Handsets

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Looking to break into the European cell-phone market has proved harder than expected for the Far Eastern manufacturer Daewoo. The company, which had intended to launch two handsets …

TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest Japanese mobile operator, said it would launch a new handset with BREW capabilities in February. BREW is a data application download service developed by Qualcomm. It will …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having languished in the market for many years, GSM-R technology has received fresh impetus following a decision by Network Rail in the United Kingdom to order cellular infrastructure …

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WASHINGTON-A U.S. government-sponsored study said mobile-phone exposure causes brain damage in rats. The study, published yesterday in the online edition of the journal Environmental Heath Perspectives, is said to represent …

WASHINGTON-A Swedish-funded study published in a journal of a U.S. health agency says mobile phone exposure causes brain damage in rats. The study, published yesterday in the online edition of …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. has suspended sales of its N504iS handsets and said it will replace batteries on already-sold models due to overheating caused by a hardware conflict between the battery …

DENVER, United States-Major European carriers are conducting Enhanced Data Networks for Global Evolution (EDGE) trials, highlighting a major triumph for a technology once proclaimed dead. Burdened by the cost of …

BEIJING-China’s TCL Mobile Communications sold 6.21 million mobile phones last year, exceeding its sales target of 5 million units. The company is China’s largest domestic handset maker. Sales surged almost …

BEIJING-China’s outgoing Minister of Information Industry Wu Jichuan announced at a national telecom conference that China would add 52 million new mobile subscribers this year, compared with 61.39 million in …

WASHINGTON-Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association President Thomas Wheeler today warned Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell that allowing mobile satellite service operators to operate land-band transmitters could cause interference to …

HELSINKI, Finland-Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa and Swedish venture group Investor are planning a spring launch for their so-called 3 mobile telephony service in Sweden. Company chiefs insist the new mobile …

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom-Despite economic slowing and sector saturation, profitability of some of Europe’s savvy-and lucky-wireless operators is managing to improve across a desolate backdrop. Across the Continent, average revenue per …

CINCINNATI-Roto-Rooter Inc. said it will install wireless solutions using Gearworks Web-based applications and Nextel Communications Inc.’s handsets and network for its more than 1,500 field technicians designed to improve quality …

EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Philips Electronics said its video and playback encoding software is being used by Italian mobile operator Wind for its multimedia message service (MMS). Subscribers to the service can …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile operator in Japan, on Wednesday announced it would launch a new FOMA handset that has tripled waiting time compared with current handsets starting 18 January. …

TORONTO-Rogers Wireless will pay Swedish telecom supplier Ericsson up to C$465 million (US$302 million) as part of a three-year extension to an existing contract. Under the exclusive agreement, Ericsson Canada …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said the telecommunications giant would pay half the costs of developing W-CDMA handsets for its FOMA network in an attempt to boost the supply and cut costs …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Nokia Corp. managed to hold a .5 percent lead over Motorola Inc. in the United States handset market over the past year, according to numbers from Telecom Trends …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-GSM technology in the U.S. doubled in both subscribers and handset shipments during 2002, according to research from Telecom Trends International. The TTI report also found the U.S. …

BEIJING-Samsung received the Chinese government’s approval to directly sell its handsets on the domestic market, bypassing import agents. Market leaders Motorola and Nokia already sell directly. Samsung expects China to …

LAS VEGAS-Samsung Telecommunications America released new wireless handsets at the CES show in Las Vegas this week. The SGH-v205, a clamshell-designed wireless phone, features an embedded digital camera, a color …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Wireless users will soon demand feature-rich handsets that include color screens and advanced data and messaging applications to replace their current mobile phones, according to new research from …

SHANGHAI, China-Motorola unveiled today in Shanghai, China, eight new handsets that feature EMS and MMS messaging technologies; Java capabilities; support for GPRS, EDGE and UMTS/WCDMA; color screens; and polyphonic speakers. …

HONG KONG-For debt-choked Western operators, third-generation (3G) profits have proven to be a mirage, and if the technology can be made viable, it will likely happen first in Asia. At …