The mobile virtual network operator market welcomed back one of its early members last week as former Boost Mobile L.L.C. executive Peter Adderton announced plans for Amp'd Mobile Inc., a venture set to launch later this year. Adderton's non-compete clause with Nextel Communications Inc,...
Several handset makers and carriers have taken advantage of the spotlight of the CTIA show in New Orleans to release handset-related news this week.Cingular Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America announced the availability of the Samsung p777, the first phone in Samsung's new line of...
Amp'd Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator that targets the youth market, has signed a letter of intent with Verizon Wireless to develop a fully integrated MVNO for youth and young adults using Verizon's broadband EV-DO network. The service is expected to launch during...
The battle for wireless supremacy heated up this week as current No. 2 operator Verizon Wireless unveiled a slew of rate plan and service offerings that could help the carrier regain its position atop the domestic wireless market-a spot currently occupied by Cingular Wireless...
The battle for wireless supremacy heated up this week as current No. 2 operator Verizon Wireless unveiled a slew of rate plan and service offerings that could help the carrier regain its position atop the domestic wireless market-a spot currently occupied by Cingular Wireless...
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will begin offering Kyocera Corp.'s Koi camera phone for its Cricket wireless service, which Kyocera claims is the first megapixel camera phone offered by a flat-rate service provider. The handset, which is currently offered by Verizon Wireless,...
Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced it will move its mobile-phone and telemetry manufacturing operations from its headquarters in San Diego across the border to Tijuana, Mexico. The company said it would cut 450 manufacturing jobs in San Diego."Wireless is among the most competitive of all...
In addition to its carrier rankings, Consumer Reports also posted consumer rankings for handsets from the major carriers. Those rankings were dominated by Asians manufacturers. LG Electronics' VX7000 and Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s SE47 posted the highest overall scores on Verizon Wireless' network. Audiovox's PM-8920...
The exploding mobile-phone battery is the clearest and most notable example of the threat of substandard handset components, but the problem does not begin and end there. Mobile-phone makers face a dizzying array of perils when it comes to assembling a mobile phone. For...
Pantech&Curitel, a South Korean manufacturing company comprising the mobile-phone operations of Curitel Communications Inc. and Pantech Group, announced ambitious plans to sell 10 million Pantech-branded mobile phones in the United States in 2005. However, industry watchers believe the company faces a major uphill climb...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration has banned shipments of non-rechargeable lithium batteries on commercial flights because they pose a fire hazard when transported in the cargo hold of passenger aircraft, the first step of an action plan that includes further study of whether shipments of...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Aviation Administration has banned shipments of non-rechargeable lithium batteries on commercials flights because they pose a fire hazard when transported in the cargo holds of passenger aircraft, the first step of an action plan that includes further study of whether shipments of...
WASHINGTON-Wireless industry officials and engineers expect to meet in San Diego this week to continue work on a mobile-phone battery standard, an effort that comes in response to reports of injuries from exploding handsets likely caused by faulty batteries. CTIA and the Institute of...
WASHINGTON-Wireless industry officials and engineers will meet in San Diego next week to continue work on a mobile phone battery standard, an effort that comes in response to reports of injuries from exploding handsets likely caused by faulty batteries. CTIA and the Institute of...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is testing Audiovox's Windows Mobile smart phone for use on its network, a move indicative of the complications surrounding the carrier's combination with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. AT&T Wireless sold the Audiovox smart phone before the merger.Since its acquisition of AT&T...
SAN DIEGO-CDMA technology pioneer Qualcomm Inc. boasted of its success in sales of CDMA chipsets, announcing that more than 30 handsets are being built using its MSM6150 and MSM6550 chipsets, and another 40 handsets are available or in design using the company's MSM6000 and...
Wireless carrier Mobile One announced trials of three different U.S.-developed technologies for wireless high-speed data access for its subscribers. Singapore-based M1, which has more than 1.1 million subscribers, 500,000 of which are GPRS users, has started technical trials of wireless broadband technologies that allow...
As carriers and handset makers brace for the upcoming holiday season, both Sprint PCS and U.S. Cellular announced new devices to entice rosy-cheeked shoppers.First, Sprint said it will sell the new clamshell-style MM-7400 from Sanyo. The advanced device supports streaming video as well as...
Wireless carrier Mobile One announced trials of three different U.S.-developed technologies for wireless high-speed data access for its subscribers. M1, which has more than 1.1 million subscribers, 500,000 of which are GPRS users, has started technical trials of wireless broadband technologies that allow access...
SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp., along with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is recalling 1 million cell-phone batteries, pointing to concerns that some of the batteries supplied by the manufacturer may be counterfeit. The batteries, manufactured by El Paso, Texas-based Hecmma Group, are included...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular said it believes it has already accounted for all batteries in question in Kyocera Wireless' recent battery recall.U.S. Cellular said its handsets with product date codes "V03336" and "V0347" were sold with potentially defective batteries from Dec. 2003 through March 2004. The...
Kyocera Wireless Corp., along with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, is recalling 1 million cell-phone batteries, pointing to concerns that some of the batteries supplied by the manufacturer may be counterfeit.The batteries, manufactured by El Paso, Texas-based Hecmma Group, are included in the...
WASHINGTON-Cellular companies and a leading technical organization have created a working group to develop design and performance standards for mobile-phone batteries, a move that comes amid reports of injuries caused by exploding phones."As the number of wireless phones sold in the United States continues...
WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers are expected shortly to announce plans to address exploding mobile phones, possibly with an eye to crafting industry standards for batteries, which are suspected as the cause of the problem. The Cellular Telecommunications...
