BEIJING-Starting on 1 October, China’s telecom carriers will be allowed to adjust prices for value-added services. The Ministry of Information Industry (MII) will continue to regulate basic services, such as …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, started providing services using the N-Star C, a communication satellite that NTT DoCoMo launched by itself in July, the firm said. It …
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African mobile network operator Vodacom announced it has stopped the practice of “blacklisting” stolen handsets and instead has moved toward what it refers to as “greylisting.” The …
LONDON-Hutchison 3G U.K. Ltd. announced agreements with five companies to deliver location-based services to its future U.K. third-generation subscribers. The agreements are with the U.K. national mapping agency Ordnance Survey …
SAN DIEGO, Calif.- Novatel Wireless Inc. Centertap will distribute its wireless modems in Brazil. The products include the Merlin G201 GPRS wireless PC card, along with all of Novatel wireless’ …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Mobilaris announced it will join with Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. to roll out location-based services throughout Europe. The companies plan to combine Mobilaris’ Pacific Ocean middleware platform with CPS’ …
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. continued its patent protection campaign by filing a suit against Treo maker Handspring Inc., alleging the keyboards on the Treo infringe on patents associated with …
NEW YORK-Forstmann Little Co. has officially attempted to back out of its offer to put $800 million into bankrupt broadband communications company XO Communications, according to a Reuters report. According …
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group signed a pair of content deals with Sprint PCS and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. allowing wireless customers to download ringtones, graphics, animation, games and …
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported executive vice president and chief operating officer James Mooney will leave the carrier September 30. Mooney joined Nextel early last year. Nextel president and chief …
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-The Economist has named Qualcomm Inc.’s chairman and chief executive officer Irwin Jacobs as an innovation leader in the area of communications for the CDMA technology at its …
WASHINGTON-A review by two U.S. scientists of epidemiology studies found no casual association between mobile-phone use and cancer risk. John Boice and Joseph McLaughlin, two former government scientists who head …
OYSTER BAY-Ultra Wideband technology, which until recently was only in use by the military and government, is expected to be seen in consumer electronic and chipset devices as early as …
MEXICO CITY-Mexican mobile operator Unefon has filed a $900 million lawsuit against Nortel Networks Ltd., alleging the Canadian vendor has failed to comply with the terms of a financing agreement. …
A full size keyboard capable of connecting to a portable mobile device like a cell phone or PDA that is capable of folding into nothing-sounds too good to be true, …
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. and ARM Ltd. said three vendors will develop products to support Microsoft Windows CE.NET based on the ARM-core systems. The companies are Motorola Inc., STMicroelectronics and NeoMagic …
KFAR SABA, Israel-STMicroelectronics said it is partnering with M-Systems to provide complete solutions to customers who use the STPC family of x86-based system-on-chip microprocessors. “This new collaborative relationship between the …
WOBURN, Mass.-Skyworks said it has rolled out what it describes as the industry’s first quad-band GSM/GPRS power amplifier module that integrates control function into a smaller, single-chip package. “By integrating …
NEW YORK, N.Y.-Spirent Plc said it has acquired Ubinetics” CS100 product line and rights to associated intellectual property for $6.5 million in cash. “The CS100 3G base station emulator product …
NEW YORK-Telcordia Technologies Inc. and Toshiba America Research Inc., both members of the Mobile Wireless Internet Forum, completed a successful proof-of-concept demonstration September 17 of a mobile Internet based on …
