Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. slipped past Motorola Inc. to become the world's No. 2 mobile-phone manufacturer, according to new numbers from research firm Gartner Inc.According to Gartner, Samsung sold 22.9 million mobile phones in the third quarter, just above the 22.4 million phones Motorola...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will begin deploying a UMTS/HSDPA-based network next year with plans to cover most major markets by the end of 2006. The carrier noted the network would provide network speeds of between 400 and 700 kilobits per second, which is...
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Canadian operator Telus Mobility announced it is selling a new LG Electronics Co. Ltd. phone that features Digit Wireless' Fastap keypad technology. The LG 6190 phone is available for $100 with a three-year service contract.Telus announced in 2002 it would sell a Digit-enabled...
SEOUL, South Korea-Handset juggernaut LG Electronics Co. Ltd. continued its sales expansion in the third quarter, announcing 64.2-percent year-on-year growth in its mobile-phone business to $2.1 billion in sales. The electronics giant said it saw strong shipments of CDMA and GSM products in North...
One vendor's end-to-end strategy is another vendor's poison. Nokia Corp., Siemens AG and Motorola Inc. market their end-to-end strategies as one-stop shops for carriers. But Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Alcatel Alsthom say end-to-end solutions actually limit choices for carriers. In between...
SEOUL, South Korea-Handset juggernaut LG Electronics Co. Ltd. continued its sales expansion in the third quarter, announcing 64.2-percent year-on-year growth in its mobile-phone business to $2.1 billion in sales. The electronics giant said it saw strong shipments of CDMA and GSM products in North...
As the new No. 1 carrier in the United States, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is in the position to greatly tighten its control over its handset suppliers. And with a subscriber base of nearly 46 million, the carrier has influence enough to develop a Vodafone-style...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Bitfone Corp., which sells over-the-air updating technology for mobile phones, announced it scored a deal to conduct a pilot project with European wireless carrier Orange. Under the agreement, Orange will test the company's firmware OTA technology on its third-generation phones from Motorola...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. inked a new deal with Oz Communications Inc. to install the company's instant messaging software into select Samsung mobile phones. The deal is the latest in a series of significant customer wins for Oz, a privately held company...
Mobile-phone industry lawyers said they intend to ask a D.C. court to dismiss six brain-cancer suits on federal pre-emption grounds. In July, U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake of Baltimore sent back the six lawsuits to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia where...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Lucent Technologies Inc., LG Electronics and Huawei Technologies have joined the WiMAX Forum, joining fellow telecom suppliers Nortel Networks and Cisco Systems Inc.The WiMAX Forum also noted recent service provider additions to its membership, including America Online Inc., Deutsche Telecom, SBC and...
Nokia Corp.'s broad range of products helped it snag 31.3 percent of the worldwide mobile phone market, according to a report from analyst group IDC.The global market for mobile phones rose 23 percent year-over-year, increasing sequentially 7 percent in the third quarter to 164.1...
Just as the hype over W-CDMA is subsiding, the industry is shifting gears to another protocol. Known as High Speed Downlink Packet Access, the technology is the focus of major operators in the search to differentiate themselves in new Internet Protocol-backed applications and services.It's...
Asian vendors score best in customer satisfaction WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.-Overall satisfaction among wireless mobile-phone owners is up 5 percent from last year, according to J.D. Power and Associates' newly released "2004 U.S. Wireless Mobile Phone Evaluation Study," representing the first significant increase the industry...
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...
In their first significant cooperation for third-generation smart devices, Intel Corp., Nokia Corp. and Symbian Ltd. said they are working together to develop smart phones that will run on the Symbian operating system.Intel also agreed to collaborate with Symbian to develop a reference platform,...
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...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-InnoPath Software Inc. has added Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. to its list of clients, agreeing to provide its over-the-air software on Sanyo's 3G handsets.InnoPath's DeltaUpgrade Plus software allows operators to debug phones via a download. The product was used earlier this year...
Verizon Wireless increased the stakes in the wireless data market last week, announcing the expansion of its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based BroadbandAccess service to 11 new markets as well as limited coverage at 10 airports in eight additional markets. The expansion brings the carrier's total...
Worldwide mobile-phone sales are on track to reach 620 million units for full-year 2004, according to new market research from Gartner Inc.In fact, if current sales momentum is maintained, Gartner analysts said 650 million units could be sold for the year. For the first...
SAN DIEGO-Consumers can expect to see more of LG Mobile Phones, as the mobile-phone manufacturer has launched its biggest advertising campaign since its 1998 U.S. debut.The company is being promoted in motion-picture screenings, through major national and regional print media outlets, and in TV...
LONDON-Samsung leads the market in available handsets that feature integrated cameras and multimedia messaging service capability, according to market research firm EMC's World Cellular Handset Tracker. The study, which covers 17 worldwide markets, showed more than 60 Samsung handsets with integrated cameras are currently...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Aggressive tactics from some device manufacturers coupled with conservative moves by others are causing a shift in global handset market share, according to new research from IDC.According to IDC, Nokia Corp.'s market share has dropped to 27.7 percent, having shipped 45.4 million units...
Motorola Inc. had its share of ups and downs last week, when news of solid earnings and the launch of three new handsets collided with a software glitch in several of its Nextel Communications Inc. A-GPS-enabled phones. The company's second-quarter earnings reflected strong year-over-year...
