In search of smart phones

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The wireless industry is seeking to develop smart phones that not only allow calls to be made, but allow users to plan schedules, check e-mail and use the Internet. NTT CoCoMo has sold over one million i-mode phones that are Inernet-based. Motoroal forecasts that there will be more wireless devices able to use the Internet than non-Internet devices, by 2005. Some 90 companies have joined an organization to develop a common protocol called the Wireless Application Protocol. There is competition to ctonrol the operating system to be used for the new smart phones.

Radiotelephone communications, Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications, Mobile Radio Services, Product development, Cellular telephone services industry, Cellular telephone services, Wireless communications services

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And then came the Europeans

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Siemens has acquired Argon Networks and Castle Networks, while Alcatel has acquired Assured Access and Xylan. The internet and other developments have led to an expansion of the data communications markets. Consumers want systems that are totally reliable, which is likely to mean that companies that can assemble the network as a whole are likely to perform well. Cisco Systems dominates the corporate data market and is one of four remaining data networking companies that are still publicly traded.

Internet, Data communications, Telecommunications transmission technologies

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Unburdening

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European telecoms companies face debts and this affects the bond market, since they have to raise funds. Telecoms companies are also concerned about their credit ratings.

Capital market, Capital markets

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