LISBON, Portugal-Hewlett-Packard Co. and WeDo Consulting announced an alliance to provide revenue assurance solutions in Latin America.The companies said they will provide mobile and fixed operators solutions designed to strengthen handset subsidization fraud analysis, revenue leakage detection, roaming and collections management, dealer incentives and...
New research shows the market for personal digital assistants continues to decline, with shipments dropping 33.1 percent sequentially to 2.2 million units in the first quarter, according to research firm IDC."Despite increasingly powerful handheld devices reaching market, the consumer uptake of entry-level devices available...
SAN DIEGO-The Mobile Imaging and Printing Consortium announced mobile handset makers Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Siemens have become strategic members. Founded by printer companies Hewlett-Packard Co., Canon and Epson, the MIPC is an industry group working to allow camera-phone users to...
New research shows the market for personal digital assistants continues to decline, with shipments dropping 33.1 percent sequentially to 2.2 million units in the first quarter, according to research and consulting firm IDC."Despite increasingly powerful handheld devices reaching market, the consumer uptake of entry-level...
READING, United Kingdom-New research shows Research In Motion, Symbian and Microsoft Corp. scoring gains in the Europe, Middle East and Africa market for advanced wireless devices, while Nokia Corp. and PalmOne Inc. failed to show increases.According to research and consulting firm Canalys, the overall...
Acquisition mania seems to have hit the wireless data industry, as wireless enterprise player Sybase Inc. announced a massive $95.2 million acquisition of rival XcelleNet Inc. Separately, Sybase said its first-quarter revenues will come in below expectations due to several transactions that did not...
Software provider Seven Networks Inc. announced it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock, to be sold by both the company and selling stockholders. The company also announced...
LONDON-A group of the wireless industry's largest players announced a plan to form a domain name registry company for the mobile Internet-an agency similar to the Internet's ICANN registry company-in order to simplify Internet access from mobile phones.Microsoft Corp., Nokia Corp., Vodafone, 3, GSM...
As softswitch technology continues to upstage circuit-based standards, some new companies have launched forays into the space.They do not look forward to dueling the big players like Nortel Networks Ltd., Siemens AG, Alcatel Alsthom and Lucent Technologies Inc., but they want their place in...
SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. plans to unveil an ultra-wideband platform and it joined an initiative with other players to promote a common USB standard. The chip bellwether said it is working with members of the multiband OFDM Alliance to develop a standard UWB radio...
Computer industry giant Hewlett-Packard Co. increased its focus on the wireless market with enhancements to a number of its integrated service platforms, including customer-care and support services that are part of the company's "twin pillars" of the services lifecycle, and the company announced a...
SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. has announced plans to unveil a platform for the ultra-wideband wireless technology and joined an initiative with other players to promote a common USB standard.The chip bellwether said it is working with members of the multiband OFDM Alliance to develop a...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. extended its developing Adaptive Enterprise Strategy with advancements the company said would help network and service providers evolve toward more flexible architectures designed to better serve mobile customers.The changes include enhancements to H-P's Fraud Management Solution Version 9.0 and the...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it will make Eastman Kodak Co.'s Mobile Service available to its Get It Now customers, allowing users to view, share, organize and store their digital photos in one place.Customers with Get It Now-capable camera phones can download the service to...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Eastman Kodak Co. said the Kodak Mobile Service will be available to Verizon Wireless' Get It Now customers, allowing users to view, share, organize and store their digital photos in one place.Customers with Get It Now-capable camera phones can download...
MELVILLE, N.Y.-Pulver.com and Next Generation Ventures announced they will launch their inaugural Cameraphone Summit: The Conference on Cameraphones and Convergent Mobile Media April 27-30 in Maui, Hawaii.Executives from Nokia Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. will offer keynote speeches, and the summit will cover issues from...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Two new studies show the market for personal digital assistants continues to shrink as more and more users are enticed by smart phones."Through the end of 2004, smart phones will generally have a negative impact on the low end of the PDA market,...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Two new studies show the market for personal digital assistants continues to shrink as more and more users are enticed by smart phones."Through the end of 2004, smart phones will generally have a negative impact on the low end of the PDA market,...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile phones will rule the electronics and computing industries in the coming years, proclaims a new report from research and consulting firm Zelos Group."The mass adoption of full-featured handsets will be disruptive," said Seamus McAteer, senior analyst and managing partner for Zelos Group...
WASHINGTON-Cable & Wireless Jamaica Ltd. has purchased cellular communications equipment from Nortel Networks Inc. and eight other U.S. exporters as part of a $173 million project. Export-Import Bank of the United States is guaranteeing a $72.3 million seven-year loan to the U.K.-based telecommunications provider.Cable...
In the search for killer applications and other services that rake in revenue, independent software vendors are the new brides of wireless.With software expanding, the value of the hardware space will continue to shrink in the wireless space. ISVs therefore are working with major...
It seems the wireless machine-to-machine market is finally coming into its own.The industry now boasts a range of players including major names like Nokia Corp. and IBM Corp., it enjoys a healthy value chain, there are a growing number of case studies and success...
WASHINGTON-Cable & Wireless Jamaica Ltd. has purchased cellular communications equipment from Nortel Networks Inc. and eight other U.S. exporters as part of a $173 million project. Export-Import Bank of the United States is guaranteeing a $72.3 million seven-year loan to the U.K.-based telecommunications provider.Cable...
SEOUL, North Korea-Hewlett-Packard Co. said it has entered into a wireless Internet alliance with KT Corp., South Korea's biggest fixed-line and broadband firm.KT said the alliance will enable both companies to jointly develop handsets that converge broadband Internet and mobile telecommunications. The services will...
