WASHINGTON-One of the most contentious wireless issues in Europe-mobile phone termination fees-is has landed in the United States as Bush administration trade and telecom officials investigate whether U.S. telecom carriers are being overcharged by wireless operators across the Atlantic and elsewhere. Last week criticism...
MANILA, The Philippines-Despite hard times, Filipino consumers adhere to mobile phones and will find the means to raise the cash needed to upgrade their gadgets, according to the latest survey by ACNielsen.Compared with other Asians, Filipino consumers will spend more on high-tech gadgets and...
BEIJING-At its MotoCoder developer conference in Shanghai, Motorola vowed to strongly encourage software development for its mobile phones in China.Having a large developer community may be crucial for the company to maintain its leading edge in China. Short message service (SMS) is popular in...
SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Electronics reported total sales for the year of about $34 billion, with total year sales in its mobile phones and network hardware division reaching $10.4 billion.The company said it expects to sell 52 million mobile phones this year worldwide, with 13 million...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC has joined forces with Network365, headquartered in Wicklow, Ireland, to offer what the companies call "an end-to-end mobile payment solution that helps generate additional revenue for mobile operators."The ADC/Network365 solution integrates ADC's Single.eView dynamic transaction platform and Network365's mzone(ok) product suite. It provides...
SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Electronics reported total sales for the year of about US$34 billion, with total year sales in its mobile phones and network hardware division reaching US$10.4 billion.The company said it expects to sell 52 million mobile phones this year worldwide, with 13 million...
SAN DIEGO-LG Mobile Phones is jumping into the rink as the exclusive mobile phone sponsor of the NHL hockey team the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and the company's products will be on display throughout the team's 10th season."The Mighty Ducks are one of the...
TOKYO-The Japanese Telecom Ministry launched a discussion regarding introducing the "carrier pre-fixed system" known as "Myline service" for calls from fixed-line phones to mobile phones. In Japan, charges for calls from fixed lines to mobile phones traditionally have been fixed by mobile carriers.The ministry...
TOKYO-Omron, a pioneer in automated control equipment service, announced it would launch a new service that would see its contracted stores produce prints of pictures taken by mobile phones. Omron will launch the new service in the Tokyo and Osaka areas by the end...
FREMONT, Calif.-Multimedia solution provider Emuzed released its HipCam software application for mobile phones using the Nokia Series 60 platform and the Symbian mobile operating systems.HipCam lets users take short video clips with sound on their phones' embedded cameras and play back the videos or...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Wireless users will soon demand feature-rich handsets that include color screens and advanced data and messaging applications to replace their current mobile phones, according to new research from Allied Business Intelligence.The analyst group predicts that the number of replacement handsets shipped will...
HONG KONG-For debt-choked Western operators, third-generation (3G) profits have proven to be a mirage, and if the technology can be made viable, it will likely happen first in Asia.At the ITU Telecom Asia event held in Hong Kong last month, all the ingredients for...
LAS VEGAS-Mobile-phone maker Audiovox Communications Corp. said it will show off a range of new mobile phones at the Consumer Electronics Show, including integrated camera phones and phones features Java and BREW application download technology.Among the phones the company plans to show off are...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems announced it will supply Samsung with wireless data chipsets and software for use in the company's new generation of advanced mobile phones.The agreement, worth more than $150 million over 12 months, calls for Agere to incorporate its GPRS chipset and software...
HELSINKI, Finland-Handset makers enjoyed a bit of good news to begin 2003 with reports that Finland saw record sales of mobile phones in December 2002. Wholesale deliveries of mobile phones in Finland numbered 175,000 in December, beating a previous record of 171,582 in September...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-FutureDial Inc. announced its line of add-on cables and software programs for advanced mobile phones will be sold in more than 220 CompUSA stores in 40 states.The company recently announced a similar deal with RadioShack.The company's products allow mobile-phone users to turn their...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Market research firm Analysys has released a new report warning European operators against a price war between fixed and mobile carriers as fixed-to-mobile service substitution continues. Such a battle could see the total voice market in Europe fall from $189.6 billion in 2002...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom-British mobile phone maker Sendo filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp., marking another chapter in the companies' tumultuous relationship.Details on the lawsuit are unclear. Sendo officials declined to comment on the filing, except to say that the allegations are "serious and substantial."...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Market research firm Analysys has released a new report warning European operators against a price war between fixed and mobile carriers as fixed-to-mobile service substitution continues. Such a battle could see the total voice market in Europe fall from $189.6 billion in 2002...
DUBLIN, Ireland-As the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the awarding of the second GSM license in Ireland continues, those who advised the government at the time have been trying to justify their roles in setting the value of the license.Senior figures in the civil...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Treo maker Handspring Inc. plans to release a "major new product" sometime next year, a device with wireless capabilities that will likely use the newest version of Palm Inc.'s operating system.The company first hinted of its plans during its third-quarter conference call,...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Software company Atsonic L.L.C. announced a new wireless service to deliver live video of traffic updates and travel times information to mobile phones and personal digital assistants.The company's sweetTRAFFIC application offers pictures and information from critical traffic zones such as expressways, intersections, downtown...
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-St. Petersburg-based Delta Telecom, an NMT 450 MHz carrier, launched the first commercial cdma2000 1x network based on the International Mobile Telecommunications-Multi Carrier (IMT-MC) standard and operating in the 450 MHz band.The network, under the Sky Link trademark, will initially target middle...
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