IRVINE, Calif.-Disposable phone maker Hop-On announced it appointed Samuel Demissie as its interim president. Demissie joined Hop-On in February 2003 as president of its Handset Development Group. The company is still looking for an interim chief executive.The company's former chief executive officer, Peter Michaels,...
VIENNA, Austria-Two mobile operators have launched UMTS services in Austria, highlighting a new 3G momentum on the European continent.The two carriers, Mmobilkom Austria and Hutchison 3G Austria, are emphasizing video telephony in their marketing strategies. Mmobilkom rolled out Siemens AG's mobile phones, the U10,...
Hutchison's 3 is one of the European carriers to blaze the trail for third-generation UMTS technology with a launch of its services in Sweden, emphasizing mobile video communication."We offer today mobile video and other advanced services at attractive prices for the frequent user of...
VIENNA, Austria-Two mobile operators have launched UMTS services in Austria, highlighting a new 3G momentum on the European continent.The two carriers, Mmobilkom Austria and Hutchison 3G Austria, are emphasizing video telephony in their marketing strategies. Mmobilkom rolled out Siemens AG's mobile phones, the U10,...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-NEC Corp. has selected Agilent Technologies Inc. to supply it with infrared transceivers with remote control capability for full-color display mobile phones."With the Agilent HSDL -3002's IR port, the NEC N504iS mobile phone provides cordless communications functions such as exchanging pictures with...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Strict planning rules governing the location of third-generation (3G) transmitter masts look as if they could leave some regions of Scotland without access to the new mobile services. Hutchison 3G and MmO2 claim moratoria imposed by some Scottish councils to prevent masts...
TOKYO-Sharp, a leading mobile handset manufacturer in Japan, announced it will provide mobile handsets with built-in tiny cameras to China Mobile. Sharp has been providing mobile handsets with cameras to carriers in Hong Kong and Taiwan.Under its bilateral contract with Datang Telephone, a leading...
LONDON-NEC Corp. and Siemens AG said they have completed the first phase of a European commercial 3G radio network for Hutchison 3G UK, which trades as 3.Both companies are supplying 3 UK's radio access network and radio network controller equipment in London and Southern...
NEW YORK-Airespace Inc., San Jose, Calif., hatched in the Storm Ventures incubator 18 months ago, reached a fledgling milestone last weekwhen it made the first commercial shipment of its Wireless Enterprise Platform for managing and securing in-building and campus wireless local area networks.At customer...
CARROLLTON, Texas-Value-added wireless products distributor CellStar Corp. reported a first-quarter net loss of $16.8 million, or 82 cents per share, on revenues of $507.1 million.The latest results represented a decline from the year-ago quarter when the company posted net income of $11.4 million, or...
LONDON-U.K. newcomer Hutchison 3G U.K. has conceded to handset subsidies, with prices of its handsets dropping by as much as $450 from its original prices announced in February, according to current details on its Web site. Handsets in February retailed as high as $731,...
HANNOVER, Germany-The march of new, advanced devices continued in conjunction with the CeBIT trade show, with Samsung, Siemens, NEC and Symbol all making announcements.Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. made perhaps the most interesting announcement with plans to sell a new style of wireless devices based...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-As the initial boom of the wireless industry slows, mobile-phone makers are looking for the next major step for the industry, and are greatly expanding the definition of "wireless device" in their efforts."How do you take a phone and have is disappear into...
TOKYO-NEC Mobiling, an NEC Group company, announced it will launch a printing service for photos taken by mobile phones. It will be a mobile-phone version of the once-popular print club.Users of the new service will be able to immediately print seals with a photo...
TOKYO-NEC Corp. will release its new e525 GPRS/WAP mobile handset at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, next week. The phone features a fold-form design, built-in antenna and integrated camera. It also includes two color displays, three picture formats, MMS capability, a picture...
LONDON-U.K. newcomer Hutchison 3G has released additional pricing details for its third-generation service, dubbed "3," which it says will formally launch on March 3, with "pre-orders" beginning online Feb. 22. The operator also announced two types of pricing, a "pay-as-you-go" scheme and two bundled...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile carrier in Japan, said it will stop selling the latest mobile handset manufactured by NEC because the handset might generate heat. According to NTT DoCoMo, the N504iS handset might generate heat up to 100 degrees Celsius because there is...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-IBM Corp., NEC and Toshiba Corp. have begun shipping laptop computers incorporating Atheros Communications' multimode 802.11 a/b chipsets, and Hewlett-Packard Co. will soon ship laptops with built-in 802.11 a/b/g chipsets from the Sunnyvale, Calif., company."We are the first and, as of right now,...
HELSINKI, Finland-Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa and Swedish venture group Investor are planning a spring launch for their so-called 3 mobile telephony service in Sweden. Company chiefs insist the new mobile service will return a profit on operations within five years. Hutchison and Investor are...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-As Microsoft and Symbian fight for dominance in the burgeoning smart-phone operating system (OS) market, U.S.-based Montavista Software has announced it is working with NEC to develop a Linux-based OS specifically targeted for use within cell phones.According to Montavista, Symbian is the...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Linux operating system has raised its stakes in the wireless world in a pact with MontaVista Software, which has agreed to embed the OS into a variety of handsets.The move squares Linux off against both the Palm and Symbian operating systems.Phone maker...
MILPITAS, Calif.-GRIC Communications announced NEC and Sony Communications Network (SoNet) will offer its wireless Internet roaming service to customers, and Excite Japan will offer its wireless and dial-up roaming service to customers through its marketing partner Netvein.GRIC has previously signed agreements with Singapore Telecommunications...
TOKYO-KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced the number of subscribers for its third-generation (3G) service exceeded 4 million. KDDI launched its 3G service based on cdma2000 1x in April.It won more than 4 million users within eight months. KDDI is targeting to...
TOKYO-Coding Technologies, Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) and NEC jointly released a new low-power decoder version for the upcoming MPEG-4 AAC-plus-SBR standard. The low-power implementation allows the standard to run on processors for mobile and portable devices"The work of Panasonic, NEC and Coding Technologies has...
