TOKYO-Sharp Corp., through an agreement with Datang Telecom Technology Co. Ltd., will supply the Chinese market with camera-equipped GSM mobile phones.The device, which marks Sharp's entry into the Chinese mobile phone market, will be a version of the phones Sharp has developed for other...
WASHINGTON-Steven Price, the Pentagon spectrum czar responsible for strengthening military wireless policy and negotiating complex deals with industry over the rights to the airwaves, is leaving the Department of Defense. Price told RCR Wireless News his resignation is effective May 2. Price, a former...
SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Electronics announced its first-quarter figures, showing a 4.8-percent increase in mobile-phone sales.Samsung said it aimed to sell 13 million mobile phones in the second quarter and 52 million for the full year, according to Reuters.
TOKYO-Japan Telecom and East Japan Railway are going to launch a demonstration experiment for high-speed wireless local area network (WLAN) service via mobile phones in mid-May, the firms jointly announced. Participants of the experiment can get access to the Internet once they are given...
WATERTOWN, Mass.-The wireless data industry continues to expand, with several content companies announcing new strategies and applications.One of the most interesting comes from Mobile-Mind Inc. and Xap Corp., which announced a mobile phone application designed to help students study for the Scholastic Assessment Test...
LONDON-Wireless research and consulting company Strategy Analytics released a new report highlighting the somewhat darker side of the wireless data industry-wireless pornography. The firm said the market for wireless porn is not as large as some in the industry believe, and that it will...
CALGARY, Alberta-Mobile phone input company Zi Corp. announced three Asian mobile phone design companies have licensed the company's eZiText technology.Codacom Technologies Co. Ltd., Intercube Co. Ltd. and Beijing NGT China Co. Ltd. will use Zi's technology to offer predictive text input technology.
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission wants changes to rules governing radiation emitted by mobile-phone transmitters, an agency official said last week.Bryan Tramont, an advisor to FCC Chairman Michael Powell, said proposed rule modifications would address RF measurement and other items. But, Tramont stressed, the proposal...
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.-Get you motor running ... Head out on the highway!Motorola Inc. is looking to tap into the biker market through a new deal with motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson, and will make a specialized chrome- or leather-styled mobile phone in conjunction with the...
LAS VEGAS-Semtek released the Side Swipe II, the latest addition to its Mobile Swipe family, at the Electronic Transactions Association's 2003 Annual Meeting & Expo this week.Side Swipe II is a three-track magnetic stripe card reader that allows mobile phones to act as point...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Scottish firm Eurosource Europe announced plans to establish a presence in the United States, having carved a lucrative niche in Europe. The company said it has recycled 150,000 mobile phones during the last four years.Recycling of electronic equipment has been the subject of...
TOKYO-Japanese carriers J-Phone and NTT DoCoMo will begin selling camera phones in May with resolution four times that of current camera phones, according to Reuters.The move would put mobile phones with high-resolution embedded cameras in direct competition with low-end digital cameras.
LAS VEGAS-Damax International, which develops noise-free antennas for mobile phone users with hearing aids, announced it hired David Woodbury as its new vice president of business development and industry relations.Woodbury previously served as director of government relations for the Hearing Industry Association.
The promise of the converged wireless device is a reality, although exactly what it will look like is still being debated.Those in the industry have long preached the inevitable marriage of computers and mobile phones, and the current selection of high-end devices seems to...
Arabic news network Al Jazeera said it will offer a breaking news service to mobile phone users. The text messaging service, operated through content company PervasiveEdge, will feature around 60 news alerts per month, and will cost $6 per month.Al Jazeera has rapidly gained...
EDINBURGH, Scotland-Orange announced it is using voice service solutions from Rhetorical for an upgrade to its text-to-speech service.The new system will use two voices from Rhetorical's rVoice text-to-speech technology to read news, sports and regional weather to U.K. customers. Customers call 177 or 247...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced that it has developed a wristwatch-type PHS terminal. The product will hit the market in April at the earliest, Japan's largest mobile operator said.The initial shipment will be limited to 5,000 units and will be distributed exclusively via the Internet...
NEW ORLEANS, United States-John Koo and his top executive team crowd a small, air-conditioned room perched atop LG Electronics' sprawling booth at the CTIA trade show here. Relaxed, smiling, Koo has shed the suit coat he wore during his keynote appearance to reveal a...
SHANGHAI, China-A short message service (SMS) advertising campaign in China garnered 200,000 messages from consumers during a 30-day period. Coke launched an SMS-based "Coke Light-Lemon Flavor" promotion in Shanghai in January.The SMS code was advertised through a scroll line on a television ad. The...
SHANGHAI, China-A short message service (SMS) advertising campaign in China garnered 200,000 messages from consumers during a 30-day period. Coke launched an SMS-based "Coke Light-Lemon Flavor" promotion in Shanghai in January.The SMS code was advertised through a scroll line on a television ad. The...
NEW ORLEANS-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile made several announcements at CTIA Wireless 2003 this week in New Orleans.The company announced its SX1 mobile phone for U.S. consumers will be available in the third quarter. The SX1 has strips of keys built into each side...
NEW ORLEANS-Etenna Corp. unveiled its new FlexWave internal antenna product line. The company also said Mobicom Corp., which designs and manufactures GSM phones, is the first FlexWave customer.The antennas are designed to be embedded in any handheld wireless device, ranging from mobile phones to...
NEW ORLEANS-Marconi's Wireless Business Unit and SnapTrack Inc., a unit of Qualcomm Inc., said they have agreed to cooperate on the development of an enhancement to Marconi's Planet EV network planning and optimization product family.The companies are cooperating to empower Planet EV with its...
HANNOVER, Germany-SanDisk Corp. introduced at CeBIT two new flash memory cards geared for the new generation of multimedia mobile phones.The 128 Megabyte MultiMediaCard for audio players and multi-function cell phones will provide more storage capacity so consumers can fully use features like digital cameras,...
