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DECTnews Archive - 1Q2001

1Q2001



February 2001 News below:

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) New DECT Opportunities in India
DECTweb has been approached by an established (7 years) internet/ telecom service provider in a major industrial and IT active Indian state.  The company has secured a wireless license for 5 major cities in the state with approx. population of 14 million and has frequency clearance for 1880-1900 DECT and is seeking partners who may wish to work on a shared / joint venture basis.   Should your company be interested, please submit suitable indication of interest to admin@dectweb.com DECTweb has been approached by an established (7 years) internet/ telecom service provider in a major industrial and IT active Indian state.  The company has secured a wireless license for 5 major cities in the state with approx. population of 14 million and has frequency clearance for 1880-1900 DECT and is seeking partners who may wish to work on a shared / joint venture basis.   Should your company be interested, please submit suitable indication of interest to admin@dectweb.com for forwarding to the company concerned.  Thank you.

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) H&W launch DECT Modules for the USA
The German company Hoeft & Wessel have announced a new variant on their range of DECT modules to allow DECT functionality to be brought to the North American market.   For some time now H&W have produced a range of DECT module products targeted at enabling flexible wireless data applications  using TCP/IP in factories, warehouses, businesses etc, including wireless IP functionality.   

In response to the changes to the FCC rules last year, H&W have now introduced a new ISM band variant, with identical interfacing, so that these wireless TCP/IP systems can now be deployed in North America and other places where the original DECT systems are not yet licensed for use.

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) DECTchat - Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) DECTchat - the DECTweb Chatroom
Following the live chat session with the DECT experts from ETSI on 26th January, on Direct Mode DECT, it has been decided to schedule regular two-weekly Chatroom sessions for members of DECTweb.    These will be held on Fridays at 9.00 GMT, with the first scheduled for FRIDAY 9th FEBRUARY.   We hope to continue to host industry guests, perhaps on a bi-monthly basis, and to focus discussion on current DECT-related industry issues, as well as interviews with industry figures from some of the leading manufacturers.  (If you wish to suggest an interviewee from your company please e-mail us at .    These will be held on Fridays at 9.00 GMT, with the first scheduled for FRIDAY 9th FEBRUARY.   We hope to continue to host industry guests, perhaps on a bi-monthly basis, and to focus discussion on current DECT-related industry issues, as well as interviews with industry figures from some of the leading manufacturers.  (If you wish to suggest an interviewee from your company please e-mail us at admin@dectweb.com).

admin@dectweb.com




January 2001 News below:

  Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Philips integrated Cordless, Paging and Personal Security Solution
Details of the Philips DECT6000 product range, announced last autumn, are now available on DECTweb.  This product range, incorporating the 'Fusion' handset, allow a range of innovative services to be offered into professional and service environments, such as hospital, fire, and other applications.

See the Press Release

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Pace Home Gateway Product - Update
At DECT 2001 Pace demonstrated a fully operational GateWay Expander and pcConnect with zero blind slot RF running a 11 slot symmetrical operation, achieving 250Kbps over the air interface between a Web server attached to the Gateway expander and a web browser on a laptop attached to pcConnect. The demo was operational at all times during the two day event without crashing and on a number of occasions the laptop and pcConnect was carried over from RTX stand to Nat-Semi stand to illustrate mobility during browsing.  This technology has now been successfully demonstrated at several international events over the past few months.

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) European Market Shares
Figures released by Siemens in Barcelona provide an interesting perspective on shares for the European DECT telephone retail  market, with figures claimed for 2000 of Siemens at no 1 with 27% and Philips at no 2 with 14%, significant change over the past two years, at which time the Siemens figures showed them equal, both with 20% share.  The figures showed the other players monitored - Alcatel, Panasonic and Samsung as all having 5% or less share in 2000. 

Other figures from the same talk showed forecasts for the coming year of a 26% growth in DECT shipments (against an overall cordless market shipments growth of 8%,and a drop in analogue shipments of 6%) and 19% growth in shipment value (against an overall cordless market value growth of 7%, and a decline in analogue value of 9%).

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) DECT SIMcard Update
DECT 2001 in Barcelona also saw an update on the Siemens "DECT SIMcard", seen last year at CeBIT 2000.  At that event the device was purely a low power version, rather like the low power Bluetooth solution.  Barcelona however Siemens showed its revamped version complete with full 250mW PA on board.  The size of the DECT SIMcard is just 24mm*15mm*3mm, providing an impressive demonstration of their technology capability.  

Click here for a preview...and here

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Direct Mode Products to Hit the Streets
Siemens announced in Barcelona that its new phones scheduled for the Spring will include Direct Mode operation - the ability for one phone to talk directly with another, without the need for a basestation.  Also known as 'walkie-talkie' mode, the facility is very useful for in-town shopping or when on holiday - bear in mind that a GSM to GSM call when in Barcelona is routed via Munich if you live in Germany, and costs a lot of money.   Another company has also announced that it is developing 2.4 GHz DECT phones with this capability for the US market.

New product opportunities - Direct Mode arguably opens up a whole new range of low cost children's products based around DECT - ones that can warn when a young child wanders off whilst out in town shopping, for example, or mobile phone toys that allow the kids to talk to each other without call charges, for older ones.  Maybe next year it'll be DECT relay stations built into the phones...to allow yet more !

DECTweb will be hosting a Chatroom session on the Direct Mode technology with the technical experts from ETSI on Friday 26th January 9.00 GMT 

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) DECT Forum announce New Quality Mark for Data Products
At the DECT 2001 event in Barcelona last week the DECT Forum took the opportunity to announce a major new initiative to accelerate the take up of DECT data products.    Reflecting recent changes in the European Union regulatory regime - the move away from Type Approval and the implementation of the RTTE Directive -  the Forum is introducing a scheme of voluntary DPRS Conformance Testing based around so-called "Golden Devices".    Approved products will receive a Quality Mark, certifying conformance and interoperability.   Watch for more details in the coming days here on DECTweb 

See the latest DECT Forum Presentation from the DECT 2001 conference, which described this scheme (and other issues)  

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) ETSI Standards Update
Guenther Kleindl, Chairman of the ETSI DECT project, presented a valuable update of the ETSI standards activity at this years DECT 2001 conference in Barcelona.  Perhaps the high points of particular note were:

* DECT in the ISM Band - the FCC rule change reported on DECTweb last year has resulted in the possibility to deploy DECT phones with minimal changes in the 2.4 GHz ISM band in the USA.  Maximum power is limited to 100 mW, giving a slight reduction in range, but with the potential for DPRS as well as voice the impact of this is significant.   (HomeRF guys at the conference stressed their DECT heritage and the fact that they really wanted to avoid competing with DECT in North America - it'll be interesting to see how this one plays out)

* Wireless LAN extensions using DECT was another area where ETSI standards have moved forward in the past year, woith V.24 and Ethernet ASAPs now available, allowing the DECT fixed part to act as a router.

* DECT-UMTS interworking is another area under active work.

More details on all of these will appear in the coming days in the Standards Section of DECTweb 

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Demos at DECT 2001
The DECT 2001 conference in Barcelona drew its usual clutch of new product demonstrations again this year.   Amongst these were:
* Wireless boy racers -  The opportunity to try a racing car game, competing against another conference delegate at the other end of the hall, connected over DPRS.   One end of the link was on the RTX Telecom stand, with the other on National Semiconductors.  "The implementation cost at present is lower with DECT than with Bluetooth" - quote from the National Semiconductors man.

* Wireless webpads were in abundance, with examples from National Semiconductor, Hoeft & Wessel and Siemens.   The Siemens product was launched in November and will be in the shops from the Spring, selling at DM2290 - appealing to a niche market at this price !

* New DECT chips - Ericsson Microelectronics were exhibiting their new range of DECT ICs, with a neat little demo board built into a CD-player, sending the music to a telephone handset.  OK, so the acoustics of the handset left a lot to be desired, but it proved the functionality of their ICs !

* Wireless data modems on show included the RS232-interface M101 from Siemens , available for a couple of years already, as well as the newer USB-interface M105.

* The PACE set-top box, launched at the International Broadcasting Convention in Amsterdam last September, was on show on the RTX Telecom stand, along with PACE's Home Gateway Expander product - see above.   A description of the product philosophy was included in a talk at the conference given by RTX. 

* Other demos included voice recognition software on the National Semiconductor stand, a cordless headset DECT phone from Binatone, as well as the usual collection of new DECT handsets, including ones from Kirk and Ascom.   National Semiconductor took the opportunity to host other companies on their stand who were using their chipsets - including some new faces in the form of IAR and Bithium - we'll hear more of these guys in days ahead.  Other exhibitors included Fraunhofer, ETS and possibly one or two others that we missed !

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) New Market Figures Released
The DECT Forum have just released latest data on sales figures for the year 2000, indicating that total DECT sales to date have now topped 70 million.  

To DECTweb, the most fascinating thing about these latest figures is the fact that the actual sales in 1999 and 2000 have been just a few percent below those forecast by the DECT Forum two years ago at the annual DECT conference - indeed, if the industry chip shortages of last year had not occurred, sales would have easily exceeded the original forecasts.   The DECT Forum's projections for the future confirm the view that there is a great deal of potential in DECT still for several  years to come !

See Press Release - along with DECT Forum's plans to share more information at the DECT 2001 event
See the figures and forecasts graphically on the Market Statistics Page, together with our own commentary on the figures

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Kirk Handset wins Prestigious Design Award
The KIRK Z-3040 DECT handset has received the iF Product Design Award 2001.  Industrie Forum Design Hannover, is internationally renowned as one of the leading design institutions in the field of contemporary industrial design. Based at the world's largest exhibition site in Hannover, where it is closely associated with the two biggest events in the international exhibition calendar, CeBIT Hannover and the HANNOVER FAIR, iF is dedicated to the task of promoting excellence in industrial design and making industrial management more aware of the importance of design as a contributory factor in the commercial success of a product.

See Press Release

DECTweb wishes all our Members and Visitors a Prosperous 2001

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Goodwin target Russian Last Mile
Goodwin Europe, well known for its own residential and business DECT products have announced plans to supply their own developed and manufactured wireless local loop products for the very substantial Russian last mile market.   Until now Goodwin have supplied imported DECT WLL products from Siemens, Urmet etc, but plan from April 2001 to introduce their own products too this market.  They claim that local design will result in enhanced compatibility with local requirements.

Whilst this potentially enables Goodwin to cream more profit from the Russian WLL market it presumably also opens the space for other importers and distributors to compete with them....

See Press Release

Butsilver.gif (1501 bytes) Earlier news may be found in the DECTnews archive

 

 

 
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