TOKYO-Eight wireless carriers that offer i-mode wireless Internet services based on NTT DoCoMo Inc. technology announced joint procurement for i-mode handsets. The carriers initially have procured Korean vendor LG Electronics Co. Ltd.'s L342i handset, which began reaching markets at the end of last month....
News on the over-the-air front continues to gain steam, as Motorola Inc., LG Electronics Co. Ltd., Huawei Technologies and others announce plans to use or sell the technology. First up, Motorola said it will resell Bitfone Corp.'s OTA updating technology to wireless carriers. Bitfone's...
Motorola Inc. purchased the research-and-development operations and patent portfolio of European mobile-phone startup Sendo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The announcement ends weeks of speculation on the fate of Sendo, which has been nearing corporate collapse. Indeed, with the news, Sendo essentially...
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology is 10 years old this year, a milestone the company is using to highlight Java's widespread influence throughout the electronics and computer industries. When Sun introduced the technology, the company promoted Java as the "write once, run anywhere" platform...
TOKYO-Japanese handset maker NEC Corp. said it has developed its first i-mode third-generation terminal, the N600I, for an operator outside Japan. NEC has begun delivery of the terminal for Cosmote, the largest mobile operator in Greece. As part of NEC's new W-CDMA and GSM/GPRS...
Motorola Inc. purchased the research-and-development operations and patent portfolio of European mobile-phone startup Sendo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.The announcement ends weeks of speculation on the fate of Sendo, which has been nearing corporate collapse. Indeed, Sendo today essentially entered bankruptcy protection...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Over-the-air updating continues to gain steam as LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will use Red Bend's OTA technology in its third-generation handsets. LG will use Red Bend's vCurrent Mobile technology as a way to deliver remotely software updates after users purchase its...
TOKYO-Eight wireless carriers that currently offer i-mode wireless Internet services based on NTT DoCoMo Inc. technology announced joint procurement for i-mode handsets. The carriers initially have procured Korean vendor LG Electronics Co. Ltd.'s L342i handset, which began reaching markets at the end of last...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Motorola Inc. announced it will offer Bitfone Corp.'s over-the-air updating technology to wireless carriers. Bitfone's offering will allow network operators to remotely install new software in phones. In conjunction with the news, Bitfone announced it upgraded its mProve product for handsets and...
Verizon Wireless is moving forward with a plan to install a proprietary Verizon-branded user interface across all of its new feature phones-a maneuver that has sparked widespread discontent among the carrier's handset suppliers and could mark the start of a significant shift in power...
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer BenQ Group will take over Siemens' ailing mobile-phone business, catapulting the Asian upstart into the ranks of the world's largest handset makers. Although the exact terms of the deal are somewhat cloudy, Siemens essentially will pay BenQ $303 million to take...
After months of speculation, Siemens announced Taiwanese electronics manufacturer BenQ Group will take over its ailing mobile-phone business. Siemens will pay BenQ $307 million for "ongoing support" and will buy a 2-percent stake in BenQ for $61 million. BenQ, which makes phones, digital cameras,...
SAN DIEGO-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced a new U.S. advertising campaign, which will include ads during movie previews and TV shows and in magazines including ESPN Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Jane, Maxim, Premiere, Rolling Stone and US Weekly."LG is leading the charge to develop high-quality,...
Phone component suppliers now have a new set of customers: wireless carriers. Recent shifts in the worldwide wireless industry have largely favored network operators. Wireless users-especially those in the United States-know the brands of their carriers, not necessarily the brands of the phones they...
Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. will delay its High-Speed Downlink Packet Access network launch until sometime later next year, a move that puts Cingular Wireless L.L.C. at the world's bleeding edge of wireless innovation. DoCoMo's news also serves to add an extra layer of...
NTT DoCoMo Inc. will delay its High-Speed Downlink Packet Access launch until next year, a move that puts Cingular Wireless L.L.C. at the world's bleeding edge of wireless. DoCoMo's announcement also serves to add an extra layer of caution around the as-yet-unproven technology.DoCoMo now...
WASHINGTON-The Consumer Product Safety Commission and CTIA Friday released a list of recommendations for mobile-phone users regarding the use of their handsets and batteries."It is increasingly important for consumers to follow guidelines on the maintenance of wireless phones and batteries," said CPSC and CTIA...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.-Brightpoint, Inc. announced Brightpoint North America L.P. will begin distributing LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A. Inc. wireless devices and accessories in the United States under the terms of a distribution agreement between Brightpoint and LG. Brightpoint will carry a complete range of LG CDMA...
Mobile phones have evolved into the focal point of electronics innovation. Indeed, the handset industry sits on the bleeding edge of novelty, and players now introduce new phone technologies at a break-neck pace. Last year it was integrated digital cameras, this year it's music...
Siemens AG announced it intends to shave off its ailing mobile-phone business by spinning it out as a "separate legal unit." The news comes amid a 35-percent drop in Siemens' second-quarter net profit, partially due to the failures of its mobile-phone and IT operations,...
Siemens AG announced it will spin out its ailing mobile-phone operation as a "separate legal unit" and said it will probably not keep a majority stake in the business. The news comes as Siemens posted a 35-percent drop in its second-quarter net profit, partially...
SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. reported a drop in its companywide first-quarter sales and an 86-percent dive in its net profits compared with the same quarter a year ago. However, the company's handset business posted some gains, mainly on its growing North American...
VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian wireless carrier, demonstrated High Speed Downlink Packet Access technology from Nortel Networks Ltd. At a retail store in Vienna, the HSDPA technology supported applications such as FTP downloading, real-time television broadcasts from Austria's GoTV and live Web cams,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Semiconductor supplier Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. filed for a $172.5 million initial public offering. The company filed for the ticker symbol AATI.Advanced Analogic Technologies supplies application-specific power management technologies for electronic devices. The company offers more than 400 power management products comprising Power...
