[Handsets/devices
|Test equipment |Billing systems
| Multimedia products | Infrastructure
equipment | Mobile software ]
Handsets/wireless
devices
Sony
Sony Electronics unveiled its CLIE
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ld with reduced
profile, featuring a slim design with aluminum case and enhanced infrared port
for controlling audio and video equipment. The company also announced an optional
memory camera module that allows consumers to shoot and view digital photos
directly from the new CLIE T415 and the available N760C and N610 CLIE handhelds.
www.sony.com.
Sendo
Sendo announced the J520,
a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) phone aimed at the young professional.
The GSM phone includes real-time short message service (SMS) chat. Sendo said
the phone weighs 75 grams and includes T90 predictive text input and a full
graphic six-line display, along with Ten Pin Bowling Game and downloadable ring
tones, screen icons and logos. www.sendo.com
Motorola
Motorola released its
first CDMA 1x mobile phone for the Americas, the 120x.
The device is capable of supporting high-speed packet data and includes an advanced
phone book and scheduling features, Motorola said. The phone is compatible with
the company’s MP3 Player accessory. When using the MP3 Player, an incoming call
is recognized by a pause in the music, which can be accepted or sent to voice
mail. The company has introduced three other CDMA 1x handsets, all for the Korean
market. www.motorola.com
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard introduced two
new wireless notebooks, offering embedded 802.11b or Bluetooth connectivity
and digital home networking features.
HP’s Pavilion zt1000 notebook comes embedded with 802.11b connectivity and optional
integrated Bluetooth capabilities, while the company’s ze1110 notebook starts
at just over US$1,000. HP also introduced a line of home networking products
that work on 802.11b networks. www.hp.com
Test
equipment
Acterna
Acterna recently announced
three new products, developed to test and improve stages
of the wireless network lifecycle. They include the UMTS Down
Converter, designed to measure radio frequency propagation in the Universal
Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) standard; the Acterna 8610 3G Mobile
Test Solution for UMTS, a network tester for 3G; and the Acterna 4353 Mobile
Service Tester, a tester for CDMA 2000 handsets and personal digital assistants.
The company also released the Turbo Option for the Acterna Mobile Production
Test System 4400M its testing platform for GSM and General Packet Radio Service
(GPRS) mobile-phone production. Acterna said the product helps eliminate potential
bottlenecks in handset production flow by increasing production capacity up
to 25 percent and reducing test times up to 50 percent. www.acterna.com.
NetTest
NetTest added
new testing features for General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) networks to its
LITE 3000E handheld network testing instrument for mobile and fixed networks.
NetTest said the product is the first in its class to offer all-level signaling
decode of the GPRS Gb interface protocol for GSM/GPRS operators. Future releases
will decode vendor-specific GPRS A-bis protocols, the company said. www.nettest.com
Billing
systems
Convergys
Convergys has expanded
its billing product line with a new component-based next-generation framework,
which it said improves the deployment of modular and convergent billing and
customer care products for Convergys clients. The company said Convergys clients
can build on their software investments with Convergys. The company also released
version 5.0 of its Geneva Active Revenue Management (ARM)
software. Convergys said the new version of Geneva addresses the needs
of its clients with new functionality and operability enhancements. For example,
version 5.0 allows operators to bundle and deliver content, commerce and communications
services and discounts to both pre- and post-paid customers, whereas previously
prepaid and post-paid accounts were handled separately. www.convergys.com
TelesensKSCL
TelesensKSCL announced a component-based
product portfolio that includes revenue management, service
management and customer management software components. The product includes
new functionality in real-time authorization of content transactions, settlement
of commercial agreements, and management and support of roaming events. www.telesens.de
CMG
U.K.-based vendor CMG launched a
product for real-time rate and charge for prepaid messaging,
services and content. The product tracks charging for premium prepaid
and data services and allows operators to secure revenues by maximizing customer
retention through a promotion and loyalty functionality. Prepaid Mcharger supports
up to 5,000 transactions per second and dynamically charges for short message
service (SMS) activity. www.cmg.com
Ericsson
Ericsson announced
the PrePaid System for allowing
prepaid users to take advantage of multimedia messaging services (MMS).
Operators can charge prepaid users based on content, such as pictures, audio,
video clips and animation. The solution allows charging for MMS in near real
time based on tow open standards, Parlay and Diameter. Real-time charging will
be available by the third quarter of 2002, Ericsson said. www
.ericsson.com
Multimedia
products
HelloNetwork
Japan’s helloNetwork, a developer
of live and on-demand streaming media software, announced a
solution that it said allows Internet service providers to transmit streaming
media to any device enabled with Java technology, including mobile phones.
HelloMobile DP is a content encoding and application development solution that
enables the creation of downloadable content, such as video ring tones. The
software allows operators to begin offering video content ahead of third-generation
(3G) networks, the company said. The products consist of a specialized encoder,
an encoding software development kit (SDK) and a Player SDK. The product includes
several codecs for optimizing content unique to specific operators. The company
also released helloVideoMailPersonal, an application built to open subscription
revenue opportunities for video mail or live two-way video instant messaging
services through any Java-enabled Web browser or device. www.hellonetwork.com
Emblaze
Emblaze released the
latest version of its Mobile Media Platform. Release 3 includes enhancements
that include improved encoding and playback quality for low-bandwidth networks,
along with improved Dynamic Bandwidth Adaptation algorithms and full implementation
of the Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP). The product also includes Emblaze
Xtream error correction and error resilience controls at the application level.
In addition, Release 3 offers transcoding of all common compressed digital formats.
www.emblaze.com
Infrastructure
equipment
Speedwise Technologies
Speedwise said it has developed a
client-free infrastructure solution that will allow mobile network operators
to optimize the performance of TCP-based applications over General Packet Radio
Service (GPRS) and packet-switched networks. The solution,
Speedwise OptCP, is complementary to Speedwise Accellence, a client-free
Internet accelerator for wireless networks. Speedwise said its new OptCP maintains
session stability, ensures optimal utilization of available GPRS bandwidth,
and increases throughput and improves performance of TCP-based applications.
www.speedwise.com.
Creative Electronic Systems
Swiss company Creative Electronic
Systems (CES) announced its Transport Network Solution
(TNS), which is an Internet Protocol (IP) and ATM multiservice platform for
third-generation equipment. The product architecture allows easy transition
from ATM to IP and ensures a smooth 3G migration, the company said. The hardware
and software platform is based on the WinPath network processor from Wintegra.
www.ces.ch
Mobile
software
Cash-U Mobile
Mobile entertainment company Cash-U
Mobile Technologies released the second-generation versions
of its products, the Pecan mobile entertainment platform and the Pistachio software
developers kit. The company said the new versions incorporate, among
other features, support for J2ME client/server applications, portal management
capabilities and integration with external platforms. www.cash-u.com
Schema
Schema announced the launch of its
UMTS OptiPlanner network planning product, part
of a network optimization solution that assists operators in planning 3G networks.
The OptiPlanner is an addition to Schema’s Telecom Resource Management (TRM)
product suite, which focuses on optimization of GSM/GPRS/UMTS networks. It has
been used in Israel to provide a carrier with UMTS radio planning necessary
for a 3G license bid. www.schema.com.
