Latest News - OCTOBER 2000


Industry News
Sonata Expands Wireless Ad Platform
Foreign Firms Boost Chinese Mobile Phone Standard 
Launch of Ericsson Microsoft Mobile Venture
Latest Wireless Ads Association Guidelines
Top Mobile Phone Makers' Market Shares Dip
Ericsson to Sell I-Mode Phones in Japan in November 
Egypt to Host Brand New ITU Telecom Event


WAP/M-Commerce

WAP Will Fuel GSM Growth, Says Sagem
WAP creator moves away from its own technology 
Symbian Says Alliance Strong Despite Motorola/Palm 
New York City Cabs Wired in Yahoo, Medallion Deal 
Virgin M-Wallet Mobile Phone Cash System Goes Live In UK 
Nokia and Tibco to Unveil New 'M-Commerce' Product 
Microsoft Launches Mobile Server
Phone.com unveils Secure Enterprise Proxy for wireless transactions
Report: Mobile Operators Should Learn From Japan 


Mobile Data/Bluetooth/GPRS/3G

Lucent builds location-servers infrastructure
Japan's KDDI plans fast mobile phone data service
Nokia, Sonera complete wireless roaming tests
Motorola unveils next-generation phones
Cylink Secures Bluetooth Transmission Technology


Financial
Siemens wins $10-million telecoms contract in Burkina Faso 
US Telecom industry grows 9%, study says 
Resale of US Wireless Licenses Allowed 
France Telecom in talks on Egypt's MobiNil
Irish Mobile Phone Market Growing Fast 
OrbComm Files for Voluntary Chapter 11 Protection 
Virgin set to mobilise for US phone offensive 
Swiss Callino picks Alcatel for WLL infrastructure

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Latest News - SEPTEMBER 2000


Industry News
FCC Increases Wireless Spectrum 5x
Russian Bugging Law Soon 
Industry comments on phone lawsuit 
Nokia New Livesite 3GPP platform
Report: SMS freezes Nokia phones
Ericsson outsources phone manufacture

WAP/M-Commerce

Symbian Signs Sanyo
WAP marijuana site on hold 
New Wireless Payment Gateway Service
TTPCom/Certicom develop Secure WAP
Siemens WAP shopping application 

Mobile Data/Bluetooth/GPRS/3G

Qualcomm Test 3G 1x Wireless Data
DoCoMo/Palm link up on iMode
BTCellnet launches location service
Ericsson/Telcel Deploy Mexican 3G
Ericsson/WorldComm develop MobileIP
Sweden's 10 bids for UMTS licences

Financial
US mCommerce Market 1000% by 2005
Wireless Portal Revenue $42b by 2005 
New $300m mobile web fund


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August 2000 News Stories

Industry News
SA Minister dropped from license probe
Verizon's Union Workers on Strike
Nokia in Iranian Deal
UK Schools warned over mobiles
Globalstar Launches in Russia
Iridium Gets Temporary Reprieve
Siemens outsources to Flextronics
Castle Harlan Drops Bid for Iridium
Cellphone researcher urges caution
Yemen to Launch GSM Service
Ford, Qualcomm In Wireless JV
Man in $800m phone cancer suit
Phone Service Launches in Kenya
Now Its "Cellular - The Movie"
FCC Delays 700Mhz Auction
Nokia,Siemens vs Indian Smugglers


WAP/M-Commerce
New Wireless Security Conference
McAfee Virus Information Via WAP
Wireless Internet Ramping Up
IBM Develops WAP Instant Messaging
Wireless Ad Firms Gear Up
Lotus Releases Mobile Notes Kit
IBM Invests $1b in EU WAP
Railtrack launches WAP timetable


Mobile Data/Bluetooth/GPRS/3G
Sony to link PlayStation to iMode
Ericsson, Microsoft in wireless alliance 
Warner,PacketVideo In MobileMedia JV
1.4bn Bluetooth units by 2005
Toshiba's New Mobile Phone Screen
Wireless instant messaging grows
EU Bluetooth Market Poised Grow



Financial
Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola Shares slide
Portugal Four 3G Mobile Phone Licenses
EU Concern Over US Telecoms Proposal

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July 2000 News Stories

Industry News
Hoax SMS Floads South Africa
In-Flight Cell Phone Ban Urged
 
Globalstar cuts U.S. prices
Brazilian City Bans Cellphones
Motorola Developers' Contest
Sony to Launch Handheld PC
Psion In New Ventures
Cellphones Now A US Mainstay
France Award Licenses for WLL
Korea Pick Nokia, DoCoMo System


WAP/M-Commerce
DotWAP plans wireless Palm cradle
SABRE Provides WAP Hotel Bookings
Matsushita Joins SyncML Protocol
Wireless Ad Privacy Standard
InfoSpace Signs m-commerce Deal
SAP and Motorola Team Up
Visa Extends Wireless Initiative
Strio m-commerce Demo

Mobile Data/GPRS/3G
CellPoint FT Location Services Deal
Nokia GPRS for Mobistar Belgium
Lucent To Develop Flash-OFDM
United Airlines SMSs Flight Status

US Users Want Location Services
Qualcomm In Sanyo CDMA License
Ericsson in GPRS deal with Turkcell
K2 Climbers First ACES Data Call
Japanese Develop Mobile Linux OS
GSM evolution now in 3G Project

Financial
New Zealand 2GHz Auction Starts
Alcatel wins Kenyan GSM contract
Motorola 2Q Profits Rise
Acer: 2000 Profit Doubles
Globalstar's 1.6m Billable Minutes
China Military in Unicom Deal
Schlumberger 2Q2000 Results
Ericsson: Shortages To Hit Earnings

Psion in Bluetooth deal