msmobiles.com - December 2004 archives

Wireless Services in Iraq
December 01, 2004;
Conference about Opportunities for wireless companies in the implementation of wireless infrastructure and services in Iraq.

O2 EU (Germany, UK, Ireland) gets i-mode from NTT DoCoMo
December 01, 2004;
Interestingly NTT DoCoMo will be providing i-mode to 2 competing with each other operators in given country, for example to E-Plus and to O2 Germany... strange...

Samsung overtakes Motorola in cell phone industry !
December 01, 2004;
The biggest cell phone vendors are now: 1. Nokia 2. Samsung 3. Motorola . We have seen it coming!

Nokia further betrays Europe
December 02, 2004;
Many Europeans are buying Nokias because they think that it is a European corporation. Well, not really...

Telsis wins groundbreaking text & voice voting deal from Telia
December 02, 2004;
Voting simultaneously by voice and by SMS with solution from one vendor.

T-Mobile in a quest for stronger brand
December 03, 2004;
One way to achieve stronger brand recognition for cellular network operators is to release Microsoft powered cell phones under their own brand. Another way is to hire people who will work on brand build-up.

2 top managers of Nokia Networks have been fired
December 05, 2004;
Nokia Networks failed to get big deal in USA from Cingular and generally the state of this part of Nokia is poor. So no wonder, that shortly after this failure in USA they have been fired...

mmO2 to launch faster 3G with help of HSDPA
December 06, 2004;
HSDPA brings three times faster download speeds, than regular 3G (WCDMA).

Radioplan Announces Customer, Staff, Office Expansion
December 06, 2004;
With UMTS (3G) radio networks, Network Planning Software is not enough, this what is needed is RF optimization, that should work in real time. Radioplan seem to provide not only planning but also measurement systems for live UMTS networks.

Orange launches next generation mobile communication services in UK and France
December 06, 2004;
Operators in EU are launching 3G seriously before Christmas 2004... and Orange is one of them.

Orange announces launch of next generation consumer handsets and services
December 06, 2004;
No Microsoft powered handsets among them yet... but next year they are coming... anyway: Video Calling - our favorite 3G service - will be provided by Orange!

Leveraging the innovative power of mobile application developers
December 07, 2004;
SMSCs and MMSCs can bring more money to operators thanks to the solution from Derdack.

Korean LG goes for SavaJe
December 08, 2004;
SavaJe is an operating system for smartphones, that brings full Java - i.e. J2SE, not just J2ME - to cell phones! It is like having Windows Mobile OS written totally in .NET ...

NTT DoCoMo To Establish New U.S. Advisory Board
December 09, 2004;
While NTT DoCoMo already offers i-mode to several operators in Europe and even extend it nowadays in Europe, it still hasn't conquered yet USA. This U.S. Advisory Board may help in these efforts.

SpeechPAK TALKS - software for blind people for Symbian phones released
December 09, 2004;
A version for other phones is coming next year, so hopefully also a version for Windows Mobile will be available!

Vodafone customers to be able to use Wi-Fi on board of airplaines thanks to a deal with Connexion by Boeing
December 13, 2004;
Interestingly the only cell phone equipped with Wi-Fi that Vodafone sells nowadays is VPA III Pocket PC phone (the one to the left):

Vodafone expands in Hong Kong
December 15, 2004;
Exclusive partner of Vodafone in Hong Kong selected - so that Vodafone customers visiting Hong Kong will have better service.

SD GPS Driver for Palm OS Now Available!!
December 16, 2004;
Now also Palm Smartphone cellphones can enjoy GPS attachable through SD card slot.

Opera in Japan - now on sale in Tokyo
December 17, 2004;
In opinion of Opera "superior mobile phone" is such that runs Opera Browser...

Mobile Phone Theft addressed by GSM Association
December 17, 2004;
Helping mobile operators to deal with theft.

NTT DoCoMo prefers mobile Linux - rather than Symbian - and acquires stake in MontaVista
December 21, 2004;
Apparently NTT DoCoMo believes more in Linux than in Symbian. The fact that is buying share in MontaVista Software - makers of mobile Linux for smartphones - rather than in Symbian is a proof of it.

RokPlayer promises to rock you with full screen movies delivered on MMC cards
December 27, 2004;
At first it will work mainly for Symbian phones, however we are not sure whether it will offer anything more than existing "DVD to mobile" converters... and possibly it is just another vaporware over-advertised with fancy flash presentations!

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