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Articles in January, 2005 issue of Wireless Asia

• Singapore plans first Chinese TV drama for 3G.(this month's model)
• Dual-mode SIM for World Wind.(out now)
• Audio manager kit.(tools)
• Taipei: Chunghwa Telecom selects Ericsson to provide indoor coverage for the world's tallest building, the 508-meter, 106-floor Taipei 101.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Shenzhen: ZTE signs a deal with Malaysian operator Electcoms to provide GoTa (global open trunking architecture), a digital trunking communications system using cdma 2000 1x technology, to cover the whole country.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Vodafone struggles in Japan.(Metrics)
• Antivirus/spam solution for smartphones.(out now)
• SmarTone launches consumer 3G.(out now)
• Planning the future wireless world.(1_2_1)
  by Tanner, John C.
• Taipei: Taiwan's three major cellcos are set to launch 3G services in mid-2005.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Beijing: China Telecom and China Netcom, in cooperation with Huawei Technologies, ZTE and UTStarcom, have set up a new telecom alliance called the China Fixed Phone Network & PHS Terminal Alliance (CFPTA).(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Women value safety over style.(Insight: one month's wireless research)
• Size matters.(Streetwise)
  by Chan, Tony
• 3G Reality Center opens in Seoul.(deals)
• Tool kit for RFID handsets.(tools)
• Tokyo: Japan now has more than 9,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in major cities, offering speeds of between 2 and 5 Mbps.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Manila: PLDT is holding talks with carriers overseas with the aim of taking its mobile services to hundreds of thousands of expatriates Filipinos this year..(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• A group of 26 companies, including Vodafone, Siemens, Alcatel, NEC and DoCoMo, agree to develop and support an advanced mobile technology, branded "Super 3G," which will offer transmission speeds at more than ten times the speed of current 3G se
• No magic formula for expansion.(Wireless Forum)
  by Nelson, Rosalie
• Virtual snowball fight.(out now)
• eZiText for BREW.(tools)
• Taipei: FarEasTone pays $38m for a 55.3% stake in local computer, communications and consumer electronics retailer Arcoa Communications.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Jakarta: Telekom Malaysia is seeking a controlling share in Excelcomindo after acquiring 27.3% of the country's third-largest mobile operator.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• A camera for every phone.(Metrics)
• Enterprise mobile messaging.(out now)
• BREW Developer Lab opens in Mumbai.(out now)
• Big plans for the small screen: mobile TV broadcasts have started in South Korea while a number of other trials are taking place across the globe. Despite a limited range of handsets and small screens, many analysts see a strong market for mobile TV--the
  by Long, Geoff
• Taipei: Hong Kong-based China Motion enters the Taiwan market as an MVNO operator by offering mobile services over Far EasTone's network for Taiwanese expatriates in China.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Shenzhen: Huawei Technologies reports record sales of $5.8b for 2004, a 45% increase year-on-year.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• eAccess seeks to cut Japan's mobile rates by 50%.(News Analysis)
  by Galbraith, Mike
• Phones vs brain tissue, Part 175.(Short message: around the wireless industry)
• InnoPath and WDSGlobal in OTA tie-up.(deals)
• Fast video call set-up.(tools)
• Tokyo: Vodafone KK will encourage customers to shift to 3G handsets as its plans to stop offering 2G services.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• New Delhi: state-owned MTNL claims it would take a financial hit of INR4.50b ($102.3m) annually.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• The UK government is expected to generate proceeds of up to GBP2.5b ($5b) from the auction of new 3G mobile licenses planned for 2007, according to Quotient Associates.(Movements)
• Radiating concern.(Unwired)
  by Clark, Robert
• Plant a phone, grow a flower.(Short message: around the wireless industry)
• SMS payment in Liaoning.(out now)
• i-mode goes to Russia.(deals)
• Push comes to shove: squaring off over PoC: push-to-talk is here--but it's still pre-standard, and some of it isn't even packet-based PoC, but circuit-switched technology from Kodiak. Critics are accusing Kodiak of sabotaging the PoC roadmap, but either w
  by Tanner, John C.
• Samsung Electronics announces its first decline in net income in six quarters but reports a record-setting net profit for all of 2004.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Beijing: China Mobile penalizes value-added wireless service provider LinkTone for billing clients for services that should have been free.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Pricing strategies key to driving content.(Insight: one month's wireless research)
• Wearing the phone out.(Short message: around the wireless industry)
• SMAC invests in LinkRich.(deals)
• Web page analysis engine.(tools)
• Tokyo: NTT DoCoMo is selling what is being claimed as the world's first Wi-Fi/cellular dual-mode phone.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• New Delhi: Tata Teleservices launches its CDMA and fixed-wireless services in the Indian state of Rajasthan.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Gemplus International carries out the world's first high-speed Java SIM card applet download over the live 3G infrastructure of 3 Hong Kong.(Movements)
• DoCoMo consortium plans to super-size W-CDMA.(News Analysis)
  by Tanner, John C.
• Airborne mobile viruses.(Short message: around the wireless industry)
• Gionee selects ART for voice recognition.(deals)
• Hotmail access for BPL Mobile.(deals)
• Making media mobile: cellcos and media players have finally joined together.(Cover Story)
  by Chau, Fiona
• TU Media, a unit of SK Telecom, launches a trial of its much-awaited mobile television service via satellite.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Beijing: China Unicom is in discussions with Yulong Computer (Shenzhen) about ordering the handset maker's CDMA/GSM dual-mode PDA phone, which would be the first of its kind in the world.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Taming remote wireless devices.(Insight: one month's wireless research)
• Buzz shifts to developing markets.(Short message: around the wireless industry)
• Alliance for mobile mainframe apps.(deals)
• SmarTone and Vodafone in co-branding partnership.(deals)
• Singapore: the Infocomm Development Authority announces plan to allow the country's mobile players more pricing flexibility to boost competition.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Seoul: LG Telecom files a court injunction against rival SK Telecom over alleged handset subsidies it is using to attract customers.(Newsmap: around Wireless Asia)
• Samsung Electronics develops the world's first mobile phone with motion-recognition capabilities that allows users to dial by waving the phone to write numbers in the air instead of pressing a keypad.(Movements)
• Capacity trumps coverage.(Insight: one month's wireless research)