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Articles in May, 2006 issue of Wireless Asia

• Mobile email 'liberating' busy professionals.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTHS WIRELESS RESEARCH)
• Action Engine powers TiVo Mobile.(deals)
• SMS with voice.(out now)
• US-based research firm Yankee Group predicts that sports, Bollywood, music and mobile gaming will offer Indian cellular operators a big opportunity.(NEW DELHI)
• SK Telecom posts an 8.7% rise in operating profit, supported by an increase in its user base and strong sales of data services such as music downloads.(SEOUL)
• Nokia agrees to pay $235m to InterDigital Communications to settle a patent dispute between the companies over licenses Nokia requires to sell GSM/GPRS/EDGE phones and network equipment.(Movements)
• 3G leaders not necessarily ARPU winners.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTHS WIRELESS RESEARCH)
• eBay Mobile now in Taiwan.(out now)
• Content rating solution.(tools)
• Bharti, Hutch, Idea, Reliance Info and MTNL are set to place orders for 150m to 180m additional lines, worth $15b over the next 12 months.(NEW DELHI)
• The board of TOT tires president Teerawit Charuwat as he failed to pass 15 performance indicators out of a total of 31.(BANGKOK)
• Seven Asian mobile operators form an alliance to work together in global roaming and other services to attract business travelers and tourists in the region.(Movements)
• Bangladesh's cellphone growth slows on new subscription regulation.(NEW ANALYSIS)
  by Hossain, Mustak
• Malaysia trials Visa Wave phone wallet.(this month's model)
• Asian cellcos form alliance.(deals)
• Cellcos get the (instant) message: despite security concerns and interoperability issues, mobile IM is gearing up to be cellular's next big thing.(APPLICATIONS)
  by Senia, Al
• KDDI's profits falls 30% in the first quarter from a year ago, hurt by higher sales promotion costs and a special loss from writing down assets.(TOKYO)
• UTStarcom vice president and COO Michael J. Sophie resigns from his post on May 5.(Movements)
• Handset proximity payment gains ground.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTHS WIRELESS RESEARCH)
• Siemens joins Bridge Mobile Alliance.(deals)
• GPS navigation for BlackBerry.(tools)
• Airtel signs deal with Disney to deliver "Disney Mobile Theatre" in India.(NEW DELHI)
• VinaPhone and MobiFone, the mobile units under the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group, now have more than 7.2m subscribers.(HANOI)
• Siemens is discussing the possible sale of its main communications unit to Motorola.(Movements)
• Handset makers muscle into new markets: with their global distribution channel, huge marketing war-chest and brand power, the big brand handset makers are certainly forces to be reckoned with.(STREET WISE)
  by Chan, Tony
• Opera, JAJAH enter partnership.(deals)
• Aligned with IT: CSL's director of IT Peter Smith faces the challenge of integrating the IT infrastructure of newly acquired New World Mobility into a single consolidated platform. Smith explains to senior reporter Sheila Lam how IT now provides in-depth
  by Lam, Sheila
• NTT DoCoMo reports a group net income of 610.48b yen ($5.33b) for the fiscal year ended March 31, down 18% from 747.56b yen ($6.6b) a year earlier.(TOKYO)
• Ericsson announces the world's first HSPA demonstration with MIMO technology during the CTIA Wireless 2006 show.(Movements)
• 3G drives base-station growth.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTHS WIRELESS RESEARCH)
• Mobile-to-mobile version of Chikka Messenger.(deals)
• Hello Kitty mobile games.(out now)
• Country & wireless: why China and India are ready to chase the rural dollar.(Cover story)
  by Chau, Fiona; Tanner, John C.; Tippu, Sufia
• The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan reports an increasing number of complaints over international roaming services.(TOKYO)
• Motorola reports a slight drop in first-quarter income despite a 23% jump in sales that helped it gain market share and close the gap on rival Nokia.(Movements)
• KTF re-focuses on W-CDMA.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
  by Galbraith, Mike
• Mobile's latest health risk: eye strain.(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
• NTT DoCoMo unveils mobile credit card services.(out now)
• OMA accepts DRM 2.0.(tools)
• Visa International and Nokia jointly launch a mobile wallet project, called Mobile Visa Wave Payment Pilot, in Malaysia, allowing consumers to shop and pay using their mobile phones.(KUALA LUMPUR)
• The Thailand Telecommunications Management Academy (TTMA) calls for a new standard contract for mobile users.(BANGKOK)
• Revenue per minute slips across Asia.(METRICS: Inside the wireless data numbers)
• Tingling ringtones.(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
• ZTE, China Mobile jointly develop IMS apps.(deals)
• The 3G home gateway: a 3G home network could potentially offer a dedicated connection to the 3G network when at home, for any 3G device, with a guaranteed data rate.(WIRELESS FORUM)
  by Poulbere, Vincent
• Telecom Corporation of New Zealand plans to combine its fixed-line and mobile units as it moves to a business model that will be more tightly organized around customers.(WELLINGTON)
• China Mobile's first-quarter net profit rises 28% as its subscriber base continued to grow rapidly.(HONG KONG)
• Asia beckons for MVNOs.(UNWIRED)
  by Clark, Robert
• The phone's nose knows.(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
• 3G CDMA UIM commercial card.(out now)
• Enhanced handset apps suite.(tools)
• Pacific Internet signs an agreement with Intel Technology Asia to develop Singapore's first mobile WiMAX infrastructure.(SINGAPORE)
• 3 Hong Kong plans to upgrade its 3G network to HSDPA over the next six months.(HONG KONG)
• Poker invades mobile phones.(METRICS: Inside the wireless data numbers)
• Podcasting to go truly mobile.(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
• Yahoo! Go for Mobile goes live.(out now)
• CEO sessions kick off Summit program.(PREVIEW: CommunicAsia 2006 * Singapore Expo * 20-23 June)
• M1 lowers the cost of its 3G Internet service in a move to align the benefits of 3G mobility with that of fixed-line broadband.(SINGAPORE)
• SmarTone-Vodafone partners with Microsoft on the launch of Windows mobile email.(HONG KONG)