China shows off Olympics tech ... sort of 21 May 2008 13:17 GMTBEIJING -- An exhibition of technology being used in the Beijing Olympics opened here Wednesday, with mixed results in demonstrating one of the Games' themes of "Hi-tech Olympics."
Source: InfoWorld Mobile Providers, Can You Hear Us Now?
(BusinessWeek Online)
21 May 2008 12:08 GMTBusinessWeek Online - Consumer grievances against wireless companies are taking on a new dimension. For more than a decade, mobile-phone customers have griped vociferously about what they consider unfair billing and inadequate wireless voice calling. But the advent of mobile data services -- from texting to gaming to social networking to Web surfing -- has given subscribers a whole host of new beefs to complain about.
Source: Yahoo Nokia eyes wider usage of Linux in cellphones
(Reuters)
20 May 2008 16:09 GMT
Reuters - The world's top handset maker Nokia Oyj
expects the role of the Linux operating system in its product
portfolio to increase as the role of its Internet-focused
devices grows, company officials said.
Source: Yahoo WiMax promises to shake up wireless data market 20 May 2008 13:23 GMTMobile operators may be counting on LTE (Long-Term Evolution) technology to offer high-speed mobile data access in coming years, but WiMax services will arrive first, promising to shake up the wireless data market in the process.
Source: InfoWorld First call completed on North Korea's 3G network 20 May 2008 12:55 GMTThe unlikely story of advanced 3G cellular service in the world's most tightly controlled and secretive country has turned another chapter with the start of network trials.
Source: InfoWorld