HELSINKI, Finland-Jorma Ollila, chairman of Helsinki-based Nokia, has questioned the ability or willingness of mobile telecom companies to strengthen their European operations through strategic mergers and takeovers aimed at market consolidation. "Having examined the market closely, I doubt very much if there will be...
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. posted huge gains during the third quarter, earning $593 million, compared with $181 million a year ago, and net income per share of 13 cents, up from 4 cents.Overall net sales increased by just 2 percent, to $7 billion from $6.8...
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-Starfish Software said LapLink will offer Starfish's TrueSync Plus for PDAs and Mobile Phones to its end users and enterprise customers.The software provides data synchronization between PDAs, mobile phones, applications and services.
LONDON-Magic4 has added magic4 SyncML to its mobile messaging platform, allowing manufacturers to incorporate the technology into handsets so users can synchronize mobile data to their PCs."There is market demand from mobile phone users who want ubiquitous access to their updated information, so synchronizing...
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-Starfish Software will demonstrate its SyncML-based over-the-air synchronization technology at CTIA's Wireless IT & Internet show this week in Las Vegas. Starfish, an independent wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola and a founding sponsor of the SyncML Initiative, will demonstrate how its technology...
WASHINGTON-Vermont lawmakers have introduced legislation to repeal a key provision of the 1996 telecom act designed to foster antenna siting for mobile-phone operators, setting the stage for a follow-up bill authorizing federal funding of wireless health research."As a Vermonter, I do not want to...
WASHINGTON-The Defense appropriations bill about to be passed by Congress will not include any of the $73 million the Bush administration requested for wireless priority access, a stunning blow to the Pentagon as well as GSM mobile phone carriers and vendors that were positioned...
TOKYO-Fujitsu Research Institute, a research arm of Fujitsu Limited, has developed a home-use robot controlled by a mobile phone, the company announced.According to the firm, users of the robot can not only see and check conditions of their houses by operating the robot with...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The U.K.-based consumer magazine Which has called on prepaid cell-phone users to consider saving money by switching to yearly contracts with their mobile operators. The magazine claimed that pay-as-you-go users who spend more than 30 euro (US$29.58) a month could save money...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States-Telephia reported more than half of the overall U.S. population living in major metropolitan areas now own mobile phones and subscribe to service, according to ongoing measurements performed by the company in 44 markets.Telephia said that while the average penetration rate...
WASHINGTON-Skyworld Communications Inc., a minority-owned wireless dealer in Chicago, is bringing a $23 million lawsuit against T-Mobile USA Inc. for breach of contract and violation of the Illinois Franchise Act. The dealer also has filed a civil rights complaint with Justice Department against the...
WASHINGTON-Justice Department antitrust chief Charles James is resigning to become vice president and general counsel for Chevron Texaco Corp., leaving several pending high-tech mergers in limbo and creating uncertainty for mobile phone operators that are in merger talks.James, who negotiated a settlement in the...
PARIS-Samsung Electronics will soon sell a high-end mobile phone with a built-in camera in Europe, according to reports.Samsung officials in Korea couldn't immediately be reached for comment.The world's No. 3 phone maker has made massive inroads in the worldwide mobile-phone market.
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has granted a stay of rules for non-initialized and 911-only mobile phones. The rules were set to go into effect on Oct. 1.The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions sought the stay as a follow-up to a petition it filed seeking...
HONG KONG-With the cellular phone market saturated at 86 percent of the population, Hong Kong's wireless engineers have wasted no time in jumping on the next bandwagon-WiFi and Bluetooth, short range technologies with potential applications in companies and household.The upsurge in totally unregulated wireless...
TOKYO-Mitsubishi Electric announced it developed Internet Protocol (IP) mobile technology for wireless local area network (WLAN) and PHS data communications. The firm is aimed at launching commercial service via its subsidiary by March 2004.Users of the service can make a call from a mobile...
WASHINGTON-A state appeals court in Illinois has affirmed a lower court ruling that threw out a cancer lawsuit brought by former Motorola Inc. engineer Robert Kane. Kane claimed the testing of mobile phones caused his brain cancer. Kane said his lawyers plan to...
DUBLIN, Ireland-A new initiative launched by the major U.K. mobile operators and retailers will, it is hoped, reduce the environmental impact of the 15 million mobile phones replaced in the United Kingdom each year.The Fonebak recycling scheme will see retailers accept handsets, batteries and...
CHICAGO-Socket Communications Inc. has added Bluetooth capability to its In-Hand Scan Cards, making it possible for Pocket PCs, Pen Tablets, or other wireless devices to incorporate bar code scanners with wireless connectivity. With the scan card, which will be available for developers in October,...
TOKYO-In its continuing fight against phone scams, NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin offering a new ring tone that will remain silent for a few moments at the beginning of an incoming call for selected handsets. The ring tone is designed to combat...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Visa International has developed a chip-based card that will enable users to make payments without inserting or swiping their cards."Based on an international standard, ISO 14443, the new specification uses a chip embedded in a plastic card or an electronic device, such...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported it would begin marketing its FOMA T2101V 3G mobile phone designed for the carrier's i-motion video-clip transmission service Sept. 27.DoCoMo said the handset can save up to four 15-second or two 30-second video messages from incoming calls, and a remote...
WASHINGTON-A review by two U.S. scientists of epidemiology studies found no casual association between mobile-phone use and cancer risk.John Boice and Joseph McLaughlin, two former government scientists who head the International Epidemiology Institute, a biomedical research firm in Rockville, Md., were hired by the...
A full size keyboard capable of connecting to a portable mobile device like a cell phone or PDA that is capable of folding into nothing-sounds too good to be true, right? Wrong, with Canesta's new fully integrated projection keyboard for mobile devices. The keyboard...
