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Sprint starts its crawl to Europe, Asia
News Sprint's on-again-off-again European and Asian adventure is back on.
Nokia expects 3G takeoff in 2003
News The company says higher-speed third-generation cell phone networks will take off "exponentially" in 2003, and Nokia wants to grab 35 percent of the market.
Software makes cell phone typing easier
News A new program is making it easier to type text and Web addresses using a cell phone keypad, predicting words as they are being typed on a cell phone keypad.
W3C launches mobile push
News Calling the mobile device a "first-class citizen of the Web," W3C pledges to advance mobile standards.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless
Texas Instruments backs mobile Linux
News Chipset manufacturer joins one of the mobile Linux alliances, in a further boost for the platform's development.
Tags: Cellular phones, Handhelds, Smart phones, Linux, Mobile platforms, Open source
Lips Forum releases mobile Linux specs
News Aiming to unify different standards, the Linux Phone Standards Forum has released its first complete set of specifications for mobile Linux.
Tags: Open source, Linux
Deutsche Telekom delays samurai bond sale after S&P comments
News Deutsche Telekom delayed its ¥100 billion (US$863.5 million) samurai bond sale for a week, its bankers said, after Standard & Poor's expressed concern European phone companies can't cut debt as quickly as planned.
Equant AP staff may face job cuts
News It remains uncertain whether some of Equant's staff in Asia Pacific will lose their jobs following the completion of its merger with France Telecom's Global One unit last week.
Microsoft-powered phone to debut
News The company's wireless phone software will make its first appearance later this year in the United Kingdom, a spokesman for mobile services company Orange confirms.
Mobile operators promise IM for all
News China Mobile, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone join forces to make IM (instant messaging) interoperable.
Tags: Cellular phones, Instant messaging
Intel leads Wi-Fi chipmakers in new forum
News Intel and others will announce a new industry forum this week to accelerate the new, faster Wi-Fi standard, sources say.
Tags: Hardware, 802.11/Wi-Fi
HP and Orange to build secure EU network
News A large contract has been awarded for a major rehaul of the European Union's secure IT and telecommunications network, including systems for transferring biometric data.
Tags: Hardware, IT outsourcing, Networking, Outsourcing
Survey: Global tech execs retrenching
News In a new study, CEOs and senior managers from Cisco, Oracle, SAP, Virgin Mobile and other companies say they're not holding their breath for a tech recovery.
Industry collaborates to realize Singapore's digital-cinema dream
News Latest industry effort aimed at positioning Singapore as a global distribution hub and trading center for digital content.
Tags: Digital media
Sprint starts its crawl to Asia, Europe
News The company announces it plans to build its own Internet backbone so it can launch Sprint services in 35 different countries in Asia and Europe by 2003.
