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Mobile Giants Unite to Improve Wireless Interoperability

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 23, 2004 - 7:50am.
London -- Some of the world's largest mobile operators on Wednesday agreed to work together to improve interoperability between wireless devices and allow users to better access new services such as picture messaging. Led by mmO2, NTT DoCoMo, Orange, SMART Communications, Telefonica Moviles, TIM, T-Mobile and Vodafone, the so-called OMTP Alliance said it would begin to define the requirements for an open mobile terminal platform (OMTP). Amena, Hutchinson/3, KPN, One Austria, SFR and Telenor are also interested in joining the group, OMTP said. The group aims to work with mobile handset makers to resolve a number of problems that have arisen when users send pictures between phones, and especially between networks.
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Nine Consumer Electronics Firms Unite to Promote DVD-RAM Format

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2003 - 7:29am.
Las Vegas -- Nine consumer electronics firms on Monday announced the formation of a trade group that will work to promote the DVD-RAM recordable DVD format over the competing DVD+RW format. Companies joining the RAM Promotion Group include Hitachi, HLDS, Hitachi Maxell Ltd., LG Electronics, Matsushita (Panasonic), Samsung, TEAC Corporation, Toshiba and Victor Company. The companies are also members of the Recordable DVD Council, another trade group that supports DVD-RAM and DVD-RW formats developed by the DVD Forum. The RAM Promotion Group cited NPD Group data, saying 59.2% percent of DVD recorders sold in the U.S. in roughly the last three years have supported DVD-RAM. The group's main rivals include members of the DVD+RW Alliance, such as PC makers Dell, H-P and Apple; firms including Sony and Pioneer have released products that support both competing formats.
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