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Articles in June, 2006 issue of Wireless Asia

• Adamind to deploy MMS solution at Taiwan Mobile.(deals)
• Enterprise-grade mobile push email.(out now)
• The New Zealand Commerce Commission will examine reasons for the lack of new entries in the mobile services market.(WELLINGTON)
• Siemens and Time Warner Cable have announced successful demonstrations of integrated fixed-line.(Movements)
• The Ministry of Railways selects Nortel Networks to provide GSM railway switching centers.(BEIJING)
• The European Union plans to seize regulatory control over the UK's communications sector in a plan that government officials have branded "harmonization by force.".(Movements)
• Mobile WiMAX may stunt fixed WiMAX growth.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S WIRELESS RESEARCH)
• 2006: the year of the WAP.(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
• Google in KDDI's EZ service.(out now)
• SMS-based services made easy.(tools)
• Vodafone K.K. reports that its consolidated net profit in fiscal 2005 plunged 69.4% from the previous year to 49.5b yen ($440m).(TOKYO)
• Telekom Malaysia, KT, NTT Broadband, PCCW, Covad from the US and 17 other telecom players from 15 countries sign a MoU to establish the WiBro & Mobile WiMAX Community to develop relevant business models for WiBro global roaming and wide adoption of th
• Mobile contenders bulk up.(UNWIRED)
  by Clark, Robert
• bcgi, Telogic forge alliance.(deals)
• Webraska becomes Sony Ericsson Power Partner.(deals)
• Making IMS pay: IMS success depends on billing customers properly. Operators that don't have the budget for a full IMS makeover will need a transitional strategy not just for IMS, but for their back-end systems as well.(APPLICATIONS)
  by Chau, Fiona
• Hutchison Telecommunications and NTT DoCoMo plan to launch the Japanese mobile operator's i-mode mobile Internet services in Hong Kong and Macau by the end of December.(HONG KONG)
• Vodafone Group and Softbank set up a 50-50 joint venture to develop mobile phones, services and content.(Movements)
• Mobile TV gains ground in the US.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S WIRELESS RESEARCH)
• BlackBerry goes to Korea.(out now)
• Content mediation platform.(tools)
• Prime Minister John Howard doesn't expect the talks between Telstra and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over how much access rivals would be given.(SYDNEY)
• Motorola unveils its highly anticipated "Q" mobile phone, joining other manufacturers in aiming for businesspeople who want email on the go.(Movements)
• Vodafone Group reports a full-year net loss of 21.9b pounds ($40.7b) due to a 23.5b pounds ($43.7b) charge for the continuing writedown of assets bought.(Movements)
• Simple interface key to boosting mobile search.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
  by Waring, Joseph
• Mobile TV sans standards.(this month's model)
• Coding Technologies, A8 enter partnership.(deals)
• Perfect fit for convergence: Comverse CMO Benny Einhorn met with group editor Joseph Waring at the company's annual Asia-Pacific client and partner conference to explain how its move into post-paid has positioned it for growth in the converged billing wor
  by Waring, Joseph
• CAT Telecom may have to delay the official debut of its mobile service in 51 provinces until next year.(BANGKOK)
• Contactless payment to migrate to cellphones.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S WIRELESS RESEARCH)
• 6WIND software for Samsung Mobile IP apps.(deals)
• Voice SMS in Indonesia.(out now)
• Cracking the mobile music puzzle: the future of digital music may be mobile, but it's a hard dollar for everyone, thanks to complex licensing and a lack of affordable DRM interoperability. As for a viable business model, the ticket isn't the big names so
  by Tanner, John C.
• Motorola also receives a $410m windfall from on the sale by the Turkish Savings and Deposit Insurance Fund of Turkish cellular operator Telsim Mobil Telekomunikasyon to Vodafone Group.(Movements)
• Starting from June 1, Orange becomes the single brand of France Telecom's Internet, TV and mobile offerings in France and the UK.(Movements)
• China handset sales expand 7.3% in Q1.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S WIRELESS RESEARCH)
• No 3G, please.(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
• Easy mobile Web browsing.(out now)
• LCD keypads.(tools)
• NTT DoCoMo plans to make all its models compatible with global standards so they can be used in more than 130 countries.(TOKYO)
• Several European mobile operators, including Germany's T-Mobile and Britain's Orange, agree to halve the price of international roaming calls.(Movements)
• Bus Uncle and Big Brother.(STREETWISE)
  by Chan, Tony
• Philips, SKT alliance to simplify NFC development.(deals)
• UWB and Bluetooth roadmaps better defined: having the race tilted in Favor of the WiMedia Alliance is a boon for small test equipment vendors that can now limit their investments to one technology.(INDUSTRY INSIDER)
  by Everett, Chris
• Shin Satellite plans to use Thaicom 5 satellite for high-definition TV services once it begins commercial operations in July.(BANGKOK)
• Mobile email war heats up in China.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
  by Chau, Fiona
• Know when to hold them and when to fold them ...(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
• Mobiqa 'mobi-tickets' from Tickets.com.(out now)
• Easy Web content presentation for mobile.(tools)
• KT teams up with Research In Motion to introduce BlackBerry services in Korea.(SEOUL)
• Growth accelerate in the Middle East.(METRICS / Inside the wireless date numbers)
• Steal this UI icon (and you're busted).(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
• fastmobile joins MSH Mobile Developer Program.(deals)
• Cashing in on shared content.(WIRELESS FORUM)
  by Anderson, Neale
• Hutchison Telecom signs a deal with Hanoi Telecommunications to launch a 3G network with a total investment of $655m over 15 years.(HANOI)
• 1b new mobile subs by 2010.(METRICS / Inside the wireless data numbers.)