SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Inc. said it hit record sales in the second quarter of 2004, recording $5.2 million in total sales, representing a 25.2-percent increase from last year's second quarter. Within that, exports were up 31 percent from last year, with the United...
SAN DIEGO-LG Mobile Phones and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. released two new GSM handsets, the L1150 and the G4015.Both phones include color screens, instant messaging capabilities and polyphonic sound with downloadable ringers. The dual-band G4015 is available now through AWS retailers and can be...
BOSTON-Mobile handsets from Samsung Corp. and LG Electronics lead in customer satisfaction in the U.S. market, according to new research from Strategy Analytics Inc.The survey showed advanced feature-rich devices, including those with clamshell or slider designs, color screens and cameras, have raised mobile user...
BOSTON-Mobile handsets from Samsung Corp. and LG Electronics lead in customer satisfaction in the U.S. market, according to new research from Strategy Analytics Inc.The survey showed advanced feature-rich devices, including those with clamshell or slider designs, color screens and cameras, have raised mobile user...
Verizon Wireless launched its Mobile Web 2.0 service, which the carrier said would provide customers easier access to news, tools and information content and the ability to read and send e-mail messages from their wireless handsets.The service, which builds on the carrier's original Mobile...
SAN DIEGO-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will offer two new mobile phones through Cingular Wireless, further expanding the company's push into the GSM market.Cingular will sell LG's new tri-band L1200 clamshell phone for $150 with rebates. The phone features support for 850/1800/1900 MHz...
Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. The announcement comes against the background of an industry search for a common standard for PoC even as the major players and the Open Mobile...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Following an announcement of the companies' new teaming, LG Electronics said it will ship its first phone using DoOnGo Technologies Inc. technology for China Unicom. The phone uses DoOnGo's over-the-air repair software for remote firmware updates."LG has always been at the forefront...
Indian carrier Tata Teleservices is the first operator to launch a push-to-talk service based on Qualcomm Inc.'s BREWChat solution.The technology enables person-to-person and person-to-group communication between subscribers at the push of a button, said Qualcomm."Offering a BREWChat-powered push-to-chat service to our subscriber base allows...
Although Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW application download system commands a smaller market than that of rival Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java, the company continues to rack up new BREW handsets, applications and carrier customers-and Qualcomm and its partners continue to offer new innovations for the platform."The...
For Qualcomm Inc., CDMA is a double-edged sword.Although the company has enjoyed a significant amount of prosperity in its efforts to expand the CDMA industry, its success seems to cut both ways as Qualcomm is now in the midst of a chip shortage due...
Handset distribution company InfoSonics Corp. said it plans to sell 2 million shares for between $5.50 and $6.50 per share in its upcoming initial public offering. The company plans to list its common stock on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol IFO. Founded...
HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., which operates several third-generation networks around the world, has signed 1.73 million 3G users globally, according to press reports, which signals strong recent uptake of its next-generation services after a sluggish start. The carrier said it had 1.04 million 3G...
SAN DIEGO-Handset distribution company InfoSonics Corp. said it plans to sell 2 million shares for between $5.50 and $6.50 per share in its upcoming initial public offering. The company plans to list its common stock on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol IFO.Founded...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint announced it will sell the new LG Electronics Co. Ltd. VI-5225 clamshell phone for $50 after rebates.The companies describe the phone as the "little black dress" of devices due to its small, sleek shape. The phone features a color screen and...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-Semiconductor solutions company Mindspeed Technologies Inc. said it has signed a deal with LG Electronics Ltd.LG will use Mindspeed's 8-port CX28229 and 4-port CX28225 inverse multiplexing over ATM devices in its STAREX-IS CDMA2000 wireless base transceiver station and base station controller.
SAN RAMON, Calif.-The ZigBee Alliance, dedicated to developing the ZigBee specification and ZigBee products, announced 27 new member companies, bringing total membership to more than 70 companies.Among the new inductees are Airbee Wireless, LG Electronics Inc., Siemens Building Automation, Silicon Wave Inc., STMicroelectronics and...
ATLANTA, Ga.-Advanced Recognition Technologies announced LG Electronics selected its smARTspeak XGT embedded speech interface for its new 4500 series CDMA phones. "The demand for advanced technology cell phones is growing steadily," said Eran Aharonson, chief executive officer of ART, "and LG Electronics has earned...
Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has won a $150 million contract to provide U.S. Cellular with CDMA2000 equipment, software and professional services in the Chicago market. Lucent said it will upgrade its existing base stations on the network with CDMA2000 1x channel cards and...
SAN DIEGO-Verizon Wireless said it will sell the new VX4600 from LG Electronics Co. Ltd., which features a color screen, text messaging and support for downloadable applications."With the success of the LG VX4400 phone from Verizon Wireless in the market last year, we knew...
MILAN, Italy-Third-generation wireless carrier Hutchison said it will add LG Electronics Inc. phones to its 3G handset line-up, with a global agreement for 3 million LG video phones before the end of the year.With the agreement, LG Electronics joins Motorola Inc. and NEC Corp....
Alcatel's new handset deal with Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL Corp. is part of a notable and growing trend toward joint ventures and acquisitions, and analysts expect the pace to accelerate."There's going to be some consolidation," said John Jackson, a wireless and mobile technology analyst...
BOSTON, Mass.-Strong mobile-phones sales in North America, Western Europe, Korea, Asia Pacific, Central and Latin America, and Eastern Europe helped push industry first-quarter sales to a 40-percent annual growth rate, according to new numbers from research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics.The firm said mobile-phone...
BOSTON, Mass.-Strong mobile-phones sales in North America, Western Europe, Korea, Asia Pacific, Central and Latin America, and Eastern Europe helped push industry first-quarter sales to a 40-percent annual growth rate, according to new numbers from research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics.The firm said mobile-phone...
