Anthony Newman over at infoSync World has an editorial that discusses the problems of 3G. It’s a quick read, but makes some good points.
“A couple of years ago, 3G was all the rage, especially here in the UK. Our mobile networks nearly bankrupted themselves splashing out billions of pounds on contracts to run third-generation networks, [...]

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T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile now have their much talked about legal problems settled. For the past 2 years, there has been a legal dispute over fees related to marketing Virgin Mobile (Virgin Mobile buys time from T-Mobile for its pay-as-you-go service). With legal troubles out of the way, the Virgin Group is now free to [...]

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NTT DoCoMo has announced that it has passed the 2 million customer mark for its 3G services. It has been two years and four months since the service launched. The company was hoping to reach this milestone in two more months.

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US wireless leader Verizon Wireless announced that its fourth quarter sales for 2003 were very strong. It added a record 1.5 million customers.
Average customer revenue stayed at $49 per month, but data services only accounted for a scant 3% of revenue.

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Research In Motion today announced a deal with Samsung to enable BlackBerry connectivity on Samsung phones. With this contract, Samsung will enable its handsets to connect to BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The companies also intend to work together to enable Samsung handhelds to connect to BlackBerry Web Client services for individuals and smaller businesses.
A similar deal [...]

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According to Reuters, T-Mobile USA is having the best luck with number portability thus far. In the last quarter, the company added 1M subscribers–more than Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless combined. This brings the total to over 13M. T-Mobile UK posted similar numbers, but didn’t have to contend with the new pressure of LNP.
Verizon Wireless [...]

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According to Reuters, T-Mobile USA is having the best luck with number portability thus far. In the last quarter, the company added 1M subscribers–more than Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless combined. This brings the total to over 13M. T-Mobile UK posted similar numbers, but didn’t have to contend with the new pressure of LNP.
Verizon Wireless [...]

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Verizon Wireless announced with LG Mobile Phone that it will begin to ship the LG VX4500 tomorrow. The pricepoint is a cool $89.99 with a new contract. Here’s a quick feature wrap up:

Innovative, Stylish Clamshell
E911 Emergency Location Capable
Voice Recognition Command (Contacts, Digit Dial, Redial, Voice Mail, Driving, Schedule, Time)
Customized Voice Settings: Voice [...]

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GSM, the most popular wireless standard, now has over 1 billion users. Although a late bloomer in the US, the technology is standard the world over. Just as interesting, over 100 million users pay for mobile data services.
“By the end of 2003, there were just over 1.3 billion mobile phone users worldwide, with CDMA - [...]

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Wireless carrier Hutchison has started 3G service in Hong Kong. We first reported on this back in December 2003, when the official launch date was still unknown. The NEC 616 is the only phone the carrier is offering for launch. The data services include 19 entertainment channels offering sports, music, video messaging, electronic mail, and [...]

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The Register is reporting that Euro-carrier Vodafone is trying out 3G data cards. The service should make it to the marketplace by Spring. However, the Register wasn’t too impressed with the speed:
“The current version of the card provides notebooks with Internet access through dial-up GSM links or always-on GPRS connections. Neither is particularly quick, better [...]

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TIME magazine has a piece on the latest fear of security experts–guns disguised as mobile phones.
“Sources tell TIME that cell-phone guns, some of which have been seized in drug raids in the Netherlands, England and Germany, have been cited in several federal security alerts over the past year, the most recent just over a month [...]

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Nearly every news outlet is reporting at least something about AT&T Wireless being on the market. To sum things up, we’ve compiled pieces from all of the reports we have heard thus far. nearly everyone but Verizon Wireless is interested.
Cingular Wireless - Was the first rumored party, and has actually put in a bid (all [...]

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A UK based domain name provider has started up a service where anyone can register an SMS keyword for ฃ9.99.
Short domains helped usher in the .com age for PCs, but their usefulness in mobile devices is limited. For more information on the topic, read a Mobitopia plea for a mobile TLD. Although an SMS keyword [...]

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Although homing pigeons aren’t all that common these days, a group of pigeons enthusiasts is reporting that cell phone towers are throwing their birds off course.
One member was quoted as saying:
“During the World War II, thousands of aircraft carried two pigeons in case they the plane was downed so they could send messages,”

“The birds were [...]

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