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Articles in March, 2002 issue of Wireless Asia

• Worming up for a date. (Short message: around the wireless industry).(mobile phone radiation and nematode worms)(Brief Article)
• Hutchison Australia scores One.Tel network: Lucent Technologies' giveaway of a network it built for defunct One.Tel to Hutchison Australia sets the stage for the early roll of 3G. (News Analysis).(Telecom New Zealand)(Brief Article)
  by Colqhoun, Lachlan
• Race is on for Taiwan 3G: Taiwan's five 3G licensees paid 45% more than the government's reserve price for the right to play. Now, they say they are keen to roll out the networks. (News Analysis).
  by Carter, Robert K.
• LEOsat operator Globalstar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Singapore: SingTel posts 24.7% drop in profit for its first three quarters for year 2001/2002, fueled partly by a S$36.7 million loss from its Australian unit Optus, whose financial results are consolidated with SingTel's for the first time. (News map: ar
• Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo partners with Nissan Motor to develop mobile applications for vehicles. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• China Kejian licenses T9 software. (deals).(Kejian Corp. and Tegic Communications)(Brief Article)
• CodeWarrior for enterprise apps. (tools).(Metrowerks Inc.'s CodeWarrior Development Tools for Palm OS, Version 8.0)(Brief Article)
• E.piphany's Asia Pacific VP and GM. (Telecom Career).(Chris Ciauri)(Brief Article)
• NTT DoCoMo will introduce its i-mode service in Europe within months through German mobile operator E-Plus, a unit of DoCoMo's 15%-owned partner, KPN Mobile. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Pyongyang: Thai conglomerate Loxley reportedly plans to build a cellular network inside North Korea. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo issues access guidelines that allow ISPs to offer their own services using DoCoMo's i-mode packet network, breaking its own ISP monopoly on its i-mode service. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• TrustAsia sets WebNum for SE Asia. (deals).(Brief Article)
• AGC names new HR head. (Telecom Career).(Paul Crosio new vice president of human resources for Asia Global Crossing)(Brief Article)
• Going from phone to phone. (Street Wise).
  by Chan, Tony
• Fujitsu and Sagem will jointly develop 3G mobile phones. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Hong Kong: China Unicom enters Hong Kong's mobile market after receiving the city's third MVNO license from OFTA. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Taipei: Taiwan Cellular Corp. enters into a strategic partnership with Taiwanese computer maker Quanta Computer to design, manufacture and market mobile phones. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Bluetooth jacket for iPAQ. (out now).
• Agilent OSS taps new head. (Telecom Career).(Agilent Technologies Inc. appoints Jack Trautman)(Brief Article)
• Mobile phone, by appointment. (Short message: around the wireless industry).
• SVP Nokia Mobile Phones. (Telecom Career).(Robert Andersson )(Brief Article)
• Sharing the load. (Unwired).
  by Clark, Robert
• Motorola unveils its first 3G phone at a global launch of new handsets for 2002 in Milan, Italy. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Singapore: SingTel Mobile completes a trial on 3G packet data, and says it will award a 3G contract worth S$350 million ($190 million) by the middle of this year. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• TCNZ restructures. (Telecom Career).(Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Ltd.)(Brief Article)
• Core Solutions appoints managing consultant. (Telecom Career).(CORE Solutions Ltd. appoints Desmond Ko)(Brief Article)
• Nanjing: Chinasat orders W-OFDM equipment worth $5.9 million from Canada-based Wi-Comm Communications, a joint venture backed by wireless system provider Wi-LAN, to build a broadband wireless network in Nanjing, one of five cities for which the Ministry o
• Taipei: FarEasTone raises NT$4.3 billion ($122 million) through a syndicated loan from nine banks. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(FarEasTone Telecommunications Company Ltd.)(Brief Article)
• In at the deep end: Motorola takes the first stab at 3G: Motorola has become one of the first to unveil a 3G phone, diving in with a new business focus and a global dollar deal with Hutchison Whampoa. John Thode, vice president and general manager, 3G pro
• Global SMS interconnect service. (out now).
• Cisco Asia VP. (Telecom Career).(Cisco Systems Inc. appoints Owen Chan)(Brief Article)
• Return of the Dude. (Short message: around the wireless industry).
• Lucent and Europe's Option announce an agreement to produce 3G UMTS PC cards. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Singapore: SingTel Mobile and Cambridge Positioning System (CPS) will jointly conduct a trial of location-based services in late March. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• EziText integrated with BREW. (deals).(Zi Corp. and Qualcomm)(Brief Article)
• Mobile terminal software suite. (tools).(AU-System's Mobile Suite)(Brief Article)
• Non-executive director at Softbank unit. (Telecom Career).(Kang Dian's appointment to Softbank Investment International (Strategic) Ltd.)(Brief Article)
• Alcatel and Mitsubishi Electric Telecom Europe (METE) agree to co-operate on developing 3GPP standard-based end-to-end 3G/UMTS solutions. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Can you Moto? (Short message: around the wireless industry).(Motorola Inc.'s marketing campaign word )(Brief Article)
• Flextronics Design, a unit of Singapore-based Flextronics, signs a deal with Ericsson Mobile Platforms to provide engineering and design support for 3G mobile phones. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Seoul: The Korean government eases the restriction on private ownership of Korea Telecom in a bid to sell off its 28.3% stake in the incumbent telco. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo says it will seek listings on both the New York and London stock exchanges in a bid to finance its global expansion plans. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• FLAG appoints new director. (Telecom Career).(FLAG Telecom appoints Osama Jamjoom)(Brief Article)
• 3G limps on. (Lynch).
  by Lynch, Grahame
• Chengdu: NASDAQ-listed mobile phone maker Qiao Xing Universal Telephone receives a $32 million contract for 200,000 CDMA handsets from the Sichuan branch of Guangzhou Jin Zhong Hua Telecom Service Inc., the sales agent for China Unicom. (News map: around
• Seoul: Qualcomm and KTF announce a nationwide launch of gps-One mobile handsets together with a positioning location service plan, called Geleye. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• SMS counseling. (out now).
• Clarent Corp. adds two board members. (Telecom Career).(J. Mark Hattendorf and Tom Elliot)(Brief Article)
• The fast the furious. (Short message: around the wireless industry).
• Clear message for SMS. (Wheel of Industry).
  by Pickles, Mike
• Teething problems bite hard into Unicom CDMA: with a dearth of phones and a confused price strategy, China Unicom's CDMA business is off to a rocky start. (News Analysis).
  by Chau, Fiona
• Beijing: China's Datang Group and Siemens trial TD-SCDMA third-generation wireless technology with a live system in Beijing. (News map: around Wireless Asia).
• Seoul: KT Corp and Hanaro Telecom launch commercial wireless LAN services. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Sydney: Hutchison Telecom Australia will take One.Tel's GSM network off the hands of vendor Lucent Technologies--the default owner of the A$654 million ($340 million) network following the mobile operator's collapse in May last year--for free. (News map:
• MMS location based service demo. (out now).(Brief Article)
• NWM taps finance head. (Telecom Career).(New World Mobility appoints Domingo Chen)(Brief Article)
• China Mobile strikes airline WAP service agreement. (deals).(Brief Article)
• A matter of trust: wireless PKI's identity crisis: wireless PKI promises to transform cell phones into all-purpose trusted payment devices that will make m-commerce a killer value-add. However, adoption has been painfully slow, and some experts are questi
  by Tanner, John C.
• Seoul: LG Telecom posts a year-end net profit of 154.4 billion won ($117.1 million) for 2001, compared to a loss of 442.4 billion won ($335.6 million) in 2000. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• The wireless World Cup: CDNA 2000 vs W-CDMA: neighbors and rivals Korea and Japan will together host this year's football World Cup, but the feeling between the two on the football pitch is nothing compared to the competition in the technology field. Stan
  by Chan, Tony
• Channel V SMS voting campaign. (out now).(Brief Article)
• Beijing: China Railcom signs an interconnection agreement with China Mobile. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Philippines trio takes on the big guys: new cellcos are preparing to enter the Philippine market. Confidence is high but the going looks tough as they plot to secure market share.
  by Villasanta, Art