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Atmel Introduces a Ready-to-Use Ultra-Low-Power MP3 Decoder for Mobile Phones

New Chip Provides Increased Functions, Optimized System Size, Cost and Time-to-Market

Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced semiconductor solutions, announced today a new ready-to-use single-chip MP3 decoder combining all the features to allow a mobile phone to play MP3 music and ring tones and to convert it into a pen drive.

With time-to-market being key in the mobile phone market, the AT83SND2CMP3 requires minimal firmware development. An easy-to-implement protocol can be added to the baseband firmware. The baseband processor, acting as a master, controls the slave player with simple commands such as: Play, Pause, Stop, Next, Copy File, Get File. In case of a call, the player is stopped and any MP3 ring tones can be activated. The call is directed by the AT83SND2CMP3 to the earphone or to the speaker. Its low power consumption down to 37 mA offers longer battery life compared to currently available MP3 decoder solutions.

The AT83SND2CMP3 can also act as a mass storage controller for NAND Flash, MultiMediaCard (MMC), Xd-Picture Card, Secure Digital, allowing phones using this chip to play MP3 files or store pictures from a mobile phone-camera.

'The AT83SND2CMP3 converts your mobile phone into a versatile, portable multimedia player,' said Bernard Bancelin, Marketing Manager of Audio Line at Atmel. 'You can quickly create two products in one: a mobile phone and a pen drive. It can be implemented in less than a month by adding basic commands to the baseband protocol. While other MP3 decoder suppliers offer more expensive solutions, Atmel lets mobile phone manufacturers eliminate the MIDI generator and combine USB-Disk, MP3 Player and MMC/SD Card Reader into the same housing for only an extra dollar,' he added.

SMS in the U.S. - The Right Technology for Cellular Messaging Success?

Company: visiongain
Address: 40, Tooting High Street
Zipcode: SW17 0RG
City: London
Country: UK
Tel: 44(0) 20 87 676711
Fax: 44(0) 20 87 675001
url: www.visiongain.com

According to the latest visiongain report " SMS in the U.S. - The
Right Technology for Cellular Messaging Success?” text Messaging, or
SMS, has been hugely successful in many parts of the world, but not
so in the United States. The report question why this is and debates
whether SMS ever be as popular in the U.S. market compared with the
rest of the world.

With 270 billion messages sent globally last year, and the figure
continuing to grow year-on-year, this communications tool has
revolutionized the way that consumers and businesses across the world
interact. Pricing issues and a lack of awareness of the service, are
both factors that can be easily overcome by American carriers,
however the results show the US market failing to embrace SMS
technology as widely as the rest of the world. Speculations of other
non-voice cellular communications technology, such as MMS, Mobile
Instant Messaging or Mobile E-mail, could be the reason for fueling
data-revenue growth in the U.S. instead.

The U.S. market for cellular communications grew 13.5% from 2002 to a
value of $88 billion in 2003 and the market for wireless service in
the U.S. is extremely concentrated with the top six companies sharing
more than 70% of the total market. As of second quarter of 2004 the
number of U.S. wireless subscribers was 163.5 million, up from
slightly under 154 million at the close of 2003. The top-tier
national carriers are no longer adding subscribers at the sustained
rates of the past, and other factors such as ARPU, CPGA, and churn
are becoming a more critical basis upon which to assess their
relative strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities.

In the United States, more than 33% of mobile users are actively
using text messaging- a total of 38 million. As of first quarter of
2004, mobile subscribers in Western Europe reached 332 million, for a
penetration rate of 85%. Fifty million of these subscribers live in
the United Kingdom, and 73% of UK subscribers use text messaging. As
in continental Europe, text messaging in the UK is appealing to
mobile users of all incomes and education levels. However in America
texting is biased to the young - 57% of SMS users (of the 53% of
mobile owners) are within the 18-25 year old age bracket.

By studying trends and business models from Europe and Asia, and the
SMS strategies and solutions of the major U.S. carriers this report
provides recommendations and forecasts to help companies understand
the market potential of SMS, and other non-voice cellular
communications technologies in the U.S. The studies of the psychology
of both the European and American consumer in order to offer an
understanding of what action needs to be taken to realize the market
opportunities in the U.S.

The report “SMS in the U.S. - The Right Technology for Cellular
Messaging Success?” investigates the American market, and explains
why SMS has not reached European levels of usage. The report also
details what work must be completed to tap into this vital non-voice
revenue potential, and where MMS, mobile IM and E-mail will be
positioned in the market over the coming years.

There are extensive examples across the globe of how the SMS market
has exploded into a wealth of instant communications situations,
thereby vastly improving the quality, interactivity and cost of
advertising, media, and business, and at the same time generating
vital revenues across the wireless industry. Globally, consumers and
businesses have applied SMS to their daily business applications and
have received startling results. Visiongain believes that currently
270 billion messages are sent globally each year, and growth in many
European markets continues to soar.

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Visiongain predicts that SavaJe could take a 17 per cent
share of the middle level handset market by 2009

Company: visiongain
Address: 40, Tooting High Street
Zipcode: SW17 0RG
City: London
Country: UK
Tel: 44(0) 20 87 676711
Fax: 44(0) 20 87 675001
url: www.visiongain.com

Visiongain predicts that SavaJe could take a 17 per cent share of the
middle level handset market by 2009

Visiongain Publishing According to the latest visiongain report "SavaJe -
Challenging the Mobile Operating Market", the mobile handset market
operating system market has evolved rapidly in the last 3 years as
handsets become increasingly sophisticated. SavaJe (pronounced savage
- the name is an comes from of Java SE) is one of a handful of
companies hoping to compete in the market which is currently
dominated by Symbian, with Microsoft also vying for control.

Visiongain expects the mobile OS market to shift rapidly in the next
five years as mobile network operators look to implement a uniform
user experience on mobile handsets, potentially at the expense of
established handset manufacturers such as Nokia. Visiongain predicts
that SavaJe could take a 17 per cent share of the middle level
handset market by 2009.

Although handsets based on the SavaJe OS are not yet commercially
available at Q4 2004, the entrance of SavaJe to the mobile operating
system market is timely. As the mobile market continues to evolve,
network operators are increasingly wary of becoming overly dependent
on handset manufacturers or software companies. Handsets are becoming
increasingly sophisticated in terms of features and functions, and
network operators are seeing a rise in the proportion of revenue that
comes from data rather than voice services. Visiongain predicts that
the global average for non-voice ARPU will almost double from 16% in
2004 to 33% in 2009, when it will account for more than €55 billion
in revenue.

Simon Burnett, visiongain’s Telecommunication’s analyst comments, in
2003, smartphones only accounted for around 3% of the total handset
market. Of 560 million phones shipped, only around 16 million were
what could be termed smartphones. In many emerging markets where
sales of handsets are high in volume, for example, China, India and
Latin America, handsets are marketed primarily as voice-led devices
albeit with SMS capacity. The most obvious reason for this is price
driven. Handsets in these territories need simply to be functional
for voice, and be mass-market affordable.

In markets such as Japan or the UK, smartphones account for a larger
proportion of the market place as greater proportion of consumers are
able to afford emerging technology. Visiongain estimates that
extended-feature smartphones accounted for 7% of new handset sales in
the UK in the first quarter 2004. Demand for value-added features
grows as market-awareness spreads. Unlike older, less complex voice-
oriented handsets, feature phones and smartphones require an
operating system that works in much the same way as that of a PC. An
OS looks after and enables many important functions such as the user
interface, access to applications and the phone's memory. The leading
mobile OS from 2000-2004 has been Symbian, predominately through its
adoption by Nokia and several other leading manufacturers.

Smartphone handsets that use an advanced operating system will grow
in volume in the medium term, i.e. the next five years, from a global
total of 3% in 2003, to over a quarter of the total handset market by
2009. “This growth will mainly stem from business users and the wider
consumer market. An important factor in this growth will be how
smartphones meet the demands of different markets through offering a
wide variety of applications to meet differing needs”, states
Burnett.

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Wireless services in iraq – b2b conferences (visiongain)

Company: Visiongain
Address: 40 Tooting High St
Zipcode: SW17 ORG
City: London
Country: UK
Tel: 44 (0) 20 8767 6711
Fax: 44 (0) 20 8767 5001
url: www.visiongain.com
email: Senh.ip@visiongain.com

Attend the visiongain’s b2b conference, wireless services in iraq -
opportunities for wireless companies in the deployment of wireless
infrastructure and services in iraq. This conference’s objective is
to provide a unique forum to discuss the technical, financial and
logistical challenges to deploy wireless services in Iraq.

Years of instability, war and economic sanctions have left Iraq with
low levels of fixed line telephony services, allowing wireless
communications to play a significant part in the country's developing
telecommunications market. Six months after the transfer of
sovereignty in Iraq investment opportunities are plenty for companies
willing to play a role in the rebuilding of Iraq’s wireless
telecommunications network. With 3 GSM licences awarded in 2004 and
opportunities in alternative wireless solutions, the need for
wireless infrastructure, masts, antennae, and mobile handsets is
pressing.

This conference comprehensively examines the investment, trading and
contracting opportunities in Iraq’s wireless network. Debates will
also cover how wireless deployment projects can be managed on the
ground and how to overcome the challenges related to security and
finances.

The WIRELESS SERVICES IN IRAQ CONFERENCE 2005 will take place on
January 26th & 27th at the Hilton Hotel, Kensington, and London. The
conference will begin January 26th with opening remarks from the
conference chairman, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of Talal Abu-
Ghazaleh Organization (TAGI), the largest Arab group of professional
service firms based in Jordan.

For more information about this event, please visit
www.b2bconferences.com

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More than just VOIP

Company: Inet Telecoms Ltd (Voipfone)
Address: 227 Marsh Wall
Zipcode: E14 9SD
City: London
Country: UK
Tel: 08707606064
Fax: 08707606064
url: http://www.voipfone.co.uk
email: press@voipfone.co.uk

Voipfone, a young upstart in the Voice over IP market has launched a
one-stop shop for the communication needs of residential and business
customers including a unique range of voip broadband packages.

From today, consumers can have their broadband, voice calls, sms,
fax, web hosting and email all from one provider.

The company have drawn on it’s wealth of experience in the
convergence sector and have brought together the features of today’s
diverse telecoms market under one roof, advancing the day when
traditional analogue telephone calls and services will drop off the
wire and onto the digital backbone.

This is not just a one way conversation either. Consumers get a
geographic incoming UK telephone number of their choice so that
anyone can call them from any telephone.

Business users get a virtual PBX with 25 extensions for a fraction of
the cost of traditional solutions with the added benefit that it will
work globally.

SMS text messages can also be sent from the user’s web based control
panel, which also includes the ability to send multiple messages to a
group of users. This feature is invaluable for organisations that
need to communicate quickly and cheaply with a large number of
people. Users can elect to have the replies sent to a normal mobile
or to a virtual mobile number and receive the replies directly into
their web based account and sent to them by email.

Of course voice is primarily what VOIP is about and that has become
synonymous with cheap calls, and the company also prides itself on
offering the cheapest call rates to UK landlines and mobiles.

The Voipfone connect broadband products offer consumers an
unrestricted broadband connection and all they need to get setup with
a voip line including free calling time to over 40 countries.

This truly is the future of communications crossing interstate and
intercontinental boundaries enabling the global market place.

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America Online and AT&T Wireless Launch Simplified Mobile Instant Messaging Services; Mobile Instant Messaging Lets Mobile Users Easily 'Chat' While on the Move
America Online Inc., the world's leading interactive services company, and AT&T Wireless (NYSE:AWE) today announced the availability of new mobile instant messaging services that streamline the wireless instant messaging (IM) experience. An embedded version of the AOL(R) Instant Messenger(TM) (AIM(R)) service is now prominently featured on the main menu screen of select AT&T Wireless phones, bringing the power of instant messaging to the foreground of wireless.

Empirix to Feature Hammer FX and Product of the Year Hammer Call Analyzer at Upcoming INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO
Empirix, the innovative provider VoIP test solutions, today announced it
will have the latest version of it's Hammer FX(TM) and Hammer Call Analyzer
(TM) products on display at TMC's INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Conference
& EXPO Miami 2004

Samsung Electronics Develops Satellite DMB Chip for Mobile Phones Samsung Electronics has completed development of the world's first satellite digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) chip for mobile phones. The satellite DMB chip for mobile phones requires ultra-high integration, and Samsung Electronics has paved the way for localization of satellite DMB components. Satellite DMB is in the spotlight as the next generation in broadcasting formats. The service will be accessible anywhere to users on the move via either receivers in automobiles or handheld terminals.

RedSky Mobile delivers GPS Module for Nintendo® Game Boy® Advance Today RedSky Mobile Inc. announced its Pioneer Personal Navigation GPS module for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. Utilizing the rich multimedia features of the Game Boy Advance, the Pioneer Personal Navigation System takes navigation and GPS to a whole new level.

Sonexis Ships ConferenceManager 4.0
Sonexis, Inc. (www.sonexis.com) has announced general availability of Sonexis(TM) ConferenceManager 4.0, the company's award-winning, integrated audio and web conferencing system. The new version expands the ability of Global 2000 companies and government agencies to collaborate more cost-effectively, easily and securely. Sonexis ConferenceManager 4.0 introduces new collaborative capabilities including application sharing and audio recording and playback, adds integration with Lotus Notes to its existing integration with Microsoft Outlook for scheduling and contact management, and adds another layer of security with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) support.

Dialog Semiconductor Enters Color Display Driver Market
for Wireless Handsets
Dialog Semiconductor Plc (NASDAQ: DLGS, Prime Standard: DLG), has announced its entry into a new product area by offering color display driver integrated circuits (ICs) for wireless handsets to its customers in this key target market. Aimed at the growing number of color display handset manufacturers in Asia, the new products are available from Dialog Semiconductor as a result of technology licensed from Optrex, and MOTIF, a joint venture between Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and InFocus(R) Corporation (NASDAQ: INFS).

GlobeTel Announces Launch of MagicPhone
GlobeTel Communications Corp. (OTCBB:GTEL), today announced the launch of MagicPhone Beta Program, the latest VoIP product that GlobeTel has added to its growing line of international, value added IP products and services.
GlobeTel will pick 200 hundred Beta Customers and these 200 Beta Customers will receive 500 free calling minutes anywhere in the Continental United States. All calls after the first 500 free minutes will be billed at 2.5 cents per minute and International calls will be billed at the GlobeTel wholesale rates.The customers will have to purchase an IP adapter that connects to their Internet service for a one time charge of $79, with a 90-day money back guarantee. After the Beta Program has finished, different plans will be made available for purchase on the MagicPhone website.

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