WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today launched an inquiry to assess the impact of high foreign mobile termination fees on American consumers, dragging the United States further into a controversy that domestic and international wireless carriers would rather see settled by overseas regulators and the...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association will unveil a new logo, mission statement, and set of core values when it meets in Atlanta later this month for its Wireless 2004 conference but on Sunday, CTIA President Steve Largent was scheduled to give state regulators...
WASHINGTON-A new government-funded study says mobile phones and other high-tech gear often release enough lead to be classified as hazardous waste under federal law, a finding that could force the Bush administration and states to consider changing disposal rules for millions of tons of...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Mobile phone maker Siemens said it will invest $40 million in Brazil to foster the development of mobile phones, cordless phones and wireless modules, a move the company said will help triple its production capacity by the first quarter of next year.The...
LONDON- Hutchison 3G in the United Kingdom announced it will offer live streaming video to mobile phones through its "Today on 3" mobile news and entertainment channel.The carrier said the video service will be updated throughout the day and will showcase the latest footage...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-It appears Verizon Wireless will sell a CDMA EV-DO mobile phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. when it launches its high-speed network this summer.The Federal Communications Commission recently approved the VX8000 EV-DO mobile phone from LG. The phone features Qualcomm Inc.'s MSM6500 CDMA...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Only a fraction of voice calls in Sweden are carried on mobile networks even though the country boasts one of the highest mobile penetrations in the world, according to a new white paper by mobile analyst firm Northstream.Sweden's mobile-phone penetration is 94 percent,...
LONDON- Hutchison 3G in the United Kingdom announced it will offer live streaming video to mobile phones through its "Today on 3" mobile news and entertainment channel.The carrier said the video service will be updated throughout the day and will showcase the latest footage...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-It appears Verizon Wireless will sell a CDMA EV-DO mobile phone from LG Electronics Co. Ltd. when it launches its high-speed network this summer.The Federal Communications Commission recently approved the VX8000 EV-DO mobile phone from LG. The phone features Qualcomm Inc.'s MSM6500 CDMA...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Research and consulting firm Gartner Inc. came out against camera phone bans in the workplace, asserting such restrictions are shortsighted and hard to enforce. The firm said businesses would be better served by designating secure zones where restrictions can be enforced, while also...
OSLO, Norway-Opera Software continued its advances in the mobile phone market with the signing of a new deal with handset maker Kyocera Wireless Corp. Kyocera said it will sell the ZTE V91 and LU PS-900 mobile phones in China with the Opera Internet browser.Opera,...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced one of its newly released FOMA third-generation mobile phones has a software glitch that could mix up incoming e-mails. The carrier said it will offer a software patch in the next few days to fix the problem.The event is notable...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Memory card company SanDisk Corp. announced its new T-Flash removable storage format, a technology the company said will even further expand the capabilities of advanced mobile phones. And as evidence of its claim, the company announced Motorola Inc. is using the T-Flash technology...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Mobile phone maker Siemens said it will invest $40 million in Brazil to foster the development of mobile phones, cordless phones and wireless modules, a move the company said will help triple its production capacity by the first quarter of next year.The...
LOS ANGELES-Rock the Vote, a non-profit, non-partisan group aimed at engaging young adults in the political process, and Motorola Inc. will launch Rock the Mobile Vote today, in conjunction with Super Tuesday. Through the program, young adults will be polled on their views on...
CANNES, France- The GSM Association and manufacturers-including Alcatel, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Panasonic, Sagem, Siemens and Sony Ericsson-announced a new strategy to reduce the theft of mobile phones at 3GSM World Congress.The GSMA and the mobile-phone manufacturers have established a series of measures to enhance...
Wireless Internet company Openwave Systems Inc. announced a new deal with Microsoft Corp. as well as a major sale to handset maker Motorola Inc. Openwave also announced an acquisition it said will improve its wireless Internet browsing technology.Under Openwave's deal with Microsoft, the companies...
CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. jumped into the already crowded market for over-the-air updating technology with the release of its Device Management System through its 4thpass subsidiary. Motorola said the technology allows wireless carriers to remotely repair software on handsets and other devices, change settings and...
Although wireless by and large caters to the consumer market, many of the industry's major mobile-phone makers zeroed in on the high-margin business user during the 3GSM show in Cannes, France.Nokia, the world's No. 1 handset manufacturer, used the show as a platform to...
CANNES, France-ScanSoft Inc. announced it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against voice recognition company Voice Signal Technologies Inc., a move that Voice Signal said comes after ScanSoft's failed attempt at acquiring the company.ScanSoft alleges Voice Signal's voice-activated dialing technology infringes on one of its...
WOBURN, Mass.-Voice Signal announced Panasonic Mobile will include its advanced speech-recognition application in its X700 GSM smartphone. The phone will feature Voice Signal's Voice-Activated Phonebook, which allows users to dial any person in their contact list by voice, with no initial set-up required. With...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-REMEC Inc. is showcasing its transceiver and base station antenna products at this week's Broadband Wireless World 2004.REMEC transceivers fill the need for quality, high performance, quick turn, integrated modules, and REMEC SectorShape base station antennas provide high performance needed for next-generation...
CANNES, France-Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. and others led the charge on the mobile phone front, introducing a range of wireless devices from the most advanced to the most unique.First, Motorola introduced new devices running on Microsoft Corp.'s...
CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. jumped into the already crowded market for over-the-air updating technology with the release of its Device Management System through its 4thpass subsidiary. Motorola said the technology allows wireless carriers to remotely repair software on handsets and other devices, change settings and...
