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Today, the Japanese company Sharp has announced the release for the Japanese operator WILLCOM, offering their services in the standard PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), a new business communicator RZ-H220-based operating system, Windows Mobile 6.1 Classic Japanese edition. Main advantages, which drew its attention manufacturer in the RZ-H220, is: 1.Vozmozhnost used as a phone and data transmission, thanks to more support for WLAN networks 2.Vstroenny laser bar code scanner 3.Vozmozhnost install third-party applications, in addition to those already established, thanks to this apparatus operating system Windows Mobile 6.1 4.Shirokoformatny VGA display resolution 480h800 points 5.2 MP camera 6.Vodostoyky (Standards IP54) and anti (the exposure of falls from heights of up to 1.5 meters) Corps Other features: • Processor: Marvell PXA270, 520 MHz • Memory: 256 MB FLASH, 128 MB RAM • Display: 3-inch, Mobile ASV, permission 480h800 points, displaying more than 65 thousand colors • touch panel • slots under the memory card (microSD) and W-SIM cards • Support for WLAN networks (IEEE802.11b / g), Bluetooth v.2.0 Class2 • Dimensions: 55h166h22-32 mm • Weight: 220 gr.

As with all technologies, some operators seek to optimize first-mover advantage and get to market early. Softbank now joins Sprint in this camp. However, in general operators would be advised to hold back on deploying femtocells until standards-based equipment becomes available, unless the need to be particularly disruptive in the market is their overarching market strategy, according to a comment from Steven Hartley, senior analyst at global advisory and consulting firm Ovum. Until then, Softbank's (and Sprint's) end-user devices will be saddled with uncompetitive pricing without heavy subsidy. Furthermore, the risk of technical implementation issues, and resulting customer problems, remain great for Softbank and other early adopters. Hartely stated, "For example, despite several attempts this year we are still yet to experience a working demonstration of a femtocell data session." Femtocell technology still too immature The main technical stumbling block causing the limited short-term impact of femtocells is the lack of standardisation, Hartley explained. Although far from insurmountable, the time needed to iron out required standards is already causing operators to hold back on their plans until the situation is clarified (December 2008 at the earliest). Most operators will refuse to move on femtocells until they have cheap equipment that is easily integrated into their existing network. This depends on the standards being ratified and equipment based on those standards coming to market in sufficient volumes to be cost effective. This will take time and will not occur until the end of 2009. In the meantime, operators currently trialling the technology will provide unparalleled feedback and help further the technical maturity of femtocells, Hartley pointed out. However, standards are not the only issues causing delays. Although not purely technical, both quality-of-service guarantees over broadband and the regulatory situation remain unclear. The former is most important to mobile operators without their own fixed broadband offering and will only be solved with commercial agreements. The latter caused Softbank to delay its original, even more aggressive, plans. However, it will undoubtedly materialise elsewhere as more deployments occur after 2010, Harley noted. The remaining issues link the technical to the commercial. The devices themselves are currently the victim of a 'chicken and egg situation'. The technology and costs are not where they need to be to make them attractive mass-market consumer propositions, but until volume orders are placed the costs cannot fall to make them a mass-market proposition. Until that cycle is broken, femtocells will remain a niche solution. Vendors jockeying for position to ensure interoperability and end-to-end solutions NEC's investment in Kineto is yet another sign of increased movement by the major players, Hartley pointed out. However, the relative absence of the largest wireless network vendor from this space, Ericsson, suggests that it at least is not convinced that the market is yet ready to take off. Furthermore, specialist vendors are taking a disproportionately large role, suggesting a vacuum yet to be filled by the large players. All this points to technical immaturity and time needed to progress the situation. Until technical maturity and a critical mass of major vendor support are achieved, the vendor ecosystem will continue to evolve as it is currently - with...

TOKYO (Sept. 24, 2008) -- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NTT DOCOMO , INC. and Sharp Corporation announced today that they have jointly developed a mobile phone capable of functioning as an intelligent key for automobiles - a world's first*1. The device will incorporate Nissan's Intelligent Key system, already a standard feature in various Nissan vehicles. Mobile Phone with Built-in Intelligent Key (Prototype) The convergence of automotive and cellular technologies was made possible by DOCOMO's expertise in the marketability of mobile phones, Sharp's development of the phone itself and Nissan's provision of technical support to ensure the key's operability with its vehicles. Nissan's Intelligent Key system, installed in more than 950,000 units of various Nissan models*2 since 2002, employs two-way wireless communications technology to automatically unlock/lock*3 the car door and start/stop the engine. Nissan and Sharp has now integrated these electronic intelligent-key, wireless communications and electromagnetic technologies into the new handset. As mobile phones increasingly become a daily necessity, the integration of these technologies*4 and the potential to further expand related functionality helped to bring together the three parties, who expect users to appreciate the seamlessly integrated features of their new handset. Nissan, DOCOMO and Sharp will demonstrate this mobile phone with built-in Intelligent Key in their respective exhibits at CEATEC Japan 2008, which begins September 30*5. The three firms will continue to develop the product with an aim for commercial distribution in early fiscal year 2009. 1: As of September 2008, based on Nissan research. 2: As of August 2008, Japan only. 3: Manual remote entry also possible, like with conventional remote key. 4: Mainly automatic keyless entry and engine ignition, lockout prevention, plus conventional manual remote entry. 5: Wednesday, September 30 until Saturday, October 4 at Makuhari Messe.

Latest Panasonic FOMA P706ie is 23rd Device in Market Leveraging LiMo Platform™ Technology LONDON, England, TOKYO, Japan, — LiMo Foundation™ , the global consortium of mobile leaders delivering an open handset platform for the whole mobile industry, detailed today the 23rd LiMo-compliant handset. The FOMA P706ie from Panasonic Mobile Communications is another commercially shipping model that delivers many of the innovative features and services that are defining the next-generation mobile consumer experience. “Industry unification upon the LiMo Platform continues to deliver new handsets and innovative applications for mobile consumers,” said Morgan Gillis, executive director of the LiMo Foundation. “Panasonic Mobile Communications’ latest LiMo handset is engineered within a vision for the emergence of the true mobile Internet with new innovations being cost-effectively built on top of the LiMo Platform.” The FOMA P706ie—Panasonic Mobile Communications’ seventh LiMo handset to be made available in Japan—offers mobile TV, High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) support for higher-speed data transport, 3G international roaming, a 2-megapixel camera, upgraded sound output and voice-clarifying features. More details on all 23 devices that leverage the LiMo Platform—the industry’s first collaboratively developed, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices—can be found through the Handsets section of www.limofoundation.org. “The appealing features and services of LiMo’s growing family of handsets will only accelerate mobile’s rapid growth,” said Kiyohito Nagata of NTT DOCOMO, chairperson of LiMo Foundation. “We continue to see evidence that the LiMo Platform is precisely the type of broadly adopted operating system that this industry has needed to stoke innovation and market growth.” Launched in January 2007 by six mobile industry leaders, LiMo was formed to deliver an open and globally consistent software platform based upon Mobile Linux for use by the whole industry to catalyze next-generation mobile consumer experiences. LiMo Foundation is open to all vendors and service providers in the mobile communications marketplace, including device manufacturers, operators, chipset manufacturers, integrators and independent software vendors. LiMo’s 52 members work collectively to build a rich ecosystem and have the ability to influence the evolution of the LiMo Platform, leaving them free to provide compelling and differentiated services to customers. About LiMo Foundation LiMo Foundation is a dedicated consortium of mobile industry leaders working together within an open and transparent governance model—with shared leadership and shared decision making—to deliver an open and globally consistent handset software platform based upon Mobile Linux for use by the whole mobile industry. A full description of LiMo, including its vision, goals, charter, guiding principles, bylaws and membership information, can be found at www.limofoundation.org. About Panasonic Mobile Communications Panasonic Mobile Communications Co., Ltd., whose headquarters are based in Yokohama, Japan, is a leader in the development and manufacture of mobile communications products. As one of the main business domains for Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., best known for its Panasonic brand digital electronics, Panasonic Mobile has been developing cutting edge technologies since its establishment in 1958, including the world's first 3G video handset for the Japanese market...

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Taiwan-based Shin Kong Group reportedly may increase its stake in financially-struggling First International Telecom (Fitel) by teaming up with Japan-based mobile telecom carrier KDDI, according to sources in the Taiwan telecom industry. Previous media report also indicated that the Shin Kong-KDDI team may also acquire a stake in Asia Pacific Broadband Telecom (APBT). Both Fitel and APBT declined to comment on the reports. However, market sources indicated that KDDI actually conducted a due diligence inspection on Fitel a few months ago. Based on the current rulings set forth by Taiwan's NCC (National Communications Commission), Shin Kong may find it difficult for it to take up more than a 10% stake in APBT, as the group already is a major shareholder of Fitel, a WiMAX licensee for the northern part of Taiwan, the sources noted. However, the equity investment in both APBT and Fitel by the Shin Kong-KDDI team may lead to a merger between APBT and Fitel, which should be able to help Fitel launch its WiMAX services utilizing APBT's fixed-line network infrastructure, the sources noted.