Devices

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, …

NEW YORK-AppliedTheory will partner with Brightpod to help corporate customers mobilize enterprise content through applications for wireless access on mobile devices including Palms, Pocket PCs, RIM BlackBerry handhelds, Web-enabled phones …

WASHINGTON-The nation’s growing driver-distraction problem has taken on new urgency as a result of a deadly traffic accident in Las Vegas allegedly caused by woman speeding and talking on her …

NEW YORK-Emblaze Systems Inc. will optimize its patented streaming media technology for use in wireless devices running on Symbian’s EPOC operating system, under an agreement announced last week. A simulation …

I’ve noticed a curious pattern emerging. At agency after agency with telecom and high-tech oversight, key positions have yet to be filled. Some are not even close to being filled. …

Intel Corp. embedded itself further into the wireless space last week as it demonstrated its Micro Signal Architecture, a fast digital signal processor for wireless handheld devices the company developed …

LONDON-According to a study by Strategy Analytics Inc., Flextronics Inc. will become Western Europe’s second largest cell phone manufacturer with 34.5 million units, or an 18.4 percent production share, in …

SAN FRANCISCO-Neomar, an enterprise software company devoted to enabling Fortune 1000 companies to securely deliver applications to mobile professionals, received $15 million in second-round financing from Clearstone Venture Partners. The …

Motorola Inc. mixed memory with some cheer in its first-quarter results last week as it reported its first loss in 16 years amid hopes of a rebound in the second …

While most wireless companies are targeting either the consumer or the business market with their technology, a select few are targeting a new and rather unlikely area for wireless services …

Leap Wireless International Inc. completed its acquisition of personal communications services operating licenses covering 2.8 million pops from CIVS IV License Sub I L.L.C., a joint venture between Cook Inlet …

WASHINGTON-The law firm of Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos, which earlier this year took control of an $800 million mobile phone-brain cancer lawsuit, has joined forces with attorneys in a …

Chips are falling through the cracks of the slowing economy. Just like phone makers, solutions providers and operators, chip makers are buckling in what analysts describe as their worst time …

WASHINGTON-Last December, two months after President Clinton ordered government studies on spectrum availability for third-generation wireless systems and at a time when mobile-phone and Pentagon officials were intensely studying the …

Nokia Corp.’s splash into the CDMA handset market was tempered last week after the world’s largest cell phone manufacturer admitted some of its phones already on the street will not …

JAPAN Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. has decided to upgrade its cellular phone handset operations into a full division with emphasis on mobile computing products. Sony also wants to delve …

WAP has found itself in a similar situation to mighty Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system. A lot of people complain about it, but nearly everyone uses it. WAP came along …

NEW YORK -The governor of New York and the leaders of both houses of the state Legislature said last week they will support legislation to prohibit handheld use of wireless …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Communications Corp. announced plans for an integrated personal digital assistant and wireless phone, to be introduced in the third quarter of this year. According to Audiovox, the wireless …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced a new line of printers that feature a range of Internet-enabling technologies. Among their capabilities, the new printers enable users to scan documents directly to …

SAN FRANCISCO-WCITIES, which provides location-based information services, launched its Geo-Coded Location Information Service for wireless network operators. The new service integrates longitude and latitude coordinates with WCITIES content for point-to-point …

The vast layout of the CTIA Wireless 2001 show last week in Las Vegas was a little dizzying, with meetings and conferences spread out across the city’s famous strip. One …

LAS VEGAS-Certicom, which provides mobile e-business security, will provide mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo with WTLS Plus, a technology that will secure Sendo’s new lightweight, Internet-enabled WAP mobile phones. “Certicom’s leadership in …

WASHINGTON-While the wireless industry’s attention was focused last week on new products and gizmos in Las Vegas, Capitol Hill was working on legislation that could impact the telecommunications industry in …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas will deliver wireless communications to guests via LGC Wireless’ LGCell and MetroReach Focus products. According to LGC, the solution, which supports five …