WIRELESS EVENTS: Wireless events for February and up coming months...

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Current wireless events for this and up coming months...

> Adobe at 3GSM - Feb 13-16, Barcelona
Experience Flash mobile technology on your handset. Visit the Adobe booth to learn how Flash enables mobile operators, OEMs, and content providers to protect and differentiate their brands and generate new revenue streams by engaging consumers with rich, easy-to-use mobile applications and services. You can even try it on your handset. Learn more.

> Hexia.net at 3GSM - Feb 13-17, Barcelona
Hexia.net will be showcasing our Mobile Music Community solutions at 3GSM this year. Stop by stand E50 in Hall 2 to experience what our users say is "overall the best community site geared towards unsigned artists." www.hexia.net/events

> Mobile Entertainment Outlook for the U.S. and Hollywood at 3GSM - Feb 15, Barcelona
For the first time in Europe: Lunch briefing hosted by iHollywood Forum, Wireless Week and others. Discuss the mobile outlook in the United States, network with international industry deal-makers and hear lively panel discussion. Speakers from HBO, EMI Music, MobiTV. Reserve your space now: www.ihollywoodforum.com/mobileentertainmentstrategies.htm

> The Premier MVNO Event at 3GSM - February 15, Barcelona
Come hear Blueslice CEO Stephan Ouaknine share his views on the MVNO market and moderate a panel of industry experts, including Ton aan de Stegge (former CEO, Telfort), Kevin Gillan (Carphone Warehouse) and Michael Padmanathan (Alcatel). Champagne and strawberries will flow freely. Space is limited. Reserve your spot and learn more at www.blueslice.com.

> ZigBee Alliance Open House - March 16, Milan
Press, analysts, and interested companies are invited to the ZigBee Alliance Open House, Thursday, March 16, 2006. Hear ZigBee experts and see Member Company Demonstrations. View details and registration. www.zigbee.org/en/events/openhouseannouncement_2006-03-16.asp

> GDC Mobile - March 20-21, San Jose, CA
Don't miss the definitive mobile game industry event! Attend GDC Mobile at GDC:06 and get a first-hand glimpse of What's Next… Debate the future of your medium with leading executives in the mobile industry. Register by Feb 15 and save up to 35% on your pass. www.gdcmobile.com

> IMS Asia - March 21-23, Singapore
Analyze and explore the opportunities presented by this rapidly developing technology. Hear 35 industry experts including 9 operators present their real life experiences. PLUS have your views heard and questions answered in the 5 interactive panel discussions. For further information and to register visit www.ibc-asia.com/IMSReg.htm.

> Billboard Magazine's MECCA 2006 - April 4, Las Vegas
MECCA is the official mobile entertainment event at CTIA Wireless. MECCA connects the music, film, & TV industry with the wireless world's investors, operators, & application providers to discuss issues in mobile music, games, animation, film & TV. Details at: www.billboardevents.com

> IMS Summit @ CTIA Wireless 2006 - April 5, Las Vegas
Designed specifically to address the issues central to the US market this high level one day forum will help you evaluate the business case justification for deployment of IMS. Including 8 service provider presentations this is a MUST ATTEND for any organization involved in the IMS arena. For further information and to register visit: www.imsvision.com/ims@ctia.

> 2nd Annual ENUM Summit 2006 - April 19-20, Boston
The ENUM Summit 2006 assembles all of the key players in the ENUM space - regulators; standards bodies; international governments; telecom, wireless and cable operators, ISPs, VoIP service providers, ENUM and DNS solutions providers to discuss business models, regulation, ENUM trial results, numbering administration, security, privacy and more.

> VentureWire presents Wireless Ventures - May 3-4, San Jose, CA
Learn firsthand which companies and strategies are poised to set the pace in the wireless industry at Wireless Ventures. Get expert insight on hot sectors like mobile content, communications, wireless messaging and more. Meet the key investors and companies shaping the environment in 2006. http://lists.fiercemarkets.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=69l,i56b,8mg,9i7v,1z6o,c9du,ddg9

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WIRELESS NEWS: Quick street to top Wireless updates...

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Indonesian carriers Indosat, Excelcomindo and Telkomsel secure licenses to operate 3G networks. Article

> Nokia announces new LBS services and a GPS module for lower-end phones. Article

> Sprint Nextel gives restricted stock units valued at about $5.7 million and 637,755 stock options to president and CEO Gary D. Forsee. Article

> NBC MOBILE will offer MobiTV's mobile television subscribers highlights of the 2006 Winter Games. Press release

> Standard & Poor's Equity Research lowers its target price on France Telecom to $24 from $31, citing concerns about wireless growth. Article

> Wireless comes to the most remote place on earth: Timbuktu. Article

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WIRELESS NEWS: Cities cannot be world-class without WiFi

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- You can't be a world-class city if you don't have WiFi. Boston, which has long resisted efforts to create a muni-WiFi network, announced a task force that Mayor Thomas Menino said would "make Boston a world leader in wireless Internet access." Apparently, many business and academic folks have been unhappy with Boston's previous lack of enthusiasm for WiFi and negatively compared Boston with cities that are more aggressive in deploying WiFi, such as Philadelphia and San Francisco. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.

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WIRELESS NEWS: Telstra feels heat over financial information

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Shareholders in Telstra, Australia's largest telecommunications company, have launched a $221.8 million lawsuit against the company claiming it withheld important financial information. About 100 shareholders are suing Telstra for privately informing senior government ministers that it had to borrow from its reserves to pay shareholder dividends and that 14 percent of its phone lines were faulty, before it released the information to the public. Meanwhile, profits are dropping at the company, prompting the Australian government to wait until its share price is better before it sells out. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.

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WIRELESS NEWS: Is RIM's work-around solution too vague?

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- While Research In Motion is doing its best to allay market fears surrounding the potential shut down of its BlackBerry mobile email service by announcing a work-around solution that it says doesn't impede on NTP's patents, the industry still has doubts because of the lack of technical information released. RIM doesn't want to release technical details because it doesn't want NTP to know what it's up to. A federal judge has set a hearing date for February 24, after which he could choose to issue an injunction to shut down the BlackBerry service as it stands. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.

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WIRELESS NEWS: EC cries foul on European roaming charges

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Europe's operators have long seen roaming between countries as a source of big revenue given the fact that pricing competition and market saturation has pushed per-minute pricing down in their home markets. Despite the outcry from mobile-phone customers, operators have not budged on the issue, pushing the European Commission to consider legislation to cap roaming fees. In fact, the average cost per minute in Europe is more than three times the rate in Asia, according to research conducted over the past year by Telecoms Management Group. Asian operators can charge less for roaming because their usage is so high, the firm concluded. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.

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WIRELESS NEWS: More cookies for the wireless jar

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.-

> President Bush signed a bill that will open up the 700 MHz spectrum to mobile broadband operators and public safety. Article

> Vonage, the nation's largest independent provider of Internet-based home phone service, filed for a public offering. Article

> 3G Americas and Informa Telecoms & Media report that UMTS supports close to 50 million customers. Article

> Cingular will begin selling the Pantech PG-C120, a sleek, black candy bar phone. Article

> STMicroelectronics announces wireless LAN chip for WiFi Enabled mobile phones. Release

> Rumor Mill: Nokia is expected to release the Nokia E61, aka the Nokiaberry, next week. It is Nokia's response to the BlackBerry and Motorola's Q. Article

> Chinese mobile-phone users sent some 12.6 billion messages during the eight days of the Lunar New Year holiday. Article

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WIRELESS NEWS: The 10th Anniversary of the Telecom Act 1996

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Happy 10th Anniversary to the Telecommunications Act of 1996! It's a day late, but I bet we're still the first. Yesterday, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, former FCC commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth, former Sen. Larry Pressler and former Rep. Thomas Bliley got together to discuss the Act, which they said was 62 years in the making. When asked what telecom event spurred by the Act's passage surprised him the most, Bliley said the big mergers last year. Pressler explained that Congress will make very little headway, if any, on upgrading the Act because Congress gains little and stands to lose a lot from doing so. Pressler added that the public is not engaged in the details of telecom law: If they cared about spectrum auctions, the auctions would have happened a long time ago. Furchtgott-Roth said he doesn't believe that every time technology changes, the laws need to change: A good law is one that stands the test of time. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.

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WIRELESS NEWS: Philips: U.S. carrier to launch voice WiFi this year

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Chip maker Royal Philips Electronics said a U.S. cellular carrier will launch voice-over-WiFi this year using Philips' Nexperio 6120 chipset. Philips wouldn't identify the carrier, but it's probably safe to assume the customer is T-Mobile USA, the owner of a significant number of WiFi hotspots throughout the nation, and the nationwide operator that is behind the rest of its competitors in the 3G game. Nexperia's UMA technology allows calls to tunnel from WiFi access points through the Internet and onto a cellular network. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.


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WIRELESS NEWS: Gizmondo struggles in the U.S. market

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Gizmondo, a handheld video game player whose creators hoped to take on the likes of PlayStation Portable and Nintendo, is floundering. Just three months after the product's American introduction, a bankruptcy court in London ordered the maker, Tiger Telematics, to liquidate its European operations after a lender failed to make enough operating funds available. Tiger says it's trying to negotiate an additional $30 million loan from a Swiss equity group that will allow it to keep operating in the U.S. The Gizmondo not only plays games, but is also a satellite navigation unit, a text-messaging device, and a movie and music player. In addition to hardware and game sales, revenue was to come from advertising delivered to customers each time they turned on the device, but sales have been dismal. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.


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WIRELESS NEWS: Samsung to sue Asian handset makers

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- South Korea's Samsung Electronics plans to file lawsuits against several mobile phone makers in Taiwan, mainland China and Hong Kong, alleging these vendors have copied its products and breached its patents. The lawsuits will claim that the companies copy the designs and functions of Samsung mobile phones and leak secret Samsung documents. The suits will target phone designs from Taiwan's Taung, Sampo and DNET, as well as Hitachi from Japan. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.


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WIRELESS NEWS: RIM tries to ease concerns about messaging workaround solution

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Research In Motion said it has successfully trialed a software workaround solution it can implement to keep the BlackBerry system running if a District Court judge issues an injunction later this month in the NTP vs. RIM patent dispute. Analysts have been skeptical of such a solution, questioning the software's stability and whether it will actually circumvent NTP's patent claims. RIM, however, says it has been able to modify its BlackBerry message delivery system to work around the NTP patent claims and has received a legal opinion confirming that.

According to UBS Investment Research, RIM and NTP appear willing to settle, but they are at odds over the settlement amount (of course). With the workaround solution and the USPTO indicating that it will reject NTP's patent claims, RIM looks ready to go to court if it finds NTP's offers unreasonable. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.

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WIRELESS NEWS: Cingular launches made-for-mobile concert series

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- While it doesn't offer a wireless music download service, Cingular Wireless wants to remind us that it does indeed have a successful music strategy. The carrier introduced Cingular Sounds Live, a concert series that is designed to generate exclusive content for mobile phones. Cingular said it plans to create, produce and host a series of regular music events throughout the country in which the taped footage from each event will be used as part of the company's exclusive video offering, which will stream over Cingular's soon-to-be-launched on-demand streaming video service via its 3G network. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.

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WIRELESS NEWS: Verizon testing advertising on phones

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Further validating that wireless advertising is on its way, Verizon Wireless, typically the most conservative operator when opening up its network to this stuff, says it is testing a program to open up its phones to advertising through a two-tier payment model. Currently, advertising has been limited on the cell phone primarily to text messaging and short code promotions. Verizon predicts that as much as 25 percent to 30 percent of the $100 billion spent each year on brand advertising will find its way onto the phone. Video on handsets looks to be the primary enabler here as marketers are now taking a closer look at this medium. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.

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WIRELESS NEWS: La Vida loca with WiMAx...

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- According to a new report from analyst firm TelecomView, WiMax gives a better ROI than 3G. The firm says those greenfield operators deploying WiMax will be in a superior position, while existing carriers will push its adoption to remain competitive as well as to lower costs. The firm also believes WiMax will capture 16 percent of the subscribers and account for 16 percent of CAPEX in high-speed mobile networks in 2011.

I'm not sure what the assumptions are here, but there seems to be a lot assumed. First, when are we going to see the mobile version of WiMax actually in the market and working? WiMax certainly has gained momentum with the IEEE finalizing the 802.16e mobile WiMax standard in December and the WiMax Forum unveiling the first equipment certified for fixed WiMax in January. But mobile broadband technologies such as EV-DO and HSDPA are on a rapid deployment pace, which means coverage and economies of scale advantages are kicking in.

WiMax proponents are counting on Intel to fulfill its promise of integrating mobile WiMax into laptops by 2007, translating into a potential competitive advantage that leads to deployments in the 2008 time frame. But that still gives mobile operators a two year advantage with 3G.
Then there is competition from other IP-based broadband competitors, such as QUALCOMM's Flash-OFDM, 802.20, TD-CDMA and the Chinese standard TD-SCDMA. Flarion, which QUALCOMM recently purchased, is the only company to show that it can make OFDM work in a commercial mobile environment. TD-CDMA is already deployed in several countries.

Meanwhile, the power of the Chinese market means TD-SCDMA premise equipment shipments could easily dwarf WiMax equipment shipments in the next few years. All of these competing technologies create a fragmented market.

WiMax is not DOA. It certainly has all of the ingredients for market success: a solid standardization map, marketing muscle from Intel, backing from hundreds of vendors and interest from a broad range of telecom players. But whether it provides a significantly better business case than 3G is highly speculative given the head start of 3G and other IP-based technologies. And we all know very few new technologies make their commercial market debut on time. Next week we'll be providing updates about the conferrence in Barcelona. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.

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WIRELESS NEWS: Philips: U.S. carrier to launch voice WiFi this year

By Daily Wireless Updates, Power by Cogni360

Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Chip maker Royal Philips Electronics said a U.S. cellular carrier will launch voice-over-WiFi this year using Philips' Nexperio 6120 chipset. Philips wouldn't identify the carrier, but it's probably safe to assume the customer is T-Mobile USA, the owner of a significant number of WiFi hotspots throughout the nation, and the nationwide operator that is behind the rest of its competitors in the 3G game. Nexperia's UMA technology allows calls to tunnel from WiFi access points through the Internet and onto a cellular network. For more wireless news go to: Telecommunicate.

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WIRELESS NEWS: Gizmondo struggles in the U.S. market

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Gizmondo, a handheld video game player whose creators hoped to take on the likes of PlayStation Portable and Nintendo, is floundering. Just three months after the product's American introduction, a bankruptcy court in London ordered the maker, Tiger Telematics, to liquidate its European operations after a lender failed to make enough operating funds available. Tiger says it's trying to negotiate an additional $30 million loan from a Swiss equity group that will allow it to keep operating in the U.S. The Gizmondo not only plays games, but is also a satellite navigation unit, a text-messaging device, and a movie and music player. In addition to hardware and game sales, revenue was to come from advertising delivered to customers each time they turned on the device, but sales have been dismal.. For more wireless news go to: Telecommunicate.

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WIRELESS NEWS: Symbian halves licensing fees

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- In an effort to accelerate the adoption of the Symbian OS platform, Symbian cut its licensing fees. Under new pricing alternatives, Symbian OS royalties as low as $2.50 per unit are possible, down from the $7.25 per unit sold for the first 2 million and $5 per unit thereafter. The moves come as Linux- and Windows-based handsets are encroaching on Symbian's market share. New research from The Diffusion Group says the battle between mobile OS vendors is set to intensify with Symbian, today's market leader, gradually losing share to both Microsoft's Mobile Windows and Linux. Symbian had a market share of 51 percent last year. The firm expects Symbian's share to erode to 22 percent, behind both Windows and Linux, who will garner 29 percent and 26 percent respectively. For more wireless news go to: Telecommunicate.

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WIRELESS NEWS: Samsung to sue Asian handset makers

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Daily Wireless News & Updates.- South Korea's Samsung Electronics plans to file lawsuits against several mobile phone makers in Taiwan, mainland China and Hong Kong, alleging these vendors have copied its products and breached its patents. The lawsuits will claim that the companies copy the designs and functions of Samsung mobile phones and leak secret Samsung documents. The suits will target phone designs from Taiwan's Taung, Sampo and DNET, as well as Hitachi from Japan. For more wireless news go to: Telecommunicate.

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WIRELESS NEWS: RIM tries to ease concerns about messaging workaround solution

By Daily Wireless Updates, Power by Cogni360

Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Research In Motion said it has successfully trialed a software workaround solution it can implement to keep the BlackBerry system running if a District Court judge issues an injunction later this month in the NTP vs. RIM patent dispute. Analysts have been skeptical of such a solution, questioning the software's stability and whether it will actually circumvent NTP's patent claims. RIM, however, says it has been able to modify its BlackBerry message delivery system to work around the NTP patent claims and has received a legal opinion confirming that.

According to UBS Investment Research, RIM and NTP appear willing to settle, but they are at odds over the settlement amount (of course). With the workaround solution and the USPTO indicating that it will reject NTP's patent claims, RIM looks ready to go to court if it finds NTP's offers unreasonable.

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