MANILA, The Philippines-Mobile operator Globe Telecom introduced this week the Philippines' first mobile video messaging, allowing subscribers to record, save and play back video clips, up to a maximum of 10 seconds, or about 95 kilobytes in size, and send them to other mobile-phone...
TOKYO-T-Engine Project, an industry association consisting of virtually all major Japanese vendors, including NEC, Fujitsu and Mitsubishi Electric, will jointly develop a standardized platform for middleware for third-generation (3G) handsets based on TRON, the project announced 11 March.According to the group, member companies will...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having launched its first W-CDMA handset in Cannes last month, Sony Ericsson is trying to convince Hutchison that it does have a medium-term third-generation (3G) cell-phone strategy in an attempt to secure a volume contract for the device. The two firms are...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched Aether Systems Inc.'s PocketBlue wireless data solution for public safety on Nextel's i95cl Java-enabled handsets and iM1100 modem.Aether said the PocketBlue solution enables law enforcement officers and other authorized personnel to query local, state and federal criminal information and...
LONDON-European mobile data users are set to enjoy greater competition on tariffs and devices following the decision by T-Mobile to more than halve its mobile data charges and push the BlackBerry device to single business users and high-end consumers. In an attempt to stimulate...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Leading retailers and the police have teamed up in the United Kingdom to launch a crackdown on mobile-phone theft, with stolen phones being rendered unusable and those attempting to reprogram them facing stiff jail sentences.Cooperation among U.K. mobile operators has allowed details of...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the hype surrounding the success of multimedia messaging service (MMS), the Swedish cell-phone operator Comviq has joined Vodafone and Telia by extending its free trial of the service until June. The company had planned to halt its free trial service at...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-MTN Nigeria announced it has suspended sales of its prepaid starter packs (SIM Packs) and handsets to the public. The network's contract packages will not be affected.Afam Edozie, chief marketing officer for MTN Nigeria, said it was a hard decision to take...
TOKYO-Toshiba, via its local joint venture business in China, will launch a mobile video messaging handset in China in early March, Toshiba announced Thursday. The T618X handset will let users take both still pictures and up to 15 seconds of video with a built-in...
The issue with U.S.-based Qualcomm has never been whether it has great technology, but whether its technology can make great market strides. Stalked by what industry watchers call either envy or sheer dominance of GSM-based technology, Qualcomm has had to combat GSM's increasing global...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial said its mobile phone software products and mobile phone data cable accessories are now available in more than 500 Best Buy retail stores nationwide."Providing support for the most popular mobile phone handsets on one CD is an excellent value for our customers,"...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments said it has introduced the world's first complete battery fuel gauge for cellular handsets and personal digital assistants."With today's announcement, TI simplifies the design of a cost-effective accurate battery fuel gauge in single cell applications by offering a solution that performs all...
CANNES, France-Nokia Corp. said its 6650 WCDMA-based third-generation phone was on track for first-half 2003 deliveries and that shipments of 10,000 test phones began last October to both operators and infrastructure vendors.Nokia also said it will trial its EDGE system capabilities in 15 commercial...
CANNES, France-In a race to differentiate their products in an increasingly crowded market, cell-phone developers are unveiling increasingly bizarre designs. In what would seem to be a triumph for obscure fashion over usability, Siemens' SX1 handset-announced Thursday at the 3GSM show in Cannes-has moved...
CANNES, France-L.M. Ericsson flexed its muscles within and outside the 3GSM Congress with a series of announcements from interoperability testing to deals with carriers and content providers as well as a former semiconductor partner.The Swedish vendor signed a contract to supply UMTS gear to...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-With analysts forecasting significant growth in the uptake of camera phones, governments around the world are becoming increasingly concerned by the capabilities of these devices to invade people's privacy and decency. The pioneering third-generation (3G) operator '3' claims to have recognized the...
SURABAYA, Indonesia-The three Singaporean mobile carriers confirmed they are on track to launch third-generation (3G) services before the deadline set by the country's regulator Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) at the end of 2004.Jesmine Ong, SingTel's spokeswoman, said SingTel is meeting the deadline by continuously...
BEIJING-China could produce close to one-third of all handsets manufactured in the world this year, according to Shao Chunguang of the China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID), who was quoted in the China Daily.He predicted that domestic and foreign handset makers would produce...
CANNES, France-Advanced Recognition Technologies (ART) will exhibit smARTspeak XG, a "feature-rich phonemic-based embedded speaker independent name and continuous digit dialing solution," at this year's 3GSM World Congress.ART will also show handsets that already host the solution, including next-generation platforms set to launch later in...
TOKYO-Keiji Tachikawa, president of NTT DoCoMo, on Thursday said it will be difficult for the mobile carrier to clear its own sales target for its third-generation (3G) FOMA service. NTT DoCoMo is targeting to sell 320,000 FOMA terminals by the end of March. The...
TOKYO-Keiji Tachikawa, president of NTT DoCoMo, on Thursday said it will be difficult for the mobile carrier to clear its own sales target for its third-generation (3G) FOMA service. NTT DoCoMo is targeting to sell 320,000 FOMA terminals by the end of March. The...
TOKYO-J-Phone, a Vodafone Group business unit in Japan, announced it would launch a new prepaid phone service in mid-February. The new prepaid service "enjorno" will charge up to 40-percent lower rates than conventional phone services, and handsets for the service will sell through more...
DUBLIN, Ireland-The threat from so-called mobile viruses has been given another airing following a report from McAfee Security. However, the threat still seems to be taken more seriously by security solution providers than by virus writers, few of whom have yet to identify mobile...
