Handsets

Cellemetry L.L.C. Numerex Corp. announced that its subsidiary, Cellemetry L.L.C., will incorporate Ida Corp.’s Global Trakit Data Center in its Cellemetry network, enabling automatic vehicle location and remote asset management. …

NEW YORK-By early fall, the Federal Communications Commission expects to issue rules governing software-defined radio, which industry participants believe will revolutionize wireless communications, Bryan Tramont said June 11 at the …

SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge Inc. and Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced they are partnering to offer mobile applications for businesses using the Kyocera QCP 6036 smart phone. “With our custom applications and …

WASHINGTON-A new Swedish study links analog cell-phone use to brain tumors, a major scientific development that comes as lawmakers prepare to introduce legislation that would earmark federal funds for wireless …

When RadioShack warned last month its second-quarter sales were sluggish, the news did not surprise many. Sure, RadioShack’s stock price fell 20 percent, but double-digit losses have become routine. But …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association said it supports Nextel Communications Inc.’s waiver application from enhanced 911 Phase II requirements. “Nextel has documented the process by which it arrived at …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. said it has agreed to conduct an eight-week trial of Emblaze Systems’ technology using a scaled-down version of a cdma2000 1xRTT network. It is designed to test …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Motorola Inc. introduced two new wireless handsets that, with an optional headset, also serves as an FM radio. The FM functionality on the Motorola V120c and …

SAN FRANCISCO-Nextel Communications Inc.’s i85s and i50sx Java-enabled handsets, provided by Motorola Inc., will soon provide support for Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Over-the-air download application and serial port connectivity beginning …

LEESBURG, Va.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. began shipping last week an order of 1,000 phones pursuant to a contract signed with the Defense Information Systems Agency last December. The 1,000 phones also …

Worldwide rollout of next-generation wireless services went 2 for 1 last week as both Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo and U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc introduced handsets for high-speed data services, while …

Some of the world’s largest wireless vendors are working to bypass carrier interoperability issues by supporting a standard they say will let users send advanced short message service messages back …

As it stands today, developers of wireless applications have to write those applications in a unique code-whether that be cHTML, VoXML, WML or XML-to make those applications recognizable to the …

Trying to pin down Nextel Communications Inc. into a specific category is not an easy chore. By definition, Nextel is a specialized mobile radio operator, yet most analysts compare it …

Manufacturers realize that making devices smaller and equipped for high-data speed is becoming as important as efficiency across technology lines. Tropian Inc., a semiconductor company that offers advanced radio-frequency products …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless Inc. plans to file a waiver from the enhanced 911 Phase II rules, probably within the next two weeks, said Brian Fontes, Cingular vice president for federal relations, …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse, a unit of Comverse Technology Inc., has been authorized by the Ministry of Information and Industry to sell voice mail and short message service technologies to service providers …

WASHINGTON-If you are a congressman driving one Friday evening to Connecticut while holding a mobile phone in your hand, and your wife exclaims suddenly that you are driving erratically, what …

Short messaging service has found a niche in Europe with the youth market sending billions of short notes to each other during the past year. SMS messages often only cost …

While Bluetooth chipsets are expected to be commonplace in wireless handsets in the next few years, Bluetooth’s current push in the market is being spearheaded by the mobile computer industry …

Motorola Inc. marked its Smart Networks Developers Forum in New Orleans last week with partnerships and new product initiatives. Far away in Oman, the company signed a $5.2 million contract …

Glitches are becoming to phones what muscle spasms are to track athletes-confirmation that travel to the next generation of technologies will experience limps along with leaps. Most of the big …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and DoCoMo AOL Inc. announced the June 1 nationwide launch of AOLi, which gives i-mode users access to America Online e-mail. AOLi will offer i-mode users their …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission proposed rules that could lead to the eventual end of analog cellular service, a move that could hurt telematics and other security businesses. However, the commission …

Transition is the word of the year, according to UBS Warburg’s analysis of mobile handset sales for the first quarter and forecast for the rest of 2001. Suppliers are struggling …