African entrepreneur tweaks U.S. at 3GSM (02/16/06)
In the midst of Europe's largest mobile telephony conference Wednesday, an African entrepreneur interjected a wry critique of "American know-how" and provided participants at the 3GSM World congress a rare note of levity.

Docomo to build core platform for HSDPA (02/13/06)
NTT DoCoMo Inc., Renesas Technology Corp., and three Japanese cell phone makers will collaborate to build a mobile phone platform consisting of a single-chip LSI and drivers, operating system and middleware for handsets supporting the High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) service.

Qualcomm plans mobile TV offensive (02/18/05)
Qualcomm Inc. said it will launch its proprietary MediaFLO mobile TV technology in the U.S. this year with an eye toward making it an international standard.

Nokia takes TV to mobile with TDF signals (02/16/05)
Nokia Corp. is showing off the industry's first live TV-to-mobile demonstration by using digital TV signals made available this week during the 3GSM World Congress by French broadcaster Telediffusion de France (TDF).

Broadcom to unleash WEDGE platform (02/16/05)
Broadcom Corp. expects to have a version of the dual- mode, quad band WEDGE (WCDMA + EDGE) multimedia platform it introduced at this week's 3GSM World Congress that has on-chip 802.11 b/g WLAN functionality, within six months.

Nokia forecasts big jump in 3G subscribers (02/15/05)
Nokia is forecasting a sharp rise in 3G network subscribers, and is suggesting that at least 70 million subscribers will be using the technology by the end of 2005.

Intel, partners put their trust in Bulverde for secure mobile transactions (02/15/05)
Intel Corp. has been shipping to selected customers a version of its Bulverde XScale-based applications processor for mobile devices that includes a hardware security block based on Trusted Computing Modules.

NTT DoCoMo pioneers 'dark side' research on mobile phones (02/15/05)
Japan's NTT DoCoMo is attempting to confront the profound social impact of ubiquitous mobile phones.

Consortium to define architectures for telecom convergence (02/15/05)
The International Packet Communications Consortium has established a working group to define reference architectures.

ST abandons GSM baseband chip development (02/15/05)
STMicroelectronics said it has abandoned a major effort to develop a second-generation GSM baseband chip set.

'User experience' haunts 3GSM conferees (02/14/05)
A group consisting of both technology vendors and mobile phone system operators at the 3GSM World Congress agreed emphatically that the customer is always right, except when he's not.

Mobile TV gets a move on, via HSDPA (02/14/05)
The grand vision for third-generation mobile telephony, according to Ericsson Chief Technology Officer Hakan Eriksson, is a "mobile triple play" that uses the power and flexibility of IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem).

Sony Ericsson's Walkman to go mobile (02/14/05)
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications will take the 25-year-old Walkman into uncharted territory by launching a Walkman-branded mobile phone by mid-year.

Motorola chosen to make sub-$40 handsets for emerging markets (02/14/05)
The GSM Association has kick-started an effort to develop 'Ultra-Low Cost' mobile handsets targeted at emerging countries that would sell initially at a sub $40 cost price. Motorola launched the first such phone at the 3GSM World Congress, which the GSMA says is the first step towards a sub $30 handset target.

Nvidia launches wireless multimedia processor with Fotopack technology (02/14/05)
Nvidia Corp. is billing its new wireless media processor, unveiled at the 3GSM World Congress, as capable of realistic 3D gaming performance, 3-megapixel digital photos and camcorder-quality video capture.

Sun links with three signaling specialists for ATCA program (02/14/05)
Sun Microsystems Inc. is putting software muscle behind its Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture strategy, signing pacts with three leading signaling middleware specialists.

Alcatel, ZTE team for CDMA radio access (02/14/05)
Alcatel and ZTE have signed an international OEM agreement covering CDMA deployment, the companies announced at the 3GSM World Congress. Under the non-exclusive deal, ZTE's complete CDMA radio access portfolio will be integrated to complement Alcatel's end-to-end CDMA equipment.

Nokia targets mass market with Series 60 (02/14/05)
Nokia Corp. will target its Series 60 smart phone platform to the volume mobile phone market with the introduction of a third edition to be available for licensees in mid-2005.

Texas Instruments launches OMAP-Vox family of 2G/3G chipsets (02/14/05)
Texas Instruments Inc. has a 3G mobile phone "platform" dubbed OMAP-Vox which is intended to meet the GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS standards, the company said. OMAP-Vox adds a modem to the OMAP architecture, TI said.

CPS, SiGe Semi partner for enhanced GPS (02/14/05)
CPS and SiGe Semiconductor are completing final testing of a jointly developed enhanced global positioning system, dubbed E-GPS, that is aimed at giving existing and third generation (3G) cellular systems seamless location positioning in urban areas and indoors.

Motorola invests in RF chip specialist Sequoia (02/14/05)
Single chip multi-mode RF start-up Sequoia Communications has raised further funds from Motorola's venture arm and Third Point Ventures in an extension of the $15 million Series D round that closed last December. The total now raised in this fourth round is $19 million, the company said at the 3GSM World Congress here.

Harris extends cellular backhaul capability (02/14/05)
Harris Corporation has extended its TRuepoint microwave digital radio line-up for cellular backhaul at the 3GSM Congress here to include a version targeted at operators that require PDH-IP capability only.

Quorum readying radio IC for 3G/Wi-Fi converged handsets (02/14/05)
Quorum Systems, Inc. is demonstrating a dual radio IC at the 3GSM World Congress that combines a W-CDMA 3G transceiver with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g capabilities for companies readying converged handsets

Philips to deliver system-in-package DVB-H (02/14/05)
Philips Semiconductors has expanded the roster of companies supporting DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld), announcing it will deliver it promised mobile digital TV receiver/demodulator in a system-in-package by the end of the year.