A new customer survey shows that the wireless data industry may have turned the corner, a change that seems to be due to the advent of camera phones.The number of people using their phones to access Internet information increased for the first time since...
WASHINGTON-The National Transportation Safety Board today recommended to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that a stronger media campaign and educational effort be developed to curb distraction on the roadways caused by drivers who talk on their cell phones. The NHTSA would develop such...
Keeping itself ahead of a rapidly approaching pack, Nextel Communications Inc. this week is set to launch the first phase of its much-hyped nationwide Direct Connect service, which will allow customers to contact each other across the country with the familiar chirp of the...
The evolution of the wireless local area network industry has been so dramatic that it seems almost a certainty that mobile-phone makers will include WLAN technology in future wireless devices.Indeed, all the major mobile-phone chip makers have announced plans to include 802.11 technology in...
Consolidation on the wireless content front continued its unrelenting pace, with gaming company Iomo purchasing rival Covert Operations Ltd. for an undisclosed sum of cash and stock."The mobile entertainment industry is growing at a tremendous rate, and a lot of consolidation has occurred over...
WASHINGTON-A new national poll says drivers admit to dangerous behavior on the road, including talking on cell phones while operating vehicles. The Mason-Dixon Polling Research Inc. poll, commissioned by "Drive for Life: The National Safe Driving Test & Initiative," said half of the respondents...
Microsoft Corp. announced two new sales agreements for devices using its Smartphone operating system and reiterated commitments from T-Mobile in the United Kingdom and Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in the United States to sell Smartphone devices.Swedish mobile operator TeliaSonera said it...
LG Mobile Phones further outlined its major advertising campaign for the U.S. market, a move the company has discussed during the past few months as it looks to raise awareness of the LG brand.The company said the multimillion dollar advertising push, the biggest since...
NEW DELHI, India-Siemens AG announced a strong push into the India mobile market Wednesday, launching six new mobile phones into the country, which has a large population and low mobile penetration rate. In addition, the German supplier said it would increase its engineers in...
SAN FRANCISCO-Sanyo is using Aplix Corp.'s JBlend Java virtual machine in its SCP-8100 wireless handset with a built-in camera phone. The handset, which enables users to send a 10-second voice memo with a picture, is on sale in the United States. Aplix's Jblend platform...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics announced several new mobile-phone products, including three new handsets based on technology from Cellon International.Targeting the Asian and European market, the phones feature increased talk time, built-in games and color screens. The new models, which will be launched during...
WASHINGTON-Despite interest in steering Iraq reconstruction business to American companies through competitive bidding and White House reluctance to meddle in wireless rebuilding in the war-torn country, the Bush administration has awarded what appears to be a no-bid GSM mobile-phone contract to a troubled U.S....
In an interesting turnaround, Motorola Inc. said it will use synchronization technology from Extended Systems in one of its new mobile phones instead of technology from its former subsidiary Starfish Software Inc.Motorola announced just last month it sold its Starfish subsidiary to Pumatech Inc....
T-Mobile International AG and Microsoft Corp. sought to clarify media reports concerning possible delays of the release of a T-Mobile phone using Microsoft software in Europe, but T-Mobile wouldn't give a specific release date.Media reports surfaced last week that T-Mobile had delayed the release...
Following a trend by wireless players to chip away at Qualcomm Inc.'s stranglehold on the CDMA market, Nokia Corp., Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics announced a joint development program to offer chipsets for cdma2000 1x and 1xEV-DV.This announcement comes in the wake of Samsung Electronics'...
NEW DELHI, India-After a one-month delay, Reliance Infocomm rolled out nationwide commercial cdma2000 1x "limited mobility" services in India. The operator has coverage in 92 Indian cities and already has more than 1 million customers, according to CDMA proponent Qualcomm Inc.The wireless local loop...
Those in the industry agree digital rights management is a key issue for wireless, and as a result there are several companies and a range of peripheral players looking to cash in on solutions to the problem.However, the complicated nature of the subject, as...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-NEC Corp. has selected Agilent Technologies Inc. to supply it with infrared transceivers with remote control capability for full-color display mobile phones."With the Agilent HSDL -3002's IR port, the NEC N504iS mobile phone provides cordless communications functions such as exchanging pictures with...
LOS ANGELES-A U.S. law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Nokia Corp. in a California Superior Court alleging several of the company's popular mobile phone models included a defective screen that the company knew about but did not fix.Nokia was not immediately...
Wireless streaming video over mobile phones is now available at a store near you.Internet video company RealNetworks Inc. today planned to launch a wireless Web site featuring streaming content from several media companies, as well as a promotional program for content providers and carriers....
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Licensing company Uclick and content developer PaletSoft Inc. announced they will offer daily Garfield comic strips to mobile phone users under the GoComics brand."The idea for a daily comic strip application came after traveling abroad. I couldn't access Garfield and missed my...
SAN DIEGO-Nokia Corp. will build a mobile phone for Verizon Wireless that will include BREW application download technology from Nokia's archrival Qualcomm Inc.Verizon executives confirmed the move during Qualcomm's annual BREW developer's conference. Verizon and Nokia couldn't immediately provide details on the phone, including...
WASHINGTON-John Henshaw, head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, has urged major U.S. mobile phone operators and tower owners to hire only those construction firms that have proven safety records and that follow federal guidelines.In an April 18 letter obtained by RCR Wireless...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having long denied their networks are being used to access pornography, U.K. cell-phone operators are now revealing plans on how to manage the issue in light of third-generation (3G) and 2.5-generation (2.5G) video services becoming increasingly available. Vodafone has taken the lead...
