Be it through enabling platforms or the resulting customer wins, Hewlett Packard Co. often strives to highlight its role as a wireless player. With three recent carrier contracts, the company is drawing the attention of the wireless industry again. With its Service Delivery Platform,...
Siemens AG will cut about 74 jobs in its North American mobile-phone business, moves that come as the company ponders what to do with its loss-making global handset operations. Siemens would not say how many workers will remain in its North American mobile-phone business...
HELSINKI-Nokia Corp.'s fourth-quarter results showed a 13-percent drop in net profit, but the company is stressing the positive in its mobile-phone shipments and infrastructure performance.The company reported a net profit of $1.31 billion or 29 cents per share, compared with the year-ago period of...
Don't be alarmed by those Canadians who seem to be wrestling with their cell phones. They're probably just fishing. More accurately, they're likely playing "Swordfish," a new game that allows players to locate their quarry, drop a virtual line and reel in the big...
LONDON-Mobile device management is a daunting task for any company, but it is particularly difficult for smaller businesses, according to Strategy Analytics' "Market Outlook: Strategic Perspectives on Enterprise Mobile Device Management" report.The report examines MDM solutions that allow information technology professionals to control remote...
SYDNEY, Australia-Australia's largest wireless carrier Telstra Corp. launched Telstra Mobile Broadband, a 1 EV-DO service. The carrier said the service offers broadband-equivalent speeds with average data speeds of 300 to 600 kilobits per second, bursting to a maximum of 2.4 megabits per second.The service...
Nokia Corp. used its Nokia Mobility Conference last week in Monaco as a platform to showcase several new products, including its new smart-phone offerings: the Nokia 7710 widescreen multimedia smart phone, the Nokia 3230 megapixel smart phone and the mid-range Nokia 6020 camera phone....
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. plans to roll out 40 handsets next year as part of the company's series of projections. The Finnish vendor also said it is on track to meet its goal of delivering 35 handsets in 2004. However, the company said it plans...
Nokia Corp. announced it has taken legal action against two European handset manufacturers for alleged patent infringements and intellectual property rights. In a separate action, the firm also set new goals for itself for the next several years. Nokia, the largest producer of mobile...
Worldwide mobile device shipments in the third quarter were up 83 percent from a year ago, with Nokia Corp. leading the charge, according to recent research from Canalys.The firm defines the mobile device market as feature phones, smart phones, handhelds and wireless handhelds.Nokia grabbed...
MUNICH-Siemens AG unveiled an open e-mail push solution for a variety of wireless devices like mobile phones and personal digital assistants, building on open standards in accordance with the Open Mobile Alliance.It runs on operating systems such as Series 60, Symbian UIQ and MS...
LOS ANGELES-TechnoCom Corp., provider of wireless location operations support systems and business support system solutions, announced it has aligned with Venezuela-based Grupo Secusat in a joint venture that will operate as Secusat International.The joint operation will provide wireless location solutions, including fleet management, stolen...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. today announced the addition of the ORiNOCO AP-700 entry-level Wi-Fi access point to its product line.The new access point was designed with small to medium-size business users and service providers selling to such users, in mind. To that end, the solution...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. has applied for membership in the SD Card Association and has signed a licensing agreement that enables the use of SD memory cards in its devices.Nokia will also continue to support MultiMediaCards (MMCs) currently included in its devices.In addition to mobile...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Bitfone Corp. said it has introduced a new product portfolio to identify and solve mobile device software problems over the air.The products, known as SmartCare, mProve 4.0 and Mobile Variance Platform, will allow both carriers and handset vendors to reduce the risks...
Shares of Nokia Corp. were up more than seven points Thursday on news from the company that it believes it will exceed previous forecasts for the third quarter. Nokia cited strong volume growth in the global mobile device market thus far this quarter for...
Internet Service Provider EarthLink has added wireless voice provider to its resume with the release of the all-in-one color BlackBerry 7750 Wireless Handheld with wireless voice and e-mail service. The device works as a phone, e-mail device and Internet access device. It will be...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-Avocent Corp., maker of keyboard, video and mouse switching systems, has acquired software developer Sonic Mobility Inc. for $8 million cash.The deal adds software products for secure wireless systems administration and mobile device management to Avocent's portfolio, including Sonic's flagship sonicadmin software. Sonicadmin,...
Wireless e-mail stalwart Research In Motion Ltd. should brace for intense competition as converged devices with BlackBerry-esque e-mail functionality and cell-phone features, including voice capabilities, enter the enterprise.So goes the cry of RIM's competitors, anyway.RIM's flagship BlackBerry e-mail device fuels the demand in the...
The global market for enterprise mobile device platforms is forecast to reach $12.3 billion by 2008, according to a report by Venture Development Corporation, "Enterprise Mobility Solutions: Mobile Devices, WLAN Infrastructure, Software and Services." Shipments of mobile computing devices including rugged, "fully rugged" and...
Second-quarter earnings released last week by major handset manufacturers showed Nokia Corp. losing market share, while Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. increased their sales expectations for the year.Nokia set a dismal tone for the second-quarter earnings announcements, saying it...
A perfect storm of challenges in China, combined with chipset shortages in the United States and one less carrier customer all contributed to lower second-quarter revenues for CellStar Corp. Foremost, CellStar is bracing to take on "significant changes in the handset market in China,"...
WASHINGTON-Just days before the Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to consider the VoIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004, public-safety officials were urged Thursday by their national association to tell lawmakers to change the bill or vote it down."The absence of any form of regulatory...
HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. reported modest second-quarter results with a 14-percent jump in net profits in a period that witnessed a slight dip in its handset market share.The vendor said it had a net profit of $882 million, or 18 cents per share, compared with the...
