Despite predictions that Web access would be a highly sought-after feature of telematics services, today's market is demanding more and better safety and security services such as roadside assistance, remote door unlocking and navigation. Leading the way, much as it has since its inception...
Bluetooth's short life has so far been very similar to that of the many boy-bands infesting the airwaves recently. Lots of hype, with little substance.A recent report by Ovum on the state of Bluetooth bolsters the claim, noting the hype surrounding the wireless technology...
NEW YORK-Through manufacturing outsourcing and layoffs designed to return Ericsson Inc. to profitability, the company's Consumer Products Division will wind up this year with about 5,000 employees. That compares with 13,000 on staff at the end of 2000, Jan Wareby executive vice president of...
While a variety of wireless companies, from vendors to carriers, continue to talk about the benefits mobile commerce will bring, many industry observers agree that the explosion won't happen anytime soon.Last week Nokia Corp. worked to fan the flames of mobile commerce, releasing the...
While Bluetooth chipsets are expected to be commonplace in wireless handsets in the next few years, Bluetooth's current push in the market is being spearheaded by the mobile computer industry in the form of PC Cards. These cards typically fit into the Type II...
It's going to be a hot summer. First off, there is "this summer's hotly anticipated film release, Tomb Raider," featuring Angelina Jolie and L.M. Ericsson. Jolie plays cyber heroine Lara Croft. "The perfect modern heroine, Lara has brains, beauty, stamina and courage. Living in...
SMYRNA, Ga.-Murata Electronics North America introduced Blue Module, a Bluetooth module the company claims to be the smallest in the world.Developed using Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics technology, Murata said its has integrated both active devices and passive components onto a single surface mount ceramic...
One of the big stumbling blocks remaining for widespread Bluetooth adoption continues to be interference issues in the 2.4 GHz unlicensed spectrum band, which the technology uses. In addition to household items using the spectrum band, numerous local area network standards also use the...
While some analysts and technology experts sing the dirge of EDGE before it is even born and wonder if Bluetooth will ever chew, a new initiative that hopes to leverage these technologies for location-based services is the new tease.But Philips Corp.-which believes that the...
ORLANDO, Fla.-In the sun-draped city of Orlando, with its springtime spurts of rain and dreamy lakes, the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium drew a mixed crowd of wireless vendors, operators, developers and analysts to re-energize interest in its brand of technology and to contemplate strategies...
Mobile devicesAlcatelAlcatel launched the One Touch 502 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access. The phone offers GPRS monoslot technology, which is ideal for WAP transmission because the packets of data involved are small, Alcatel said. The phone also...
LONDON-A new study from Frost & Sullivan predicts the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz-based systems markets, currently valued at around $946 million, will boom into a $4.76 billion business during the next four years.The research firm said the arrival of the 802.11b standard, which...
NEW YORK-Investors looking for successful Bluetooth market plays will have to wait till late this year, but the outlook for the technology will grow brighter during the next several years, said Johan Strandberg, senior wireless equipment analyst for Stockholm-based Deutsche Bank-Scandinavia."There are significant Bluetooth...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Revenues continue to inch higher for Parthus Technologies plc, which released its earnings for the quarter, bolstering comments from Parthus officials that the company may well benefit from a slowing economy.Parthus' total revenue for the quarter, ended March 31, was $9.8 million, up...
CANADACell-Loc Inc. completed and made available its Cellocate Beacon I, a wireless device that enables several location services via the company's existing networks in Calgary, Alberta and Austin, Texas. According to test data, the new device is consistent with enhanced 911 Phase II guidelines...
TABY, Sweden-Wireless Solutions Sweden AB (WSS), part of the Allgon group, signed a joint agreement with Link Evolution Corp., a Japanese company that delivers wireless communications solutions to manufacturers.Through the agreement, the companies will jointly research and develop new products, as well as market...
As the economy slackens and competition revs up, the handset market may set the stage for a battle between big names and their smaller counterparts.Some analysts are doffing their hats to the bigger players-Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and Ericsson Inc.-dwarfing the chances of second-...
Hoping to soothe the Bluetooth community's fears over last month's announcement from Microsoft Corp. that it would not support the wireless technology in its upcoming Windows XP platform, Widcomm Inc. said it would provide a software upgrade to computer manufacturers allowing them to add...
No one is quite sure where the wireless Internet is going.There is such a profusion of technology developed and offered on a daily basis-from PacketVideo Corp.'s streaming multimedia offering to BitFlash Inc.'s screen-scraping service-industry observers are constantly creating new categories for the latest release....
Palm Inc.'s planned acquisition of Extended Systems, a provider of mobile information management solutions, hit a bit of a snag after Palm's stock price plummeted last week to less than $7 per share.The sell-off began after Palm issued a warning concerning earnings, noting revenue...
While mobile commerce won't become widespread next year, or even in the next few years, it will eventually be huge, according to a study from The Strategis Group, with about 90 million users generating more than $50 billion in revenues by 2007.The study, "U.S....
Bluetooth's image took a hit last week as a demonstration of the short-range wireless technology went awry at the CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany. According to the Associated Press, the demonstration attempted to create the world's biggest Bluetooth network, but failed after one of...
WEXHAM SPRINGS, United Kingdom-Fujitsu Siemens Computers joined Red-M's m-dev program to enable the development of Bluetooth networking solutions and enable interoperability between the companies' product offerings.
LAS VEGAS-The world's leading mobile-phone makers launched an extensive array of new devices supporting a range of new technology last week, including GPRS, Bluetooth and full-color displays-moves the companies hope will garner more customers and counteract sluggish phone sales.Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc., L.M. Ericsson...
