August 2002
Nokia partners with Korean games industry
Nokia has announced an agreement with the Korea Game Development & Promotion Institute (KGDI), a non-profit government body focused on building the Korean computer games industry.
The Finnish telecommunications giant will work with KGDI to help…
J-Phone announces new video messaging handsets
J-Phone, the Japanese operator controlled by Vodafone, has announced that it will introduce two new video messaging handsets in October 2002.
Sanyo’s J-SA51 and Sharp’s J-SH52 will enable users to send and receive video clips up to five seconds…
Ericsson wins Chinese MMS contract
Ericsson is to supply at least two of China Mobile’s multimedia messaging service centers (MMSCs) under a two year agreement announced today.
China Mobile is planning to create four MMSCs in the world’s largest mobile market. Ericsson will supp…
Mobile services forecast to offset ARPU decline
Average revenue per user (ARPU) is set to decline slightly over the next three years, according to a new report from ARC Group. However, substantial increases in mobile subscriber numbers, especially in the Asia Pacific region, mean that the total…
In-Fusio launches 3D mobile gaming
French mobile entertainment developer In-Fusio is set to unveil the world’s first colour mobile 3D game, Mission 3D, later this week. The game, which was developed in-house by In-Fusio, can be downloaded to handsets equipped with the company’s ExE…
Interview: Mike Burling, Anthropics
Mike Burling, Anthropics (2002)
Anthropics’ FaceWave technology enables users to send and receive photo-realistic ‘talking heads’ on MMS-enabled handsets. It recently announced the availability of its FacePlayer software for the Nokia 7650 Sym…
Palm, BEA in enterprise partnership
Palm’s Solutions Group and application infrastructure provider BEA have announced a partnership to integrate their products for enterprise customers.
At the heart of the deal is an agreement to use Palm’s new Reliable Transport (RT) technology …
Vodafone upgrades to new Cash-U platform
Vodafone Omnitel, the Italian subsidary of the global network operator, has emphasised its commitment to Cash-U’s mobile entertainment platform by upgrading to the latest edition.
Pecan 2.0 is a platform for deploying and managing SMS, WAP and …