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Option N.V. announced the latest addition to its comprehensive range of wireless data cards: the GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD ™. The GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD ™ is the world’s first 5-band wireless data card combining 3G UMTS at 2100 MHz for EMEA markets and Quad band GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz for worldwide markets in a single PC data card. The data card is already shipping to mobile network operators.Jan Callewaert, CEO at Option: “We have seen a significant increase in demand from the professional global traveller to have access to E-mail, Internet and Corporate Intranet services. This 5-band GlobeTrotter wireless data card enables the transatlantic user to take advantage of the extensive 850/1900 MHz services in the US markets whilst also being compatible with 3G and GPRS networks across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. With the addition of the GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD ™ we are now commercially shipping a portfolio of six GlobeTrotter wireless data card products to our network operator customers worldwide.”

OTHER PRODUCT HIGHLIGHTS:

• 5-band wireless data card suitable for use on 3G UMTS networks at 2100 MHz for EMEA markets and Quad band GPRS 850/900/1800/1900 MHz for worldwide markets
• On a 3G network, the GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD ™ enables a connection to the internet at data speeds of up to 384kbps
• GlobeTrotter PC Card format (Extended Type II PCMCIA compliant and 32-bit CardBus PC Card interface)
• GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD ™ provides transparent handover between UMTS and GPRS networks
• Supports IPSec client software for end-to-end secure corporate data exchange and synchronisation over VPN
• Future proof through user upgradeable Flash Memory technology
• Compatible with nearly all popular notebook PC’s equipped with PCMCIA slot and Microsoft Windows Operating System
• GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD ™ support for MAC O/S and Linux on request
• GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD ™ is customisable for mobile network operators and IT manufacturers.

In addition to the GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD ™ wireless data card, Option offers its premier GlobeTrotter Mobility Manager™ software enabling users of the card to have fast, simple and easy access to wireless data whilst hiding from the user the complexity of underlying wireless 3G UMTS and GPRS technologies. In conjunction with Option’s mobile IP solution the user will be able to seamlessly roam between access technologies 3G and 2G with automatic authentication using GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD ™ inbuilt support for PC Smart Card and EAP-SIM.The GlobeTrotter 3G QUAD ™ further complements and enhances Option’s current range of GlobeTrotter wireless data cards: GlobeTrotter (GPRS), GlobeTrotter COMBO (GPRS/WLAN), GlobeTrotter COMBO EDGE (EDGE/GPRS/WLAN), GlobeTrotter 3G (3G UMTS/GPRS) and GlobeTrotter FUSION (3G UMTS/GPRS/WLAN).

The world got its first glimpse of Push-To-View (PTV) mobile phone technology when LG Electronics, a global pioneer in 3G technology, showcased the next 3G “killer application” at 3GSM World Congress . PTV is state-of-the-art mobile technology that combines networking and multimedia, allowing multiple users to share live video in real time. Evolved from Push-To-Talk (PTT), PTV lets users select people to share live video with, transmitting an audio/video feed in real time. PTV also offers functions similar to the Messenger chat engine. It manages user groups, checks reception, selects users for video-conferencing and controls transmission.

       The package has an invitation function, calling available users to conference and giving them the option of accepting or not.“We are very proud to be the first to showcase PTV technology. LG Electronics expects this to become the next killer application, expanding 3G mobile communications services worldwide. With continuing efforts to develop innovative technology, we will strengthen our position as the unrivalled 3G technology leader,” said LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company President & CEO M.H. Park.LG Electronics’ commitment to customized and localized product development has already won the company a number of world firsts, including the 3-D Game phone (SV360/KV3600), the Terrestrial DMB phone (LT1000), the Digital Qiblah Mecca Indicator phone (F7100), the Diabetes (Health Care) phone (KP8400) and the VOD camcorder phone (SV130).

The Siemens Communications Group is adding new GPRS radio modules for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication to its product portfolio. The new functions include a world-first in the form of the Java-based and quadband-capable TC65 module, which can be used in all GSM networks. The Java TM Open Software-Platform makes it possible to control the customer application with components integrated on the module, such as a processor or memory. The TC65 is also available as a plug-and-play terminal version with standard interfaces.

This enables fast and simple integration of the product into the customer applications, e.g. an alarm system. A further module, also offering these standardized mobile radio and connection capabilities, is the TC63 which is intended primarily for integration into simple M2M applications, such as vending machines. Both modules will be available from Siemens and specialist dealers . The Java-support provided by the TC65 gives developers a complete hard- and software platform for a simple and fast realization of M2M applications. The u se of the integrated module components, such as the powerful processor and a comprehensive flash memory for the customer software, allows system integrators to save material costs and bring their products to market more quickly.

The Java-module includes the latest Information Mobile Profile (IMP) Version 2.0 and supports wireless software updates over the air interface (OTAP = “over the air provisioning”) and secure data transfer through HTTPS and PKI-standard . The TC65 is also available as a terminal variant with a robust housing and all standard connections. The TC65 combines the Java programming function with premium mobile communication functionalities including quadband technology, which allows the module to be used in all GSM networks worldwide. A GPRS Class 12 device (class 12 is currently the highest GPRS class), it also offers an integrated TCP/IP stack for IP-based services over GRPS connections. All of these functions are also available without the Java TM open software platform in the lower priced TC63.

The modules TC65, TC63 and TC65 Terminal have a wide range of interfaces for straightforward integration into M2M applications. I 2 C bus, SPI bus, USB, serial and A/D and D/A converters are just a few of the alternatives provided. The new lead-free products are produced in accordance with the EU guidelines governing the restriction of use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic devices (RoHS) and thus already fulfill all the relevant conditions one year before the corresponding law comes into effect. The Siemens Communications Operating Group is one of the leading providers in the global telecommunication industry. Siemens is the only company in the sector to offer its customers a complete portfolio from terminals for consumers to complex network infrastructures for companies and operators together with the associated services. Siemens Communications is the world leader in innovation in the fields of convergent technologies and products and services for mobile, fixed and corporate networks.

T-Mobile and Google Inc. will be working in close cooperation in the future to provide the new web’n’walk services. The objective is to improve user-friendliness, increase the advantages and boost the speed of Internet access when using the net via T-Mobile cell phones. With web’n’walk, T-Mobile is offering customers attractive service packages for mobile access to the World Wide Web. These packages include innovative cell phones, rapid mobile data transmission and tempting prices.As part of the partnership, the Google search engine will be preset as the Internet homepage on the T-Mobile phones.

Thus, at the touch of a few buttons, mobile Internet surfers will have the award-winning Google search engine at their disposal. Another facet of the partnership between the two companies will be joint marketing activities aimed at high-level marketing of mobile access to the free Internet. By providing the Google search engine, T-Mobile is giving its customers who access the Internet from a cell phone using the new web’n’walk service the ideal starting point for excursions into the World Wide Web. Google reaches over eight billion web pages throughout the world and automatically displays the key search results first. That way, users obtain nearly instant access to the information they want. The homepage with the Google search engine and other useful links will initially be available on Sidekick II, MDA compact, MDA III, the new model of SDA and the Nokia models 6680 9300 and 9500.

Samsung Electronics . announced that it has developed the industry’s fastest 2.0 gigabit per second (Gbps) 90 nanometer (nm) 512Mb graphics double data rate 3 (GDDR3) dynamic random access memory (DRAM). Samsung’s new 2.0Gbps high-speed graphics solution runs at up to 8.0GigaBytes per second (GBps), which is 70 percent faster than the conventional 1.2Gbps device, making it ideal for high-quality images and fast animation in PCs, workstations and high-end game consoles. Samsung also initiated mass production of its 1.6Gbps 512Mb GDDR3, which was developed in December 2004. Generating 6.4GBps transmission rates, the 1.6Gbps GDDR3 is available in graphic cards with a maximum density of 1GB by combining sixteen monolithic 512Mb GDDR3s together.

The new GDDR3 incorporates a JEDEC standard 136-ball package. 512Mb GDDR3 is expected to support the faster data transmission rate for higher resolution images in next generation game consoles. Samsung’s technology diversification strategy is reflected in its comprehensive graphics memory line up. Since introducing the industry’s first 1.0Gbps 128Mbit GDDR1/GDDR2 in 2002, Samsung has now become the first to secure a full line up of GDDR memory technology. Market research firm, Mercury Research, predicts that the global g raphics DRAM market will increase 43 percent to $1.5 billion ( US ) in 2005 and exceed $2 billion ( US ) in 2006. Samsung’s 1.6Gbps 90nm 512Mb GDDR3 DRAMs are available now in volume production worldwide.

Nextel Communications Inc. and Visto Corporation announced the launch of Mobile Email Enhanced, the first email service for Java-enabled mobile phones with full synchronization and a PDA-like feel. Mobile Email Enhanced pairs ConstantSync™, Visto’s wireless synchronization technology, with an on-the-phone application to provide real-time access to email, contact lists, and calendars. Push email allows over-the-air email delivery to the phone without any interaction from the user. Nextel Mobile Email Enhanced works in tandem with Microsoft Outlook®, IBM® Lotus Notes® and most Internet email accounts such as EarthlinkSM and Yahoo!.“With Nextel Mobile Email Enhanced, our customers can make more productive use of their time spent away from their desks or out of the office with easy access to business or personal email,” said Danny Bowman, Nextel vice president of wireless data services. “Mobile Email Enhanced is designed to give our customers the flexibility to customize a solution that best meets both their productivity needs and personal style.

This service, powered by Visto, provides many of the benefits of a PDA in the comfortable form of a mobile phone.”“Nextel has opened up mobile email to a broad market with this new product,” said Brian Bogosian, chairman, president and CEO of Visto Corporation. “Mobile Email Enhanced makes full-featured email available to every customer that wants improved productivity. Visto Mobile and ConstantSync technology enable Nextel to offer a powerful user experience with quick and secure access whether retrieving email from a corporate office or a personal account.” Nextel Mobile Email Enhanced has been designed to satisfy the needs of IT Managers who require a “behind the firewall solution” and the small business owner for whom simple installation and ease of management are critical. Small business users can quickly download and install the Nextel Desktop Assistant without the need of an IT Department.

Larger businesses and enterprises should use the Visto™ Mobile Enterprise Server (VMES) – Nextel is providing the server software at no charge to lower the total cost of ownership. The service is available on all Java-based Nextel phones, including the recently released Motorola i605, i836, i355 and i275, and will be available for new phones as they launch. Mobile Email Enhanced is available with three productivity bundle options:

• Premier Data Service Plan ($29.99/month) includes unlimited Mobile Email Enhanced service and unlimited data access, 120 multimedia messages, unlimited text messaging and wireless web browsing;

• Enhanced Data Services Plan ($19.99/month) includes Mobile Email Enhanced service with 2MB of data access, 120 multimedia messages, unlimited text messaging and wireless web browsing;

• Mobile Email Enhanced stand-alone service ($14.99/month) with 2MB of data access.

Vodafone K.K. today announces that, as part of its new 3G lineup, from early August 2005 it will offer the Vodafone 703SH handset by Sharp, the lightest model in its 3G lineup, and from mid-August it will market the Vodafone 903SH handset by Sharp, which features the industry’s first* 3.2 megapixel auto focus mobile camera with 2x optical zoom.To coincide with the sale of these new 3G handsets, Vodafone K.K. will offer expanded Chaku-Uta Full� full track music download content starting mid-August.

The main features of the handsets are as follows:

Vodafone 703SH
- Lightest Vodafone K.K. 3G handset (approx. 107g) and compact size
- Rich basic features like 2.0-inch QVGA screen, 1.3 megapixel camera, and Bluetooth
- Quick Operations for quickly calling up often-used functions and Custom Screens

Vodafone 903SH
- Features 3.2 megapixel CCD mobile camera with 2x optical zoom and auto focus
- 3D Surround Stereo Side Speakers for realistic sound enjoyment
- 2.4-inch Mobile ASV LCD for superior display and wide-angle

Sony Ericsson president Miles Flint comments: “In our first five years we have successfully established ourselves as an aspirational brand in the mobile phone market. We continue to build on this with products such as the W880, a super-slim, high performance 3G Walkman®, that will begin to ship this month. We know what consumers want. With recent announcements of more mid- and low-end handsets such as the K550 Cyber-shot™ and the W200 Walkman® phone, we are now making the Sony Ericsson brand accessible to a wider range of consumers. We aim to make the Sony Ericsson experience aspirational at all price points in the portfolio, from high-end phones to our new talk and text phones, the J110, J120, K200 and K220 models.” 2006 was a record year for sales, net income and profit for Sony Ericsson. The company sold 60 million music enabled phones, 17 million of which were Walkman® handsets. In the same period, 4.5 million Cyber-shot™ phones were sold. Since the beginning of the year Sony Ericsson has made a series of announcements that build on the momentum of 2006, with nine new handsets for the GSM market, and in Japan NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced two new phones by Sony Ericsson, including the first BRAVIA brand handset which delivers mobile TV functionality. Sony Ericsson has also announced its first HSDPA product, the Tri-Band HSDPA/UMTS and Quad-Band EDGE/GPRS PC300 Mobile Broadband PC Card for laptops, and a host of new accessories that enable consumers to enhance their experience of entertainment and communications on the move.

Making phones available at lower price points requires improvements in cost efficiencies at high production volumes while protecting quality. To this end, at the end of January Sony Ericsson announced it plans to manufacture mobile phones in Chennai, India in partnership with Flextronics and Foxconn, its global outsourcing manufacturing partners. This will enable Sony Ericsson to offer appealing products at even more competitive price points, especially at the lowest end of the portfolio. Shortly before 3GSM World Congress Sony Ericsson completed its acquisition of the Swedish software company UIQ Technology AB from Symbian Ltd following full regulatory ratification. The company plans to give more details on its strategy for the development of UIQ Technology during 3GSM. Miles Flint concludes: “We have started 2007 in a very strong position, announcing more new products at a wider range of price points than ever before this early in the year. Looking ahead, we fully expect millions more people to enjoy the benefits of the Sony Ericsson brand, making us well placed to gain further market share this year.

Sony Ericsson today announces four new ‘candy bar’ phones that make it simple to stay in touch. Of the four, the K200 and K220 are both camera phones, whilst the K220 again and the J120 bring music into an affordable segment with integrated FM Radios, complete with headsets. All four, including the J110, display Sony Ericsson’s signature styling and premium feel, yet manage to keep simplicity and ease-of-use at the heart of their design.

K200

The K200 is all about having a camera on your phone just when you need it.

The VGA camera and photo album are immediately accessible with just one click on the dedicated button. Given that the K200 has a slideshow view and will store up to 40 images, it’s easy for users to view their pictures in full screen and share them with friends.

Navigating the phone couldn’t be easier either, as the menu can be set to a series of simple, single icons. To keep things hassle-free, the central navigation key is set-up to give one-click access to key features such as the phone book (which stores up to 300 contacts) and messaging menu. Available from Q2 2007 in selected markets in either Metallic Black or Light Champagne, the K200 allows you to always have your favourite pictures in your pocket.

K220

As with the K200, the K220 is an easy-to-use camera phone with a single icon display, but with the advantage of an integrated FM radio with RDS. Perfect for those quieter moments, the K220 can store up to 10 pre-set stations so there is no need to hunt around when it’s time to change channels. It will even provide a wake-up call since a favourite station can be set on the Radio Alarm Clock.
Choose your station and choose your colour; the K220 comes in two striking finishes - Frost White or Ocean Blue. The K220 will be available in selected .

J110

Keeping in touch is made straightforward with the J110, a classic ‘candy bar’ phone with large, legible keys and easy navigation. A central navigation key with clear icons gives one-click access to commonly used features such as the text message menu, ring volume and alarm clock. Navigation through the menu options is easy thanks to the single-icon display, and J110 has enough stamina and storage to keep you in touch however busy you are, giving up to nine hours’ talk time and room for up to 200 phone numbers. A robust, solid phone with chrome detail and a bright 65k colour STN screen, The J110 will be available in selected markets from Q2 2007 in three distinct colours: Soft Cream, Smooth Grey or Precious Purple.

J120

J120 has the same easy to use features as J110, such as a single-icon menu and one-click access, with the added benefit of a built-in FM Radio that allows you to store up to 10 favourite channels plus a stereo headset that’s supplied with the phone. When it’s time to share the radio play-list with a wider audience, the J120 features a loudspeaker through which the radio can be played. This can also be used as a speakerphone when you tire of the radio and decide to call a friend. This compact and striking phone, finished in Night Black with ‘FM Radio’ detail, really stands out from the crowd. The J120 will be available in selected markets from Q2 2007.

Nokia today introduced a pioneering mobile search software solution that provides users with easy and fast access to leading search engines directly from their Nokia handset.The search application is a simple, convenient, and fast way for Nokia smart phone users to find and connect to any website as well as local search engines, whenever, wherever. The current service and content providers incorporated in the search application include Eniro, Fonecta, Medio Systems, Yahoo!, Yell.com, as well as digital map solution provider AtlasCT and digital map data provider NAVTEQ. “Introducing the search application together with the leading search engine providers brings one of the world’s most popular online activities - online search - to the fingertips of Nokia handset users,” said Harry Santamäki, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Multimedia, Nokia. “With this extremely straightforward and easy to use application, users can now expand the use of online search services beyond their desktops. Furthermore, what better than to be able to connect directly and immediately to the business or service you were looking for.

 The search application is truly the next best thing to having all of the world’s directories printed inside the mobile phone!”The mobile search application is currently being piloted in the UK, Finland and Sweden. The application will be distributed in the standard sales packs of the Nokia 6680, Nokia 6681 and Nokia 6630 smartphones. Existing owners of these devices can download the search application for free from the With the search engines integrated and easily accessible in just one application, users of Nokia smartphones can search for anything on the web*, including websites, images, news and weather information, as well as mobile content, such as ring tones, games and wallpapers. Once something relevant, such as a website is found, the user can then immediately connect to see that site. In addition to Yahoo! Search services, users in the UK, Finland and Sweden also have access to local business and service information providers, namely Yell.com in the UK, Eniro and Fonecta in Finland, and Eniro in Sweden. UK users will also be able to conduct content-based searches via Medio Systems.The local search engines enable searching for local services or businesses - anything from restaurants and hotels to taxi numbers or flower shops. Results of local searches display the relevant contact data, and the user can instantly, with the push of a button, call the given telephone number or save it to contacts. Moreover, with integrated mapping solutions from  portal by AtlasCT and digital map data from NAVTEQ, the results can be shown on a map, aiding users on the go to locate their destination. Users can also save and, for example, send the map as MMS to a friend.When traveling between countries, the search application automatically offers to change to available local search engines. Users can also change the location setting manually, enabling a user to find the contact details, for example, of a hotel in another country in order to make a reservation for a future visit.