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April 2001
Mobile Industry News
Motorola Phone Chief Sees Industry Consolidation
Israel Partner surpasses 1 mln cellular users
Mexico Wireless Phones Outnumber Fixed Lines
InStat European WAP Services Poised for Boom
Virgin Mobile in talks to enter Israeli market
PrePaid Patent Buster Offers Prize
New Mobile Game Standard Proposed
Sharp sets up UK mobile subsidiary
School Fights Truancy with SMS
British clubbers get tickets via SMS
Iridium satellite network coming back
DoCoMo lowers rates for rivals

3G News
Ericsson/Telenor evaluate UMTS-WLAN solution
DoCoMo Aims to Start 4G Cellular Service in 2006
Nokia Closes EUR 1.5 Billion 3G Deal With Orange

Mobile Data/Bluetooth/GPRS
Microcell Launches GPRS in North America
Ericsson Teams Up With Samsung For Bluetooth
AirFlash/CellPoint Offer New Location-Based Services
Nextel Introduces First Java Phone in US
Gemplus Launches SIM for New Java Phones


News - March 8-31 2001
Mobile Industry News
Phone semiconductor market to exceed $38b
Music/databases spur smartphone growth
Motorola suspends production in Scotland
Creditors of Iridium to sue Motorola
UK code to tackle spread of SMS spam
Top Telecoms Infrastructure Vendors 2000
Vodacom reaches 5 million users

Mobile Data/Bluetooth/GPRS
MCell's Airborn And ICQ in deal on SMS
Wireless Middleware To Boom
Sharp to launch Linux-based PDA
Rivals do deal on Austrian UMTS
National April GPRS launch for Vodafone
Nortel gives advanced GSM system training
Symbian says smartphones on track

3G News
Japan Telecom delays 3G launch
Firms urged to to take keener 3G interest
Nokia to deliver 3G Access For NetCom

Mobile Health
Bishops call for mobile mast ban
New material to block phone radiation
Owner cell-shocked after dog eats phone


News - March 1-7 2001

Mobile Industry News
GSM to launch 800 Mhz Services
Wireless ad opportunities limited-Jupiter
LightSurf New Visual Solutions For Phones
Microsoft's phones based On Stinger OS
Chinese market doubled in 2000 to 85.3m users
Cell C Provisionally Given Third SA Cell License
Nortel Hands Over GSM network in Mauritania
UK Text messaging nears a billion
Man arrested for SMS bomb threat to bank

Mobile Data/Bluetooth/GPRS/3G
Alcatel sees delayed 3G launch,slow GPRS start
Sony/Vodafone to connect Playstation to GSM
Benefon/CT Motion deliver location services

WAP/M-Commerce
Japans m-commerce market seen skyrocketing
Schlumberger/Openwave Provide WAP security

News - Feb 2001
Mobile Industry News
Wireless interactive ad opportunities limited-Jupiter
LightSurf Embeddable Visual Solutions For Phones
Microsoft Produces phones based On Stinger OS
Chinese market doubled in 2000 to 85.3m users
Cell C Provisionally Given Third SA Cell License
Cell C Says It Will Roll Out Network By 4Q01
Nortel Hands Over GSM network in Mauritania
UK Text messaging nears a billion
Man arrested for SMS bomb threat to bank


Mobile Data/Bluetooth/GPRS/3G
Alcatel sees delayed 3G launch and slow GPRS start
Sony and Vodafone to connect Playstation to GSM
Benefon/CT Motion deliver location-based services

Latest News - JANUARY 2001

Mobile Industry News
BT holds trials using phone booths as mobile base stations
Alcatel To Start Making Cellphones in Brazil
Zucotto Free Whiteboard Software Development Kit
European Cruise Line Goes GSM
DoCoMo, KPN, TIM in European Mobile Internet deal
First Medical Application for Accompli 009
France Telecom buys 25% more of Mobinil
GSM Global Roaming Forum to Include TDMA
Motorola To Develop Wireless Vehicle Navigation
Benin network reaches has 41,000 Subs
S'Africans Made 100m Calls Xmas Day
GPRS, Bluetooth Will Push WAP Forward - Report 
Advanced Wireless Networks May Cost $751b
Wireless Portal Revenues to Exceed $3b by 2005
Forrester Forecast for European Mobile Industry
Japan Mobile Phone Users Up 20%
Survey Reveals Optimism for 3G Implementation
Itineris Tops 14 million Subscriber Mark in France
Japan's KDDI boosts new mobile users in December
Mobile Location Services To Generate $20b by 2006
Finns are world's most active cellphone users
BT Cellnet systems hit by Christmas sales leap
Benin GSM Network has 41,000 Subscribers
Developer Bets On Cell Phone Games
Mobile Net To Beat PC access in Latin America in 2005Motorola Lays Off 2,500 Workers
I-Comm strikes up pact with Ericsson

Mobile Data/Bluetooth/GPRS/3G
Moscow cellular operators delay GPRS launch
New 3G Software Defined Radios
NetCom/ Telia Form a UMTS Operating Company
Study Raises Mobile Phone Data Capacity

Health
SABS To Monitor Effects Of Phone Radiation
Cell Phone Suit Will Get Its Day in Court
German Study Links Cell Phones And Eye Cancer

WAP/M-Commerce
Nokia tests new SmartCover for its 5100 Series
Matsushita Joins MeT
Bull and Graphium Danmark join SIMAlliance
Schlumberger/ Openwave Provide WAP Security

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