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Articles in November, 2002 issue of Wireless Asia

• NTT DoCoMo and HP Japan have developed a large-scale content delivery network called Mobile Streaming Media Content Delivery Network (MSM-CDN). (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Watershed of insight. (Letter To The Editor).
  by Nordgaard, Joe
• Intel Corp's wireless head Ron Smith says the chipmaker is making steady advances in persuading cell phone manufacturers to use its Xscale processors while sales of its flash memory. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Kabul: Afghanistan issues a mobile license to an international consortium led by Geneva-based Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED). (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Microsoft Smartphone platform. (out now).
• Cellular impact. (Short message: around the wireless industry).(effect of cellular phone emissions on cancer cells)(Brief Article)
• 3G's Iridium problem. (Unwired).
  by Clark, Robert
• Nokia posts better than expected third quarter profits, with group sales up 2% to 7.22 billion euros ($7.1 million). (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Beijing: China Unicom awards $1.18 billion in contracts to four foreign suppliers. (News map: around Wireless Asia).
• ZTE CDMA--the competitive edge. (advertorial).
• More BlackBerry features. (tools).
• Qualcomm to port smARTspeak. (deals).(Advanced Recognition Technologies)(Brief Article)
• MVNOs still see future bright. (News Analysis).
  by Chau, Fiona
• Bangkok: growth in new mobile subscribers in Thailand will slow down in 2003 due to fierce competition. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• MMS: StarHub. (out now).
• TI gets E-OTD for GPRS chips. (deals).(Texas Instruments Inc. and Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd.)(Brief Article)
• MMS: the story so far: MMS deployments are picking up speed around the world, but with GSM operators feeling their way around pricing schemes and content policies, MMS has a way to go before it becomes the powerhouse that SMS is today. (Wireless Biz).
  by Tanner, John C.
• Beijing: Ministry of Information Industry statistics show China's mobile market recorded decent gains in September, a rebound from the previous two months. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Kuala Lumpur: Telekom Malaysia confirms its acquisition of Celcom, a move that could make it the country's biggest mobile carrier. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Singapore: StarHub becomes the first Asian GSM operator to commit to EDGE technology as part of its evolution to W-CDMA. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• MMS: Telkomsel. (out now).(Brief Article)
• Orange uses Webraska's LBS apps. (deals).(Webraska Mobile Technologies S.A. and SmartZone)(Brief Article)
• Bad service. (Short message: around the wireless industry).(Australian Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman report)
• Thriving on narrowband. (News Analysis).
  by Chau, Fiona
• Motorola unveils a new integrated GPS chip small enough to fit into a wristwatch. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Hong Kong: NEC Corp, Hutchison's preferred 3G handset supplier, takes a 5% stake in Hutchison's Hong Kong cellular carrier for $73.1 million. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Tokyo: NTT-ME becomes the country's first carrier to offer an IP phone service via 802.11b Wi-Fi technology. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• On the EDGE with an unsteady GAIT. (Wheel Of Industry).
  by Pickles, Mike
• GPS for Motorola 3G handsets. (deals).(SiRF Technology Inc.)(Brief Article)
• Sexual message service. (Short message: around the wireless industry).(Meggpower and "Sex in the Air")(Brief Article)
• Hutchison unveils its 3G logo, "3", and asserts that it sees no need to write down the value of its third-generation investments. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Intel sets aside $150 million of its $500 million Intel Communications fund to invest in companies backing wireless LAN technology. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Kuala Lumpur: Maxis Communications signs a long-expected deal to buy Time dotCom's cellular unit for between $342-$421 million. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• M-commerce in Sri Lanka. (out now).
• MMS/WAP for Qualcomm's MSM62000. (deals).(Teleca Mobile Technologies)(Brief Article)
• Abort, retry, fail. (Short message: around the wireless industry).(Microsoft Corp.'s new smartphone platform)(Brief Article)
• Location based services: where it's at: GSM vendors see E-OTD as the next step in developing location-based services, but other developments are raising the bar on accuracy. (Wireless Tech).
  by Tanner, John C.
• Keyboard projection chip. (tools).(Canesta Inc.'s Keyboard Perception Chipset)(Brief Article)
• Roaming: at last US gets it. (News Analysis).
  by Laughlin, Kirk
• Ericsson cuts its forecast for 2002 sales of mobile systems as orders plunge. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• New Delhi: the number of new subscribers in India's fast-growing mobile phone industry fell 25% in September following the introduction of new rules requiring prepaid users to show their ID. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Optimized apps delivery. (tools).(AdvantAir)(Brief Article)
• VIA licenses Bluetooth. (deals).(VIA Technologies Inc. and Bluetooth SIG Inc. )(Brief Article)
• Europe's "small" opportunity. (Insight: one month's wireless research).(Brief Article)
• Sony Ericsson launches new handsets including a T100 mobile phone targeting the youth market. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Hong Kong: SmarTone Communications returns to the black, posting a net profit of HK$115 million ($10.5 million). (News map: around Wireless Asia).(SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd.)(Brief Article)
• Out of Australia: after years of dabbling in the region, Australia's major telco has elevated its profile through buying up assets offloaded by PCCW. Dick Simpson, president of Telstra International, spoke with group editor Robert Clark from his Hong Kong
  by Clark, Robert
• LBS optimization. (deals).(Maporama and Inovia Telecoms)(Brief Article)
• Out on the bleeding edge. (Lynch).
  by Lynch, Grahame
• Porn to the 3G rescue. (Insight: one month's wireless research).(Brief Article)
• Motorola, returning to the black for the first time in six quarters, lowers its outlook for the fourth quarter and 2003. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• M2M solutions from HP/Nokia. (tools).(Hewlett-Packard Co. )(Brief Article)
• Opportunities abound at ITU Telecom Asia 2002. (ITU Preview).
• Slowdown: China's mobile sector reaches speed limit; China's mobile market is coming down to earth. ARPU is falling as operators slash prices, while under-performing stocks and political interference are turning investors away. (Cover Story).
  by Clark, Robert
• Scam offensive. (Short message: around the wireless industry).(NTT DoCoMo Inc. blocks scam "wangin" calls)(Brief Article)
• OMA--brave new world or quagmire. (Insight: one month's wireless research).(Open Mobile Alliance)(Brief Article)
• Bell Labs has designed two prototype chips for high-speed data access via mobile devices. (Movements).(Brief Article)
• Hong Kong: the territory's six mobile operators divide into two factions to facilitate MMS interconnection. (News map: around wireless Asia).
• Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo says it has succeeded with the 100Mbps-downlink and 20Mbps-uplink transmission experiment under an indoor environment. (News map: around Wireless Asia).(Brief Article)
• Losing the 3G religion. (Street Wise).
  by Chan, Tony