GENEVA-Sun Microsystems Inc. is working to address many of the complaints and concerns leveled at the company's wireless Java technology with a series of new products, services and programs introduced at the ITU Telecom World 2003 conference.Sun's new offerings are an effort to unify...
LG Electronics plans to enter the GSM race in the United States through two new clamshell phones, devices that will be available through Cingular Wireless. LG said pricing and availability details will be announced in the official unveiling of the phones next week during...
TEL AVIV, Israel-Nortel Networks has signed a three-year, $30 million contract to expand carrier Pelephone's CDMA2000 1x network.The carrier targets 1.9 million subscribers."This expansion will overlay existing network equipment and will also help Pelephone to drive new revenues by supporting high-speed wireless data and...
Sun Microsystems Inc. is working to address many of the complaints and concerns leveled at the company's wireless Java technology with a series of new products, services and programs introduced at the ITU Telecom World 2003 conference.Sun's new offerings are an effort to unify...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. unveiled its new Modalyst platform, a set of development tools and technologies the company said will allow those interested in selling wireless applications to do so more quickly.In its unveiling, InfoSpace released the first tools for the platform, which are designed...
Nokia Corp. appears to have updated its 3650 smart phone with two new models recently approved by the Federal Communications Commission.Nokia declined to comment on the devices. The FCC must approve any radio-frequency product before it is commercially available.According to Nokia's FCC filing, the...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Palm Inc. today released three new personal digital assistants, and though none includes support for wide area wireless networks, the devices nonetheless acknowledge the growing influence and importance of the wireless industry.Indeed, one of the three devices includes Bluetooth technology, a short-range wireless...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wireless technology company Wavecom SA announced it will open a research laboratory for the world's handset makers, a development studio that the company said will include all the latest handset technologies.The lab, which is essentially a computerized testing environment and not an actual...
Hollywood, meet wireless.It seems the Boob Tube is the latest mobile phone add-on for the world's wireless industry, a business constantly hunting the next new technology to astound and astonish the average phone shopper. Indeed, U.S. shoppers will get their first taste of a...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it updated its GSM/GPRS handset platform to include additional security and software features, moves that come as more players enter the handset platform and reference design market.Motorola said the new version of its i.250 Innovative Convergence platform includes "quad-band" operation,...
HELSINKI, Finland-The world's No. 1 phone maker, Nokia Corp., continued to expand its broad product portfolio with several new handsets, including an EDGE phone for the United States and a CDMA camera phone.The moves come as Nokia and the rest of the handset industry...
Wireless expertise is in high demand in the information technology job sector, according to Mark Stenberg, career training and management expert at Career Center, the largest computer training school in New York City.Career Center, which specializes in IT training and certification, has experienced an...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to sell a Motorola Inc.-manufactured smart phone that incorporates Microsoft Corp. technology.Motorola said it will launch a Microsoft Smartphone-powered handset next month, and that the two companies will collaborate on a series of smart phones and Pocket PC wireless...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Nokia Corp. has released several new handsets focused on the Latin America market, with Nokia Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jorma Ollila emphasizing the importance of the market. The news follows the Finnish supplier's announcement at the beginning of this month that...
MANILA, The Philippines-Globe Telecom, the second-largest mobile operator in the Philippines, launched multimedia messaging service interconnection with more than 30 MMS operators around the world and a new Java-based subscriber identity module card.Mobileway said it worked with Globe Telecom to help enable Globe's MMS...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is now offering the Nokia 3300, a palm-sized wireless device that includes an MP3 player, a full keypad and voice services. The device also features enhanced gaming capabilities, including highlighted game keys, controls for two-handed use, four preloaded Java...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said it will include Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java 2 Micro Edition application download technology in its Hiptop wireless device platform, which forms the basis for T-Mobile USA Inc.'s Sidekick wireless phone.The move is notable as the Danger Hiptop platform is...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said it will include Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java 2 Micro Edition application download technology in its Hiptop wireless device platform, which forms the basis for T-Mobile USA Inc.'s Sidekick wireless phone.Now, through Danger's licensing agreement with Sun, Hiptop users will...
Following its solid earnings and its retrieval of the No. 5 handset maker slot, Sony Ericsson released a range of new phones and devices, including a unique toy racecar that mobile-phone users can control through Bluetooth technology.Sony Ericsson's range of new announcements spanned the...
Despite just releasing a phone based on the Symbian operating system, Motorola Inc. said it will exit the OS venture.Nokia Corp. said it and Psion plc have begun procedures with Motorola to transfer Motorola's shares in Symbian to Nokia and Psion.Once the transaction is...
DENVER-The wireless content and gaming industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds, as new startups launch, new applications become available and new partnerships are formed. Indeed, such intense activity offers evidence the market is gearing up for significant growth.Among recent news:c Wireless gaming...
The wireless content and gaming industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds, as new startups launch, new applications become available and new partnerships are formed. Indeed, such intense activity offers evidence the market is gearing up for significant growth.Among the recent news:Wireless gaming...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp.'s entry into the smart-phone market continues to gain steam, with European carrier Orange and Asian manufacturer MiTAC International Corp. offering glimpses at potential upcoming products using the software giant's mobile-phone platform.An Orange France Web site appeared to offer details on a...
SEATTLE-Streaming-video company RealNetworks Inc. today announced a deal with Sprint PCS to offer an Internet-style media player to Sprint's Vision customers-an offering that marks a significant change in RealNetworks' wireless strategy.RealNetworks will offer its content, which includes feeds from CNN, NPR and others, through...
