SAN FRANCISCO-Sun Microsystems Inc. will release next year the Sun ONE software, which incorporates the M-1 Mobile Application Server technology that San Francisco-based Aligo Inc. developed. The Java-based server “is …
NEW YORK-J.P. Morgan has downgraded three top semiconductor vendors, including Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Texas Instruments, owing to slow uptake of wireless products. In the eyes of …
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Reflecting the prevailing mood in the wireless industry, Probe Research has demonstrated that marquee telecom as well as information/Internet Protocol vendors will groan from pain in the near …
WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers are now required to contribute 28.5 percent-up from 15 percent-of their revenues to the universal-service fund due to action taken on Friday by the Federal Communications Commission. The …
BEIJING-China marked its one-year anniversary World Trade Organization (WTO) membership 11 December. As part of its members, foreign operators gained the right to set up joint ventures with Chinese counterparts …
HELSINKI, Finland-Orange Sweden, the Stockholm-based mobile subsidiary of debt-troubled France T
TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced the number of subscribers for its third-generation (3G) service exceeded 4 million. KDDI launched its 3G service based on cdma2000 1x in …
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Ecuadorian National Telecommunications Council (Conatel) appealed to the Constitutional Tribunal to revert the decision taken by Judge Julio V
BEIJING-Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has rated Chinese mobile-phone manufacturer TCL Mobile Communications Asia’s fastest-growing technology company during the past three years. TCL is now China’s third most popular handset brand, following …
TOKYO-Coding Technologies, Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) and NEC jointly released a new low-power decoder version for the upcoming MPEG-4 AAC-plus-SBR standard. The low-power implementation allows the standard to run on …
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-LG Electronics has chosen Qualcomm Inc.’s MSM 6200 mobile station modem chipset and system software for its dual-mode third-generation handsets, according to a press release. “Our partnership with …
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics have come together to establish an open standard with the Open Mobile Application Processor Interfaces for application processors targeting 2.5G and third-generation mobile phones, personal …
WASHINGTON-The auction policy which saw the mobile-phone industry pay millions of dollars for radio-frequency spectrum was wrong, said Sen. George Allen (R. Va.). Speaking later to reporters Allen backed away …
WASHINGTON-A new Pentagon report said spectrum loss to the wireless industry is hurting military capability and has forced it “to pursue proactive approaches that would prevent future erosion of critical …
DALLAS-Wireless broadband service provider airBand Communications said its Phoenix market has reached profitability four months ahead of schedule. airBand said its customer acquisitions in Phoenix grew 114 percent for the …
PARIS-French vendor Alcatel said it expects market deterioration next year, although the company still expects to meet its targets. Alcatel said it also anticipates a fourth-quarter growth of 20 percent …
NEW DELHI, India-The number of wireless local loop (WLL) lines installed using CorDECT technology, developed by an Indian group, has reached 1 million. In addition, orders worth Rs 1 billion …
SAN JOSE, California, United States-While much has been promised for the short-range wireless technology Bluetooth, the delivery has been less than sparkling with delays to the specification, higher-than-anticipated chipset costs …
OSLO, Norway-Swedish-Japanese mobile-phone maker Sony Ericsson’s flashy P800 phone will start arriving next week, but confusion reigns about its availability. Sony Ericsson spokesman Peter Bodor said the P800 would be …
