DUBLIN, Ireland-Motorola has intensified its efforts to gain market share among young mobile-phone users with the announcement of an alliance with MTV International. The handset manufacturer is keen to exploit …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-With the objective to challenge the monopoly held by Telef
MANILA, The Philippines-Mobile operator Globe Telecom introduced this week the Philippines’ first mobile video messaging, allowing subscribers to record, save and play back video clips, up to a maximum of …
DUBLIN, Ireland-The latest figures from the Irish telecommunications industry regulator indicate that third operator Meteor is still making little impact on the dominance of Vodafone and MmO2. During the final …
TOKYO-Access, a Tokyo-based venture, announced it will provide i-mode technology to Samsung Electronics and NEC. It will be the first time Access will provide NetFront, its original browsing software for …
SURABAYA, Indonesia-Malaysia’s DiGi Telecommunications confirmed its commitment to the country’s prepaid segment by offering a suite of features for its DiGi Prepaid Plus service, following its network upgrade to an …
HANNOVER, Germany-SAP, Hewlett-Packard and Vodafone Group said they have signed a letter of intent for collaboration to bring to market, “a suite of mobile capabilities designed to increase the work …
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. officially formed their previously announced “Roadrunner” joint venture to build out GSM/GPRS service along more than 4,000 miles of rural highways …
HONG KONG-Although the recent decision by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. to provide a $1 billion capital infusion into Hutchison 3G U.K., of which it owns 65 percent, will have no immediate …
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has unveiled a family of boost converters to save board space, improve power conversion efficiency and deliver high currents for handhelds. TI said the product …
HANNOVER, Germany-SAP AG, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Vodafone Group plc said they have signed a letter of intent for collaboration to bring to market, “a suite of mobile capabilities designed to …
BEAVERTON, Ore.-Tektronix Inc. has announced a new partnership agreement with Datang Mobile to provide test and measurement equipment for China’s home-grown technology TD-SCDMA. “By partnering with Datang Mobile, we are …
SAN ANTONIO-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. introduced its “7-7-7” rate plan in its Texas markets allowing customers to begin using the night and weekend minutes in their current calling plans at 7 …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. issued separate announcements on their programs that help software developers in the wireless arena. Lucent unveiled a new software development kit to enable …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has worked with Sony Music Entertainment to deliver SME music video content to cdma2000 1x-EV-DO trial users with BREW-enabled handsets. “These technologies will represent an …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile satellite service provider Globalstar announced it is now offering a data monitoring and acquisition service for asset tracking and sensory telemetry monitoring. The service, developed with AeroAsto …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sierra Wireless Inc. reported the commercial launch of Sierra Wireless’ AirCard 750 for AT&T Wireless’ GPRS data network. AT&T Wireless said the device …
WOBURN, Mass.-Skyworks Solutions Inc. said it has expanded its family of GSM/GPRS systems with hardware, software and design support with a view to reducing the cost and time-to-market for building …
SECAUCUS, N.J.-Panasonic continued its push into the United States with a new camera phone for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. AT&T Wireless will begin selling the Panasonic GU87, which features an …
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems and Ubicom Inc. will collaborate to deliver 802.11b reference designs. Their first joint offering, on display this week at CeBIT in Germany, is a single-board reference design …
