SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. announced it will launch gpsOne-enabled handsets and their associated position location service plans from KDDI Corp. in Japan this month.Qualcomm's gpsOne technology is integrated on its MSM3300 chip, which is included in the handset. The chip then provides all location technology,...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Lack of content will spell the demise of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) offerings across Europe, according to a new report from Strand Consult, an independent consultancy based in Denmark. The lack of content is due to a lack of revenue sharing models...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, United States—Mobile marketing platform provider Avesair is continuing its expansion into the European market with the latest announcement it has been chosen by Enpocket, a European provider of wireless media management services, as its preferred technology provider. Avesair's Messaging...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Hutchison has signed a crucial network sharing deal with British Telecommunications' former wireless division, mmO2. The agreement will allow Hutchison's subscribers to make and receive calls using mmO2's second-generation (2G) network when out of range of its own third-generation (3G) network. The...
NEW YORK—Wireless streaming video company Emblaze Systems warned that its revenues for the year will be "substantially below market expectations," blaming carriers' tightened spending and the late introduction of video-capable handsets as underlying reasons.The company didn't provide concrete numbers for its revenues.Emblaze said it...
HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish mobile operators, headed by the Swedish telecom company Telia Mobile, are exploring collaboration in constructing licensed third-generation (3G) networks. Telia is hoping to reach an accommodation with fellow license holders that would reduce the total cost of establishing 3G infrastructure by up...
Hoping to appease both the federal government and its own subscriber base, Verizon Wireless said in a Federal Communications Commission filling it would increase network capacity during emergencies instead of giving priority access to wireless calls made by emergency officials. The government...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Lack of content will spell the demise of GPRS offerings across Europe, according to a new report from Strand Consult, an independent consultancy based in Denmark. The lack of content is due to a lack of revenue sharing models and roaming agreements, which...
CHICAGO—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced GSM/GPRS services in the Chicago, Indianapolis and Kansas City areas geared towards the business market. The carrier said businesses will be able to access the network through their laptop computers and personal digital assistants using a Novatel Merlin G100...
BEIJING—Motorola plans to open a new branch of its China Software Center in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province. The center was set up in 1993 and already has branches in Beijing and Nanjing.The new branch in Western China will focus on wireless communications. The...
BEIJING—China Unicom expects nine out of the 19 firms licensed to produce CDMA handsets to be able to start production by the end of this year and be able to ship 19 million phones next year.Unicom hopes to recoup the investment in its CDMA...
LONDON—NEC has denied a report in the World Street Journal that it plans to put off the launch of its third-generation (3G) mobile-phone handsets in 2002 to between September and November rather than between July and September as previously promised.The company also denied that...
OXFORD, United Kingdom, and TOKYO—An agreement made last year between Siemens and Toshiba to co-develop a wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) handset has been "deferred." Siemens, which claimed the project had never been a joint venture anyway, said the two firms decided it was more important to...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The newly floated European mobile operator mm02 confirmed its timescale for launching third-generation (3G) services is at least six months behind schedule. The company is now saying that it will launch high-speed services in its major European markets starting from early 2003...
NEW DELHI, India—The fate of a 4.5 million line GSM tender floated by the government-owned BSNL hangs in balance as the governmental Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is insisting on price re-negotiation. The three vendors shortlisted for the bid—Lucent, Ericsson and Motorola—have refused to scale...
LONDON—The Isle of Man's third-generation (3G) network is now live after about a six-month delay from the original scheduled launch. Manx Telecom, a subsidiary of British Telecommunication's mm02 mobile arm, is offering what it calls a "live, fully operational 3G trial network" to gauge...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. agreed to purchase IBM Corp.'s global positioning system development operation, the company said.The acquisition provides RFMD with advanced GPS technology and access to IBM's chipscale packaging technology. As part of the transaction, IBM has agreed to transfer to RFMD...
LONDON—NEC Corp. has denied a report in the World Street Journal that it plans to put off the launch of its third-generation mobile-phone handsets to between September and November rather than between July and September as previously promised.The company also denied that its largest...
ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. introduced downloadable ring tones of popular music and high-resolution graphics that appear on the handsets display area for its SunCom subscribers suing Nokia 5165, 3360 and 8260 handsets.Subscribers can select ring tones and icons through either the SunCom Web site,...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite the sluggish European phone market, Toshiba announced it plans to market Taiwanese-made handsets in Europe to boost sales beyond Japan and the United States. The company, which also said it planned to build a cell-phone factory in China, confirmed that it...
OSLO, Norway—Norway's Telenor Mobile said it will open its third-generation (3G) network on 1 December according to its license conditions. The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System network (UMTS) will initially cover central areas of Oslo.Telenor will be the first European operator to officially launch a...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Centennial Digital Jamaica has become the third company to bring mobile cellular service to Jamaicans.Chief Operating Officer James Beneda said the company's use of CDMA technology will allow it to eventually offer third-generation (3G) services. It expects to attract 47,000 customers in its...
BEIJING-Samsung Electronics said it formed a joint venture with Shanghai Bell to develop, produce and market CDMA systems in China. The Chinese government approved the new company, named Shanghai Bell Samsung Mobile Communications, which has a total investment of US$29 million.Ownership will be 51...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said it discovered a software glitch in about 1,500 FOMA N2002 third-generation (3G) handsets causing the phones to malfunction when accessing some Web sites using certain site construction specifications.When encountered, the glitch erases stored i-mode mail data, stored data for its i-appli...
