To: DOUG H who wrote (416 ) 2/16/2000 5:49:00 PM From: Mats Ericsson Respond to of 912
3G Cellhandset boiling to much. 3G Launch Hit By Power Problems RDSL The launch of 3rd-generation cellular handsets could be delayed over problems with chipset power consumption, with more work needed to cut the amount of power used by amplifiers and baseband circuitry so they can be used in handheld terminals, according to Guenter Weinberger, head of wireless products at Infineon Technologies. Weinberger insists existing designs consume too much power and would made terminals too hot to hold. - 15 February 2000 (-So this hype around GaAS-chips must cool down eh?)totaltele.com Meanwhile e-busines via phone develops fast: 1. F-Secure Launches WAP Anti-virus Software By John Acher, Reuters Finnish data security group F-Secure said on Tuesday it had launched new anti-virus software for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) gateways to Internet-based mobile phone services. 2.NTT East Launches Fingerprint ID System Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT) East has developed a fingerprint ID system which can be used with credit cards and cellular phones. The system can be connected to an existing computer system and ... 3. Where can I buy Egyptian shares! Egypt's Orascom Aims For Pan-African Mobile Network By a staff reporter 14 February 2000 Egyptian mobile operator Orascom Telecom has bought an 80% stake in South Africa based Telecel International Ltd. for $213 million, the Financial Times reported yesterday. "With this move, we have become the biggest GSM operator in the Middle East and Africa, moving towards our goal of becoming 'the' third-world operator," Naguib Sawaris, OT chairman, told the newspaper. Telecel International has installed GSM networks across Africa and holds cellular licenses in: Benin, Burundi, Chad, Gabon, the Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In 1997, it installed Zambia's first digital cellular network, using CDMA technology.