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Wireless Asia archives from May 2001
The ups and downs of cellular QoS.(Street Wise)
May 1, 2001... No other sector in the world is embracing changes at the same rate as the wireless industry. Every week there seems to be a major M&A, a new technology release, a new handset launch and a new way to use existing platforms.
It is in this...
DoCoMo's FOMA goes soft as 3GPP spec solidifies: NTT DoCoMo's much awaited world-first full commercial W-CDMA launch has been trimmed to an "introductory" soft launch mere weeks after the 3GPP finalized its first spec for W-CDMA. the two announcements are no coincidence.(News Analysis)
May 1, 2001... The 3G wireless community received a double dose of good news and bad news last month-the good news being the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) announcing that it had successfully finalized the latest version of the perpetually...
Ericsson teams up with Sony for mobiles: Ericsson hopes to turn around a couple of dismal years in the handset sector by setting up a joint venture with Sony Corp. The Swedish firm might be giving up handsets that they can call their own, but all signs are positive.(News Analysis)
May 1, 2001... It should come as no surprise to the industry that Ericsson, once a contender for the top handset seller position, has decided to merge its consumer products unit with electronics-giant, Sony Corp.
Ericsson has experienced a series of...
Lonely 3G handset duo.(New Analysis)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... NEC and Panasonic will be the only handset suppliers of NTT DoCoMo's scaled-back 3G network launch on May 30.
While DoCoMo will limit the initial 3G network to introductory services, NEC and Panasonic are the only two handset makers to have...
Trailing the herd or leading the pack? TelecomAsia's aggressive marketing tactics are yielding better results for its parent company's PCT operations than its own business.(News Analysis)
May 1, 2001... At the opening of 2001, TelecomAsia Corporation's managing director and chief executive officer Supachai Chearavanont announced that this would be a year of integration for his company, a period in which its various communications services...
SMS interconnect: HK operators get the message: after years of delays and squabbling, and with the help of the regulator, SMS interoperability between Hong Kong's six carriers is at hand. Just the small hurdle of mobile number portability has to be scaled.(News Analysis)(Short message service)
May 1, 2001... Thanks to prodding from the telecom regulator, OFTA, Hong Kong's six operators have at last reached agreement on sending and receiving each other's SMS messages. Or nearly. The six operators reached an "in-principle" agreement in April--and now...
Struggling down under.(News Analysis)(financial health of Australian cellular companies)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... The Australian cellular sector is a study in contrasts. At one end, the fastest-growing operator, Cable & Wireless Optus, last month celebrated its impending change of ownership with the announcement of a A$900 million ($468 million) W-CDMA...
British Telecom.(Movements)(British Telecom to sell J-Phone interests to Vodafone)(Brief Article)
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Ericsson, Nokia, and Motorola establish a mobile instant messaging.(Movements)(Brief Article)
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Siemens for the first time climbs to the third position on the world's mobile phone market.(Movements)(Brief Article)
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CEOs and senior executives representing cellcos in five Asia-Pacific countries meet in the first so-called Asia Pacific Mobile CEOs Forum in Singapore to discuss regional mobile strategies.(Movements)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... CEOs and senior executives representing cellcos in five Asia-Pacific countries meet in the first so-called Asia Pacific Mobile CEOs Forum in Singapore to discuss regional mobile strategies. Participating cellcos included Thailand's Advanced...
Ericsson scores over $400m in new contracts in China, ranging from GSM expansions to IP backbones.(Movements)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Ericsson scores over $400m in new contracts in China, ranging from GSM expansions to IP backbones. The contracts include IP core routers for China Telecom, Shandong Telecom and Jiangsu Mobile, as well as AXE switches and ADSL equipment for...
Hutchison 3G UK.(Movements)(Nokia and NEC contracted as suppliers to Hutchison 3G UK)(Brief Article)
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Beijing: China Mobile (HK) writes off its HK$1.43b ETACS analog cellular network in its 2000 financial results, with the system to be disconnected by the end of this year.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Beijing: China Mobile (HK) writes off its HK$1.43b ETACS analog cellular network in its 2000 financial results, with the system to be disconnected by the end of this year. The operator's 1.5b analog customers will be given incentives to upgrade...
Hong Kong: Hong Kong's six existing cellcos slam OFTA's planned 3G auction.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Hong Kong: Hong Kong's six existing cellcos slam OFTA's planned 3G auction, saying the "dark-room" process of holding a one-day auction with each bidder's identity and bid kept secret until the end of the auction will inflate the cost of...
Hong Kong: Virgin Mobile Asia.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(new subsidiary created: Virgin Mobile (Hong Kong))(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Hong Kong: Virgin Mobile Asia, the joint venture between the UK's Virgin Mobile end SingTel Mobile, has set up a Hong Kong subsidiary, Virgin Mobile (Hong Kong), as part of its planned pan-Asia mobile virtual network operator service.
Tibet: Tibet Mobile Communication sings an agreement with Siemens to expand its GSM network capacity.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Tibet: Tibet Mobile Communications signs an agreement with Siemens to expand its GSM network capacity. The deal includes the building of an intelligent network system with a capacity of 100,000 subscribers.
Bangkok: Shin Corp sells a 30% stake of its cellular unit Shin Digital Co (SDT) to SingTel for $2.4m, reducing Shin's stake to 70%.(Newsnmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Bangkok: Shin Corp sells a 30% stake of its cellular unit Shin Digital Co (SDT) to SingTel for $2.4m, reducing Shin's stake to 70%. Shin Corp also sells to SDT a 47.55 % stake in its GSM 1800 operation Digital Phone Co (DPC) for $136.6m.
Jakarta: Telkom will spend $310.3m this year expanding its operations across the board.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Jakarta: Telkom will spend $310.3m this year expanding its operations across the board. Included in that figure is $50.8m for telkom's mobile and mobile Internet services.
New Delhi: the first of the "limited mobility" WLL services in India are launched.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(BSNL and Tata Teleservices)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... New Delhi: The first of the "limited mobility" WLL services in India are launched. BSNL and Tata Teleservices launch services in Gurgaon and Andhra Pradesh, while MTNL is expected to roll out 50,000 lines in Delhi and Mumbai using a CDMA-based...
Ulan Bator: mobile operator Skytel is adding WAP to its three month-old CDMA network.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Ulan Bator: Mobile operator Skytel is adding WAP to its three-month-old CDMA network with equipment supplied by one of its, co-founders, Korean cellco SK Telecom.
Tokyo: J-Phone and KDDI announce plans.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Tokyo: J-Phone and KDDI announce plans to launch Java-enabled wireless data services by June.
Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo and Disney sign a MoU to jointly developed and market mobile Internet content service for markets outside Japan.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo and Disney sign a MoU to jointly develop and market mobile Internet content service for markets outside Japan. DoCoMo already offers similar animated services to its i-mode customers.
Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo, Itochu Corp., and Coca-Cola (Japan) reach an agreement to jointly trial a new service that allows DoCoMo's i-mode ussers to purchase items from specially designed vending machines using their i-mode handsets.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo, Itochu Corp., and Coca-Cola (Japan) reach an agreement to jointly trial a new service that allows DoCoMo's i-mode users to purchase items from specially designed vending machines using their i-mode handsets. The "i-vending...
Taipei: the Taiwanese government plans to auction five 3G licenses in October.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Taipei: The Taiwanese government plans to auction five 3G licenses in October. The Directorate General of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications has proposed auctioning 55 MHz of spectrum for four licensees...
Taipei: TransAsia Telecommunications.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Taipei: TransAsia Telecommunications plans to launch its GPRS system in July.
Nokia.(Newsmap: around Wireless asia)(cdma phones introduced into the market)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Seoul: Nokia enters the Korean handset market with two new CDMA phones--the Nokia 8887 and Nokia 8877.
Seoul: SK Telecom strikes an agreement to resell rival cellco LG Telecom's 019 service at its retail shops.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Seoul: SK Telecom strikes an agreement to resell rival cellco LG Telecom's 019 service at its retail shops. The deal is designed to boost LG Telecom's market share while reducing SKT's in order to meet government stipulations of SKT's buyout of...
Seoul: South Korean mobile operators.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(fraud fine)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Seoul: South Korean mobile operators are fined a total of 800m won ($609,000) by the Ministry of Communications for fraudulently signing on new customers.
Sydney: ArrayComm subsidiary CKW Wireless says it will use its new 3G spectrum to roll out ArrayComm's I-Burst portable wireless data system rather than W-CDMA or cdma.2000.(Newsmap: around Wireless asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Sydney: ArrayComm subsidiary CKW Wireless says it will use its new 3G spectrum to roll out ArrayComm's I-Burst portable wireless data system rather than W-CDMA or cdma2000. I-Burst offers aggregate data speeds of 20 Mbps, which is shared within...
Sydney: Hutchison Australia's Orange One mobile service.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Sydney: Hutchison Australia's Orange One mobile service passes the 100,000 subscriber mark at the end of March 2001.
Singapore: Cellco MobileOne's.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Singapore: Cellco MobileOne's three shareholders--Singapore Press Holdings (35%), Keppel Telecommunications and Transportation (35%) and Great Eastern Telecommunications (GET, 30%)--announce that they are considering jointly selling off their...
Singapore: The Singapore government calls of its 3G spectrum auction after only three bidders apply for four lincenses.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Singapore: The Singapore government calls off its 3G spectrum auction after only three bidders apply for four licenses. The city-state's three existing cellular players--SingTel, Mobile One and StarHub--now have 3G licenses for a reserve price...
"Anytime, anywhere" Embracing next generation mobile services: for end-users, the arrival of 3G means they can access a wide range of mobile data services via their mobile phones "anytime, anywhere".(advertorial)(Advertisement)
May 1, 2001... For players in the wireless industry, the challenge ahead is how to move from today's 2G systems to 3G cost-effectively and with minimal disruption to subscribers. Operators must adopt migration plans that ensure a smooth evolution from GSM to...
The battle for the handset OS platforms slug it out.
May 1, 2001... This is the year that mobile phones get smart, with sophisticated new operating systems to bring them up to speed in the growing wireless data sector. But as OS vendors fight to make handsets intelligent, they're starting to get some smart...
Navigating the location tech maze: mobile operators hoping to pump up their service portfolios with location-based services face a plethora of technological choices and issues--all demanding certain tradeoffs in accuracy and cost, and none likely to result in a killer app.(Tech Focus)
May 1, 2001... The wireless industry's initial enthusiasm for 3G services appears to be temporarily on the wane, thanks to concerns over spectrum and equipment costs and uncertain ties over optimal revenue-generating business models. Aside from early...
Hands-on operator: Millicom began life nearly two decades ago by backing what is now the world's biggest mobile company, Vodaphone. But its focus for the last 10 years has been on emerging markets in Asia and Latin America where, president and chief executive Marc Beuls explains to group editor Robert Clark, saturation is not a problem.(1_2_1)(Millicom International Cellular S.A.)(Interview)
May 1, 2001... Wireless Asia: Describe your investment philosophy. What does Millicom look for in a cellular JV?
Marc Beuls: Millicom has been one of the early entrants in cellular telephony and once you go back something like 20 years when Millicom...
Speed is not everything.(Terminal Devices)(GPRS phones should arrive on the market this year )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... It looks like GPRS phones will finally arrive on the market this year. Ericsson, Nokia, Siemens, and a host of others are expected to join Motorola and Sagem in shipping their GPRS models.
Initally, all these phones will feature faster...
Hype vs Reality--an ongoing problem for carriers!(Wheel Of Industry)(Telstra's commercial launch of GPRS is discussed)
May 1, 2001... Mobile carriers and industry analysts are so heartily sick of listening to overhyped 3G business cases from vendors that it was a breath of fresh air to hear David Kaye of Telstra reveal just how hard the past two years has been leading up to...
Messaging the mobile: mobile instant messaging is one of the popular early mobile apps. Potentially, it can do a lot more than keep "buddies" in touch in real-time. Black Octopus envisions it as a platform for corporate apps, games and region-wide communications.(Wireless Apps)
May 1, 2001... The mobile Internet is different from the regular Internet we know, and desktop PC applications don't automatically translate to the handset: two handy rules for mobile application developers. But Hong Kong start-up Black Octopus is betting its...
Candy covers.(deals)(Motorola hooks up with Hard Candy to design interchangeable colored covers for Motorola i50sx wireless phone)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Motorola has hooked up with cosmetics company Hard Candy to design interchangeable colored covers for the Motorola i50sx wireless phone. Motorola has agreed to introduce several cover sets, which will include Hard Candy-designed interchangeable...
eZiText input.(deals)(Zi Corporation wins right from Openwave Systems to install eZiText as preferred input solution for Openwave microbrowser)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Zi Corporation has won the right from Openwave Systems to install eZiText as the preferred input solution for the Openwave microbrowser.
Boldly breaking new ground.(deals)(Digital Bridges to develop Star Trek games)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Mobile entertainment company Digital Bridges is to produce Star Trek games for mobile devices with Activision. Initial games, now under development by Digital Bridges subsidiary Wirelessgames, will be First Duty and Prime Directive.
Bluetooth licensing.(deals)(Ericsson Technology Licensing signs licensing agreement with Samsung)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Ericsson Technology Licensing has signed an agreement with Samsung for the licensing of Bluetooth technology for semiconductors for mobile phones and PDAs.
New grouping.(deals)(Sun Microsystems and TP Labs create new organization: Wireless Forum Asia)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Sun Microsystems and tp Labs, a subsidiary of techpacific.com, have teamed up to found a new wireless industry organization, the Wireless Forum Asia (WFA). It aims to bring together industry players from handset makers to content providers...
Predicting customer behavior.(deals)(SingTel Mobile uses software developed by SLP InfoWare)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... SingTel Mobile has selected SLP InfoWare's predictive CRM solution to launch proactive campaigns to reduce customer churn. It is now using SLP InfoWare's Churn/CPSTM, an automated application that provides operators with Mobile with the ability...
m-commerce solution.(out now)(iPIN has launched its stored value module for m-commerce)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... e-Payment company iPIN has launched its stored value module for m-commerce, enabling mobile operators to offer their subscribers prepaid accounts to purchase goods within the wireless merchant community. The stored value module integrates with...
WAP in the enterprise.(out now)(Ericsson Enterprise offers Enterprise WAP Gateway/Proxy 2.0)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Ericsson Enterprise has released Enterprise WAP Gateway/Proxy 2.0, aimed at allowing customers and their employees secure mobile access to valuable company statistics and data. Ericsson describes the product as an enterprise edition of a WAP...
Streaming wireless video.(out now)(helloNetwork introduces application suite for wireless streaming video)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... helloNetwork has unveiled the first mobile delivery platform aimed at today's wireless networks. helloMobile Media is a lightweight, software-based application suite for content creation, distribution, and playback that runs on every...
Zodiac.(out now)(horoscopes updated through WAP devices)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Siemens researchers in Thailand have developed an algorithm that calculates users' Chinese zodiac and updates the daily horoscope. The service is easily accessible via WAP devices and can also display up-to-date lottery results--a Siemens...
Voice portal.(out now)(voice based portal developed by PipeBeach and Philips Speech Processing)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... PipeBeach and Philips Speech Processing and Infovox say they have completed the installation of the first fully VoiceXML based voice portal for a mobile operator, the Swedish GSM operator Earopolitan Vodafone.
The voice portal is based on...
Race calls.(out now)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Speech recognition company InfoTalk has released voice-activated solutions for horse racing fans in Hong Kong. Callers can access real-time horse racing information as well as race results and dividends, officially provided by The Hong Kong...
Self-registration.(tools)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Inovaware will provide an interface to facilitate self-registration and self-care between NTT DoCoMo i-mode subscribers and Inovaware's PRISM billing and customer care system, The interface will allow DoCoMo i-mode subscribers to order...
WAP certification.(tools)(certification of CMG Wireless)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... CMG Wireless has received certification from the WAP Forum for its Wireless Service Broker product suite, Certification ensures interoperability between WAP-enabled handsets, personal digital assistants and smart-phones on the one hand and WAP...
Asian corporates seek hired guns: in these days of economic uncertainty, Asian companies and job hunters alike are trading in permanent offers for part-time, temporary or contract and project-based work.(Telecom Career)
May 1, 2001... A decade ago, the 9-to-5 workday might have beech the ideal job for most job seekers. But things have changed dramatically during the past 10 years. The advent of new technologies, such as the Internet, email and telecommuting, has brought more...
Former Peoples CEO deputy chair of GSM Association.(Telecom Career)(appointment of Jim Pratt)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Jim Pratt, the managing director responsible for Telstra Corporation's international wireless operations, has been elected deputy chairman of the GSM Association for the year 2001/2002.
As the deputy chairman, Pratt is also chairman-elect...
New GM for SST.(Telecom Career)(appointment of Rick Luk as general manager of Shanghai Symphony Telecommunications Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Shanghai Symphony Telecom (SST), the joint venture between Shanghai Telecom, AT&T and Shanghai Information Investment, has appointed Rick Luk as general manager.
Seconded from A&T, Luk was previously general manager of Compaq-Start...
Former PCCW deputy CEO joins Citic Pacific.(Telecom Career)(appointment of Norman Yuen Kee-tong)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Norman Yuen Kee-tong, former deputy chief executive of Pacific Century CyberWorks, has joined Citic Pacific as deputy managing director. Before joining the company, Yuen had been working with former Cable & Wireless HKT for some 15 years.
Former Warner Bros executive joins Yahoo!(Telecom Career)(appointment of Terry S. Semel)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Internet giant Yahoo! has named former co-chairman of Warner Brothers, Terry S. Semel, as chairman and chief executive officer, replacing the Long-time CEO Tim Koogle. Koogle will be named vice chairman, a transitional role he is expected to...
Regional sales head at Intershop.(Telecom Career)(INTERSHOP Communications Inc.)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... E-business applications provider Intershop Communications has appointed Kelvin Teo as regional sales director for Southeast Asia to drive its sales and marketing activities in the region.
Prior to joining Intershop, Teo was the sales...
GigaMedia names new CFO.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Taiwan's GigaMedia Limited said its chief financial officer Chang Yi-chun and vice president of operations Chris Tung have resigned to pursue other interests.
The company has named Winston Hsia as CFO, replacing Chang. Chief executive...
SESAMi appoints president.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Asian commercial service provider, SESAMi Inc. has promoted its managing director, Poh Mui Hoon, to company president.
Prior to joining SESAMi, Poh was previously the genera[ manager of the Internet Commerce Group at National Computer...
Microsoft targets role for network service providers.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Microsoft has promoted Saw Ken Wye to general manager Asia of network service providers (NSPs), a new role created by the company to cover the NSP community in the region. Natasha Kwan will assume Saw Ken Wye's duties as general manager...
Network Associates VP & managing director.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Network Associates, which provides network security and availability solutions for e-businesses, has named Ang Miah Boon as vice president and managing director for its Asia-Pacific operations.
New CEO at INNAWORKS.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Daniel Schneersohn has joined Innaworks, formerly media60X, as chief executive officer. Schneersohn was previously senior regional director for Symantec in Asia.
BeXcom hires ex-banker as president & COO.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Asian e-commerce enabler BeXcom has named Peter Chow, an ex-banker from ABN AMRO Bank, as its president and chief operating officer. Prior to BeXcom, Chow was the executive vice president of ABN AMRO Asia Pacific.
Interact announces two senior management staff for AP.(Telecom Career)(Interact Commerce Corp)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Interact Commerce Corporation, which provides relationship management software for mid-market companies and small office/home office businesses, has promoted Laurence Webb to vice president and managing director of Asia Pacific.
STAR senior business VP for China.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... STAR, a wholly owned subsidiary of News Corporation, has named Cindy Wu as senior vice president, business development, China. Prior to her new position, Wu was general manger of MTV Asia Online Entertainment, based in Singapore.
News Corp. appoints MD for News Connect.(Telecom Career)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... News Limited has appointed Gareth Gumbley as managing director of News Connect, the company's wholly owned subsidiary that provides interactive voice response and automated business solutions. Gumbley has been News Connect's chief financial...
Showtime for cellular as market sighs.(Unwired)(Delay in the launch of NTT DoCoMo's W-CDMA system)
May 1, 2001... The delay in the launch of NTT DoCoMo's W-CDMA system should come as no surprise to anyone who has talked to any supplier involved in the project. They have been under immense pressure from the operator to meet the arbitrarily early dead-Line...
Um, the phones are for my grandma.(Around the wireless industry)(Hong Kong customs officials seized 1,267 new mobile phones being carried by two Hong Kong residents into China )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Hong Kong customs officials seized 1,267 new mobile phones worth nearly HK$3.2 million ($410,256) being carried by two Hong Kong residents apparently trying to smuggle them to mainland China via the former Portuguese enclave, Macau. It was the...
Five 8s just don't add up.(Around the wireless industry)(Sale of prepaid card from SmarTone to student results in small claims dispute )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... The number eight, actually five of them, certainly proved their worth for University of Hong Kong student Percy Chan Tse--for, who bought a prepaid card from SmarTone in August 1999. They gave him a telephone number with five "lucky" eights....
Obsessive.(Around the wireless industry)(Short messaging service is used to develop plots of "Bridget Jones" books and films)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... SMS continues to invade the world of popular culture. After being used to make Asian and European TV shows interactive, it's now helping to develop the plots of the "Bridget Jones" books and films.
Bridget, the weight-obsessed single...
Datacastaway.(Around the wireless industry)(Australia's experiment with datacasting appears on verge of collapse)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... Australia's less-than-bold experiment with datacasting appears on the verge of collapse. At time of publication, only two companies looked set to take part in the spectrum auction scheduled for May 21.
The Department of Communications and...
Who's on first?(Around the wireless industry)(NTT DoCoMo aims to become the world's first 3G operator; NEC promised Manx Telecom shipment of 200 phones for 3G launch)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2001... While NTT DoCoMo maybe licking its wounds at losing out to Manx Telecom in the race to become the world's first 3G operator, at least the first 3G handsets will come from DoCoMo's home turf.
Viewers of the Manx Web site, confidently...