New Mapway Apps on Vodafone Live!, O2 Active and Orange World from M-Spatial


M-SPATIAL EXTENDS MAPWAY APPLICATION SUITE WITH ‘WHERE AM I?’, ‘WALK TO/FROM NEAREST STATION’ AND ‘NEAREST TUBE TO’


Cambridge, UK- May 06, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-UK based mobile spatial specialist, m-spatial today announced the roll-out of a second wave of MapWay applications, and broadened its service offerings on Vodafone Live!, O2 Active and Orange World.

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Entry Level Mobile Dominate 14 Million Unit Brazil Handset Market


Manufacturing Efficiency and Pervasive Distribution Favor Nokia But Siemens Will Challenge

Boston, MA & London, England - April 7, 2004--/The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-
Strategy Analytics, the global research and consulting company, today released its new report, "Brazil Mobile Sales Grow 20 Percent through 2005: Siemens Leads Entry Tier GSM Mass Market Volumes." The Strategy Analytics Wireless Device Strategies Service highlights the impressive growth in one of Latin America's most populated and advanced countries, and forecasts significant investment into the Brazilian cellular market over the short term.

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The Carphone Warehouse selects Bango for its mobile content “shop”


April 7, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-The Carphone Warehouse, the largest independent retailer of mobile communications in Europe, has selected Bango.net technology to enable fast, easy access and flexible payment options for its new mobile content “shop”. Developed by Ringtones.co.uk, the mobile shop offers an exciting range of content for phone users including polytones, textones, voice alerts, Java games and wallpapers.

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Oksijen uses Adax controller for wireless roaming message system


Reading, UK - April 6, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Adax has announced that its ACT4-PCI board is being used by Turkish vendor Oksijen as part of its Welcome Roaming Message System (WRMS) for wireless networks.

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35,000 Malaysian Teachers receive Intel® Centrino™ Notebook PCs


KUALA LUMPUR - /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- April 3, 2004 - Malaysia's Ministry of Education announced that 35,000 teachers are now equipped with Intel® Centrino™ mobile technology-based notebook PCs to help improve teaching techniques.

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On-line TV Specialist delivers video content to mobile devices over GPRS


London, 30 March 2004 –/The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- TelecomTV, the world’s only Web-TV content provider for the global telecoms sector has successfully completed trials of its revolutionary wireless video service, TelecomTV2go.

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QUALCOMM and RealNetworks to Deliver RealAudio and RealVideo on Wireless Devices


QUALCOMM Licenses RealPlayer, RealAudio and RealVideo for its Integrated, Single-Chip Solutions

ATLANTA — March 23, 2004 — /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, and RealNetworks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), a leading creator of digital media services and software, announced that QUALCOMM has licensed the award-winning RealPlayer®, including the RealAudio® and RealVideo® codecs.

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Mobile Industry Leaders Announce an Initiative To Create a Top-Level Domain



New Joint Venture to Be Created Upon Application Approval


LONDON - March 15, 2004 -/The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Leading companies from the mobile industry have signed a memorandum of understanding to apply for a mobile Top Level Domain ("mobile TLD") from the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) during the current application round, which closes March 15. If the application is successful and the mobile TLD is granted by ICANN, the industry leaders have agreed to form a new joint venture to manage the mobile TLD.

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Verizon and Kyocera announced the Kyocera SE47 Sliding Wireless Phone


VERIZON WIRELESS CUSTOMERS CAN SLIDE INTO STYLE WITH THE EYE-CATCHING KYOCERA SE47 SLIDING PHONE


BEDMINSTER, NJ and SAN DIEGO, CA -March 10, 2004 /The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless service provider and operator of the most reliable wireless network, and Kyocera Wireless Corp, a leading global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones, announced immediate availability of the Kyocera SE47 sliding wireless phone.

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3Com Unveils Next Generation of Internet Protocol Business Phone


ORLANDO, Florida, March 5, 2004 —/The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) is using this week's VoiceCon 2004 as a showcase for its new 3Com® 3102 Business Phone, the first member of a family of Internet protocol (IP) desktop phones designed to meet the needs of enterprises of any size and support 3Com's own call control protocols and industry-standard session initiation protocol (SIP).


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