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Audiovox plans combo phone/PDA

NEW YORK - Audiovox Communications Corp., Hauppauge, N.Y., has tapped into the computer expertise of its 5 percent owner, Toshiba Corp., to develop a combination cell phone and personal digital assistant that will go on sale late this year.Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS have...

Meeting needs of individual users overriding message at CES

LAS VEGAS-Whether we like it or not, most of us are plugged in, turned on or otherwise connected to everyone else on this planet. But in spite of these universal ties, there is growing interest in maintaining individuality, or so it seemed at the...

Nokia ousts Lucent as net income leader for year

NEW YORK-In this year's RCR Wireless News Major Players Vendors listing, Nokia Corp. and Ericsson Inc. each moved up a notch, rising to first and second place respectively among equipment vendors that are net income leaders.Lucent Technologies Inc., which had previously topped the charts...

Nokia, Motorola maintain lead

According to Strategy Analytics' new market report, "U.S. Cellular Handset Market Status," Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc. continue to hold leadership positions in the handset market, while Ericsson continues to lose ground. The firm said Samsung, Audiovox and potentially Kyocera could push past Ericsson...

Audiovox, Standard Telecom enter marketing agreement

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Communications Corp. signed a 2-year agreement with Standard Telecom Co. Ltd. to market CDMA digital phones marketed under the Audiovox brand name throughout North and South America.The first of two wireless phones included in the agreement is the CMP-3, a dual-mode CDMA...

PCIA Foundation honors award winners

CHICAGO-The Personal Communications Industry Association Foundation honored individuals and companies with its PCIA Foundation Leadership Awards during last week's PCIA GlobalXChange show.The awards included the Albert Gore Jr. LifePage Achievement Award, presented to companies or individuals who exemplify the program's standards of leadership and...

InPhonic uses Internet to make wireless distribution mark

NEW YORK-InPhonic, still in its corporate infancy, has skipped over baby steps and is making major strides as an outsourced, behind-the-scenes distributor of private-labeled wireless and mobile-commerce services.In mid-September, the Washington, D.C.-based company announced a one-year agreement, valued at an estimated $20 million, to...

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WASHINGTON-In addition to new litigation alleging that mobile phones cause brain cancer, the wireless industry also faces possible Supreme Court litigation over government exposure standards and a class-action lawsuit in New Orleans that claims manufacturers failed to take steps to minimize consumer exposure to...

CDMA handsets fuel Audiovox growth

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Corp. released financial results for its third quarter ended Aug. 30, showing a 58.5 percent increase in net sales to $470.3 million, compared with $296.7 million posted during the same quarter 1999.The company posted an increase in net income for the quarter...

Outsourcing boom

As handset makers continue to stretch their resources in the three digital technologies and future 3G technologies, they are finding an increasing need to outsource a portion of the business.L.M. Ericsson, struggling for profitability in its handset business, has turned to outsourcing lower-end handsets,...

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BellSouth Wireless DataMichael McGarry was appointed regional vice president, Central Region, for BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. McGarry's team will be responsible for selling Interactive Messaging PLUS and industry solutions to Fortune 1000 companies. Prior to joining BellSouth, McGarry held vice president of sales positions...

CDMA carriers bank on multimedia market

The CDMA industry recently chose to standardize Qualcomm Inc.'s High Data Rate technology, but industry analysts wonder when carriers will see a big enough business case to deploy the data-only megabit-speed technology and what type of applications are in store for it in the...

Hyundai hopes to drive into U.S. wireless business

When most people in the United States hear the name "Hyundai," they think of a car. But the reach of the Hyundai organization is extensive, and for the past six months, its electronics subsidiary has been readying itself to become an influential-and recognized-player in...

Phones returned for repair often fine

Wireless carriers and handset manufacturers could save millions each year if they abided by the common adage-If it ain't broke, don't fix it.Wavetek Wandel Goltermann, a manufacturer of communications test solutions, said a surprisingly high number of handsets returned for repair have nothing wrong...

White House may relax GPS policy to improve accuracy

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is expected to announce as early as next month a dramatic improvement to global positioning system accuracy, a move with enormous public safety and commercial implications for the wireless telecom industry.The administration on Friday declined to confirm that such a policy...

Audiovox encourages use of hands-free accessories

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Communications Corp. introduced a new toll-free telephone service providing consumers with a convenient way to purchase or receive information about hands-free accessories for the company's cellular phones."We want to again remind consumers who choose to use their wireless phones in their cars...

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SigmaOneSigmaOne Communications Corp., a provider of location systems and services for wireless carriers and the wireless Internet, reported the development of the company's wireless location system for Global System for Mobile communications carriers in the United States and Europe. Designed to operate as either...

Audiovox offering raises $84.6M

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Corp. completed its follow-on offering of 3.1 million class A common shares at a price of $45 per share. Of the 3.1 million shares sold, the company noted that 2 million were offered by Audiovox and 1.1 million were offered by selling...

Smart cards likely to evolve with industry

NEW YORK-Smart cards must overcome a chicken-and-egg problem before they can expand their use in wireless devices beyond their established role as subscriber identification modules in Global System for Mobile communications products.The vision for smart cards is that they will become the tiny pocket...

Nokia dominates; Audiovox gains

Handsets from Nokia Corp. and Code Division Multiple Access technology dominated the U.S. cellular and personal communications services industry in 1999, while international powerhouse L.M. Ericsson struggled to keep its share of the U.S. market, said reports from The Strategis Group and Dataquest.Nokia claimed...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Tegic Communications Inc. signed a global licensing agreement with Voxson, allowing Voxson to integrate the T9 Text Input technology for Chinese and European languages into next-generation wireless phones.Triton Network Systems announced it has signed a multi-year, multimillion dollar deal with Advanced Radio Telecom Corp.,...

Battery life remains Holy Grail for industry

NEW YORK-In the last seven years, semiconductor processing capacity has increased by about 2,600 percent while battery technology has improved by approximately 65 percent on a watts basis, said Phillip Redman, program manager, wireless/mobile communications for The Yankee Group, Boston.Moore's Law, which says the...

SONY WAVES GOOD-BYE TO U.S. HANDSET BUSINESS

The wireless handset market has proven that a strong brand name doesn't guarantee success. Sony Electronics Inc. announced last week it is pulling out of the North American handset business and terminating 200 jobs in San Diego. The well-known consumer electronics giant is one of...

NEWS BRIEFS

Capping a string of negative developments leading up to its first-quarter earnings report that showed a net loss of US$505 million, Iridium announced Edward Staiano-the company's vice chairman, chief executive officer and most voracious supporter and motivator-resigned. Reports are that Staiano and Iridium's board...