Monday, August 22, 2005



Opinion: 3G Gets Faster: What To Expect. In my view, HSDPA is a great thing for the wireless industry for a number of reasons. First, it will offer a highly compelling broadband wireless service over very large coverage areas. Second... As HSDPA gets closer, you're likely to see lots of hype about the technology. But if you keep in mind its true capabilities, there's no reason to not start incorporating HSDPA into your wireless planning. [Daily 3G News]
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HannStar / Casio to develop panels for 3G handsets. Taiwan-based TFT LCD panel makers HannStar Display will work with Casio on developing panels for 3G handsets. Under the cooperation, HannStar expects its third generation (3G) plant, which focuses on small-to medium size panels, to enter volume production of the panels in the first quarter of 2006. [Daily 3G News]
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Melodeo does MobCasting. Melodeo has a press release out today announcing they have the first solution for listening to Podcasts streamed to your mobile phone. This is very cool... Next up is mobile video casting. I think the pictures from mobile phones during the London Bombings really turned a lot of lightbulbs on over people&'s heads about the reality of (personal broadcasting). [Daily 3G News]
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I want a 3G - Orange M5000. Here it is Orange M5000 is a PocketPC, has a mega pixel camera, a rotating keyboard, benefits from a 640x480 pixel display and uses 520MHz Intel XScale processor. It also has an MMC/SD interface and comes with Windows Mobile 5.0. Oh, I nearly forgot! It is a phone too ;) and yes, it is a 3G phone. [Daily 3G News]
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Hong Kong: 3G spending resulted in net loss for SUNDAY. SUNDAY Communications results for the period ended 30th June 2005 reflect the Group's commitment to invest significantly to launch 3G services in an intensely competitive market, while continuing to improve the quality and efficiency of its existing operations. The Group's 2G business continued to perform well while the 3G investment resulted in a net loss for the reporting period. [Daily 3G News]
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Sustained growth forecast for GSM/WCDMA - new report. Dell'Oro Group forecasts that the mobility infrastructure equipment market will grow five percent in 2005 to $39.1 billion. Growth will accelerate in 2006 with revenues from new 3G networks in the United States and anticipated new 3G investments in China. According to the report, much of the growth is expected to come from WCDMA and, to a lesser extent, CDMA-based systems. Despite reaching a peak in 2005, sales of GSM-based equipment will continue to play a major role in infrastructure spending through 2009. [Daily 3G News]
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WiMAX: the emperor's clothes get another wash.... This week has seen more scepticism than ever about Wimax as a viable wireless carrier technology, following the news from the Forum that testing and certification "could be delayed till October." [Newswireless.net headlines]
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Flexible 'E-skin' Could Endow Robots with Humanlike Sense of Touch [Scientific American]
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Star Trek Phone Set to Thrill. Fans who have dreamed of using a communicator like Captain Kirk's will have their wish fulfilled this fall. By Holly J. Wagner. [Wired News]
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VR Goggles Heal Scars of War. Shell-shocked Iraq vets are treated with an experimental virtual-reality system that re-creates combat trauma. One military psychologist says it's the most effective healing tool he's ever used. Xeni Jardin gets a tour. (Story includes video.) [Wired News]
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Symbian Boasts Leap in Shipments. The Register, 19 Aug. 2005
Smart-phone operating system developer Symbian released figures that indicate a big jump in demand for devices based on its software. Some 7.8m Symbian-based handsets shipped in Q2 FY2005, the three months to 30 June 2005, Symbian said - three times the figure for Q2 FY2004, 2.6m. As a privately held company Symbian did not publish financial performance figures. [Wireless Watch Japan]
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When 3G Becomes 4G. Network Magazine, 19 August 2005
HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) is an enhancement to W-CDMA, a technology that is also referred to as UMTS, the 3G path chosen by most GSM operators around the world. Today, there are already some 75 UMTS networks in operation around the world. Globally, many UMTS operators are planning on the HSDPA upgrade, and operators that have not deployed UMTS yet are likely to go directly to HSDPA. (Ed's Note: We've been following the evolution to next-gen high-speed mobile for at least 18 months now. Google WWJ for more on this topic.) [Wireless Watch Japan]
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Motorola and Ericsson Join Alliance. SDA-Asia, 19 August 2004
Motorola and Ericsson have joined South Asia's mobile alliance, a move that may help position their growth in the region. The alliance serves 69 million customers in eight countries. The size of their investment has not been determined and the joint venture is also in talks with telecom firms in Japan, South Korea and Thailand to broaden its reach. China's second-largest telecom equipment maker, ZTE Corp., also participated in the joint venture. [Wireless Watch Japan]
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Disney Branded Cell Phone: A Sign of the Times. Disney Branded Cell Phone: A Sign of the TimesWWJ Editors, 21 August 2005
It's not the first time that we've seen a major brand license a well-known icon to create a designer cell phone. Recently, Ferrari joined the bandwagon with a custom-tailored device for Vodafone, available now in Europe and Japan. WWJ thinks many of the usual suspects (cars, sports, fashion, music) are likely to follow suit into the 2005 year-end gift-giving season as well. With music-enabled phones achieving white-hot popularity, perhaps we'll see boutique handsets dedicated to ABBA, the Beach Boys or even Courtney Love (maybe not since Hilary Duff beat her to it), preloaded with all their 'greatest hits' and available just in time for Christmas.

But why stop there? Other global brands (even obscure ones) must be thinking 'me too' about now as well; Gucci and Playboy come to mind along with every major league sports team -- and don't forget block-buster movies (a real 'Bat Phone' would be very cool). So, what does any of this have to do with Japan you might ask? Plenty. [Wireless Watch Japan]


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DoCoMo Planning Push To Talk Service. DoCoMo Planning Push To Talk Service WWJ Editors, 22 August 2005
Rumours are circulating that NTT DoCoMo will introduce a Push-to-Talk (PTT) voice service by mid-October. Several Japanese trade journals have reported the as-yet-unconfirmed plans, saying that DoCoMo plans to market a cellular phone equipped with a chip made by US Qualcomm in October. With three new carriers set to enter the domestic market in 2006, the dominant telco is said to be considering how to defend its market share by offering new services and incentives. Opinions suggest the company will respond to the popular, though as yet still not widely used, flat-rate voice services launched by Willcom in May this year and the family free-call trial running on Vodafone from July through the end of October. [Wireless Watch Japan]
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IBM Revitalizes Mainframe. A month after introducing the latest generation of its mainframe systems, the Z9, IBM is looking to grow the software support and expertise around it. [eWEEK Technology News]
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