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Articles in December, 2004 issue of Wireless Asia

• Smashing phones never looked so good.(Short message: around the wireless industry)
• Nokia teams with Starcut.(deals)
• Contextual shopping partnership.(deals)
• Prepaid data: a matter of convergence: Asia-Pacific mobile carriers want to add data and content services to their prepaid portfolio, but their prepaid billing systems can't hack it. A converged prepaid/postpaid billing platform may be the solution, but i
  by Chau, Fiona
• The chairman and group managing director of Bharti Enterprises, Sunil Bharti Mittal, underlines the need for raising the cap on foreign direct investment.(New Delhi)
• SingTel rakes it in from overseas.(Metrics)
• Aussie telcos fight wireless upstarts.(News Analysis)
  by Colquhoun, Lachlan
• The luckiest mobile user in China.(Short message: around the wireless industry)
• Siemens gets the Benz.(deals)
• MMS exchange.(tools)
• Motorola will open a 3G mobile phone R&D center in Singapore--its first Asian R&D facility outside Japan.(Singapore)
• OFTA gives Hutchison Telecom and CSL three more years to operate their underused CDMA and TDMA spectrum.(Hong Kong)
• Worldwide 3G breakdown.(Metrics)
• Huawei WLL solution--fostering a new public network.(Advertorial)(Advertisement)
• Tough on white-collar crime.(Short message: around the wireless industry)
• Personalized video mail.(out now)
• Linktone and Aon in wireless karaoke deal.(deals)
• Wireless planet: how to stay connected everywhere, all the time a (very) rough guide.(Wireless Apps)
  by Tanner, John C.
• The South Korean government allocates spectrum in the 2.3-GHz band for WiBro services.(Seoul)
• Specifications are complete for a CDMA packet data roaming exchange, known as CRX.(Movements)
• GSM lags behind in location-based services.(Insight)
• Very candid cam-phones.(Short message: around the wireless industry)
• Mobile 365 licensed to add value.(deals)
• Fullerton chooses Unipier.(deals)
• Keeping the OS familiar: demand for PDA phones is being driven by the tech-savvy business user, but a large emerging segment wants the full PDA functionality without compromising on size. O2 Asia CEO Mark Billington sees the familiar Microsoft environment
  by Waring, Joseph
• North Korea cracks down on the use of mobile phones in border areas to stop smuggling and "spy activities.".(Pyongyang)
• BT forms an MVNO partnership.(Movements)
• Smartphone market to almost double.(Insight)
• EV-DV RIP?(Short message: around the wireless industry)
• Siemens and SITA collaborate on mobile check-in.(deals)
• Kodiak scores two deals.(deals)
• 5 for '05: the biggest wireless trend in 2005.(Cover Story)
• Huawei Technologies launches two models of W-CDMA handsets.(Hong Kong)
• Mini-metrics.
• What markets need.(Unwired)
  by Clark, Robert
• NWM ringback tones.(out now)
• Mobile lit 101.(out now)
• Linux development platform upgrade.(tools)
• The Taipei City Government selects Qware to run a project.(Taipei)
• The European Commission's annual EU telecoms industry survey reports the EU now has 379 million mobile phone users, accounting for 83% of its population.(Movements)
• CDMA450 gains momentum.(Insight)
• What's next for CDMA?(Street Wise)
  by Chan, Tony
• Moto and Datang select Trolltech for Linux platforms.(deals)
• Java app suite.(tools)
• Vodafone New Zealand claims it has a 56.3% share of the country's mobile phone market and a customer base.(Wellington)
• BT plans to enter Hong Kong's 3G mobile market through a MVNO partnership with one of the city's four 3G licensees.(Hong Kong)
• 3G growth: feel the spin.(Metrics)
• Music on the phone.(out now)
• 'Pocket Kingdom' gets news channel.(out now)
• New Bluetooth spec with EDR.(tools)
• The Industrial Development Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs will inject around NT$7b ($212m) into developing the government's mobile Internet connection plan over the next four years.(Taipei)
• Vodafone reports a 2% fall in half-year profits, with EBITDA slipping to GBP6.51b ($12.03b) during the period ending September compared to last year.(Movements)
• Top mobile growth market.(Insight)
• 3G price cuts: too far, too fast? The spike in NTT DoCoMo's data revenue is unable to offset the decline in voice ARPU.(Wireless Forum)
  by Anderson, Neale
• BREW apps port to W-CDMA.(out now)
• M-commerce security spec.(tools)
• Sony Pictures will deliver movies and other entertainment to consumers via 3G mobile phones starting this month and aims to generate annual sales of 10b yen ($95m) in five years.(Tokyo)
• TOM Online agrees to pay HK$25.35m ($3.26m) for the purchase of entire issued share capital of fast-growing.(Beijing)
• CDG prepares standard testing for CDMA handsets.(New Analysis)
  by Clark, Robert
• Stop mobile spam before it starts.(this month's model)
• M-payments in Chongqing and Anhui.(out now)
• Bluetooth protocol stack with profiles.(tools)
• Broadband access provider eAccess announces that it will adopt W-CDMA technology to launch 3G services.(Tokyo)
• Andrew Corp will install the world's first 3G wireless network for use in a public transportation system.(Movements)
• OFTA decision creates incentive for 3G MVNOs.(New Analysis)
  by Chau, Fiona