Handsets

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. launched its FOMA mobile communications platform enabling numerous people to participate in a mobile video conference. If four people or less are involved in a video conference, …

BEACHWOOD, Ohio-Triton PCS signed an agreement to purchase Grayson Wireless’ Geometrix wireless 911 caller location systems for installation on its wireless network. Grayson said its network-based system is compatible with …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm inc. says it has signed an agreement with Japanese carrier KDDI to enable the carrier’s handsets with Qualcomm’s Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless technology to enhance KDDI’s data …

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it added the Sony Ericsson T68 and the Nokia 8390 handsets to its portfolio of GSM/GPRS devices. The T68 has a color screen and …

TOKYO—NEC will supply i-mode handsets to KPN Mobile, making it the first carrier outside Japan to offer i-mode when it introduces the service later this year. NEC will deliver its …

BEIJING—An insufficient supply of CDMA handsets is hampering the development of China Unicom’s CDMA network. The shortfall in supply is pushing prices of available handsets higher, further limiting fast subscriber …

NEW DELHI, India—Mobile-phone handsets and pagers in India will cost less, following a reduction in duties announced in the annual budget presented in the parliament on Thursday. The new measure …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—A U.K.-based company is claiming that most 2.5-generation (2.5G) applications will be almost impossible to run, given that more than 40 percent of packets can become lost on …

BEIJING—Last year on average 4.95 million new mobile users were added to the networks in China every month. In January, the number topped 5.09 million, showing a sustained growth to …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it plans to introduce a “dual network” system, which will enable users who own both a FOMA third-generation handset and conventional PDC DoCoMo mobile phone to use …

BALTIMORE, United States—Five new lawsuits seeking a total of more than US$6 billion in damages have been filed against the cellular industry, alleging use of wireless handsets caused brain cancer. …

BEIJING—China’s top computer manufacturer Legend Holdings and Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronics Company (Xoceco) agreed on 27 February to set up a joint venture to produce mobile handsets with chipset technology …

BALTIMORE—Five new lawsuits seeking a total of more than $6 billion in damages have been filed against the cellular industry, alleging use of wireless handsets caused brain cancer. The lawsuits …

CANNES, France—The mobile industry put on a brave face last week at the annual 3GSM World Congress here, with few signs of the financial downturn the industry is currently enduring …

LOS ANGELES—Oberthur Card Systems unveiled its SIMphonIC 3G Composer, a software tool for developing and simulating applications and services on 2G and 3G UMTS networks, this week at the 3GSM …

TOKYO—Fujitsu, a leading telecom vender in Japan, and Sagem, the second-largest telecom vender in France, signed a third-generation mobile handset agreement, both firms announced 20 February. Based on the business …

RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. reported a partnership with XSVoice Inc., an enabler of live wireless audio, to provide Nextel Online customers access to live, on-demand streaming audio. With the service, …

CANNES, France—Airline communications provider SITA and roaming services supplier Comfone announced they have signed a contract that will make it easier for airline passengers to pay for on-board, in-flight phone …

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Telstra, Australian’s leading mobile operator, will commence action to ban stolen mobile phones from its network as part of a broader campaign to curb incidences of mobile-phone theft. In …

TOKYO—NEC, the leading handset manufacturer in Japan, is going to re-enter the U.S. mobile handset market by the end of March 2003. NEC in 2000 sold its mobile handset factories …

MILAN, Italy—Motorola Inc. said it has unveiled five new handsets, three existing ones with enhanced technology additions and eight companion accessories at its Motorola Center. The new handsets include the …

LONDON—About 23,000 high-end Samsung A300 mobile phones valued at approximately US$6 million disappeared from a warehouse in West London this week. Police believe the handsets were stolen by thieves with …

LONDON—About 23,000 high-end Samsung A300 mobile phones valued at approximately $6 million disappeared from a warehouse in West London this week. Police believe the handsets were stolen by thieves with …

BERLIN—Berlin is a city undergoing a rebuilding and refurbishment program the likes of which few other cities in Europe have experienced in modern times. Against this backdrop of transformation, Deutsche …

GENEVA—Europe’s mobile users will likely wait much longer than expected for next-generation cellular, as the daunting implications of full-scale third-generation (3G) deployment are finally brought home to the region’s 60-plus …