Mobilog

Monday, August 11, 2003

GSM has the highest annual growth of any wireless technology in Latin America and the Caribbean reports 3G Americas - with a 121% increase in customers from June 2002 to June 2003 according to EMC World Cellular Database. Five years ago, GSM was operating in only four countries in the region and has rapidly extended to 36 countries today, making it the fastest growing technology. Wireless carriers in the region currently operate 66 GSM wireless networks.
4:42:49 PM

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U.S. wireless telephone chipmaker Qualcomm is facing a second battle for the wireless Internet platform market in South Korea, as the country's wireless operators gear up to offer their own mobile Internet solution.
3:52:44 PM

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Q&A: IBM's Brian Connors talks about Wi-Fi trends, plans. Brian Connors, CTO of IBM's Personal Computing Division, talked about the future of wireless and Big Blue's plans for Wi-Fi. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
3:51:33 PM

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Cingular and NextWave strike a deal. Cingular Wireless is the first provider to reach a deal with embattled NextWave, which lost its spectrum licenses after filing for bankruptcy but later got them back from the FCC. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
3:39:12 PM

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IEEE issues new spec for high-speed wireless streaming. The new 802.15.3 standard for fast wireless personal-area networks allows up to 245 devices to be linked at data rates of up to 55Mbit/sec. and at distances of up to 300 feet. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
3:30:28 PM

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NTT DoCoMo Earnings Aided by Sales of New Wireless Gear. NTT DoCoMo, the world's second-largest wireless carrier after Vodafone, earned $1.6 billion in the quarter. By Ken Belson. [New York Times: Technology]
3:21:01 PM

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T-Mobile, RIM launch new color-screen BlackBerry. T-Mobile will charge $29.99 a month for unlimited e-mail and other mobile content, while a voice service fee is separate [Computerworld News]
3:15:19 PM

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Ultrawideband renews high-speed wireless hopes. Ultrawideband (UWB) is shaping up as a high-speed wireless technology for the enterprise, but before its success can be assured, it must first navigate the complexities of industry working groups. [InfoWorld: Top News]
3:13:46 PM

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Sprint gets Real for wireless. The phone company enhances its effort to push wireless services to its PCS customers, signing a content delivery deal with multimedia software maker RealNetworks. [CNET News.com]
3:11:04 PM

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Nextel targets Spanish speakers. The carrier plans an upcoming advertising blitz targeting Hispanic-American consumers, plus more sponsorships of popular events such as soccer tournaments. [CNET News.com]
3:08:48 PM

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News.Com: Midlife crisis for the hard drive. Drive makers, for example, may face pressure to cut prices, and market dynamics may favor technology followers rather than leaders. It's also possible industry players will focus less on density gains and more on smaller drives for fast-selling items such as music players and laptops. [Tomalak's Realm]
3:06:41 PM

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Useit.Com: Information Pollution. Each little piece of useless chatter is relatively innocent, and only robs us of a few seconds. The cumulative effect, however, is much worse: we assume that most communication is equally useless and tune it out, thus missing important information that's sometimes embedded in the mess. [Tomalak's Realm]
3:01:00 PM

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