November-December 2004
Japan Mobile phone sales down in October 2004
QUALCOMM tests Assisted-GPS over CDMA
Boeing/Vodafone Trial InFlight Wifi
Ericsson joins WiMAX Forum
Half UK Mobile Users can access WAP
Mobile phone sales to beat fixed lines in 2004 - ITU
Vodafone launches Government Mobile Office
UTStarcom MovingMedia solution for Movicel Angola
Sonera launches mobile digital certificate
MTN and RIM to introduce BlackBerry in South Africa
Ericsson provides new multi-service network in Egypt
Mobile IP Alliance Formed with Nokia and NEC
UK Mobile WAP usage up for 2004
Nokia adds BlackBerry support to Series 80 handsets
Qpass Joins Mobile Data Association
UK Text Message Volume Up
Bluetooth shipment units 3m a week
Handset vendors to launch mobile broadcast services
India Bharti To Launch Services In 2 New Regions
Nokia Adds SD Card Technology Into Flash Memory Card
Nokia adds BlackBerry support to Series 80 handsets
Qpass Joins Mobile Data Association
Alcatel wins Libya 3G & EDGE deal
Ericsson signs with Warid Telecom
Ericsson provides new multi-service network in Egypt
Mobile IP Alliance Formed with Nokia and NEC

September-October
US Sets New Rules for stopping spam on mobile phones
Rules governing location services set in the UK
SMS interoperability for Little Smart phones
Alcatel wins Libya 3G & EDGE deal
Algeria Telecom Selects Huawei for 3G Trial
GSMA asks India to safeguard its 3G future
CDMA 1xECDMA 1xEV-DO deployments grow
Mobile IP Alliance Formed with Nokia and NEC
CDMA 1xECDMA 1xEV-DO deployments grow
Music enabled handsets 54% of sales by 2009
UK Text Message Volume Up
Porkers spend the most on mobile ringtones
Bluetooth shipment units 3m a week
Ringback tones an opportunity for operators
SMSing between the USA and Mexico
New OMA standards for mobile content
Mobile Banking Takes Off in Korea
SMS interoperability for Little Smart phones
UK Team Secures GSM voice calls
Handset vendors to launch mobile broadcast services
Nokia Adds SD Card Technology Into Flash Memory Card

July
MTN introduces free prepaid WAP over GPRS with MTNLoaded
Kenyan Safaricom adds GPRS
ZTE to provide equipment for Tunisia 3G network
Axalto 3G 128 Java SIM cards ship
Nokia keen on DAB Visual Radio revenue stream
Mapping Out Location Services - from Openwave
Location SDK Adds LIF-MLP - from Openwave Jacks Hack
ZTE Awarded National CDMA Network Project in Algeria
Six Telecom Giants Form FMCA Alliance To Integrate Mobile and Fixed-Line Phones
iPass Marks Wi-Fi Industry Milestone: First Network with Over 10,000 Active Hotspots
Is Surveillance a WiMAX Killer App?
Unstrung Insider Analyzes the WiMax Equipment Market
Japanese school kids to be tagged with RFID chips
ARM and Trusted Logic Develop TrustZone-Optimized Software to Increase Security for Mobile Industry
Sting Broadband in talks to offer 4G wireless system
i-mode users surge upwards
InphoMatch Extends Optus' SMS Reach to the Americas

June
Sprint will deploy CDMA 1X EV-DO for high speed data
Conquering the Mobile Data Pricing Challenge

March
Danish Companies Build WiFi App For Lego
WiMAX poised to dominate broadband wireless access
SMSC can now be bypassed
Convergence of 3G standards bodies
New Intel PXA27x Phone Processor

February 2004
SonyEricsson to launch Push to Talk handsets
Telstra trials walkie-talkie PoC phone
Vendor updates billing platform to support Push To Talk PoC services
Nokia and Samsung cooperate to bring Push to talk services to the masses Emirates Airline to launch WiFi via Inmarsat onboard its aircraft
The Mobile Alliance renames itself the Starmap Mobile Alliance
SIMPAY Mobile payment platform announces first product
Premium rate SMS for the Americas
New Camera Chip Sensor For Camera Phones
LG Electronics licenses Symbian OS for smartphones
Industry launches Mobile Content Rights Management group - CMLA
T-Mobile International and Sony Music sign mobile content deal
MATERNA launches ringtones for German fixed SMS users
Spain gets super large 128k SIM cards
Canon & Epson and HP launches camera phone printing initiative
Nokia and IBM launch WiFi handset, Nokia 9500 Communicator
T-Mobile USA expands WiFi hotspot coverage in the US
Global WLAN hardware revenue increases 56% to EUR 2 billion
Gemplus unveils SIM solution for accessing data over PWLAN
 

January 2004
Converse Messages Serbia with MMS & WAP platform
Orange Côte d'Ivoire installs SMS-based information service
Redknee Delivers Multi Number SIM Card Solution to O2 Germany
Kodiak Powers Orange Push To Talk "Talk Now" Service
iPass and Swisscom Eurospot sign Wi-Fi roaming deal
WiFi service providers must find more revenue-streams - Jupiter
BT Mobile Home Launched with Multi Mode DECT, WiFi GSM Handets
ITU to take leading role in 4G mobile development
DoCoMo preparing for HSDPA launch
Hutchison 3G Builds 5000 masts
11.5 mln Europeans aged 55 and over use Internet k
4.9 million t-zones users worldwide for Q42003
Cellphones bridge global digital divide - new stats
Wireless MAN worth billions
111 million SMSs on New Year's Day in UK
Australians Sends Masses of New Years SMSs
Telenor and NetCom see decline in MMS use
Pannon GSM launches prepaid GPRS roaming services
O2 UK launches mobile music download service
SMS card makes m-commerce a reality in Philipines
Greek GSM users get large 64K SIM cards
Philadelphia Police's new mobile data terminals have Worm bug
Sony Ericsson tests Mobile Online Multiplayer games
New Fuel Cell Batteries To Power Mobile Phones and PDAs

2003
Orange trialing in-tunnel GSM coverage
Motorola introduces iTAP 6.0
OMA launches next stage for MMS services
O2 Active shows growth of mobile data services
Smartphone snafus hinder mobile e-mail
Watch TV broadcasts on your mobile
One SIM card with multiple phone numbers launched
Worlds largest SIM Card Launched
UK use of mobile internet trebles in 12 months
New mobile memory chip from Intel
New Pan European DRM solution?
Wireless e-mail increases productivity
Web browsers in cellphones lead to higher data usage
Software defined base station trials underway
New Linux OS For Cellphones Launched
Open standards PoC push-2-talk specification published
Open Base Station Architecture Initiative (OBSAI) specifications published
New MIPI Alliance Counters Wintel
Worlwide WLAN hardware revenue increases to $2.01 bln in 2003
Wi-Fi and 3G Can Coexist - report
More than 32500 Wifi hotspots in Western Europe by 2007
SA Coffee Shop Free Hotspot In Pretoria
Aviation authorities approve use of onboard Wi-Fi
BT launches WiFi hotspot in a box product
High-speed wireless links go unlicensed
More than 32500 Wifi hotspots in Weste
 

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:: Listing of All Digital Wireless Technologies
:: GSM Modem Showcase
:: Wireless Application Protocol
:: WAP-enabled web sites
:: SmartPhones
:: GSM Radio Data PC Cards
:: GSM Data/fax/SMS Modem Guide
:: Hayes AT SMS Commands
:: Glossary of Cellular Terms