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Articles in August, 2009 issue of Wireless Asia

• Kick the speed habit.(THE SIGNAL)
  by Tanner, John C.
• Ericsson wins Nortel's LTE business--now what?(NEWS ANALYSIS)
  by Morisy, Michael
• 1.6 mobile exabytes a month by 2014: ABI.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
  by Bushell-Embling, Dylan
• TD-SCDMA struggles in China's 3G race.(NEWS ANALYSIS)
  by Hong, Iris
• Dell confirms plans to enter the smartphone business, announcing it is working with China Mobile on a smartphone known as the Mini 3i.(SHORT BURSTS)
• Emobile launches Japan's first HSPA+ network, with equipment from Huawei Technologies.(SHORT BURSTS)
• China Mobile will add China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) mobile TV chips.(SHORT BURSTS)
• Motorola completes an over-the-air trial of TD-LTE technology in China in co-operation with local operators.(SHORT BURSTS)
• The Indonesian government grants Wimax licenses to eight companies, including incumbents Telkom and Indosat.(SHORT BURSTS)
• MTNL launches a tender for another company to run its Wimax business.(SHORT BURSTS)
• Hong Kong telecom regulator OFTA is reportedly looking into claims by local cellco SmarTone-Vodafone that rival cellco CSL's HSPA+ service does not provide advertised connection speeds of 21 Mbps.(SHORT BURSTS)
• Millicom sells its Cambodian operations--including a controlling stake in GSM operator Mobitel.(SHORT BURSTS)
• Government-backed Malaysian research firm Mimos unveils "WiWi", a hybrid Wi-Fi/Wimax router that promises a "cost-effective" path to rolling out fixed Wimax broadband services.(SHORT BURSTS)
• Google buys video compression developer On2 for $106.5 million.(SHORT BURSTS)
• LTE: why now? LTE won't be mainstream for several more years, but cellcos have various reasons for starting their investments sooner rather than later.(RESEARCH NOTE)
  by Garza, Cintia
• Rise of the machines (again): Cellcos are in love with M2M again as LTE draws near and new apps present themselves. The catch: the reality behind the hype is no less sobering than it was the first time.(Cover story)
  by Tanner, John C.
• Getting the drop on remote device management: the key enabler to ramping up M2M is the development of drop-in networks that provide cost effective, seamless connectivity to most any device and application.(APPS FOCUS)
  by Young, Joel K.
• Keeping 3G profitable in India and China: 3G operators in China and India face different challenges in avoiding the 3G dilemma of rising capacity costs and disproportionate revenue increases.(TECH FOCUS)
  by Seidner, Ilan
• Core decisions begin with HSPA: don't wait for LTE to start evolving your packet core.(TECH SPOTLIGHT: TECHNOLOGY SECTION)
  by Morgan, Jonathan
• LTE is not 4G (yet): forget LTE--"real" 4G will come with LTE-Advanced, which will provide peak data rates equal to or greater than fixed-line network.(TECH PERSPECTIVE)
  by Ristimaki, Juha
• DIY solar-powered BTS.(WIRELESS GEAR: TECHNOLOGY SECTION)
• Advanced SON.(WIRELESS GEAR: TECHNOLOGY SECTION)
• Huawei releases LTE eNodeB.(WIRELESS GEAR: TECHNOLOGY SETION)
• LTE/EV-DO Rev.B dual system.(WIRELESS GEAR: TECHNOLOGY SECTION)
• Andrew adds LTE to drive-testing solution.(WIRELESS GEAR: TECHNOLOGY SECTION)
• LTE baseband processor.(WIRELESS GEAR: TECHNOLOGY SECTION)
• Battery cooling solution for NSN base stations.(WIRELESS GEAR: TECHNOLOGY SECTION)
• Portable app design too.(WIRELESS GEAR: TECHNOLOGY SECTION)
• LTE must support legacy services.(CONTRIBUTED ANALYST)
  by Pawsey, Carrie
• Networking opportunities across Asia.(EVENTS CALENDAR)(Calendar)
• Coming next year: holographic touchscreens.(WIRELESS HORIZON)
• The chip is in the mail.(WIRELESS HORIZON)
• Augment your reality.(WIRELESS HORIZON)
• Jailbroken iPhones of doom.(WIRELESS HORIZON)