ONE To Launch M-Commerce Service, Using Trivnet’s e/m-Payment Platform


Cannes, France, 25 February 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- ONE, a leading Austrian communications company, has announced that after a very successful field trial, it will launch m-commerce services to its mobile users using Trivnet, a leading provider of payment platforms for e-commerce and m-commerce.

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WLAN Hardware Market Up 56% to $2.5B in 2003; Linksys, NETGEAR, D-Link Lead


LONDON, UK, February 25, 2004 -/The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Worldwide wireless LAN hardware revenue reached $2.5 billion in 2003, up 56% from 2002, driven by strong wireless gateway growth, according to Infonetics Research's quarterly worldwide market share and forecast service, Wireless LAN Hardware.

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Zi Corporation Licenses eZiText® to China Putian Subsidiary


Chinese Manufacturer to Initially Target PHS Market in China

CALGARY, AB, February 24, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Zi Corporation (Nasdaq: ZICA) (TSX: ZIC), a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, today announced that it has licensed its eZiText® predictive text input technology to Putian Youtong, a subsidiary of the largest electronic communications company in China, China Putian Corporation.

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Roving Planet announces enterprise-class WLAN security and management platform



BOULDER, COLO. - Feb. 24, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Roving Planet today announced its latest enterprise-class wireless local area network (WLAN) security, management and integration platform, Central Site Director (CSD) 2.5. CSD 2.5 will support both IBM X304 and IBMX335 Linux servers, as well as its current install base of Roving Planet hardware. Support for additional leading Intel-based Linux hardware platforms is planned throughout 2004.

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Scalado launches the UIQ version of it’s image application PhotoFusion


February 23, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-Scalado AB (http://www.scalado.com), a Swedish software technology company, specializing in digital imaging for the Mobile industry, today announces the launch of its UIQ version of PhotoFusion.

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Swisscom Mobile AG Names Portal Software a Strategic Supplier

CUPERTINO CA, (February 23, 2004) /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Portal Software, Inc., (Nasdaq: PRSF) announced today it has been named a strategic supplier by Swisscom Mobile AG, Switzerland’s largest mobile operator. Portal has been a supplier of billing solution software to Swisscom Mobile since 2000.

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Deutsche Bank examines impact of the “business of a billion people”



White paper highlights socio-economic impact of GSM


3GSM World Congress, Cannes, France, 23rd February 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-
Global revenues attributable to GSM totalled $277 billion in 2003 according to a newly published white paper from Deutsche Bank. This socio-economic study of the impact of GSM worldwide further forecasts that GSM revenues will grow to $500 billion in 2005.


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Strategy Analytics: Curitel aggressive for $19 million Verizon Handset Sales

Boston, MA & London, UK - February 21, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Strategy Analytics views handset maker Curitel's bid for a controlling interest in Audiovox as a strong positive move for the Korean manufacturer in its quest to establish a much clearer roadmap for its wireless carrier partners.

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STARHOME launches the FIRST Signalling based Preferred Network ROAMING CONTROL FOR MOBILE OPERATORS


20th February 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Starhome, a leader in roaming technology and value added solutions, has launched its “Intelligent Preferred Network Tm” – a suite of solutions which offers various single elements to a complete integrated Intelligent Preferred Network solution for mobile operators.

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Zi Corporation Develops Software to Integrate eZiText, eZiTap into the New Voq™

Zi Corporation Develops Software to Integrate eZiText, eZiTap into the New Voq™ Professional Phone by Sierra Wireless with Windows Mobile Software

CALGARY, AB, February 19, 2003 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Zi Corporation (Nasdaq: ZICA) (TSX: ZIC), a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, announced that it has worked closely with Microsoft Corp. to develop a new software system designed to enable Zi’s proprietary eZiText® and eZiTap™ predictive text technologies to work seamlessly with the Microsoft Windows Mobile software for Smartphones.

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