NEW YORK-The United Nations ICT Task Force and the Wireless Internet Institute announced a series of programs to speed the adoption of wireless Internet."We need to think of ways to bring wireless-fidelity applications to the developing world so as to make use of unlicensed...
ATLANTA-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group said it plans to develop a complete solution for WiMAX radio networks, which will be available in the second half of next year.The solution will include base stations based on the IEEE 802.16d standard for fixed wireless broadband...
The future market for mobile-phone memory will total almost $6 billion, according to some in the industry, and could surpass the potential of the massive desktop computer industry in just three years. Indeed, the amount of storage available in next year's high-end mobile phones...
SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. becomes the latest mobile phone manufacturer to team with software giant Microsoft Corp. as it gears up to release its new LG-SC8000 smart phone running Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system. LG will release the device in its home...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration today said it filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization about China's tax treatment of integrated circuits imported from the United States, likely raising the stakes in a separate trade dispute between the two countries over a Chinese Wi-Fi security...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Cometa Networks Inc. reported a deal with iPass Inc. providing iPass users access to Cometa hot spots in the Seattle area, including Barnes & Noble Bookstores, McDonalds restaurants and Tully's Coffee Shops. Cometa, which was formed by AT&T Corp., Intel Corp. and IBM...
Texas Instruments Inc. may have experienced the flip side of optimism when its stock fell on its guidance last week. But a recent study assures the industry that the semiconductor space is not on the verge of a slowdown.In a study titled, Worldwide Desktop...
Ntelos Wireless, which provides services in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, announced it will use technology from TeleCommunication Systems Inc. to meet the Federal Communications Commission's E911 Phase II mandate. "We are very pleased to continue our successful relationship with...
WASHINGTON-The stakes have been raised in the U.S.-China wireless trade dispute, with the Bush administration last week issuing a veiled threat about seeking redress at the World Trade Organization, and Intel Corp.-the world's top chip-maker-declaring it will not back the Asian giant's Wi-Fi standard."While...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. led the mobile-phone charge with the introduction of five new advanced GSM phones, including three for the Americas market. The company's news came on the heels of new phone news from a variety of players.Sony Ericsson's...
CANNES, France-Siemens AG said it has developed a new standards-based mobile network architecture that simplifies and enhances performance as well as reduces cost.The vendor says it is the first to offer a comprehensive system conforming to the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture, Carrier Grade Linux...
CANNES-Intel Corp. has unveiled the details of its next-generation cellular and baseband processors, which include a dual-mode UMTS solution.The family of processors, which will be known as Hermon, aim to bring a coexistence of multiple broadband wireless technologies and a multimode reference platform for...
CANNES, France-Siemens AG said it has developed a new standards-based mobile network architecture that simplifies and enhances performance as well as reduces cost.The vendor claims to be the first to develop a comprehensive system that conforms to the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture, Carrier Grade...
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...
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...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-PalmSource Inc. officially announced its new dual-OS strategy at the company's developer conference, an effort to support both high-end smart phones as well as low-end personal digital assistants. The company also announced processor company Nvidia Corp. will join the likes of Intel...
FREMONT, Calif.-Singapore's ST Assembly Test Services Ltd. and ChipPac Inc. have agreed to merge, creating what it calls one of the world's premier test and assembly solution providers for semiconductors.The companies have tested and packaged chips for bellwethers like Intel Corp and Analog Devices...
DALLAS-The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance said two major vendors, Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc., are among its 35 new members.The organization defines and promotes open standards for interfaces to mobile application processors."Our growing membership base sends a clear signal that the mobile industry...
DALLAS-The Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance said two major vendors, Intel Corp. and Motorola Inc., are among its 35 new members.The organization defines and promotes open standards for interfaces to mobile application processors."Our growing membership base sends a clear signal that the mobile industry...
Semiconductor players remain the most optimistic wireless sector, even if the stock profiles do not reflect the upbeat mood.Yet according to a new study, the shares are poised to grow. Standards & Poor's Equity Research said semiconductor stocks have the potential to appreciate between...
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. last week inked $1.1 billion in contracts with Chinese mobile-phone operators, transactions that come at a time of rising trade tensions between the two countries.In all, $2.3 billion in deals-mostly wireless-were announced here last Tuesday at a U.S.-China technology event. Motorola's $556...
China is a land of enormous opportunity for wireless infrastructure makers and the like, no doubt about it. A land with more than 1 billion people can yield a lot of cell-phone users. Motorola Inc. recently scored a $1 billion contract in China, and...
SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. jumped to record earnings in its fourth-quarter results with $2.17 billion, or 33 cents a share, a contrast to its $1.05 billion, or 16 cents a share in the same period last year.The company also introduced a product that enables 802.11b...
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. today signed deals totaling $1.1 billion with China's top mobile-phone carriers, and other U.S. wireless firms picked up multimillion contracts in the world's largest wireless market. The transactions come at a time of rising trade tensions between the two countries.In all, $2.3...
