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Asian 3G rollout a boon for Convergys
News Lured by Asia-Pacific's promising wireless market, Convergys will invest US$10 million to expand its operations across the region.
Analyst: Chinese phones are world-class
News Amoisonic and Haier may be unknown outside China, but a report suggests these phone makers can compete globally.
Playboy to bare it all for Hutchison 3G
News After extending its reach into print, broadcast and the Internet, adult content provider Playboy Enterprises will now take to mobile phones.
Cisco to buy mobile specialist Starent for US$2.9B
News Acquisition is designed to help Cisco keep a grip on the rapid growth of the mobile Internet due to the rising number of smartphones and other devices.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, Starent Networks Corp., network, 2.5G, Cisco Systems Inc., mobile, Video, EVDO, 3G
iPhone launch highlights woeful state of Thai 3G services
News Third-ranked Thai mobile operator True Move may have drew thousands with its gala iPhone launch, but it is unclear if the country has the available 3G mobile broadband services for the smartphone.
Tags: Cable, Personal broadband, Business broadband, 3G (Third Generation), Handhelds, Mobile Broadband, Mobile, Apple iPhone 3G, Thailand, Touch Screen
Thailand gets taste of 2.5G mobile TV
News Deal between Thai telco AIS and a UK-based mobile entertainment company will deliver 20 made-for-mobile channels over a GPRS network.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile platforms/communications
Nokia faces US$232M bill after patent defeat
News A U.S. court has ruled that Nokia must settle a massive bill over technology used in its handsets.
Tags: Legal, Lawsuits, Patents
Nokia Siemens speeds up 2.5G cell networks
News The wireless equipment maker is offering carriers a software upgrade for its EDGE equipment that will double the speed of downloads on their 2.5G EDGE networks.
Tags: Cellular phones, Mobile/Wireless
Ericsson unveils mobile 2.5G plan for Australia
News Ericsson plans to release its complete suite of end-to-end 2.5G technology to Australian mobile carriers by Q2 of next year, the company announced at the official launch of its Mobility World program yesterday.
New chips aimed at faster cell phones
News When it comes to cell phones, less is more. This week Texas Instruments and Analog Devices will announce new chips with advanced capabilities aimed at phones for higher data rate 2.5G and 3G cellular networks.
TI expects solid revenue on 2.5G chips
News Although the cell phone industry remains in a funk, Texas Instruments expects to garner half of its revenue in the wireless market from high-speed cellular chips by the fourth quarter.
Pocket PC taps new wireless connection
News UbiNetics will supply Microsoft with wireless communications technology to support its Pocket PC 2002 next-generation software for handhelds.
M2M: 3G taking on WiMax
News 3G may only reach 30 percent penetration of machine-to-machine connectivity due to higher costs, says ABI Research.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Location-based services, Next-generation technology/networks
GSM operators vote for unity
News Chief executives from some of the world's largest mobile phone companies agreed yesterday to share standards and strategies for second and third-generation (3G) mobile communications.
Red Hat, 3G Lab design wireless OS
News The companies will build an open-source operating system for cell phones and other devices that can tap into high-speed wireless networks, but Linux won't be part of the deal.
