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Articles in July, 2002 issue of Wireless Asia

• "Place the ringtone on the ground and step away slowly ..." (Short message: around the wireless industry).(Brief Article)
• Seoul: Visa International and SK Telecom agree to implement wireless payments that incorporate smart cards and infrared technology, allowing SKT customers to conduct transactions using Visa debit or credit payments over mobile phones. (News map: around Wi
• Matsushita Communication Industrial Co Ltd, NEC Corp and Huawei Technologies set up a mobile phone software venture in China. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Hong Kong: the Office of Telecommunications Authority grants a 12 month extension on its deadline for second-stage performance commitments to four fixed wireless licensees: SmarTone Broadband, Hong Kong Broadband Network, Eastar Technology and Winstar Wir
• Ericsson Bluetooth stack update. (tools).(Bluetooth PC Reference Stack 3.20 )(Brief Article)
• Mobile sync service trial in Guangdong. (deals).(Brief Article)
• Asia has been the focus for 3G licensing for the last 18 months, but in the second half of 2002 it will be eastern Europe's turn, according to a 3G licensing report by EMC. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian telecoms minister Leo Moggie says 3G spectrum allocations will take place in June. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Singapore: The IDA says that it will pay S$17.8 million ($8.5 million) for fresh trials and promises another S$30 million to test hotspots to support wireless technologies. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Infocomm Development Authority)(Brief Article)
• Hutchison 3G enlists games developers. (deals).(It's Alive, nGame, Codetoys and Cheeky Wireless )(Brief Article)
• From holy warriors to agnostics. (Lynch).(QUALCOMM Inc.; wideband code division multiple access and third generation wireless)(Column)
  by Lynch, Grahame
• Wireless analyst ARC Group forecasts a mild recovery in global handset sales this year, with the "arrival of feature-packed" 2.5G and 3G handsets being the key stimulus. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Beijing: China Mobile begins offering its long-awaited commercial GPRS service in 240 cities across the country, following nearly a year of preparation. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Sydney: Telstra Mobile is to become the second regional operator to offer the RIM BlackBerry pager to corporate customers. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Acer specs for apps developers. (tools).(handheld.acer.com.tw)(Brief Article)
• Mobileway gives SMS to Diners Club. (deals).(Brief Article)
• A new BWCS report says that while global revenues from cellular games will grow from $104.8 million this year to $7.76 billion in 2007, Asia-Pacific will continue to dominate the world's mobile gaming markets. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Kabul: Afghanistan's Ministry of Communication invites international firms or consortia to apply for a mobile telephone network license. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Singapore: the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) says that it will stick to its deadline of 31 December, 2004 for the island-wide rollout of 3G networks after consultations with the industry--which had hoped the IDA would push the deadline back. (News
• Download bar codes for bill payments. (out now).(NTT DoCoMo's "combien?")(Brief Article)
• LGE mounts 3G challenge. (Street Wise).(LG Electronics previews 3G handsets)
  by Chan, Tony
• Ericsson and AT&T Wireless will trial a W-CDMA system in Dallas, Texas, in the fourth quarter of 2002. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Wideband Code Division Multiple Access)(Brief Article)
• Hong Kong: China Mobile Hong Kong agrees to acquire another eight cellular networks from its parent for $10.2 billion in cash, stock, deferred payment and debt. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Service management for end-users. (tools).(SmartTrust US Inc.'s MyServicePortal solution)(Brief Article)
• ID chips for mobiles. (deals).(Nokia and Nordea are trialing mobile chips)(Brief Article)
• Japanese electronics giant NEC scores two separate handset deals--one with KG Telecom of Taiwan for i-mode handsets, and a second with China Mobile for GSM/GPRS handsets for its new GPRS service, launched in May. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Jakarta: Radio Telepon Indonesia (Ratelindo) contracts Nortel Networks to build out a wireless local loop network in Jakarta based on cdma2000 1x technology. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Canberra: the Australian government, the Western Australian government and Telstra team up in a joint initiative, WirelessWest, which aims to deliver improved mobile phone coverage to the South West land division of Western Australia. (News map: around Wi
• FunMail launches MMS for i-mode. (out now).(Brief Article)
• Demystifying SMS success. (Forum).(Short messaging service)
  by Boettger, David
• Home networking comes unstrung. (1_2_1).(Dr Bob Heile)(Interview)
  by Tanner, John C.
• Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo launches its first Chinese-language i-mode service in Taiwan through its local partner KG Telecom. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(KG Telecommunications Co.)(Brief Article)
• Showtime for TD-SCDMA: the clock is ticking ... TD-SCDMA, the Chinese-backed standard that promises 3G performance at lower cost and higher efficiency, is almost a reality. But with the industry worldwide in retreat, Beijing is struggling to find cash and
  by Clark, Robert
• Something for the future road warrior. (Short message: around the wireless industry).(Oregon Scientific's Barbie B-On the Go Learning Phone and Barbie B-Brilliant Pocket PC)(Brief Article)
• High roaming costs to fall in flourish of competition: mobile customers have endured roaming rip-offs for years. But now, prices should drop as increased competition and regulators step in. (News Analysis).
  by Chau, Fiona
• Seoul: KTF and LG Telecom ask the MIC to take action against SK Telecom for "unfair practices". (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Ministry of Information and Communication)(Brief Article)
• Plug up roaming revenue leaks. (tools).(Cerebrus Solutions launches RoamAssure)(Brief Article)
• Wireless securities trading in Hong Kong. (out now).(724 Solutions Inc. and Bank of America)(Brief Article)
• Cell phone shocker! (Short message: around the wireless industry).(FTP Spywatch's cell phone stun gun)(Brief Article)
• Sydney: Virgin Group says it will invest an additional A$68 million ($37.3 million) in its MVNO venture with SingTel Optus through a convertible preference share issue. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Cellular's new fault lines. (Unwired).(multimedia messaging )
  by Clark, Robert
• Nokia. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Tokyo: for the first time in its history, NTT DoCoMo has been overtaken by rivals in the race for new subscribers. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Weight of the wireless network: next generation wireless services bring new burdens to network operators--can your OSSs bear the brunt? (Wireless Biz).(operations support systems)
  by Levine, Shira
• 3G security team-up for Hutchison. (deals).(Entrust Technologies Inc. and SchlumbergerSema)(Brief Article)
• CDMA: the healthy alternative. (Short message: around the wireless industry).(Unicom will try to sell CDMA service to Chinese market, which has 150 million committed GSM users)(Brief Article)
• Pyongyang: South Korean government and business officials and Pyongyang officials begin talks on the launch of mobile phone services in North Korea, according to the Ministry of Information and Communication. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Articl
• Danang: Vietnam's Cable and Telecommunications Material Co (Sacom) plans to invest $19.67 million in a project to build a mobile phone network in the south region of Vietnam, covering southern provinces of Dong Nai, Long An, Binh Duong, Ba Ria-Vung Tau an
• KT Icom faces uphill battle to roll out W-CDMA: KT Icom is aggressively planning an early 2003 launch of its W-CDMA service, but it's got more than technical challenges to worry about. The cash is definitely not in the bag. (News Analysis).(Wideband Code
  by Chan, Tony
• Beijing: China Unicom will postpone the commercial launch of cdma 2000 1x network to early 2003 from the originally planned fourth quarter of 2002, as the company missed its scheduled April timeframe for the formal 1x upgrade tender. (News map: around Wir
• Remote access control for corporates. (out now).(Secure Computing Corp.'s SafeWord PremierAccess v3.1)(Brief Article)
• Never, ever do this. (Short message: around the wireless industry).(eavesdropping via cellular telephone)(Brief Article)
• NTT DoCoMo and KPN Mobile N.V. sign a memorandum of understanding regarding a joint campaign to promote DoCoMo's 3G FOMA service in the Netherlands. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• SKT accepts Visa for wireless payments. (deals).(SK Telecom Company Ltd. and Visa International begin Europay-MasterCard-Visa)(Brief Article)