As I was doing my year-in-review posts here at the RFID Weblog, noting what commentators felt were the achievements of RFID during 2006, one thing seemed missing to me. No one made a big BIG deal out of what I…

WWJ Editors, 31 January 2007
NTT DoCoMo today announced their Q3 results (1 October - 31 December) for fiscal 2006 with year-ending March 31st 2007. Reported sales rose 0.4% with operating profit up 18% during the period, however net income fell to 93.9 bln JPY compared with 131.1 bln JPY in Q3 of fiscal 2005. The 28% year-on-year decline was caused by the one-time profit (40 bln JPY) booked from the operators sale of its stake in KPN Mobile in Q3 last year.

The 60th carnival of the Mobilists is at Mobbu . Makes great reading as usual. Don’t forget to have a look!

Why is it that companies don’t seem to want to keep customers happy?
15 months ago, I acquired a phone on my own. I then activated it on my existing Sprint account. The Sprint information system then reset my timer counting down to my new phone, even though I only had a couple months […]

Alan and I are presenting at Oxford University’s new short course on Mobile Social Networking, which was designed by our good friend Steve Jones of the 3G Portal, who obviously also will present. The one day course is on July…

ZDNet Asia's Farihan Bahrin reports today that Malaysian mobile operator Maxis has initiated a trial of mobile WiMax in Kuala Lumpur using equipment from Motorola. “The live trial will be conducted at four sites in downtown Kuala Lumpur, including…

According to Reuters, the FDA is “investigating safety concerns raised by a former Medtronic Inc. employee about a wireless device used to treat heart failure.” “The Concerto device, approved by the FDA in May 2006, sends tiny electrical impulses…

Motorola will launch its first mobile WiMax handsets in 2008, reports Unstrung.
Motorola and Texas Instruments are developing chipsets and plan to focus on 802.16e mobile WiMAX, supporting voice, video and data for low-power mobile applications, according to the report.
TI is readying WiMax chipsets for “mobile devices that Motorola plans to launch during 2008,” says […]

Telecommunications Technology Association of Korea (TTA) announced logo certification service for Zi…

Annual production capacity in India expected to reach 10 million by 2009

Sony Ericsson today an…

Faced with razor-thin margins on devices that sell for as little as $200, portable navigation manufa…

“A state-of-the-art technology adorned with wonderful design arrives on time in the market and …

SBS switches from European Eurek-147 standard to Korean BSAEC for its terrestrial DMB audio service …

SK Telecom launches anti-spamming service preventing minors from calling to unsolicited information …

Belgian telecoms group Belgacom is to make an offer for Luxembourg-based wireless operator LuXcommunications, which offers services under the Voxmobile banner, according to a report in Belgian daily De Tijd citing several sources in the sector. The cellco recently asked investment bank Compagnie Financiere Rothschild to investigate strategic options; it currently has approximately 15% of the Luxembourg mobile market, principally business customers. LuXcommunications is currently owned by Audiolux and BGL Investment Partners (75%), with the remaining 25% held by management.