News
Issue #2003 - 04 (February 2003)
(Updated Feb. 5, 2003)

INFRASTRUCTURE, PRODUCTS & SERVICES

3G News This Week (Source: http://www.3g.co.uk)

1. New Sha-mail Wireless Phone from Sharp and Toshiba

Sharp's J-T09 features a 2.1-inch high-resolution poly-silicon TFT LCD, an embedded CCD mobile camera and comes packed with photography, picture editing and Sha-mail functions. For more, http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Feb2003/4817.htm

Toshiba's J-SH010 features the mobile phone industry's largest 2.4-inch size "System LCD" for unsurpassed high quality resolution and imaging. Those who enjoy taking pictures will appreciate the J-SH010's highly sensitive built-in CCD camera for VGA and QVGA photography 
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Feb2003/4816.htm

2. ) Flash Trial For 3G in Korea

Flarion Technologies and KT, formerly known as Korea Telecom, announced that KT will conduct a field trial of Flarion’s flash-OFDM wireless broadband system in Seoul, Korea. For more 
http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Feb2003/4838.htm

3) 3G Launched In Puerto Rico

Verizon Wireless Puerto Rico, announced the commercial launch of its Express Network, a CDMA2000 1X voice and high-speed data network using equipment, software and services from Lucent Technologies.
For more, http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Feb2003/4836.htm

4) 3G Phones A Non-Event This Year

Consumers and telecommunications operators expecting third-generation phones to make a big splash in 2003 will have to wait a bit longer, the chief executive of Flextronics International. For more, http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Jan2003/4790.htm

5) Nokia Outlines 3G CDMA2000 1xEV-DV Trials

Nokia confirms that evolution of its CDMA2000 mobile station chipset supporting IS-2000 Release C (also known as 1xEV-DV) is on schedule for field trials with CDMA operators during the 2nd half of 2003. For more, go to http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/Jan2003/4786.htm

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MobileInfo Comments and Advisory: 3G just straddles along.

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