Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference last week. The CDMA technology pioneer joined carriers, handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing forward the BREW platform with it annual event, this...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. today launched GroupTalk, a new voice conferencing product that alerts and connects members of a conferencing group to a meeting whether they are at their desks, online or using mobile phones.Going forward, Lightbridge envisions providing the conferencing product to mobile carriers...
LOS ANGELES-Ring-tone company Xingtone Inc. announced it scored a first round of institutional financing from Siemens Mobile Acceleration. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."This investment is a significant development both for our company and the burgeoning mobile entertainment industry," said Jonathan Schreiber, the...
LOS ANGELES-Texas Instruments Inc. said it signed a deal to provide a chip for Samsung Electronic Co. Ltd.'s mobile-phone cameras.The chip will allow Samsung's mobile phones to feature multimedia services such as still photography and video-on-demand.Neither company disclosed the terms of the order.Both companies...
WASHINGTON-Wireless Voice over Internet Protocol is here with the advent of Qualcomm Inc.'s CDMA2000 1x EV-DO service as deployed by Verizon Wireless, said Brooke Schulz, vice president of corporate communications for Vonage Corp.Schulz demonstrated a Vonage VoIP call via EV-DO technology, brand-named Broadband Access,...
SAN DIEGO-As expected, Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference. Qualcomm joined handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing the BREW platform forward.Among those making announcements were: Qualcomm, which announced Tata...
The worldwide market for mobile phones continues to swell, as new research shows handset makers sold 153 million devices in the first quarter. However, market leader Nokia Corp. witnessed a significant drop in its market share, despite managing to increase its shipments by 5...
Paul Neilson, senior vice president of technology services for Monster Worldwide, doesn't really care about latency statistics for push-to-talk services, kilobit-per-second measurements of high-speed wireless networks or processor specifications for advanced smart phones. The single most important factor in Neilson's corporate wireless decision-making process...
North Korea has apparently banned the use of mobile phones, according to international news reports. Details on the secretive country's ban were unclear.The country banned the use of mobile phones in late May, according to reports quoting a North Korean official in the country's...
Validation of increased efforts by carriers to improve the quality of service of their still-expanding wireless networks recently came in the form of ramped up announcements, including financial and product news, from wireless test and measurement companies.Last week, test equipment company Agilent Technologies Inc....
SACRAMENTO, Calif.- Legislation establishing the nation's first cell phone recycling law has passed the California State Assembly and now advances to the Senate. The law would require any entity selling mobile phones to take them back and recycle them at no cost to the...
North Korea has apparently banned the use of mobile phones, according to international news reports. Details on the secretive country's ban were unclear.The country banned the use of mobile phones in late May, according to reports quoting a North Korean official in the country's...
WOBURN, Mass.-Speech recognition solution provider VoiceSignal announced its PCLink software is now available. The software allows users to transfer contact lists from a PC to a Samsung mobile phone and then access names and numbers by voice without any training. PCLink, which can be...
OSAKA, Japan-Japanese electronics manufacturer Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., which makes Panasonic-brand mobile phones, announced it will build a manufacturing center specifically for mobile phones in part of an effort to streamline its production systems.Matsushita said it will move its Japanese mobile-phone manufacturing efforts...
SAN DIEGO-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...
WASHINGTON-A bill banning 16- and 17-year-olds from using mobile phones while driving passed the California Senate.The measure, sponsored by Sen. Debra Bowen (D), was approved by a 24-to-11 bipartisan vote. "Study after study has shown that people who use cell phones while they're driving...
Tim Berners-Lee, widely credited with creating the World Wide Web, has spoken out against the wireless industry's attempts to create a ".mobi" mobile-specific Internet domain listing. Further, the World Wide Web Consortium's Technical Advisory Group echoed Berners-Lee's criticism's by voting to endorse his position."Dividing...
BERLIN-Siemens AG will discontinue its line of fashion-focused mobile phones sold under its Xelibri brand. Launched early last year, the line-up of phones included devices made to look like jewelry, makeup kits and other fashion-style apparel. Siemens said it will continue to focus on...
WASHINGTON-A bill banning 16- and 17-year-olds from using mobile phones while driving passed the California Senate Tuesday.The measure, sponsored by Sen. Debra Bowen (D), was approved by a 24-to-11 bipartisan vote. "Study after study has shown that people who use cell phones while they're...
RAMAT GAN, Israel-TransChip Inc., which develops integrated camera solutions for mobile phones and multimedia devices, said it has received approval to begin a research and development project.The Office of the Chief Scientist, part of Israel's Ministry for Industry and Trade, approved the $3.38 million...
BERLIN-Siemens announced it will discontinue its line of fashion-focused mobile phones sold under its Xelibri brand. Launched early last year, the line-up of phones included devices made to look like jewelry, makeup kits and other fashion-style apparel. Siemens said it will continue to focus...
Nokia Corp. announced it will expand its research-and-development efforts in China, a move that comes amid doubts about Nokia's ability to maintain its grip on the market as well as moves by the company's rivals to capture Nokia's dwindling share."China is definitely a strategic...
Nokia Corp. announced it will expand its research and development efforts in China, a move that comes amid doubts about Nokia's ability to maintain its grip on the market as well as moves by the company's rivals to capture Nokia's dwindling share."China is definitely...
LOS ANGELES-Wireless start-up Primetones.com, which sells ring tones on the Internet, announced it will offer a new service that will allow mobile-phone users to create ring tones from their personal digital music collections.Primetones.com said its new Snip 'n Send software allows users to cut...
