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CategoryOrange to simplify calling plans
Orange has announced plans to introduce a simplified tariff for UK customers under the ‘Your Plan’ brand.
Customers will be able to choose a certain number of inclusive minutes each month and add bundles of text messages, picture messages and i…
NTT DoCoMo to miss FOMA targets
The President of NTT DoCoMo has stated that the company may miss its end of fiscal year 3G subscriber target for the second year running. DoCoMo had expected to have signed up 1.38 million FOMA subscribers by 31 March 2003. However with just 127,4…
Nokia plans entry-level picture messaging handset
Rumours of an entry-level picture messaging handset have emerged ahead of Nokia’s major launch event tomorrow. Nokia will host a press conference to discuss new models, including the 3650, a less expensive version of its innovative 7650 smartphone…
MMJ: Japanese market update 05/09/2002
The telecom press continued to bombard NTT DoCoMo with articles arguing the technical superiority of CDMA2000 (Qualcomm) over W-CDMA (DoCoMo) with repeated mention of low subscriber numbers for DoCoMo’s W-CDMA-based FOMA service. But amid the stor…
Handango, WideRay to deliver retail solutions
Handango, the mobile applications retailer, has announced that it will work with WideRay to deliver a point-of-sales solution to retail outlets.
WideRay has developed an infrared access point for downloading content to Palm OS and Pocket PC dev…
Chinese operators top mobile rankings
“China Mobile’s total subscriber base of 123 million subscribers means Vodafone is more than 20 million subscribers behind the world’s largest mobile operator, although it is the world’s largest global investor,” said Elizabeth Hall, Senior Analys…
Bsquare announces .NET reference design
Bsquare, a provider of Windows embedded technology solutions and professional services, has announced a reference design for a Windows CE .NET handheld.
The Bsquare Power Handheld has a 640 x 480 TFT colour screen, retractable QWERTY thumb-boar…
Wireless Knowledge acquires Mobilocity staff, expertise
Wireless Knowledge, Qualcomm’s enterprise wireless solutions provider, has acquired key staff members and the intellectual property assets of Mobilocity, a boutique consultancy.
Mobilocity, established in 1999, expanded rapidly to become one of…