Video Optimization

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will lead a consortium of 35 companies conducting field trials using a newly developed FOMA mobile communications platform enabling multiple people to participate in mobile …

OTTAWA, Calif.—Atsana Semiconductor Corp. and Omnivision have agreed to jointly develop reference design to improve the performance of mobile video and imaging devices like wireless cameras and video-enabled phones. “Our …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—With Bluetooth chipset manufacturers forecasting shipments of more than 90 million devices this year, the technology looks, eventually, like it is coming of age. The announcement last week …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo launched its FOMA mobile communications platform, enabling numerous people to participate in a mobile video conference. If four people or less are involved in a video conference, the …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. launched its FOMA mobile communications platform enabling numerous people to participate in a mobile video conference. If four people or less are involved in a video conference, …

SAN JOSE, California, United States—LG Telecom signed an agreement with Thin Multimedia to provide mobile video services to LT Telecom’s 4.5 million subscribers. The service will launch in the first …

BEIJING—Motorola said it has made its first cdma2000 1x data call successfully in a live demonstration to Chinese telecom operators at the PT Wireless & Networks Comm China 2001. “Motorola …

BEIJING—Motorola Inc. said it has made its first cdma2000 1x data call successfully in a live demonstration to Chinese telecom operators at the PT Wireless & Networks Comm China 2001. …

TOKYO—NEC Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial are discussing a broad alliance to jointly develop mobile video phones and other handheld devices, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.Both …

Unplugged Games Inc. officially released its MobileStage gaming product, a wireless video game platform for carriers designed to increase revenues through multiplayer games and specialized billing systems. “It, in many …

With an eye to rich services, reduced complexity and higher profits for service providers catering to their enterprise customers, Lucent Technologies Inc. has rolled out five new high performance, attractively …

LAS VEGAS-Symbian, a provider of software platforms for next-generation mobile phones, made several announcements at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless 2001 show last week in Las Vegas and …

LAS VEGAS-Spectrum issues were at the forefront of discussions during the opening keynote speech at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association’s Wireless 2001 show in Las Vegas Tuesday. Highlighting the …

Even more nascent than the wireless Internet industry, the wireless multimedia industry is expected to represent a good portion of next-generation wireless Internet services. PacketVideo Corp.-which develops wireless streaming video …

NEW YORK-SolidStreaming Inc. and AnyDevice Inc. said they plan to integrate their software platforms to enable carrier and enterprise customers to deliver data, audio and video content to wireless devices. …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week cast doubt on large-scale sharing of spectrum designated for third-generation mobile systems, a development likely to shift the government’s focus to broadcast spectrum and to …

LAS VEGAS-The computer industry is ready to stake its claim in the wireless market, evidenced by a range of announcements at this year’s Fall Comdex show. Various PDA manufacturers and …

Lucent Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that John Young, former president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and a current member of the Lucent board of directors, will become chairman …

CHICAGO-Video content may be the new show to watch on the wireless Internet. Content is the name of the game in the wireless Internet evolution going forward. And while it …

NEW YORK-Israeli-based wireless streaming solutions provider GEO Interactive Media Group Ltd. launched U.S. operations with the opening of its New York headquarters. GEO’s proprietary technology, Emblaze, delivers MPEG-4 compliant video …

NEW YORK-To catch a thief, at least two companies are turning to wireless technology. The first out of the box is Aeris.net, San Jose, Calif., which provides back-up wireless messaging …

SAN DIEGO-Intellectual property provider ARM and PacketVideo Corp. announced a collaboration to integrate PacketVideo’s wireless video decode software with ARM’s microprocessor core in an attempt to help accelerate the deployment …

NEW YORK-In its next-generation, Internet-enabled mobile wireless devices, L.M. Ericsson will use the Open Multimedia Application Platform of Texas Instruments Inc., according to an agreement announced Jan. 10. The OMAP, …

MONTREAL-Ericsson Canada Inc. said it will invest $196 million and create 130 new engineering positions during the next three years to develop third-generation wireless solutions. As part of the initiative, …

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Omnipoint Technologies Inc. and TeleSite USA Inc. announced a partnership to jointly market Global System for Mobile communications-based wireless video monitoring and surveillance solutions. The solutions use TeleSite’s …