DUBLIN, Ireland-Siemens has set a target of supplying one in five mobile phones bought in the United Kingdom by 2005. Having firmly established itself as the main challenger to Nokia's undisputed leadership of the handset market in the United Kingdom, the company is looking...
MANILA, The Philippines-Experts expect the cellular industry in the Asia-Pacific region to generally fare better this year than last year. While the telecom industries in Europe and the United States are expected to face difficult years, with markets already overcrowded and requiring consolidation, many...
BEIJING-China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) estimates the production capacity of the 36 mobile-phone manufacturers in China will reach 250 million this year, up from 100 million last year, while sales are expected to reach 170 million handsets. Some analysts fear the world market...
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 in the second half of 2002, is now reviewing its plans following little interest...
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 let users download software or games on their handsets and customize them according to their...
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 to provide coverage for 16,000 kilometers of railway across the country.The 32 million euro...
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 the first time researchers have found damage to neurons in rats brains exposed to radiation...
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 the journal Environmental Heath Perspectives, is said to represent the first time researchers have...
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 and the handset. The carrier said replacement batteries would be mailed to customers beginning...
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 third-generation (3G) licenses and technical hiccups with launching Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks and...
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 fourfold compared with 2001.This year, TCL may be surpassed by rival Ningbo Bird, which...
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 2002. The country counted 206.21 million mobile subscribers at the end of last year.He...
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 mobile phone handsets in the personal communications services band."We cannot rob Peter in order...
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 service will return a profit on operations within five years. Hutchison and Investor are...
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 user (ARPU) for most operators has been increasing at about 5 percent quarter on...
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 and support the company's customer service.The wireless offering will integrate Gearworks Etrace mobile work...
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 capture and play video clips on suitable handsets equipped with the Philips' Platform4 ME...
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. NTT DoCoMo had initially planned to launch the handset F2051 manufactured by Fujitsu at...
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 will supply Toronto-based Rogers with wireless network equipment and radio access gear for upgrading and...
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 of handsets for its customers.The company said it would provide up to $340 million...
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 International.Of the 72 million handsets sold in the United States in 2002, Nokia scored...
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. wireless market grew 11 percent in subscriber numbers, though overall handset growth was flat for...
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 have generated US$6.4 billion in revenue in 2002, compared with Motorola's US$5.7 billion. Apart from...
