JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN may soon be entering a new African market if it accepts the license offer made by the Tanzanian Communications Commission.The offer is based on the fact that one of the mobile operators in Tanzania, Tritel, a joint venture...
LAS VEGAS-Known as the two-headed monster of the personal computing industry by the nickname Wintel, the heads of Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. made special mention of the importance wireless technology will play in the future of consumer electronics during their respective keynote speeches...
CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Communications Inc., the operating arm of bankrupt SpectraSite Holdings Inc., said its WesTower Corp. subsidiary has completed the previously announced sale of SpectraSite's wireless network services division.The assets were sold to WesTower L.L.C., an investment vehicle owned by members of the service...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-The recent acquisition of the Indonesian government's 41.94-percent stake in Indosat by Singapore Technologies Telemedia (ST Telemedia) will soon change the atmosphere of the country's mobile business.Both ST Telemedia and Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) are subsidiaries of Temasek Holdings, the investment holding arm of...
LONDON-Operating system company Symbian said ARM, Hewlett-Packard Co., Motorola SPS, RealNetworks and Texas Instruments joined the company's Platinum Partner program. The company also said it will work with ARM and TI to closely integrate and optimize its operating system with the technologies from ARM...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Independent News and Media has strengthened its retail distribution presence through the acquisition of U.K. mobile services group M4. The deal was concluded through the company's wireless application service provider arm iTouch.iTouch has moved on a number of other U.K. mobile services companies...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-ARM Ltd. and M-Systems, Kfar Saba, Israel, have signed a technology collaboration agreement under which M-Systems' SuperMAP cryptographic coprocessors will be optimized for use with the ARM SecureCore family of cores."SuperMap technology will provide ARM partners with an additional choice of encryption technology...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it has introduced the second generation of its ARM core-based DragonBall microprocessor known as DragonBall MXL applications processor.Garmin International is its first customer."We selected the DragonBall MXL because of its strong capability for real-time applications enabled by the ARM9 microprocessor...
CANNES, France-GartnerG2, the research and advisory arm of Gartner Group, said short message service (SMS) is potentially a powerful marketing tool in Europe, with SMS use now exceeding Internet use in Europe.According to research the company presented at the Gartner Symposium/Itxpo in Cannes, France,...
CANNES, France-GartnerG2, the research and advisory arm of Gartner Group, said short message service is potentially a powerful marketing tool in Europe, with SMS use now exceeding Internet use in Europe.According to research the company presented at the Gartner Symposium/Itxpo in Cannes, France, more...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has licensed two ARM Microprocessor cores, which will allow it to provide equipment manufacturers with solutions that will increase system performance and extend battery life for 2.5- and third-generation wireless handsets and personal digital assistants.The cores include ARM1136J-S and...
TOKYO-Fujitsu Research Institute, a research arm of Fujitsu Limited, has developed a home-use robot controlled by a mobile phone, the company announced.According to the firm, users of the robot can not only see and check conditions of their houses by operating the robot with...
MAKUHARI, Japan-Sony showed off two new versions of its Clie PDA at this week's CEATEC Japan 2002 show in Makuhari, Japan-the PEG-NX60 and PEG-NX70, both of which feature Palm's new version 5.0 operating system and an ARM processor. Both models have slots for adding...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched the new Motorola Inc. i88s mobile phone, which includes support for location-based services with global positioning satellite technology, a move to meet the Federal Communications Commission Enhanced 911 mandate."This phone is the first Nextel handset that will provide technically...
BEIJING-Fixed-line carrier China Telecom received the green light from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange for an initial public offering (IPO) worth US$3.4 million to US$4 billion. China Telecom is angling for a mobile license and is planning to use the proceeds of its IPO...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-ARM Ltd. said it will collaborate with China-based Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to develop an ARM7TDMI microprocessor core-based test chip for the Chinese company's 0.18 CMOS process."The ARM7TDMI test chip will enable local semiconductor houses to develop and validate products around ARM's...
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 Corp."The relationship will ensure each company's technology is fully optimized to complement their respective products...
BEIJING-China Eastcom, one of China's 19 licensed CDMA handset manufacturers, has reached an agreement with carrier China Unicom to offer CDMA handsets to consumers at one-third of market prices. Its distribution arm Face One Telecommunications would price the handsets between 398 yuan (US$48.10) and...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said it has licensed the ARM946E and the ARM926EJ microprocessor cores, which will allow the Japanese vendor to offer system-on-chip products for next-generation mobile devices."Matsushita has experienced much success with the ARM7TDMI and the ARM 920T cores, which...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Looking to gain market share in an increasingly saturated market has seen the Dutch arm of cell-phone operator MmO2 scrap all handset subsidies and cut mobile call charges by up to 50 percent. The company claimed it is the first European cell-phone...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The mobile arm of government-owned telecom operator Nitel GSM announced it will cut its GSM tariffs. The adjustment is expected to be a significant boost for mobile telephony in Nigeria and is contrary to the opinion that due to the high cost...
