Tuesday, June 1, 2004

Commentary: In the middle with RFID [CNET News.com]
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Sprint sells satellite cable TV [CNET News.com]
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Sony to Exit U.S. Handheld Business. Japanese electronics giant, Sony, said today that it plans to stop making existing Clie models for U.S. consumers and will hold off from producing new models. By Richard Shim, Staff Writer, Cnet News.com;john G. Spooner, Staff Writer, Cnet News.com. [New York Times: Technology]
3:06:25 PM    comment   

Qwest and MCI Break Impasse on Network Leasing Rates. Qwest and MCI have reached an agreement over network leasing rates, becoming the first of the major telecommunications companies to break the longstanding impasse. By Stephen Labaton. [New York Times: Technology]
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For Vodafone, Verizon Stake Is the $20 Billion Question. Vodaphone's minority share of Verizon Wireless produces a lot of cash but leaves the company with little room to expand in the United States. By Ken Belson. [New York Times: Technology]
2:59:38 PM    comment   

A BlackBerry Throbs, and a Wonk Has a Date. The thumb action associated with "Berrying" is now as readily observed in smoky bars on late nights as it is in Congressional hearings. By Jennifer 8. Lee. [New York Times: Technology]
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Comcast Plans Internet Telephone Service. Comcast said that it would offer telephone service over the Internet to more than 40 million households by 2006. By Reuters. [New York Times: Technology]
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The Mac Get Its Big Break: A Role in Home Theaters. Macintosh multimedia mavens who are dismayed by the multitude of Windows-based products that connect the computer to the home-. By J. D. Biersdorfer. [New York Times: Technology]
2:36:41 PM    comment   

Vodafone to Pay $4.7 Billion to Buy Rest of Japan Unit. Vodafone's announcement increased concerns about management's focus, particularly as the deal comes on the heels of a failed bid for AT&T Wireless. By Heather Timmons and Todd Zaun. [New York Times: Technology]
2:32:28 PM    comment   

In Latin America, a Cellular Need. An explosion in prepaid service has made cellphones available to millions of people in Latin America, and has sent use skyrocketing. By Brian Ellsworth. [New York Times: Technology]
2:25:32 PM    comment   

OQO Hands-On Video.

oqo_video.jpg imageZDNet has a video interview with OQO CTO Jonathan Betts-LaCroix with lots of hands on time with the OQO handheld PC, the little sliding-face 1GHz brick with the integrated keyboard that OQO plans to ship in the fall (although ZDNet is saying July). There's no doubting its gadget appeal, but will consumers pay upwards of two grand for a PDA-replacement PC ("that doesn't run the PalmOS or the Pocket PC" or that there Leenucks, neither) when PDA sales in general have been falling? Hard to say, but if nothing else we'll have a highly-hackable PC with lots of ports (USB and Firewire, among others) and wireless to play with for the next few years.
Read [News.com]

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UK to Get Top 20 Ringtones Chart.

kpmg_logo.jpg imageUK accountancy firm KPMG is starting a 'Top 20' chart to keep track of Britain's most popular mobile phone ring tones. By aggregating data from the mobile companies themselves, KPMG hopes to become the official reference for the burgeoning ringtone market. It seems it's needed, too. Right now Ringtones.co.uk reports 'I Don't Want You Back' by US singer Eamon (who?) is number one, yet Nokia puts Britney Spears' (who?) single 'Everytime' on top.
Read [BBC via GigaOm]

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Nextel, SAIC Ink Deal. RESTON, Va.--Nextel Communications Inc. today announced that it signed a... [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
2:03:38 PM    comment   

Intel Rolls 4 Mobile Processors. SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Intel Corporation today introduced four mobile... [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
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Sun Shines on RFID. Sun Micro rolls out Java System RFID Software as the radio frequency identification market continues to see big potential. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
1:51:31 PM    comment   

SIA: Chips Cha-Ching. Demand for cell phones, and increased interest from Asia Pacific, helped semiconductors see its best sales since July 2000, reports the Semiconductor Industry Association. [Wireless IQ - News Feeds]
1:41:18 PM    comment   

IBM, PalmOne Think Small. Saving space and souping up mobile storage were among the top priorities as hardware vendors offered sneak peeks at their summer wares. [eWEEK Technology News]
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Cingular lags rivals in high-speed wireless data. Cingular Wireless is falling behind rivals in offering high-speed mobile services that let customers view the Internet and e-mail on phones and other wireless devices. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
1:28:21 PM    comment   

Mobile & Wireless World: Combo Wi-FI cell phone due out by fall. Avaya, Proxim and Motorola have teamed up and plan to introduce a dual-mode Wi-FI and cellular phone this year that will require the use of an 802.11a WLAN. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
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Sidebar: Keep Mobile Apps Simple, Say IT Managers. Several IT managers who spoke at Computerworld's Mobile & Wireless World conference said the wisest approach to developing mobile applications is to prevent them from becoming too complex. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
1:19:19 PM    comment   

Sony cancels 2004 Clie product launches in US. In another sign that personal digital assistants (PDAs) have lost the buzz they once enjoyed, Sony Corp. has decided it will not launch any new Clie personal digital assistants (PDAs) in the U.S. market for the rest of the year. [InfoWorld: Top News]
1:18:47 PM    comment   

Future 3G market, Nigeria - under the spotlight. What makes a GSM network world class: By the year 2002, the GSM networks operating in Nigeria, namely MTN, Econet and NITEL, had collectively gained approximately 1.3 million subscribers and reported the highest growth rate (369%) in the world for that period. Full Story & Source: vanguardngr.com [3G Analysis]
1:16:30 PM    comment   

Is W-CDMA the same as UMTS? Or is UMTS part of GSM?. An Introduction to 3GSM: There seems to be some confusion out there. Every technology-based industry suffers from impenetrable acronyms and a tendency to drown in alphabet soup. But few get to the point where confusing nomenclature threatens the currency of their core brand. This is an issue the GSM community is addressing with a degree of urgency as its members press ahead developing the networks of the future.Full Story & Source: gsmworld.com [3G Analysis]
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Do land lines face being cut off by 3G? :report. Ofcom figures show that only 6% of households communicated solely via mobile in August 2003...But Mark Heath at Sound Partners, says this looks set for change. Mr Heath was co-author of a report into fixed-mobile substitution which concluded that mobile operators could take 50% of fixed voice calls and 63% of the cash we pay for them by 2009. What could hold up this change, said Mr Heath, is net access. (Check out our special Fixed-to-Mobile special here).  Full Story & Source: dailytimes.com.pk [3G Analysis]
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China: 3G caution puts city's network out of reach. In recent months technicians have spread the invisible web of a third- generation wireless telecommunications network across a large swathe of China’s capital city north of the Forbidden City. But Beijing residents face a long wait before they can access the high-speed data and streamed video services offered by 3G telecoms, since network use is strictly limited to equipment testing. Full Story & Source: news.ft.com [3G Analysis]
12:50:36 PM    comment   

Intel chips to support location-based services. The services, which would be built into the company's line of mobile processors, would allow computers to access networks, peripherals and data based on their location. [Computerworld News]
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Sun to detail revamped pricing models, new Java software. It's releasing Version 2.0 of its Java Desktop System, which offers improved management software designed to help administrators remotely administer and distribute updates to users. [Computerworld News]
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