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Articles in September, 2002 issue of Wireless Asia

• MMS toolkit from Nokia. (tools).
• About that so-called 3G market ... (Lynch).
  by Lynch, Grahame
• MVNOs in retreat as Shell Mobile shuts shop; the newly-born virtual mobile sector is in disarray after another high-profile brand name, Shell Mobile, closed its doors. (News Analysis).
  by Tanner, John C.
• Bangkok: Advanced Info Service expects to have 11 million mobile subscribers by the end of the year, up from a previous forecast of between 9.5 million and 10 million. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Sydney: SingTel Optus begins the commercial launch of its MMS service as part of a strategy to lift mobile data revenues. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Hutchison committed. (Wireless Investment).(Brief Article)
• Yahoo! Messenger goes mobile. (out now).(Yahoo! Australia and New Zealand and Telstra Mobile)(Brief Article)
• The US mobile telephone industry may be able to bid for new airwaves given up by the federal government as early as 2004 but may not be able to use them until 2008. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Kuala Lumpur: Maxis Communications reports a 12% rise in first-half net profit to 494.3 million ringgit ($130 million) on a 26% rise in revenue as the cellco gained 475,000 new subscribers for a total of 2.77 million. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Bri
• Manila: PLDT mobile unit Pilipino Telephone Corporation (Piltel) narrows its net loss to 1.93 billion pesos ($37.12 million) in the first six months of the year. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Two new OMA members. (deals).(Open Mobile Alliance)(Brief Article)
• Getting the picture. (Unwired).
  by Clark, Robert
• Sony Ericsson invites outside software developers to come up with a "killer application" for its new P800 phone. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Hong Kong: OFTA issues a consultation paper on the creation of a class license for the provision of wireless LAN services in the 2.4 GHz or 5.5-5.7 GHz bands. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Sydney: Telstra and SkyNetGlobal form a strategic partnership to expand Australia's broadband wireless market with 802.11b wireless LAN technology. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• NTT DoCoMo flying. (Wireless Investment).(Brief Article)
• Mobile VPN. (out now).(Orange Business Together)(Brief Article)
• IBM Global/paybox.net m-commerce tie-up. (deals).(Brief Article)
• PR gone wrong. (Short message: around the wireless industry).
• 3G apps now! Applying 3G ahead of the mobile evolution: investors and analysis may be down on 3G, but that doesn't mean cellcos can't offer advanced mobile data services now. No 3G infrastructure? No spectrum? No handsets? No problem! Cellcos with creaky
  by Tanner, John C.
• Fighting fraud the right way. (Forum).
  by Smith, Dean
• Mobile radiation debate heats up in China: China is setting its own mobile phone radiation standard. But its proposal to set the level at half the international norm has triggered debates within the industry. (News Analysis).
  by Chau, Fiona
• Jakarta: incumbent telco Telkom scraps IPO plans for its cellular unit Telkomsel after a management study decided against it. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Kuala Lumpur: Time dotCom plans to cut about 500 jobs, or 15% of its workforce, to remain competitive. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Europe in turmoil. (Wireless Investment).
• Siemens Mobile Acceleration enters China. (deals).(Magus Soft Holding)(Brief Article)
• Eight telecom manufacturers--Ericsson, LG Electronics, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nortel Networks, Qualcomm, Samsung and ZTE--sign a MoU. (Movements).
• Hong Kong: location-based services provider The Pinpoint Company and Hutchison Telecom launch what they say is the city's first location-based workforce management service. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Asian carriers blaze the trail in global mobile wars; Asia is leading the way in the march towards 3G deployment, but is it by superior business models and technology or just sheer good luck? (Wireless Investment).
  by Scales, Ian
• Sony Ericsson taps Platypus as partner. (deals).(Brief Article)
• Future may be Orange: mobile data and corporate services are helping to revive Australia's 2G market, as the players wait for Hutchison to embark on its high-risk A$3 billion 3G start-up. (News Analysis).
  by Colquhoun, Lachlan
• Dhaka: Bangladesh plans to float telecom bonds worth 5.94 billion taka ($102.59 million) to finance a cellular mobile phone project of state-owned Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB). (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Sydney: Hutchison Telecom posts a 20% narrower first-half loss of A$72.7 million ($39.3 million), spurred by heavy investment in its 3G network, which is planned for launch early next year. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• SK Telecom champion. (Wireless Investment).(Brief Article)
• Cell phones go home. (Short message: around the wireless industry).
• Rearguard action: Chunghwa fights back. (1_2_1).
  by Clark, Robert
• On the road with 3G. (Street Wise).
  by Chan, Tony
• The Finnish government says it had nothing to do with Sonera's decision to take a 4.3-billion-euro ($4.24 billion) write-off for its 3G investments in Germany after going to shareholders last year in a billion-euro rights issue to help balance its books.
• Seoul: KTF and LG Telecom jointly petition the Ministry of Information and Communication to suspend SK Telecom's operations for violating conditions imposed on it when the MIC approved its merger with Shinsegi Telecomm earlier this year. (News map: around
• Thriving with 3G alternatives. (Wheel Of Industry).
  by Pickles, Mike
• KGT goes Disney. (deals).(KG Telecommunications Co. and Walt Disney Internet Group)(Brief Article)
• Hong Kong: China Mobile (Hong Kong) beats market forecasts with a 10% increase in first-half profits on subscriber growth and stabilizing per-user revenue. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Tokyo: J-Phone says its Sha-mail camera-phone subscriber base passed the 6-million mark on 9 August, up 88% since the start of the year. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Advanced mobile apps made easy. (tools).
• CMG in global messaging deal. (deals).(CMG Wireless Data Solutions and Telefonica Moviles)(Brief Article)
• Where Hollywood gets its ideas. (Short message: around the wireless industry).
• Hutchison Whampoa chief Li Ka-shing says at a press briefing that the company is "fully committed" to 3G. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Beijing: a survey by the Ministry of Information Industry finds domestic cellphone brands accounted for a combined 17.7% share of China's mobile phone market during the first half of this year. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Seoul: SK Telecom plans to further reduce its stake in KT Corp and may also consider a share swap, says president Pyo Moon-soo. SKT owns 9.55% of KT, while KT has a 9.27% stake in SKT. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• New Delhi: the Cellular Operators' Association of India says the country's mobile phone subscriber base could rise from its current count of 8 million to 120 million by 2008. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• SMS delivery network expansion. (tools).
• For women only. (out now).(Brief Article)
• Tri-band GPRS add-on. (out now).
• Mobile sacrifice. (Short message: around the wireless industry).
• Shenzhen: Huawei Technologies and Ericsson conclude a worldwide patent license agreement. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Seoul: the Ministry of Information and Communication announces plans to combat cell phone spam by requiring spammers to include the word "advertisement", and contact information allowing receivers of spare to contact the sender and complain. (Ne
• Sri Lanka: mobile operator MTN Networks, fully owned by Telekom Malaysia, announces plans to expand into Jaffna peninsula, encouraged by a five-month ceasefire between the government and separatist rebels. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Extension for flash memory cards. (tools).
• Nice Sony Ericsson, buddy. (Short message: around the wireless industry).