology vendor SnapTrack has entered into a commercial agreement with Korean broadband wireless vendor Neolink Technologies, in which Neolink will integrate SnapTrack's SnapSmart assisted GPS location server software into its...

Java-based data management.(deals)(NEC Corp. and PointBase)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... NEC Corporation has formed a strategic alliance with US-based data management vendor PointBase, which will work with NEC's Systems Integration Division to deliver Java-based data management solutions for mobile and occasionally connected...

Wintel multimedia content deal.(deals)(Microsoft Corp. alliance with Intel Corp.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Microsoft and Intel have formed a new alliance to optimize the delivery of multimedia content over 2.5G and 3G wireless networks. The alliance's goal is to optimize Microsoft Windows Media and digital rights management technology for Intel's...

Handwritten email.(deals)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Tokyo-based wireless content designer Cybird and Swedish electronic pen vendor Anoto create a service infrastructure allowing mobile users to use Anoto electronic pens to write e-mails on paper and transmit them on mobile phones.

Wireless apps for Singapore and Japan.(deals)(Hewlett-Packard Co. and IDA)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... IDA and Hewlett-Packard's Japanese business signed an MoU to form the IDA-HP Mobile e-Services Bazaar (MEB) Partnership Programme to promote the development of wireless applications in Singapore and Japan. The MoU is the first to be signed...

New Communicator games.(out now)(mobile soccer and golf)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Nokia has released two new games for the Nokia 9210 Communicator--Mobile Soccer and Golf. The games are optimized for the communicator's high-resolution color screen and the Symbian platform. Users of 9210 Communicator can download both games...

You've got i-mail.(out now)(AOLi nationwide)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... NTT DoCoMo and DoCoMo AOL have launched AOLi nationwide. The new service gives i-mode users access to AOL e-mail. AOLi offers i-mode users their own AOL screen name, allowing them to link to the AOL e-mail service via either their i-mode...

Anti-virus update for Palm.(out now)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Anti-virus solution vendor Trend Micro has launched version 2.0 of its PC-cillin anti-virus software for the Palm OS. Version 2.0 provides automatic real-time launch scanning to prevent viruses that enter the device from "every possible entry...

Tradepoint for apps developers and operators.(tools)(Nokia Tradepoint)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Nokia says it will open a new marketing and business-to-business channel--Nokia Tradepoint--which will allow application and content developers to be able to offer their solutions over a wide market area. Nokia Tradepoint will also allow...

Wireless Internet on a chip.(tools)(Intel creates new chip for wireless phones)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Intel says it has developed an experimental "wireless-Internet-on-a-chip" that features a microprocessor, flash memory and analog communications circuits on a single chip built using a single manufacturing process. Such chips may be up to five...

Mobile enterprise access.(out now)(Microsoft Mobile Information 2001 Server)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Microsoft has announced the release to manufacturing, as well as the U.S. pricing and licensing details, of its Microsoft Mobile Information 2001 Server. It is being pitched to extend the reach of Microsoft.NET Enterprise applications,...

Mobile asset tracker.(out now)(GW Systems Dotcom)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Malaysian company GW Systems Dotcom (Globalwatch) is offering a mobile asset management solution which would allow clients to customize and track mobile assets and deliver location-specific information.

Wireless content management.(out now)(CitX creates new personal conent and privacy management system)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Turnkey e-business solutions provider CitX has released MyHomePort, a Web-based and wireless-enabled personal content and privacy management system for consumers. MyHomePort enables consumers to acquire, pay for, store, and share data files,...

Palm app #10,000: Web clipping.(out now)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Palm has announced the 10,000th third-party software application for the Palm operating system--the Novell GroupWise 6 Web clipping application.

Corporate learning in the Internet classroom: telecom and Internet companies who make a living selling Internet technologies and services are also making use of the Net to upgrade their employees' skills, as demonstrated by 3Com University.(Telecom Career)
June 1, 2001... Every serious professional body recognizes the importance of continual education. Lawyers, accountants and brokers commonly have to attend courses to upgrade their skills and qualifications, so why not telecoms professionals? After all, no...

Yatsurugi new AT&T APAC VP.(Telecom Career)(Yoichiro Yatsurugi )(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... AT&T Asia Pacific Group has appointed Yoichiro Yatsurugi as vice president to head up the Asia Pacific operations of AT&T Business, succeeding John Stretch, who will be taking up the position of vice president AT&T Business for Europe. ...

New marketing chief at Far EasTone.(Telecom Career)(Benny Chen to Far EasTone Telecommunications Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Far EasTone, Taiwan's fourth largest cellular operator, has named Benny Chen as the company's new chief marketing officer. Prior to the appointment, Chen worked for Citibank in London before he returned to Taiwan in 1997 to head up branch...