NEW YORK-Third-generation handsets now account for roughly 16 percent of the U.S. mobile phone landscape, according to a new study from CIBC World Markets. In the firm's January report on 3G handset sales, CIBC found that 12 out of a total of 76 handsets...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Investors sent shares of InterDigital Communications Corp. skyward after the technology firm announced a $285 million deal with South Korean manufacturer LG Electronics Co. Ltd. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, InterDigital unveiled a five-year, non-exclusive patent...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Bitfone Corp., which specializes in over-the-air updating technology for mobile phones, said Chinese mobile-phone manufacturer Amoi Electronics plans to use its mProve device management client suite for OTA updates. Amoi purchased the products to align with the Open Mobile Alliance's specifications for...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Bitfone Corp., which specializes in over-the-air updating technology for mobile phones, said Chinese mobile-phone manufacturer Amoi Electronics plans to use its mProve device management client suite for OTA updates.Amoi purchased the products to align with the Open Mobile Alliance's specifications for device...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Investors sent shares of InterDigital Communications Corp. skyward after the technology firm announced a $285 million deal with South Korean manufacturer LG Electronics Co. Ltd. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, InterDigital unveiled a five-year, non-exclusive patent...
OSLO, Norway-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. selected products from mobile digital rights management specialist Beep Science AS to ensure its mobile devices are OMA v2 DRM interoperable, according to a partnership agreement announced by the companies. Beep Science said its DRM products support the Open...
SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. reported 16.2 million mobile phone sales in the fourth quarter, along with an 8.1 percent operating margin in its handset business.Companywide, LG reported total sales dropped 5.2 percent year-on-year, but up 2.7 percent quarter-on-quarter due to growth in...
Among the gathering hordes of hungry mobile virtual network operators, nearly all are angling for a bite of the 18-to-34-year-old demographic. But one MVNO launching this week, BeyondMobile, is taking a different tack, targeting small businesses. The wireless service is being offered by an...
LAS VEGAS-What do Intel Corp., Modeo L.L.C., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. all have in common? They are all eager to promote Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld, an open standard for broadcast digital TV reception on mobile devices. The companies formed the Mobile...
The first public airing of Qualcomm Inc.'s proprietary MediaFlo technology for mobile TV is taking place as the Flo Forum submitted its specification proposal for the Flo air interface between towers and devices to the Telecommunications Industry Association subcommittee TR-47. The Flo Forum, led...
Verizon Wireless made headlines at the Consumer Electronics Show when it unveiled a new full-track mobile music download service. But the carrier was busy last week defending the offering's lack of support for MP3s. Vcast Music offers tunes that can be downloaded to a...
FREMONT, Calif.-The first public airing of Qualcomm Inc.'s proprietary MediaFlo technology for mobile TV is taking place as the Flo Forum submitted its specification proposal for the Flo air interface between towers and devices to the Telecommunications Industry Association subcommittee TR-47. The Flo Forum,...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless made headlines last week at the Consumer Electronics Show when it unveiled a new full-track mobile music download service. But the carrier is busy this week defending the offering's lack of support for MP3 music files. Verizon Wireless' Vcast Music offers...
As in past years, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was ground zero for a series of entertaining handset battles, with vendors firing off warning shots against each other and carriers blustering over new phone offerings for consumers. Perhaps the most interesting display...
Crown Castle International Corp.'s media subsidiary debuted a new name and marketing campaign amid details about its plans to use its tower network and unencumbered spectrum rights to launch live mobile TV in the nation's top 30 markets, including a launch in New York...
LAS VEGAS-Amid all the plasma TV hoopla and car speaker madness of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. used the event to quietly show off its first W-CDMA phones. South Korean vendors Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics Co....
SEOUL, South Korea-Qualcomm Inc. is firming up its plans for mobile TV with news that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. will build phones to support its MediaFlo mobile TV technology. Samsung's upcoming MediaFlo phone features a clamshell design and a...
Verizon Wireless is expected to make headlines once again at the International Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas, unveiling a full-track mobile music download service. The carrier, which last year launched its Vcast offering at CES, looks to expand the service with...
PHOENIX- LG Electronics Inc. licensed GPS patents from Honeywell International, the companies announced. LG said it will use the two GPS-related patents for certain automotive original equipment manufacturer and aftermarket applications. "This agreement with LGE is a first step toward expanding our navigation business...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. quietly took its e-mail service wireless, allowing users to access their Gmail accounts from Web-enabled handsets. The service, which is free aside from carrier data charges, allows consumers to reply with a voice call to people in their contact list,...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced plans to launch a streaming video service, CingularVideo, in January, featuring two channels of content from premium cable channel HBO. HBO Mobile and HBO Family Mobile plan to include clips and select episodes from HBO cartoon and sports programs, as...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Google Inc. quietly took its e-mail service wireless, allowing users to access their Gmail accounts from Web-enabled handsets. The service, which is free aside from carrier data charges, allows consumers to reply with a voice call to people in their contact list,...
BOSTON-Motorola Inc.'s Razr phone and Danger Inc.'s Sidekick II will find their way into more Christmas stockings this year than other devices.The Razr and the Sidekick II top holiday shopping lists this season, according to new research from Compete Inc. The company noted consumers...
Cingular unveils CingularVideo with HBO showsNEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced today that it will launch a streaming video service, CingularVideo, in January, and that the service will feature two channels of content from premium cable channel HBO.HBO Mobile and HBO Family Mobile plan to...
