NEW YORK-Kyocera Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. showcased new wireless phones at the TechXNY PC Expo 2001 last week that are more than conversation pieces.PC-EPhoneIn early July, San Diego-based distributor PC-EPhone Inc. will begin marketing through carriers, electronics retailers and online...
Texas Instruments Inc. said it has developed a hardware and software chipset solution for GPRS class 12 wireless handsets.HiddenMind Technology Inc. announced it merged with AnyDevice Inc., a move the companies said will allow them to offer an integrated mobile and voice software platform...
SINGAPORE-Singapore network operators will not make General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) widely available to consumers here before the end of this year, executives from operators and handset manufacturers said at the CommunicAsia exhibition recently. Handset manufacturers also admitted the shortage of devices is delaying...
TOKYO- NTT DoCoMo, in cooperation with KPN Mobile and E-Plus, is scheduled to launch i-mode-like services in the Netherlands and Germany in the fourth quarter. Access, a Japanese provider of microbrowsers for non-PC devices including NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service, is also exploring the European...
Handsets/ devicesMitsubishiMitsubishi released three new handsets. The Eclipse is a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with a color display. The dual-band phone offers 256 colors and up to 86 kilobits-per-second data speeds. It has several features for business users. The phone allows users...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Most of the major telecommunications carriers to have successfully bid at the recent Australian 2 GHz spectrum auctions plan to adopt wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) for third-generation (3G) services.Cable & Wireless Optus and Vodafone operate GSM digital mobile services; Hutchison has a CDMA network. All...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Amid an unpredictable economic crisis, Indonesia's telecommunication sector is moving forward, with new regulation in effect since 8 September, 2000. The new regulation, which says any company can provide telecommunication services, has received positive market response. Many new players, mostly cellular and wireless...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Mobile communications are vital to Israel. The permanent tension, caused by terrorist attacks, compels everyone to be in constant communication. Despite its conflicts and small population, Israel has been able to excel in wireless communications.Similar to several other countries around the world,...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Opinion is divided on the identity of the "killer applications" that will allow operators to make a return on their significant investments in General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and third-generation (3G) technology. But while operators develop prototype services and grapple with technical difficulties...
NEW DELHI, India-Wireless network operators the world over are preparing to move from offering voice-only services to data and content-based services. The transition means they will have to install real-time, flexible, scalable billing systems capable of handling complex third-party environments. A bigger challenge is...
DENVER, United States-The third-generation (3G) hype is much less intense than a year ago, as executives and engineers get down to the nitty-gritty of making the new technology-and their business plans-work. It is a time of industry transition and stealth-mode research and development, along...
AlcatelChina. With China Unicom for CDMA equipment for a national network.Value: US$157 millionChina. With Gansu Mobile, Shanxi Mobile and Ning Xia Mobile for GSM expansion contracts.Value: UndisclosedThailand. With CP Orange for a nationwide GSM 1800 MHz network.Value: US$332 millionDatangChina. With China Unicom for CDMA equipment for a...
DENVER-A Cingular Wireless executive last week discussed the benefits of EDGE technology as an alternative to true third-generation networks, further evidence that EDGE may still play heavily in future plans for U.S. operators.Anil Doradla, a wireless technology researcher for Cingular, made his comments during...
As the thermometer of the phone sales market, Nokia Corp.'s situation indicates the market is cooling.Yet, market research group Wit SoundView believes while this may be true of the market in general, the Finnish company may have only pulled a muscle. Its strides bound...
HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. and Finnish operator Sonera said they have conducted tests that determined data packets could be transmitted through Sonera GPRS Roaming Exchange on Nokia's UMTS platform.
PortugalOni Way, a Portuguese mobile operator that recently won a UMTS 3G license, has selected Accenture as the primary systems integrator for its integrated billing solution. The solution includes the Amdocs 3G billing platform. The Accenture/Amdocs solution provides Oni Way with single billing for...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said it will increase its stake in Taiwan's KG Telecommunications by purchasing a maximum of more than 62.36 million new shares from existing shareholders and employees at the end of June. KG Telecom will issue a total of 187.3 million new shares...
SINGAPORESAMSys Technologies Inc., a company that provides radio frequency identification (RFID) reader hardware, and Tunity Pte. Ltd. of Singapore, an Asia-Pacific RFID channel development firm, said they plan to join in marketing efforts. According to the agreement between the companies, Tunity will provide solution...
Verizon Wireless is considering either using wideband-CDMA technology as its third-generation network standard or adding the technology to its CDMA-based network. Company spokespeople assert the move is not new-or news-but it is nonetheless representative of the murky realm of 3G wireless issues and carriers'...
The GSM Association-the body behind GSM and GPRS networks, as well as the popular short message service-announced last week another standards effort, one that some industry observers believe will be a major catalyst for the worldwide uptake of the mobile Internet."We view the creation...
Timing is everything. As European wireless markets face saturation, the rollout of next-generation services becomes even more essential to the continued growth of the industry. "Ultimately, the potential is there, the question is, can the handset manufacturers come out with the handsets and can...
802.11b, otherwise known as WiFi, is growing into one of the most buoyant fountains of money in the wireless industry, challenging big and small vendors to seek differentiating models in a tightening economic landscape.According to industry sources, the technology, which is thriving on the...
PacketVideo Corp. scored a major deal today with Siemens Information and Communication Mobile, which will resell the streaming media company's MPEG-4 technology platform to mobile operators. The deal is another in a long string of significant sales for PacketVideo."It's a further endorsement of our...
In a triangular deal, German-based operator T-Mobil is partnering with Agere Systems to adopt Samsung's General Packet Radio Service class 8-cell phone.The phone, which will be made available commercially during this quarter, uses Agere's semiconductor chips and software.The Samsung GPRS wireless handsets equipped with...
