TOKYO-Total mobile handset shipments in Japan in September dropped by 38.8 percent on the year to 2.85 million units, according to a survey compiled by Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA). JEITA said it was the 16th consecutive monthly decline.For September, cellular...
DUBLIN, Ireland-With the public snub Microsoft received with the news that U.K. mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo has dumped the software giant as the software provider for its new Z100 Web-enabled multimedia handset just days before the product was to launch, it is clear that access...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. introduced a pair of color-screen, camera handsets including Sony Ericsson's $100 T300 and Motorola Inc.'s $200 T720i.Each handset is available with an attachable camera allowing customers to send pictures from the handset using T-Mobile's GPRS network and t-zones service.
OXFORD, United Kingdom-In a somewhat belated effort to reduce cell-phone theft, the five U.K. mobile operators have agreed to establish a common database where phones can be reported and logged as stolen. According to government statistics, up to 200 cell phones are being reported...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. unveiled four new handsets for Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s GSM and TDMA networks as well as T-Mobile USA Inc.'s GSM-only network. The pair of Cingular handsets includes the Motorola C331, which was co-designed by both companies and will be offered in...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Although Microsoft Corp. wields tremendous power and has made several major recent forays into the market for mobile-phone software, the wireless industry's traditional handset manufacturers can hold on to their dominant position, according to a new report from Probe Research.Many of the...
TOKYO-The top two Japanese mobile handset manufacturers-NEC and Matsushita Communications Industrial-have lost market share, while Sharp, which is the leading maker for picture phone handsets, has expanded its market share, according to a survey compiled by Multimedia Research Institute.According to the marketing firm, the...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having consistently stated that it would be the first to launch a third-generation (3G) service in the United Kingdom, Hutchison has now commented that the timing, always set for the end of 2002, might be in doubt depending on the progress made...
HELSINKI, Finland and OSLO, Norway-Hutchison Whampoa and Investor-backed Hi3G, which will operate under the brand name "3," will join Swedish third-generation (3G) license holders seeking rollout extensions. Hi3G has confirmed its intention to ask Swedish telecom authority PTS for an extension of the deadline...
TORONTO-724 Solutions' X-treme Mobility Gateways and Access' NetFront v3.0 browser technology are now interoperable, so mobile network operators can use NetFront-enabled handsets powered by 724's WAP-based infrastructure."Having NetFront v3.0 acceptance demonstrates that the X-treme Mobility Gateways enable mobile operators to truly support open standards,...
DALLAS-A Texas jury has asked L.M. Ericsson to pay $61 million to Harris Corp. for infringing on the company's patent, which allows handsets to receive a variety of digital signals. The patent has expired but the lawsuit was filed in 1998.
SEOUL, South Korea-The Korea Communications Commission banned the country's three mobile-phone carriers, SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom, from accepting new subscribers for up to 30 days, according to the Korea Times.The banning is a penalty for breaking rules about offering phone subsidies to...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it shipped the world's first radioOne cdma2000 1x chipset and system software for handsets, which also will begin shipment next year."We are very excited with the broad adoption of our radioOne solutions for 3G cdma2000 1x and with more...
SHANGHAI, China-Last year, Siemens announced big plans to increase its mobile telecom market share in China. But Lothar Pauly, board member of the Information and Communication Mobile Group of Siemens, acknowledged he is not fully satisfied with the progress made during the past year....
DUBLIN, Ireland-Vodafone has unveiled the latest stage in its data strategy. Vodafone Live is a menu of services accessible from camera phones, which will allow customers to receive and send picture messages, downloads games and ring tones, and send and receive voice and text...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Siemens has joined the growing ranks of cell-phone manufacturers to announce third-generation (3G) handsets. The company, which somewhat surprisingly used New York to make the announcement, said its new U10 phone is the first device to be developed jointly with Motorola, and...
TOKYO-NEC, a leading telecom vendor in Japan, announced it won an additional order for third-generation (3G) handsets from Hutchison Whampoa. Under the initial contract with Hutchison, NEC was to provide 1 million 3G handsets for the Hong Kong-based company. According to NEC, NEC won...
TOKYO-KDDI and J-Phone continue to expand their subscriber bases of next-generation services.KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced that the number of subscribers for the carrier's third-generation (3G) services based on cdma2000 1x technology exceeded 3 million. KDDI is targeting to get 7...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Cellon International launched its new CMS91 GSM/GPRS wireless module, which the company said will allow manufacturers and designers to develop wireless handsets or to add wireless connectivity to non-handset devices such as computers, personal digital assistants, automobiles and consumer appliances."Modules-both for handset...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. suspended sales of one of its third-generation handsets after a software glitch was discovered.When the screen of the T2101V FOMA handset is in energy-saving mode, the phone sometimes does not receive incoming calls, including video or e-mail messages, the operator said....
BEIJING-China Unicom's aggressive promotion of its CDMA network is continuing to bear fruit. In the fortnight around China's National Day of 1 October, the company signed 700,000 new users. On 14 October, China United Telecommunications announced in Beijing that the number of its...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-While industry gurus and market survey reports continue to pour cold water on the likely success of third generation (3G) technology, Hutchison 3G and Tele2 seem determined to overcome the pervading gloom that hangs over the technology. Both firms have recently committed...
BEIJING-In China's biggest corporate debt sale, China Mobile issued 8 billion yuan (US$968 million) worth of fixed-rate bonds, divided into a 5 billion yuan (US$605 million) 15-year tranche and a 3 billion yuan (US$363 million) five-year tranche.The company is offering lower interest rates than...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has licensed two ARM Microprocessor cores, which will allow it to provide equipment manufacturers with solutions that will increase system performance and extend battery life for 2.5- and third-generation wireless handsets and personal digital assistants.The cores include ARM1136J-S and...
