WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-The Infrared Data Association announced a new standard the group said would allow camera-phone users to transmit their pictures to TVs and other electronic gadgets. Dubbed IrSimple, NTT DoCoMo Inc., Sharp Corp., ITX E-globaledge and Waseda University developed the protocol."IrSimple is the...
MENLO PARK, Calif.—Financial executives say their cell phones are even more indispensable than laptop computers, according to a survey released Friday by Robert Half Management Resources. The staffing division of Robert Half International found that 44 percent of U.S. chief financial officers cited the...
SAN ANTONIO-Charys Holding Company Inc. said its wholly owned subsidiary, CCI Telecom Inc., has signed an agreement with Red Elm Associates L.L.C. to develop build-to-suit wireless tower opportunities. The agreement calls for the companies to build a four-carrier designed 190-foot monopole structure along Interstate...
Global Signal Inc. signed long-term master antenna site leases with USA Mobility Inc., opening the door for USA Mobility to lease space on sites owned or leased by Global Signal. Global Signal was negotiating a new lease with USA Mobility for the sites under...
NEW DELHI, India-Nokia Corp. said it plans to open a Global Networks Operation Center in India by the end of the year. The center will perform network operation tasks for selected operators in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as Europe, the Middle East and...
Two infrastructure giants Thursday announced separate partnerships with developers of advanced technologies. Aiming to speed Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem rollouts, Motorola Inc. and Intel Corp. announced at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco a joint effort to create an IMS server proof of...
Mobile-phone sales popped in the second quarter to 190.5 million units, up from 157.6 million units sold in the same quarter of 2004, according to research and consulting firm Gartner Inc. The firm said demand for phones continued unabated across much of the world."All...
SYDNEY-Chipmaker Intel Corp. continued to push WiMAX technology with its $27.9 million investment in wireless broadband carrier Unwired Australia. Under the deal, Unwired Australia said it will use Intel's WiMAX chips in its efforts to expand the technology across Australia's cities."Twelve months ago, wireless...
MIAMI-Movida Communications Inc., a mobile virtual network operator focused on the Hispanic market, said it has selected Brightstar Corp. to provide product distribution into retail locations in the markets Movida serves. The agreement calls for Brightstar to provide complete supply-chain management services, including product...
TYLER, Texas-Teletouch Communications Inc. announced it will get out of the paging business to focus on its global positioning system tracking, telematics and homeland-security services. The carrier said it will sell its paging business to a group of private Texas investors for $5.2 million....
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Electronic Arts Inc. continued its move to mobile Thursday as Verizon Wireless launched three of the publisher's most popular titles from Pogo.com, its online gaming community.The carrier announced the availability of puzzle game Poppit! as well as two card games, Tri-Peaks Solitaire...
Caribbean telecommunications provider Digicel Group said it has been given governmental approval to acquire Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s operations in Bermuda and to launch a GSM network in the eastern Caribbean island of Anguilla. Digicel was granted similar approval to acquire Cingular's assets in Dominica...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association said it will create a committee to establish technological standards for terrestrial broadcasts and wireless multimedia services.The committee will be charged with developing and maintaining standards for terrestrial mobile multimedia multicast interfaces as well as components, systems, networks and...
WEST TRENTON, N.J.-DotPhoto announced a service that allows camera-phone users to send images directly from their phones to an online account for sharing, printing and saving.Users can open free accounts at DotPhoto's Web site and register to begin using the service. The site also...
TOKYO-Renesas Technology Corp. said it has started shipping evaluation samples of a single-chip LSI it developed jointly with NTT DoCoMo Inc.The LSI was developed for dual-mode mobile handsets that support W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS systems. The companies expect the LSI to promote worldwide use of...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Bitfone Corp. said Chinese mobile-phone maker Ningbo Bird will use the company's device management technology in its handsets.Bitfone provides firmware over-the-air update technology. Ningbo Bird is embedding Bitfone's device management agents in its devices to learn more about device lifecycle after market,...
Nextel Partners Inc. reported that more than 20 percent of its class A common stockholders have requested that the carrier call a special meeting to vote on whether to exercise its "put right." If approved, the "put right" would require the newly combined Sprint...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Nearly as many U.S. teens acquired their cell phones primarily for text messaging as for talking, according to a study from consultant firm IDC Corp. and text-messaging provider SMS.ac.The poll of 8,000 teens found that 36 percent of respondents bought their phones to...
WASHINGTON-New York City Council member Eva Moskowitz has compiled a comprehensive ranking of cell phones based on levels of radio-frequency radiation emissions, saying consumers should be supplied with the data when deciding on wireless equipment purchases. "In the absence of absolute certainty within the...
Craig McCaw's Clearwire Corp. raised an additional $250 million in financing, according to reports, bringing the company's total war chest to around $600 million. The funds came from 31 unnamed investors.A Clearwire official was not immediately available for comment.The company's massive fundraising efforts give...
Wireless Voice over Internet Protocol services are emerging as a threat to traditional wireless carriers, according to a report from Alexander Resources. The report, "Wireless VoIP: What Threats to Mobile Operators?," predicted wireless VoIP service will have a similar impact on competition and the...
Investors cheered a report that predicted chipmaker RF Micro Devices Inc. is scoring additional business with the likes of Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. and that the company likely would exceed its expectations for the coming quarter.RF Micro Devices' stock was up almost 8...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The wireless industry garnered unprecedented attention from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as MobiTV and Sprint Nextel Corp. were named winners of an Emmy Award. MobiTV is owned by Idetic Inc. The companies were honored with a Primetime Emmy Engineering...
SAN FRANCISCO-Chipmaker Intel Corp. offered a general outline for some of its plans in the wireless world, including updates to its chips for Wi-Fi laptops and mobile phones."The number of voice lines worldwide skyrocketed with the proliferation of cellular phones, which made the phone...
