LONDON-Dutch wireless carrier KPN will add a new NEC i-mode handset to its portfolio, according to NEC UK Ltd. NEC said it launched the tri-band N401i handset, which incorporates video and camera features and an MP3 player, for the European i-mode market. KPN will...
IRVING, Texas-Since it was unable to score a distribution deal with Cingular Wireless and other GSM carriers, NEC America Inc. plans to sell its new GSM/EDGE clamshell-style 232E mobile phone through its Web site. NEC made a splash last year when it re-entered the...
Unsatisfied with the same old phone selection from your local wireless provider? Shopping for a unique device that will amaze your friends and colleagues? Look no further than the world of online phone auctions. Ebay and other online Internet auctions offer a staggering range...
TOKYO-NEC Corp. received an order for its messaging intelligent routers multimedia message service system from Telefonica Moviles Espana.NEC said the system can be added to the existing MMS and mail-server systems of wireless carriers. MIR is a new method to extract necessary data from...
The world's two most popular consumer electronics devices may soon be combined into one-the mobile TV phone. Behold. Although one is designed for sedentary, passive entertainment and the other for portable, two-way interactions, technology companies the world over are scurrying to build devices that...
NEC Corp. said it plans to use third-generation chipsets and reference designs from Ericsson Mobile Platforms and Qualcomm Inc., moves that indicate the growing importance of such teamings for 3G services.NEC said it has built a prototype 3G phone using Qualcomm's dual-mode GPRS/W-CDMA platform...
Recurrent Software Solutions Inc. introduced its VersaBill automated bill formatting system. The product allows companies to streamline their electronic billing in a format that meets their specifications, said the company. Once the electronic format is established, VersaBill creates code to parse the format for...
TOKYO-NEC Electronic Corp. wants to make chips off its old block. The semiconductor unit of NEC Corp. said it will work together with its parent company to develop dual-mode chipsets that will combine W-CDMA with GSM/GPRS and EDGE technologies.The project, which is estimated to...
TOKYO-NEC Electronic Corp. wants to make chips off its old block.The semiconductor unit of NEC Corp said it will work together with the parent company to develop dual-mode chipsets that will combine W-CDMA with GSM/GPRS and EDGE technologies.The project, which is estimated to cost...
As the new No. 1 carrier in the United States, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is in the position to greatly tighten its control over its handset suppliers. And with a subscriber base of nearly 46 million, the carrier has influence enough to develop a Vodafone-style...
Network equipment divisions performed better for major wireless vendors in the third quarter than their handset businesses did. At Nokia Corp., handset sales figures still topped equipment sales, but infrastructure revenue was on the rise while handset sales declined. Industry experts attribute this turnabout...
TOKYO-Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its latest line-up of advanced handsets for its FOMA third-generation network. The carrier's new 901i series of mobile phones feature advanced video calling, increased memory and support for a variety of features. Although DoCoMo does not name...
HONG KONG-Siemens AG said it is ramping up its third-generation efforts in the network market in Asia even as it jointly presented a new base station line with NEC Corp.The base station, known as NB-88x, is equipped with High Speed Downlink Packet Access, which...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has completed its assisted global positioning system technology call on W-CDMA/GSM/GPRS networks for location-based services.The company said the call took place independently with four vendors, including Alcatel Corp., NEC Corp., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Spirent."Qualcomm has validated its gpsOne...
While primarily a stomping ground for carriers and content developers to meet and deal, this year's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show, held last week in San Francisco, also provided a platform for the launch of several new wireless handsets. Audiovox Communications Corp. led...
LONDON-NEC announced today that O2 U.K. launched the NEC e101, a GPRS-enabled camera phone, on O2's Pay&Go tariff. Combining a WAP 2.0 browser and JAVA engine, the e101 offers access to the O2 Active wireless Web service. The clamshell-style e101 offers a second external...
KAWASAKI, Japan-NEC Electronics Corp. launched three single-chip melody LSI solutions that offer sound technology for mobile phones.The product line-up consists of the microPD9993 chip, which offers 64 polyphonic tones and is the first LSI device to support MP3 and advanced audio coding playback; the...
LONG BEACH, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., NEC Corp., Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG have formed a Cooperative Open OSS Project (CO-OP) under the framework of the TeleManagement Forum. The participants said CO-OP members will work together on architecture specification, testing and verification of mobile...
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 year...
Vodafone announced plans for 10 new third-generation handsets expected to hit the European and Japanese markets in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season.The line-up consists of Sharp Corp.'s 802 and 902 models; the E1000, V980 and C980 from Motorola Inc.; the V800 from...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has collaborated with NEC Corp. to complete what it describes as both companies' first phase of interoperability testing for Internet Protocol multimedia subsystems.Both vendors said the tests established sessions for Voice over IP as well as transferred instant messages...
No longer will EDGE technology belong to the list of protocols with an uncertain future. As some industry experts look at it, EDGE is ramping up in spite of its weaknesses. It is taking advantage of the boom of its predecessor, GSM/GPRS, another technology...
A flurry of announcements Friday brought European mobile users one step closer to watching video broadcasts on their handsets. In three separate announcements: Handset manufacturers Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and NEC Corp. will cooperate to create a standard that will...
Sprint Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. announced they have entered a reciprocal Wi-Fi roaming agreement. Through the partnerships, the carriers' customers will be able to access each other's public Wi-Fi networks using existing user IDs and passwords, and will be charged according to their...
