msmobiles.com - July 2004 archives

Magic4 succeeds in Open Mobile Alliance’s test fest
July 06, 2004;
OMA is the organization that sets standards for whole cell phone industry. Well, not whole, Microsoft [sometimes] prefers to set its own standards...

Orange uses Netfm wireless 'journey-sharing' technology to alleviate congestion and pollution around UK offices
July 06, 2004;
After introducing new lanes on highways in UK - for more than one passenger ONLY - this new technology may be very helpful...

Sentinel Wristwatch: first to meet high accuracy requirement
July 06, 2004;
GSM phone in a wristwatch with security features. Yes, it's available. And it can even monitor your children!

Canucks organize Wireless and Mobile conference and exhibition : July 21-22 2004
July 06, 2004;
Government of Canada sponsors wireless industry in Canada. Let's don't forget that Sierra Wireless - vendor of Voq smartphone - is also in Canada...

GSM Association and Ovum announce market data venture: Wireless Intelligence
July 09, 2004;
Wireless IQ? Kind-of...

Mobile Device Developments 2004
July 10, 2004;
B2B conference in London, UK, 1-3 September 2004.

MOBILE STREAMS Opens 4 Subsidiary Companies in Latin America
July 13, 2004;
Mobile content is a good business opportunity nowadays... polyphonic ringtones, animated and static backgrounds, MMS Content and Java Games...

Vodafone and Amdocs get cozy with each other
July 15, 2004;
CRM (Customer Relationship Management) is very important in cell phone industry, because people now in most countries can switch carriers (operators) and keep the mobile number...

ABS-CBN launches "chatup" on Smart network
July 15, 2004;
Chatting with mobile phones? What a novelty!

Nokia - the evil bully of cell phone industry - sinks like titanic
July 15, 2004;
Die Nokia, die!

SolutionPlanet announces admin-on-air
July 17, 2004;
Now you can administer Lotus Domino server even from cell phones.

Chaoticom scores deals with operators for their mobile music download service
July 17, 2004;
What is HOT HOT HOT lately among cellular operators (i.e. carriers)? Not mobile games, not ring tones, logos and backdrops. Music downloads over the air directly to mobile phones are hot and are becoming important differentiating factor among operators.

Opera Browser to Feature in Datang's TD-SCDMA 3G Devices
July 19, 2004;
Opera Browser available for almost all possible platforms but proprietary ones (closed) and open ones... but not for Windows Mobile...

O2 Partners With Mobile Streams For Ringtones And Backgrounds
July 19, 2004;
Still more money is being made nowadays with non-software mobile content, than with mobile software...

T-Mobile UK offers flat rate mobile Internet access
July 23, 2004;
People living in USA have it already for long time, now it is slowly coming to Europe...

Zi Corporation's eZiText Selected by Panda Mobile Communications, Leading Chinese Mobile Handset Company
July 27, 2004;
China continues to be one of the fastest growing mobile phone markets in the world....

The Java Challenge - Rise to the challenge – DEADLINE EXTENDED to mid August
July 29, 2004;
Orange may be famous from being the first operator that released Microsoft Smartphone, but in reality Orange supports all platforms, also Java and Palm OS and even cooperates with Nokia, as this story proves...

MMS sending from PC becomes now possible
July 29, 2004;
After SMS sending through fixed phone lines, now it is turn for MMS

GPRS Mobile Traffic shaping
July 29, 2004;
There is a lot of behind-the-scenes cellular network optimization required to get optimal performance... and not all cellular network operators get it right, but with help of proper tools, they could...

Major changes in cell phone industry upcoming
July 30, 2004;
... and we also explain why Finland/Sweden relations are similar as Korea/Japan and how these international relations affect cell phone industry...

Low Cost GSM & GPRS Automatic Vehicle Locator
July 30, 2004;
It's not exactly a cell phone, but it uses cellular networks...

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