cellular phones

WASHINGTON-Wouldn’t it be cool to receive e-mail, a mobile-phone call or connect to the Internet while you are flying? That was the question examined last week at the Wireless Onboard …

TOKYO-Radio waves from cellular phones do not deteriorate human beings’ memory functions, the Telecom Ministry of Japan announced 12 November. Based on its own experiment with rats, the ministry concluded …

TOKYO-Total mobile handset shipments in Japan in September dropped by 38.8 percent on the year to 2.85 million units, according to a survey compiled by Japan Electronics and Information Technology …

MANILA, The Philippines—Ayala-owned Globe Telecom has entered an agreement with Norwegian supplier Colibria for the development of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) messaging application that allows subscribers to send …

LONDON-The Bluetooth industry received a boost from a Frost & Sullivan report noting the wireless technology has progressed from its simple cable replacement origins, with different deployment models anticipated from …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens said African operator Vodacom will install Openwave Systems Inc.’s multimedia messaging service platform as part of the operator’s GSM/GPRS network. Vodacom licensed Openwave’s equipment through Siemens, which is …

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DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. says it has rolled out a chip known as TNET1100B, which uses less power in cellular phones and personal digital assistants. The chip focuses on Wi-Fi-based devices …

NEW DELHI, India-Confusion prevails over the Indian government’s order to ban the use of cellular phones at petrol outlets. The order was issued by the petroleum ministry, but nobody is …

TOKYO-Mitsubishi Corp. said it has developed a prototype system for wireless LAN technology called Moteran, which will allow devices like laptops, personal digital assistants and cellular phones to operate without …

MANILA, The Philippines-The recent major buy-in by the Gokongwei group, a multibillion-dollar conglomerate that is involved in virtually every aspect of Philippine business, of the New York Stock Exchange-listed telecommunications …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The numbers of cellular phones in Colombia will have 10 digits as of 1 June in accordance with new Ministry of Communications regulations. Therefore, three digits will be …

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NEW DELHI, India—The rising graph of cellular phone subscribers in India took a dip, with fewer additions during April. All the operators together added 280,000 subscribers during the month, a …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The decrease in cellular users in Argentina has generated a new strategy for operators, consisting of the sale of used terminals with lower costs than new ones. During …

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TOKYO—J-Phone, a Vodafone Group mobile carrier in Japan, became the country’s second-largest mobile service, exceeding au, a mobile service provided by KDDI, according to statistics released by Telecommunications Carriers Association …

NEW DELHI, India—Mobile-phone handsets and pagers in India will cost less, following a reduction in duties announced in the annual budget presented in the parliament on Thursday. The new measure …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Peruvian cellular telephony market grew 20 percent during 2001, reaching 1.6 million users by the end of the year. Despite the arrival of a third operator, Telecom …

TOKYO—Mobile handset shipments during 2001 decreased by 1.8 percent on the year to 50.77 million units, Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) announced. It is the first time …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—For the first time, cellular telephony users have surpassed fixed telephony clients in Latin America. In early 2002, 17-percent mobile penetration was achieved, with 82 million clients, against …

NEW DELHI, India—The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has slashed airtime tariffs on roaming for cellular phones by 70 percent and has fixed a ceiling of 3 rupees (US$0.06) …

HAMAMATSU CITY, SHIZOUKA, Japan—Yamaha Corp. announced it will begin providing a polyphonic cellular phone ring tone download service for Spain’s Telefonica Moviles at the end of February. Yamaha said the …

TOKYO—NEC, a leading telecom vender in Japan, started a sample shipment of a 64-Megabit Random Access Memory (RAM) device for cellular phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs). NEC has been …

TOKYO—Kyocera, a leading telecom vender in Japan, and Hanaro Telecom, a leading carrier in Korea, reached an agreement regarding the next-generation high-speed mobile data business, Kyocera announced on 22 January. …