3G mobile phone services seen soaring in Asia-Pac by 2009: analyst

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3G mobile phone services seen soaring in
Asia Pacific by 2009

3G mobile phone services seen soaring in
Asia Pacific by 2009 04/04/2005 06:41 AM
DevHardware Apr 4 2005 10:36AM GMT

3G mobile phone services seen soaring in
Asia Pacific by 2009 (AFP)

3G mobile phone services seen soaring in
Asia Pacific by 2009 (AFP) 04/04/2005 04:16 AM
AFP - Third generation (3G) mobile phone subscribers in the Asia Pacific region outside Japan are projected to soar to 142.6 million in 2009 from just 10.5 million in 2004, an industry analyst said.

3G mobile services seen soaring in Asia
Pacific by 2009

3G mobile services seen soaring in Asia
Pacific by 2009 04/04/2005 04:10 AM
INQ7.net Apr 4 2005 7:59AM GMT

Soaring mobile phone use lifts PLDT
(FT.com)

Soaring mobile phone use lifts PLDT
(FT.com) 08/03/2004 02:15 PM
FT.com - Philippine Long Distance Telephone on Monday said first-half profit soared to a record 12bn pesos (US$215m) as mobile phone use surged in the run up to May 10 polls and an unprecedented 3m subscribers signed up with the country's biggest telecoms group.

Asia-Pacific mobile phone sales up 24%
in 2004

Asia-Pacific mobile phone sales up 24%
in 2004 04/09/2005 12:58 AM
ZDNet Apr 9 2005 3:48AM GMT

Hong Kong children top mobile phone
ownership in Asia: survey (AFP)

Hong Kong children top mobile phone
ownership in Asia: survey (AFP) 08/06/2004 12:55 PM
AFP - Hong Kong's mobile phone obsession has passed onto children, with their ownership of the gadgets coming highest in Asia, a survey showed.

Asia Pacific mobile phone sales rise 24
percent in 2004: Gartner (AFP)

Asia Pacific mobile phone sales rise 24
percent in 2004: Gartner (AFP) 04/08/2005 12:29 PM
AFP - Asia-Pacific mobile phone sales excluding Japan rose 24.1 percent to 164 million handsets in 2004 on strong demand for low-tier models, the Gartner research house said.

Third generation (3G) mobile phone
subscribers in the Asia Pacific region
outside Japan are projected to soar

Third generation (3G) mobile phone
subscribers in the Asia Pacific region
outside Japan are projected to soar 04/04/2005 10:41 AM
Baku Today Apr 4 2005 1:48PM GMT

Asia Pacific VPN market seen reaching
5.15 billion dollars in 2009 (AFP)

Asia Pacific VPN market seen reaching
5.15 billion dollars in 2009 (AFP) 05/06/2004 07:20 AM
AFP - The Asia Pacific market for Internet virtual private networks (VPN) is expected to reach 5.15 billion dollars in 2009, up more than 200 percent from 2003, an industry research firm said.

Services that insert sounds into mobile
phone conversations

Services that insert sounds into mobile
phone conversations 02/01/2005 08:38 PM
Xeni Jardin: A growing number of tech providers now offer "sound insertion" services for mobile phone users. Think: ringtones you plug into the "body" of a voice conversation. Sonic emoticons. Ronan Higgins of cafe.com says:

Lightwav for PalmOne Treo smartphones has a feature called "CoverUp Sound" where you can trigger sounds to play in the phone conversation.

I hear that this application is popular in Japan with cheating "salary men" husbands. They'll trigger sounds of a train station, a busy office or a bar, while explaining to their wives why they won't be home until later. Single men trigger the sound of a girl in the background saying "come back to bed" to make their male friends jealous.

I use it to insert a bad connection effect: "I can't hear you, you're breaking up on me, I'm losing signal, I'll have to call you back about that. Kshhhh."

In related news -- last week, San Francisco-based Phonebites nabbed a US$3MM venture round. They, too, offer a service that allows mobile phone users to insert a pre-recorded sound clip into a live conversation - like a radio soundboard, but for your cell phone. Here's a related Engadget post from last October: Link. (thanks, Marc Nathan, via the unwired list)

Update: BB reader Daniel says,

There's also such an application available for Seiries60 smartphones. The app is called CallCheater. And it works quite nicely.

Link

Google adds local mobile phone services

Google adds local mobile phone services 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
Big News Network Apr 13 2005 5:39AM GMT

Phone, Mobile, Internet Services
Disrupted in Patna

Phone, Mobile, Internet Services
Disrupted in Patna 12/28/2004 01:24 AM
PatnaDaily.Com Dec 28 2004 4:36AM GMT

Mobile Phone Location Services Ready for
Rebirth

Mobile Phone Location Services Ready for
Rebirth 05/27/2004 12:23 PM
Boston Globe May 27 2004 3:58PM GMT

EU consults on how the E-Money Directive
applies to mobile phone services

EU consults on how the E-Money Directive
applies to mobile phone services 05/11/2004 02:03 AM
PublicTechnology.net May 11 2004 6:41AM GMT

Mobile Phone Location Services Ready for
Rebirth (Reuters)

Mobile Phone Location Services Ready for
Rebirth (Reuters) 05/27/2004 07:50 AM
Reuters - The use of a mobile phone to pinpoint a caller's location and nearby businesses was a hot concept when the tech bubble peaked in 2000, but only now with better phones and software does it stand to succeed, companies say. Mobile operators are selling much-improved services that help users locate friends or get directions to the nearest train station, but they have to fight off consumers' bad memories from 2000 and 2001, when they offered illegible maps on tiny black-and-white screens.

Airbus to offer in-flight mobile phone
and broadband internet services

Airbus to offer in-flight mobile phone
and broadband internet services 07/25/2004 05:33 PM
Utusan Online Jul 25 2004 8:42PM GMT

Airbus, SITA INC and Tenzing to Jointly
Offer In-flight Mobile Phone and
Broadband Internet Services

Airbus, SITA INC and Tenzing to Jointly
Offer In-flight Mobile Phone and
Broadband Internet Services 07/21/2004 11:11 AM
Belga Direct Press Releases Jul 21 2004 2:08PM GMT

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
BB-Shopping helps you buying best quality and long life Mobile Phone Chargers for dufferent Models and Variants of Mobiles. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

Mobile gaming 4.4% of wireless data in
2009

Mobile gaming 4.4% of wireless data in
2009 09/08/2004 02:45 PM
infoSync Sep 8 2004 5:06PM GMT

The Mobile Technology Webl0g - "Location
Based Services and all about Mobile
Marketing" - Porn 4 UR Mobile

The Mobile Technology Webl0g - "Location
Based Services and all about Mobile
Marketing" - Porn 4 UR Mobile 03/29/2005 04:35 PM
CARNIVAL OF THE CAPITALISTS .. week's edition

mobile-weblog.com/archives/carnival_of_the_capitalists_part_ 1.html
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The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high

The Chinese mobile phone industry's
shipment volume rose 64.2% year on year
to reach approximately 65.2 million
units as the PAS mobile phone shipment
broke a record high 06/11/2004 03:15 AM
Research and Markets are delighted to announce the addition of The Chinese Mobile Phone Industry, 1Q 2004 and Beyond to their offering [PRWEB Jun 11, 2004]

Analyst: Mobile Security Is A Top
Priority

Analyst: Mobile Security Is A Top
Priority 06/17/2004 10:13 AM

Analyst: iTunes Motorola Phone Demo a
MacExpo Possible

Analyst: iTunes Motorola Phone Demo a
MacExpo Possible 12/24/2004 01:00 PM
Mac News World Dec 23 2004 8:52PM GMT

Analyst: AT&T mobile plans could face
hurdles

Analyst: AT&T mobile plans could face
hurdles 05/18/2004 07:23 PM
The phone company's planned cell phone service could have some interoperability problems if it draws on other carriers to create a "mixed" network, an analyst says.

The growth of conversational speech in
healthcare, financial services, telecom
and payments could spark growth to
exceed $150 million in 2009.

The growth of conversational speech in
healthcare, financial services, telecom
and payments could spark growth to
exceed $150 million in 2009. 06/27/2004 03:01 AM
[PRWEB Jun 27, 2004]

Analyst Claims Some Phone Companies
Intentionally Over-bill Customers

Analyst Claims Some Phone Companies
Intentionally Over-bill Customers 06/22/2005 02:30 AM
A telecom services analyst warns that he sees similar errors on phone bills so often that he believes some phone companies intentionally allow errors to continue, making adjustments only when a customer requests it. [PRWEB Jun 22, 2005]

Enterprise application integration (EAI)
combined license and services market
forecasts analysis indicates that
revenue of $2.5 billion in 2003 is
expected to go to $5.9 billion by 2009

Enterprise application integration (EAI)
combined license and services market
forecasts analysis indicates that
revenue of $2.5 billion in 2003 is
expected to go to $5.9 billion by 2009 07/30/2004 03:10 AM
[PRWEB Jul 30, 2004]

Demand for Future Mobile Services Due to
the Slow Take-up of Early 3G Services

Demand for Future Mobile Services Due to
the Slow Take-up of Early 3G Services 08/06/2004 04:31 AM
3G Aug 6 2004 8:01AM GMT

First on TMO - Analyst: iTunes Motorola
Phone Demo a MacExpo Possibility; Ship
by July

First on TMO - Analyst: iTunes Motorola
Phone Demo a MacExpo Possibility; Ship
by July 12/24/2004 01:00 PM
Mac Observer Dec 23 2004 10:10PM GMT

Analyst: iTunes Motorola Phone Demo a
MacExpo Possibility; Ship by July

Analyst: iTunes Motorola Phone Demo a
MacExpo Possibility; Ship by July 12/24/2004 01:00 PM
Mac Observer Dec 23 2004 10:09PM GMT

Analyst Interview Excerpt: Online
Horserace Wagering Services: Mark
Argento - Think Equity Partners

Analyst Interview Excerpt: Online
Horserace Wagering Services: Mark
Argento - Think Equity Partners 09/12/2004 07:05 AM
Archive.twst.com - Sun Sep 12, 01:10 am GMT

Open Mobile Alliance Released Mobile Web
Services Specifications (TechWeb)

Open Mobile Alliance Released Mobile Web
Services Specifications (TechWeb) 06/19/2004 02:45 AM
TechWeb - The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) this week released OMA Web Services 1.0, which defines best practices by which mobile applications can be exposed, discovered, and consumed using Web services. The technology supports a business and technology model for Web services using open standards.

China Mobile Suspends Chinadotcom Mobile
Services (Reuters)

China Mobile Suspends Chinadotcom Mobile
Services (Reuters) 08/20/2004 08:23 AM
Reuters - Chinadotcom (CHINA.O) said on Friday that its Go2joy mobile messaging unit has been sanctioned by China Mobile (CHL.N), as part of a broad crackdown on aggressive marketing by it and 21 other companies.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"?

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"? 04/28/2004 11:39 AM

On the SIGIA-L mailing list, Stephanie Berger recently asked: "My cohorts are not sure whether to use "cell phone" or "mobile phone". Any evidence that one is better than the other, or one is used more often than the other?"

This is a good example of the kind of labeling questions information architects face all the time. The answer to these labeling questions will depend on the target audience (a better label for whom?), on business requirements (maybe the business want to promote one term over the other) and on the context in which the label will be used.

I'll discuss the conversation that followed here and afterwards point to some useful tools for if you have a labeling question yourself.

Andres Sulleiro: "Without any empirical data I will go with my own opinion. [...] A quick survey of the phone carriers seems to suggest that "wireless" (as in "wireless phone", "wireless customer") is most common among US carriers, though you see some references to "mobile" as well. T-mobile, a European company, uses "mobile" which is more common in Europe as well as being the name of the carrier."

Method: check what other websites call it.

Jason Cho: "I think "cell" is more widespread in the US as Andrés noted. "Call my mobile" can sound pretentious to Yankee ears. But I would think everyone understands the term "mobile" on a business card."

Method: personal experience.

Peter Van Dijck (and others): "Google for "cell phone" (including quotes): 6,230,000, Google for "mobile phone": 6,360,000. Looks like a tie, assuming your audience is similar. Just pick one and make sure your search engine knows both terms."
Christina Wodtke: "Y ahoo for cell phone : 16,800,000, yahoo for mobile phone: 21,200,000. What does this really tell you? you'd have to know who each engine indexes, how much of the web, etc.. better to use a magic 8 ball. ;-)"

Method: check popularity of the terms on the web.

Peter Van Dijck: "My next step would be to find out what people search for on your site,
or if not available, on the web (assuming that's more or less your audience). Google adwords can help."

Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for.

Dave: "I like "mobile" for the reason that Christina stated (forward compatibility); USers and non-USers will equally understand it. Also, it is more interoperable w/ most of the vCard based addressbook programs out there. I don't know any that are using "cell" or "cellphone" ... I also like the clear and easy two word approach of "mobile phone" ... I'm always wanting to say "cellphone" where "cell phone" is really the more correct version. "cell" though just doesn't feel like a real word b/c the "cell" doesn't fit a meaning to me. I know what it means if I am forced to think about it, but it really doesn't mean anything to me at all."

Method: personal experience, check what software programs use.

Christina Wodtke: "> As can Ove rture's keyword tool (couldn't find URL straight away).

You also might consider some adaptation of the freelisting technique on a subset of your target. E.G., a write in survey: what portable electronics do you own, then analyze for use of "cell phone" and mobile phone".

Method: freelisting technique.

Eric Reiss: "Having worked closely with several telecommunications companies, including Tellabs (US), Nortel (Canada), ADVA (Germany), and NetTest (Denmark), this discussion is one I've heard before. Europeans generally don't recognize the term "cell phone." North Americans seem to accept both "cell" and "mobile." ATT insists on promoting the term "wireless." In most instances, we've agreed on the word "mobile" since it is understood by the widest audience. Nortel, for instance, used "cell" almost exclusively until the late 90s, but now leans toward "mobile." I think there is a trend here."

Method: ask the subject matter experts.

Pabini Gabriel-Petit: "There's also Wordtracker.
[...]
In this vein, you might try just walking up to people, holding up your cell/mobile phone, and asking them what they call it."

Method: Analyze what people search for.

Method: Find out what labels your users use.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine which competing label is better.

So, as a review, here are some of the methods used to determine which label is better.

1. What do you think?
Method: personal experience/insights.

2. What do your users think?
Method: freelisting technique.
Method: Find out what labels your users use: show them the item you're trying to label and ask them what it is. (You could build an online tool for this).
Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for / check popularity of the terms on the web. Ove rture's keyword tool. Google adwords. Wordtracker. Google and Yahoo both list how often a term is used on the web (use quotes around your terms!).

3. What do the experts think?
Method: ask the subject matter experts.
Method: check what other websites/software call it.

Gotcha's: be careful when using these techniques. You are looking for a label that works for your audience and your business requirements. Most of these techniques use audiences that may be very different from yours, and most are indicative only (ie: they're not hard science). Use your judgement.

Nokia shows IPv6 phone in Asia

Nokia shows IPv6 phone in Asia 11/07/2003 07:43 AM
Computer Weekly Nov 7 2003 7:20AM ET

AT&T plans Net phone trials in Asia,
Europe

AT&T plans Net phone trials in Asia,
Europe 06/08/2004 12:20 PM

Killer Mobile Releases Controversial
Mobile Phone Program - "Save Jimmy!"

Killer Mobile Releases Controversial
Mobile Phone Program - "Save Jimmy!" 01/05/2005 04:34 AM
Killer Mobile (killermobile.com), a mobile phone software development company released what is quickly becoming a controversial program targeted at young, tech savvy men - a program aptly titled "Save Jimmy". Save Jimmy is a program that can run on any MIDP 2.0 compliant mobile phone that allows the user to input specific information on their significant other's menstrual cycle and in turn receive daily alerts as well as view a calendar with information regarding which days are "Safe" to not use a condom. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2005]

Siemens mobile kicks off summer with the
launch of its next-generation MMS CX65
mobile phone

Siemens mobile kicks off summer with the
launch of its next-generation MMS CX65
mobile phone 06/30/2004 07:55 AM
AME Info Jun 30 2004 11:19AM GMT

Samsung Becomes 2nd in Mobile Handsets
in Asia

Samsung Becomes 2nd in Mobile Handsets
in Asia 11/11/2003 10:25 AM
Hankooki Nov 11 2003 9:13AM ET
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