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...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-RadioShack Corp. said it will sell new wireless data access products from FutureDial in its 5,100 stores nationwide.FutureDial's SnapSync software allows mobile-phone users to edit phonebook information directly on the PC, and then transfer that data to a mobile phone. The company's SnapDialer...
WASHINGTON-Rather than relying on industry-supplied data-much of it from the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association-the Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on the state of competition in the mobile phone and mobile-data industries."The CMRS Competition Report serves as the factual foundation of many...
WASHINGTON-A new Pentagon report said spectrum loss to the wireless industry is hurting military capability and has forced it "to pursue proactive approaches that would prevent future erosion of critical government EM spectrum."The Department of Defense is currently battling with Microsoft Corp....
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Along with research firm IDC's report entitled "Attack of the Phones: Worldwide Handset Market Forecast and Analysis, 2002-2006," program manager Kevin Burden predicts that a "wireless revolution is waiting in the wings."Burden's rosy outlook is backed by the report's optimistic numbers: mobile phone...
LONDON-Operating system company Symbian said ARM, Hewlett-Packard Co., Motorola SPS, RealNetworks and Texas Instruments joined the company's Platinum Partner program. The company also said it will work with ARM and TI to closely integrate and optimize its operating system with the technologies from ARM...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-InnoPath Software Inc. has added Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. to its list of clients, agreeing to provide its over-the-air software on Sanyo's 3G handsets. InnoPath's DeltaUpgrade Plus software allows operators to debug phones via a download. The product was used earlier this...
WASHINGTON-Lawyers for Christopher Newman later today are expected to appeal last month's dismissal of an $800 million brain cancer lawsuit against Motorola Inc. U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake of Baltimore threw out the lawsuit on Oct. 31, after ruling the previous month that Newman...
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Shipping giant FedEx Corp. announced it will begin using new wireless devices built by Motorola Inc. and running on Microsoft Corp.'s personal digital assistant operating system.FedEx said the device is currently under testing, and that it will be available early next year to...
IRVINE, Calif.-Disposable mobile phone maker Hop-On announced Viasystems will manufacture 61,000 CDMA 800 MHz disposable/recyclable phones to sell in China."We now have an EMS partner with a first-rate global network and telecommunications specialization," said Peter Michaels, chairman and chief executive officer of Hop-On. "Viasystems...
GOLDEN, Colo.-nReach will deploy new digital vending ports, private label Web sites and prepaid card locations in seven wireless retail chains in the U.S. on Nov. 29.With the new solution, consumers can buy mobile phone content in-store or on the Web with an nReach...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Nokia Corp. and Samsung Corp. came out ahead of the curve in worldwide mobile phone sales during the third quarter, according to Gartner Dataquest. However, Motorola Inc. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications failed to take advantage of a growing market-with Sony Ericsson...
WASHINGTON-Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association President Thomas Wheeler today urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell to auction spectrum of financially troubled mobile satellite service providers.The FCC is expected to rule in January whether to allow Craig McCaw's ICO Global Communications and other MSS...
LONDON-Damovo said it won the Nabarro Nathanson Most Effective Use of Technology in a Project award for developing the Metropolitan Police Service's Silent Solution which routes silent 999-the U.K. version of 911-calls to an auto attendant before routing genuine calls to a real person."Accidental...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said sales of its i-shot handsets have topped 3 million after six months of availability. I-shot is NTT DoCoMo's picture messaging service, which it launched to compete with rival J-Phone's highly popular Sha-mail picture service.The service allows subscribers to transmit still images...
Lucent Technologies Inc. says carrier Movilnet has launched its cdma2000 1x voice and data network using its equipment, software and services. "Movilnet's subscribers will be able to access the cdma2000 network with cdma2000 1x cell phones or personal digital assistants and laptop PCs equipped...
NEW YORK-CKW Wireless Pty Ltd., an Australian subsidiary of ArrayComm Inc., San Jose, Calif., has launched a pre-commercial trial in Sydney of the i-Burst personal broadband system.ArrayComm's patented IntelliCell technology, based on fully adaptive smart antennas, is the foundation for the i-Burst system, which...
WASHINGTON-The FCC's Enforcement Bureau on Friday said it wanted to evaluate test results by the Wireless Consumers Alliance that claimed that none of the 33 mobile phones tested by the group meet the government's 911 strongest-signal rules adopted in 1999."The Federal Communications Commission takes...
WASHINGTON-Wouldn't it be cool to receive e-mail, a mobile-phone call or connect to the Internet while you are flying?That was the question examined last week at the Wireless Onboard Aircraft Single Focus Workshop, sponsored by the World Airline Entertainment Association.Using the term personal electronic...
Wireless technology, from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth to GSM and CDMA, served a major role during the Comdex show, with attendees getting a peek at some of the latest initiatives in the industry.But while product releases and new announcements made up the majority of news...
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Chinese mobile phone maker TCL Mobile Communications will offer color LCD display phones using modules from wireless module provider Wavecom."The flexibility of the WISMO module and Wavecom's best-in-class integration support allows us to focus on design and marketing and to adapt our offering...
WASHINGTON-None of the 33 mobile phones tested by the Wireless Consumers Alliance meet the Federal Communications Commission's 911 strongest-signal rules adopted in 1999, WCA charges in a series of lawsuits filed by the group.The first lawsuit against Sprint Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd....
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics laid out its vision for the U.S. wireless market in conjunction with the Comdex show in Las Vegas, boasting of its worldwide mobile phone sales of 11.7 million units in the third quarter and promising to sell more than 9...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia's mobile subscribers will be able to access Hotmail e-mail sent via short message service to their mobile phones under a new deal the operator signed with MSN, Microsoft's Internet portal.MSN launched the service in Sweden today, and it is open to Hotmail...
