WASHINGTON-Federal Trade Commission Chairman Timothy Muris, whose tenure began under a cloud before brightening with enforcement crackdowns and consumer safeguards for technologies new and old, will step down this summer.President Bush plans to replace Muris with Deborah Majoras, a former private sector and government...
LONDON-Barely two years after entering the market, Microsoft Corp. said it is quitting the Wi-Fi space, otherwise known as 802.11b."After careful evaluation, the Microsoft hardware group has decided to scale back its broadband hardware and networking business," a representative was quoted as saying. "Instead...
OYSTER BAY, New York-Dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi mobile phones will enjoy support among business users and could grow to as much as 7 percent of the worldwide handset market by 2009, according to new research from Allied Business Intelligence.The firm said shipments of devices that can...
New research shows the market for smart phones and converged devices continued to increase in the first quarter, with Nokia Corp. claiming the top spot in terms of devices and Symbian retaining the No. 1 position on the operating system side."The market for converged...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS introduced Sierra Wireless Inc.'s PC3300 connection card, the first PC Card offered by the carrier that includes its Connection Manager software, which was jointly developed with Sierra Wireless and allows customers to manage connectivity between the carrier's CDMA2000 1x-based wide...
GLASGOW, United Kingdom-Handset-maker Motorola Inc. announced support for mobile Internet browsing technology from Picsel Technologies Ltd. Motorola's A768, A1000 and MPx phones will feature the browser."Motorola believes that having Picsel software as an integral component of our Smart Phone product range will allow consumers...
Handset maker Motorola Inc. announced support for mobile Internet browsing technology from Picsel Technologies Ltd. Motorola's A768, A1000 and MPx phones will feature the browser."Motorola believes that having Picsel software as an integral component of our Smart Phone product range will allow consumers to...
OYSTER BAY, New York-Dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi mobile phones will enjoy support among business users and could grow to as much as 7 percent of the worldwide handset market by 2009, according to new research from Allied Business Intelligence.The firm said shipments of devices that can...
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y.-Wireless and mobile computing company Symbol Technologies released its new MC9000-K and MC9000-S rugged mobile computers, which the company said feature Microsoft Corp.'s software, Intel Corp.'s chips and support for Wi-Fi as well as GSM/GPRS and/or CDMA wide area networks."We have integrated advanced...
READING, United Kingdom-New research shows Research In Motion, Symbian and Microsoft Corp. scoring gains in the Europe, Middle East and Africa market for advanced wireless devices, while Nokia Corp. and PalmOne Inc. failed to show increases.According to research and consulting firm Canalys, the overall...
Developers: Wireless wants you.At least, that's the message coming from many of the largest players in the wireless industry. Companies from Microsoft Corp. to Nokia Corp. to Verizon Wireless are investing both cash and manpower into enticing content and application developers into the market....
After facing harsh criticism over the sluggish introduction of its camera phone line-up, the world's No. 2 phone-maker Motorola Inc. is hoping to regain the industry's cutting edge by placing itself at the intersection of music and wireless. Indeed, Motorola executives have hinted at...
LUXEMBOURG-Internet calling is moving into the mobile realm, as Internet telephony company Skype Technologies announced its service will support calls made over personal digital assistants working on Wi-Fi networks. Skype's announcement comes after Microsoft Corp. added Wi-Fi calling features to its Windows CE operating...
As the U.S. mobile-phone industry strategizes how to counter state efforts to impose new regulations, taxes and antenna-siting moratoria on wireless carriers, it may want to keep tabs on another looming challenge for big wireless firms seeking profits in distant lands.It is a side...
Vendors are looking to deploy the Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem platform not only to differentiate themselves, but also to raise the stakes for third-generation wireless applications and services by compelling operators to upgrade their networks.Major vendors like Nokia Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks...
Acquisition mania seems to have hit the wireless data industry, as wireless enterprise player Sybase Inc. announced a massive $95.2 million acquisition of rival XcelleNet Inc. Separately, Sybase said its first-quarter revenues will come in below expectations due to several transactions that did not...
TOKYO-Following its plans for an initial public offering, Seven Networks Inc. announced its mobile e-mail software will be installed on NEC Corp.'s BREW-based handsets for Japanese carrier KDDI Corp. The company's software offers real-time access to Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, IMAP4 and POP3 e-mail,...
I suspect there could be something to allegations leveled by former cyber security czar Richard Clarke against the Bush administration. Ditto for former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. Yet there is something unsettling about these guys, these for-profit patriots. What stopped either from taking...
SAN FRANCISCO-Microsoft Corp. released a new version of its operating system for mobile phones that includes support for switching between landscape- and portrait-style screens as well as VGA and QVGA high-resolution displays. Motorola Inc. said it will use the new software in its new...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless is a major theme at this year's Game Developers' Conference, with Motorola Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Mobliss and Microsoft Corp. among those making announcements at the show. The surplus of news from wireless players further shows the growing market for wireless games.Motorola...
South AfricaElectronic services company Molapo Technology said it has extended its services-level $130 million agreement with service provider TelKom South Africa. The contract will last till 2008, said Molapo. "As the economy grows and diversifies, so too has the role of TelKom," said Essa...
SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. becomes the latest mobile phone manufacturer to team with software giant Microsoft Corp. as it gears up to release its new LG-SC8000 smart phone running Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system. LG will release the device in its home...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. announced it will team with TWI Interactive and Vidiator Technology Inc. to offer a wireless video product for sale to mobile network operators. The companies' new MobileVision technology is optimized for Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series and supports industry-standard 3GPP formats...
SLOUGH, United Kingdom-European carrier MmO2 announced it will add BlackBerry capabilities to its new Xda II mobile phone/personal digital assistant later this year.The carrier's Xda II is based on Microsoft Corp.'s operating system and features a built-in tri-band mobile phone, games, an integrated digital...
