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...
In spite of mammoth debt, operators are beginning to loosen their purse strings to buy equipment again, according to a report by market research firm Dell'Oro Group.The report said Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) equipment revenue jumped fourfold to about US$800 million in the...
In spite of mammoth debt, operators are beginning to loosen their purse strings to buy equipment again, according to a report by market research firm Dell'Oro Group.The report said UMTS equipment revenue jumped fourfold to about $800 million in the third quarter of this...
TOKYO-The top two Japanese mobile handset manufacturers-NEC and Matsushita Communications Industrial-have lost market share, while Sharp, which is the leading maker for picture phone handsets, has expanded its market share, according to a survey compiled by Multimedia Research Institute.According to the marketing firm, the...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having consistently stated that it would be the first to launch a third-generation (3G) service in the United Kingdom, Hutchison has now commented that the timing, always set for the end of 2002, might be in doubt depending on the progress made...
TOKYO-NEC, a leading telecom vendor in Japan, announced it won an additional order for third-generation (3G) handsets from Hutchison Whampoa. Under the initial contract with Hutchison, NEC was to provide 1 million 3G handsets for the Hong Kong-based company. According to NEC, NEC won...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-While industry gurus and market survey reports continue to pour cold water on the likely success of third generation (3G) technology, Hutchison 3G and Tele2 seem determined to overcome the pervading gloom that hangs over the technology. Both firms have recently committed...
BEIJING-In China's biggest corporate debt sale, China Mobile issued 8 billion yuan (US$968 million) worth of fixed-rate bonds, divided into a 5 billion yuan (US$605 million) 15-year tranche and a 3 billion yuan (US$363 million) five-year tranche.The company is offering lower interest rates than...
TOKYO-Japanese vendor NEC Corp. has taken a 5-percent stake in two mobile-phone subsidiaries owned by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. for a total $73 million. The stakes are in Hong Kong mobile operator Hutchison Telephone Company Ltd., Hong Kong's largest mobile operator, and Hutchison 3G HK...
TOKYO-Sharp, a major consumer electronics maker, assumed the third position, after NEC and Matsushita Communications Industrial, in the Japanese mobile handset market in the second quarter, according to statistics compiled by Gartner Japan.Sharp is the pioneer of picture telephones. It has been providing a...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the fanfare surrounding Nokia's launch this week of its first third-generation (3G) handset, many insiders remain adamant that there are significant technological issues to resolve before the devices can be shipped in any volume. The well-known problem of dropped calls during...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an attempt to stimulate the third-generation (3G) content market, Hutchison 3G, which now wants to be known simply as 3, has launched a competition targeted at developers with a prize fund of
TOKYO-Japanese supplier NEC Corp. said it will supply a mobile multimedia platform to French operator Bouygues Telecom for developing i-mode services in France. NEC said it will supply servers and integrated software to allow Bouygues Telecom customers to access i-mode services on its GPRS...
ST PETERSBURG-Paul Aiello has been made vice president of sales and marketing for Progress Telecom, provider of wholesale broadband services.Aiello, with 20 years of telecommunications experience, joins from Williams Communications. He also has held positions at Intecom Inc., RCA Telephone Systems; HCI Technologies and...
DENVER, United States-The solar-powered Pathfinder-Plus, operating at 65,000 feet over Hawaii, has successfully completed commercial tests of third-generation (3G) wireless video telephony, wireless Internet surfing via laptop computer modem and high-definition television (HDTV) broadcast. The three weeks of tests, which ended 21 July, involved...
NEW YORK-The Open Source Development Lab, Beaverton, Ore., a vendor-neutral non-profit organization dedicated to enabling Linux and Linux-based programming for enterprise and carrier-class functionality worldwide, has posted materials for open source developer community feedback on its Web site at www.developer.osdl.orgIn its June 28 announcement,...
OXFORD, United Kingdom and DUBLIN, Ireland-Looking to become the first company to launch third-generation (3G) services in the United Kingdom, Hutchison 3G has denied press reports that it is quietly slipping the launch date due to fears of handset shortages and technical problems. The...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Agere Systems said NEC has standardized Agere's GPRS cell phone platform for new i-mode products. According to Agere, its platform, which uses hardware and software to develop and customize cell phones for high-speed data applications, reduces product development and network approval time by...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said its Taiwanese partner KG Telecommunications will begin i-mode service on June 20. The operator will launch i-mode services on its GPRS network.Content from about 80 Web sites will be available for a basic monthly fee of $4.95 in addition to...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo said its Taiwanese partner KG Telecommunications will begin i-mode service on 20 June. The operator will launch i-mode services on its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network.Content from about 80 Web sites will be available for a basic monthly fee of $4.95...
TOKYO—NEC Corp. said it received an order from Taiwan's KG Telecommunications for mobile handsets for KG Telecom's i-mode service. NEC said the delivery will make it the first supplier of i-mode handsets in Asia outside Japan.KG Telecom will be the first company in Asia...
TOKYO—NEC, the leading handset maker in Japan, announced that it shipped 2.5-generation (2.5G) handsets for China Mobile. China Mobile is the largest mobile carrier in China with 115 million subscribers.China Mobile launched data service based on General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology last week....
TOKYO—NEC, the largest telecom vendor in Japan, announced it will expand its procurement of mobile handsets from China to 200 billion yen (US$1.6 billion) in fiscal 2002. NEC is going to launch General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) handsets targeting the European market in fiscal...
