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Articles in July, 2006 issue of Wireless Asia
- There's always time for laundry.(this month's model)
- Integrated mobile phone platform.(deals)
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Service assurance from the customer POV: increasing service complexity and competition are driving the need for cellcos to adopt a customer--centric service assurance process to differentiate themselves and reduce churn.(SERVICES)
by Chau, Fiona - The Energy, Water and Communications Ministry cancels a tender for WiMAX licenses, citing the lack of a provision calling for a nationwide rollout as a pre-requisite.(KUALA LUMPUR)
- Sony Ericsson's Q2 earnings almost doubled largely due to continued strong sales of its popular Walkman music phones, and it raised its global market forecast for 2006.(Movements)
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Local vendors lose out again as eMobile signs Huawei.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
by Galbraith, Mike - UMA-enabled handset partnership.(deals)
- Singapore's first mobile gaming competition.(out now)
- TRAI proposes a new plan for SMS interconnect usage charges, under which an operator from whose network the SMS originates is required to pay a charge to the operator hosting the receiving subscriber.(NEW DELHI)
- The National Telecommunications Commission rejects a request by True to provide 3G services via subsidiary .(BANGKOK)
- Nokia posts 43% growth in Q2 earnings boosted by rising sales of high-end phones and a settlement related to the sale of a Turkish operator.(Movements)
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Emerging markets, global players.(UNWIRED)
by Clark, Robert - Too much of a good thing.(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
- Keyword search for i-mode.(out now)
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3G builds momentum.(WIRELESS)
by Burley, Nathan - LG Telecom loses its 3G license after the company opts not to develop the technology.(SEOUL)
- The European Commission grants French telecoms authorities the right to regulate the wholesale price of mobile text messages.(Movements)
- IMS not to take off until 2009.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S WIRELESS RESEARCH)
- China's first NFC trial.(deals)
- ZTE chooses Bitfone device management suite.(deals)
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Watching mobile TV: service providers worldwide are gearing up to offer mobile TV, but they face a plethora technology choices that are ultimately going to be determined more by market forces and spectrum availability than by technological merit.(Cover st
by Engebretson, Joan; Tanner, John - DTAC reports a Q2 net profit of 1.2b baht ($31.6m), an increase of 11.3% from the previous year.(BANGKOK)
- Ericsson posts a 2% drop in Q2 profits as it struggled to integrate the recent acquisition of Marconi.(Movements)
- RBT brings digital music revolution to next level.
- Be my hero.(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
- Web site for best roaming tariffs.(out now)
- New BlackBerry service for SMBs.(tools)
- KDDI profits climb 44% in the April-June quarter on rising sales, but the company forecasts overall earnings to slide this year due to its weak fixed-line business.(TOKYO)
- The number of HSDPA networks planned, in deployment or launched has reached 108 in 51 countries according to new survey data released the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA).(Movements)
- Limited viable mobile broadcasting options.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S WIRELESS RESEARCH)
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HSDPA turns cellcos into dumb-pipe ISPs.(STREETWISE)
by Chan, Tony - Boosting content uptake, consumption.(deals)
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Making the internet "to go": Padmasree Warrior, Motorola's executive vice president and CTO, directs the company's $3.5 billion RE&D efforts and Motorola Labs, the global software group and emerging early-stage businesses. She tells Wireless
by Tan, Raymond - Maxis plans to spend between $110m and $165m on capex for its 3G network next year.(KUALA LUMPUR)
- Verizon Wireless obtains a permanent injunction blocking a Miami telemarketer from making automated calls to its customers.(Movements)
- HSDPA to hit stride by 2008.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S WIRELESS RESEARCH)
- '3' Group teams up with Yahoo.(deals)
- Skype: now with SMS.(out now)
- Lee Hsien Yang, the younger brother of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, plans to step down as group CEO of SingTel once a successor is found.(SINGAPORE)
- Research In Motion expands its Hong Kong office as part of a major push into the Asia-Pacific region.(HONG KONG)
- PCs vital to full-track music downloads.(METRICS / Inside the wireless data numbers)
- Broken phones and faulty users.(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
- Globe G-Cash goes regional.(out now)
- Converged VAS solution.(tools)
- Motorola joins forces with Softbank to hunch 2.5-GHz WiMAX mobility trials in Japan.(TOKYO)
- The Ministry of Information Industry accuses 102 companies of illegal behavior in the country's wireless value-added services industry.(BEIJING)
- Navigation solutions migrate to handsets.(INSIGHT: ONE MONTH'S WIRELESS RESEARCH)
- MobiForms certified for IBM 19.(tools)
- TelstraClear is planning to spend NZ$50 m ($31m) to develop its 3G network.(WELLINGTON)
- Huawei Technologies and Motorola announce a new collaboration to bring UMTS and HSPA infrastructure equipment to customers worldwide.(SHENZHEN)
- Mobile games come of age.(METRICS / Inside the wireless data numbers)
- SMS goes to war.(SHORT MESSAGE: Around the wireless industry)
- Indonesian mobile gaming community.(out now)
- OMA approves PoC standard.(tools)
- Mobile Broadcasting and Sapporo-based taxi company Daikoku Kotsu unveil MobaHO!(TOKYO)
- China Mobile and China Unicom announce new billing rules for value-added services such as text messaging on a monthly basis rather than a per-message basis.(BEIJING)
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3G sub base expands, but Aussie cellcos face margin squeeze.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
by Colquhoun, Lachlan
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