mm02 To Bring I-Mode to Europe
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mm02 UK and mm02 Ireland will use DoCoMo&#39;s i-mode branding and technology exclusively in their markets under an agreement with DoCoMo.
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(InfoWorld) - The European Commission is harmonizing radio frequency bands across the European Union in order to spur use of a wide range of wireless devices such as wireless computer keyboards, headphones and garage door openers, it said Thursday. Frequency bands will soon be harmonized throughout the E.U. making life simpler, as anyone in Europe will be able to use the same short-range wireless product anywhere in the E.U. and manufacturers need only make one product for the whole internal market, the Commission said in a statement. The Commission hopes the move will decrease the price of wireless devices. A parallel move aims to harmonize frequencies for RFID (radio frequency identification) devices too. These electronic tags are increasingly used in businesses such as retail and logistics, tracking of goods and persons, security and alarm systems. "From garage door openers to baby monitors, alarms and wireless medical implants, short range devices affect us all, from the very young to the very old," said Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for the information society. "That's why these Commission decisions will help create a single market for wireless devices, stimulate their uptake, boost industry in this vital sector and provide benefits to all Europeans." Short-range wireless devices are often portable mass market products can be operated without a licence in all member states. Once the radio frequencies are harmonized, consumers will not have to check whether specific equipment can be used in each member state, the Commission said, claiming that this will spur demand, reduce production costs for manufacturers and encourage new innovative devices and applications. A recent Commission study estimated the value of the market for these devices to be â¬25 billion ($33 billion) by 2009. The retail sector is likely to be the main first user to increase the efficiency in the flow of goods and storage by using RFID technology. The Commission believes the value of RFID services and equipment market in the E.U.'s 15 core members will reach â¬4 billion by 2010. For more information on the E.U.'s radio spectrum policy go to this page. The two decisions on harmonization of the radio spectrum use by short-range devices and for RFID devices in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band can be found here. A study on legal, economic and technical aspects of 'collective use' of spectrum in the European Community (2006) can be found here.
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U.K. mobile operator mmO2 has announced that it's reached an agreement with NTT DoCoMo to offer the Japanese company's I-mode mobile Internet service on its network.
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British mobile phone network O2 will launch an i-mode service next year after licensing the technology from Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo, newspaper reports have claimed.
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European mobile networks may be urging Apple to add 3G support in the iPhone.
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Apple announced here Tuesday that Britain would be the first European country to get its much-vaunted iPhone, when mobile phone operator O2 launches the gadget on November 9.
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European cell phone group mmO2 has agreed to adopt the i-mode mobile Internet technology pioneered by Japan&#39;s NTT DoCoMo and plans to bring
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NTT DoCoMo has launched its i-mode cell phone service in Britain and Ireland through a deal with British company mm02. DoCoMo believes it eventually could gain 60 million users in Europe alone as the Internet service gains acceptance.
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Great Britain will become the first foreign market for Apple's popular cell phone-media player. The rest of Europe is expected to line up pretty quickly.
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TOKYO - NTT DoCoMo Inc said Tuesday that it will expand its i-mode Internet-capable cell phone services into Britain and Ireland in the latter half of 2005 by concluding a licensing contract with British cell phone company mmO2 PLC.
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Apple&#39;s iTunes store currently has coverage in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
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An industry analyst expects the first iPhones to hit Europe in October.
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Apple announced Tuesday that Britain will be the first European country to get its much-vaunted iPhone, when mobile phone group O2 launches the gadget on November 9.
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TechWeb - Wireless carrier T-Mobile International has signed a deal to use in Europe a variety of popular brands from Warner Bros.
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Broadband mass migration to Telefonica UK
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Vodafone gets the gig Samsung's would-be iPhone beater, the F700 smartphone - aka the Croix - will come to Europe in two months' time through the Vodafone network, the company revealed today.â¦
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We don't need no stinkin' 3G for our iPhone EDGE connections are popping up on O2's network as the company prepares to deploy the 2.5G technology.â¦