DALLAS-In what both companies see as a signal of future collaboration, Sun Microsystems Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. are working together to deliver optimized end-to-end wireless solutions for 2.5- and third-generation networks.In the deal, TI licensed Sun's Connected Limited Device Configuration HotSpot Implementation for...
Countering claims that the technology has yet to gain a foothold, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported shipments of the short-range wireless technology exceeded 1 million units per week worldwide during the third quarter, according to Bluetooth semiconductor volume tracking service provider IMS Research.The...
LAS VEGAS-Gaming highlighted a rash of announcements made at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless I.T and Entertainment show in Las Vegas, providing a peak at what might be some of the hot-selling offerings for the holiday sales season.c Nokia and AT&T Wireless...
LONDON-UK-based mobile software company Vibelet.com is to extend support for a range of handsets with its Purring Kitty application. The company has also added a new global payment and delivery system for the product.The Purring Kitty Java Midlet developed by Vibelet, which transforms cell...
LOS ANGELES-HeyAnita Inc. released Rapid Message Service (RMS), a solution that allows wireless users to send voice messages across carrier networks, regardless of handset technology, without actually ringing the phone of the person they are calling.RMS is similar to text messaging in that it...
AUSTIN, Texas-StarCore LLC said it has unveiled synthesizable, modular DSP solutions known as the SC1200 and SC1400 lines for wireless handsets and personal digital assistants, networking infrastructure, media gateways and voice over Internet Protocol and Web tablets."Both product families can be licensed as standalone...
LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. announced it will use a streaming video player from RealNetworks Inc. in upcoming mobile phones, including new phones using its Linux/Java operating system.The move is notable on several levels. First, it marks Motorola's plans to support streaming video, a technology that...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial Inc. introduced Cellphone Service Station, a new mobile phonebook management solution for wireless retailers and enterprise telecom mangers to allow for the transfer, backup, restore or print out of phonebook and contact information. The application works on more than 140 mobile-phone models...
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Legend Mobile said it has entered into an agreement with LogoManager of Cambridge, United Kingdom, for the development of branded mobile products based on certain properties under license to Legend. The first product expected from the new agreement is AlphaMobile MB based...
LAS VEGAS-Audiovox Communications Corp. is introducing its CDM-9900 series of wireless handsets featuring video capabilities at the CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment show in Las Vegas. "The CDM-9900 and 9950 are the first handsets to offer both video and still photography in the same...
Gaming highlighted a rash of announcements made today at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless I.T and Entertainment show in Las Vegas, providing a peak at what might be some of the hot-selling offerings for the holiday sales season.Nokia and AT&T Wireless said...
Samsung Electronics Co.'s upbeat third-quarter results added to growing optimism for recovery in the wireless industry. The company's profit rose 7 percent to $1.57 billion dollars in contrast with $1.46 billion a year ago. Upswings in sales of handsets and chips accounted for the...
Canadian wireless carrier Telus Mobility reported a number of enhancements to its Mike-branded, iDEN-based network, including nationwide capabilities and new handsets based on Motorola Inc.'s new iDEN platform.Telus Mobility said the network expansion of its Mike service will allow customers to place Direct Connect...
Nextel Communications Inc. surpassed analysts' expectations and set a company record reporting 646,000 net customer additions during the third quarter of this year and ending the quarter with 12.3 million total customers.The carrier noted that its reported customer growth did not include the 102,000...
Nokia Corp. said it posted a net income of $958.5 million, or 19 cents a share, in its third quarter results, although its mobile-phone and infrastructure sales fell.The company said it expects its fourth-quarter earnings to be lower than anticipated because of a possible...
EDINBURG, Texas-Progressive Telecom recently announced it has become an authorized distributor for Panasonic wireless handsets and accessories."We are delighted to have Progressive Telecom as an authorized distributor for Panasonic wireless products in the United States," said Ed Robinette, Panasonic's director-wireless products. "We are especially...
DALLAS-Wireless carrier MetroPCS Inc. reported a partnership with One Global Finance Inc. to offer its MetroPCS Wired Plastic MasterCard fully integrated stored value card, which the carrier said was reloadable and can be used anywhere MasterCard is accepted.MetroPCS noted the card has a direct...
GENEVA-Sun Microsystems Inc. is working to address many of the complaints and concerns leveled at the company's wireless Java technology with a series of new products, services and programs introduced at the ITU Telecom World 2003 conference.Sun's new offerings are an effort to unify...
Sun Microsystems Inc. is working to address many of the complaints and concerns leveled at the company's wireless Java technology with a series of new products, services and programs introduced at the ITU Telecom World 2003 conference.Sun's new offerings are an effort to unify...
WASHINGTON-Settlement talks continue in a blind woman's complaint that Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. violated the disability provision of the 1996 telecom act, with lawyers expected to report back to the Federal Communications Commission by Dec. 1.In Oct. 2 filings with the FCC,...
WASHINGTON-The Wireless Consumers Alliance Oct. 3 asked the Federal Communications Commission to confirm that its 911 strongest-signal rules require an analog phone to connect to a base station within 17 seconds rather than just assign a voice channel as manufacturers have claimed in ongoing...
Kyocera Wireless Corp. said it will temporarily halt shipments of several handset models following reports that a Kyocera phone apparently exploded just days after a Nebraska family purchased it.According to Nebraska TV station WOWT 6 News, an area family purchased a Kyocera phone through...
NTT DoCoMo Inc. joins several other major wireless players in introducing an over-the-air updating service that will allow the carrier to remotely send software patches or even new applications to mobile-phone subscribers.DoCoMo said its mova and FOMA handsets will be able to access the...
WASHINGTON-Settlement talks continue in a blind woman's complaint that Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. violated the disability provision of the 1996 telecom act, with lawyers expected to report back to the Federal Communications Commission by Dec. 1.In Oct. 2 filings with the FCC,...
