TOKYO-Second-quarter financial earnings released today by Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and Audiovox Corp. offered further insight into how 2004 might pan out for wireless handset makers. Sony Ericsson said it shipped 10.4 million units in the quarter, a 55-percent increase from the same...
Sprint Corp. and Audiovox Corp. released the Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8920, the United States' first megapixel camera phone.The phone features Sprint Picture Mail service, which allows users to capture, send, receive and print high-resolution photos. The built-in camera, which features a camera...
Sprint and Audiovox Corp. today released the Sprint PCS Vision Picture Phone PM-8920, the United States' first megapixel camera phone.The phone features Sprint Picture Mail service, which allows users to capture, send, receive and print high-resolution photos. The built-in camera, which features a camera...
Handset distribution company InfoSonics Corp. said it plans to sell 2 million shares for between $5.50 and $6.50 per share in its upcoming initial public offering. The company plans to list its common stock on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol IFO. Founded...
Although Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW application download system commands a smaller market than that of rival Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java, the company continues to rack up new BREW handsets, applications and carrier customers-and Qualcomm and its partners continue to offer new innovations for the platform."The...
SEOUL, South Korea-Curitel Communications announced it will build CDMA mobile phones using Qualcomm Inc.'s BREWChat push-to-talk technology. Curitel joins Kyocera Wireless Corp. and others in building BREWChat-capable phones."Adding Qualcomm's BREWChat technology to our handsets will create a strong competitive advantage for us, because our...
SAN DIEGO-Handset distribution company InfoSonics Corp. said it plans to sell 2 million shares for between $5.50 and $6.50 per share in its upcoming initial public offering. The company plans to list its common stock on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol IFO.Founded...
German handset maker Siemens AG and Chinese vendor Ningbo Bird Co. Ltd. announced a new strategic partnership to build and sell mobile phones in Chinese and international markets, moves that could expand both companies' sales opportunities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Under...
German handset maker Siemens AG and Chinese vendor Ningbo Bird Co. Ltd. announced a new strategic partnership to build and sell mobile phones in Chinese and international markets, moves that could expand both companies' sales opportunities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Under...
Alcatel's new handset deal with Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL Corp. is part of a notable and growing trend toward joint ventures and acquisitions, and analysts expect the pace to accelerate."There's going to be some consolidation," said John Jackson, a wireless and mobile technology analyst...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Electronics company Audiovox Corp. reported first-quarter net sales of $376.9 million, an increase of 27 percent from the $296.8 million it reported in the same quarter a year ago. The company's mobile-phone business, Audiovox Communications Corp. posted net sales of $240.3 million, an...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Electronics company Audiovox Corp. reported first-quarter net sales of $376.9 million, an increase of 27 percent from the $296.8 million it reported in the same quarter a year ago. The company's mobile-phone business, Audiovox Communications Corp. (ACC), posted net sales of $240.3 million,...
NEW YORK-Manufacturing company ICT Technologies said it will build Audiovox Communications Corp.'s new clamshell CDM7600 CDMA tri-mode mobile phone starting in the second quarter. ICT said it received a partial letter of credit in the amount of $9.8 million from Audiovox for the deal."This...
Wireless Internet company Openwave Systems Inc. announced a new deal with Microsoft Corp. as well as a major sale to handset maker Motorola Inc. Openwave also announced an acquisition it said will improve its wireless Internet browsing technology.Under Openwave's deal with Microsoft, the companies...
CANNES, France-Wireless Internet company Openwave Systems Inc. announced a new deal with Microsoft Corp. as well as a major sale to handset maker Motorola Inc. Openwave also announced an acquisition it said will improve its wireless Internet browsing technology.Under Openwave's deal with Microsoft, the...
DALLAS-Flat-rate wireless provider MetroPCS Inc. launched its @metro data and PictureTalk messaging service, allowing customers to download content to select BREW-enabled handsets and send multimedia messages using the Audiovox 8900 camera phone.The @metro service is available using either the Kyocera Corp. Rave handset or...
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Corp. announced it is in talks to sell its 75-percent stake in its wireless handset business to South Korean handset company Curitel Communications Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. An Audiovox spokesman said Curitel made a bid for the company's...
DALLAS-Flat-rate wireless provider MetroPCS Inc. launched its @metro data and PictureTalk messaging service, allowing customers to download content to select BREW-enabled handsets and send multimedia messages using the Audiovox 8900 camera phone.The @metro service is currently available using either the Kyocera Corp. Rave handset...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint is offering a new Video Mail phone to its customers nationwide. The VM4050 phone allows customers to take and send video and audio directly on their mobile phone anywhere on Sprint's PCS network.The PCS Vision Video Phone is made by Toshiba...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will add a new picture messaging phone, the CDM-8900 from Audiovox Communications Corp., to its line-up.Verizon said the phone will sell for $100 with a two-year customer agreement. For a limited time, the carrier said customers can sign up...
LAS VEGAS-As usual, mobile phones formed a major part of the activity at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Audiovox Communications Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics and others showed off their line-ups of advanced mobile phones, and several phone makers...
LAS VEGAS-As usual, mobile phones formed a major part of the ongoings at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., LG Electronics, Audiovox Communications Corp. and others showed off their line-ups of advanced mobile phones, and several phone...
Audiovox Communications Corp. has pitched into the push-to-talk market by unveiling two new handsets with PTT capabilities, the CDM-8425 and CDM-8475.Top phone makers like Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have promised to roll out more of such phones with different capabilities.Both Audiovox handsets are...
Motorola Inc.'s long-awaited V600 camera phone will finally hit store shelves this month through AT&T Wireless Services Inc., the companies announced. The phone suffered from software glitches and had been delayed until after the holiday shopping season."Just as the ground-breaking Motorola StarTAC and Motorola...
