SINGAPORE-Siemens AG said it has rolled out what it describes as the first GSM/GPRS module with integrated EDGE technology for high-speed data transfer.The product, the MC75, can work in all GSM networks worldwide and has a USB port for plug-and-play functions. It is suitable...
LOS ANGELES-Ring-tone company Xingtone Inc. announced it scored a first round of institutional financing from Siemens Mobile Acceleration. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."This investment is a significant development both for our company and the burgeoning mobile entertainment industry," said Jonathan Schreiber, the...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has signed a $365 million contract to supply UMTS equipment to Italian operator Wind.The deal, which is the first phase that will run for three years, will cover network infrastructure and radio base stations.Siemens said it supplies three out...
BERLIN-Siemens announced it will discontinue its line of fashion-focused mobile phones sold under its Xelibri brand. Launched early last year, the line-up of phones included devices made to look like jewelry, makeup kits and other fashion-style apparel. Siemens said it will continue to focus...
Delays in deploying third-generation networks combined with an overall slow economy helped create a 12-percent drop in demand for wireless equipment last year, according to a new report from the Gartner Group, a research and analyst company.But the fourth quarter witnessed an upturn in...
Delays in deploying third-generation networks combined with an overall slow economy helped create a 12-percent drop in demand for wireless equipment last year, according to a new report from the Gartner Group, a research and analyst company.But the fourth quarter witnessed an upturn in...
BEIJING-Siemens AG said it is raising its stakes in the China mobile market by investing as much as $1.2 billion more in the market during the next three to five years, according to press reports.The investments will cover both networks and mobile phones, according...
MUNICH, Germany and PARIS-Both Siemens AG and Alcatel Corp. announced GSM contracts Wednesday.Siemens said it will extend GSM networks in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine for Russian-based wireless carrier Mobile TeleSystems under a $200 million contract.Under the agreement, Siemens will expand and upgrade the switching...
German handset maker Siemens AG and Chinese vendor Ningbo Bird Co. Ltd. announced a new strategic partnership to build and sell mobile phones in Chinese and international markets, moves that could expand both companies' sales opportunities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Under...
German handset maker Siemens AG and Chinese vendor Ningbo Bird Co. Ltd. announced a new strategic partnership to build and sell mobile phones in Chinese and international markets, moves that could expand both companies' sales opportunities. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.Under...
SAN DIEGO-The Mobile Imaging and Printing Consortium announced mobile handset makers Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Siemens have become strategic members. Founded by printer companies Hewlett-Packard Co., Canon and Epson, the MIPC is an industry group working to allow camera-phone users to...
Wireless vendors are reaping contract dividends as carriers loosen their purse strings. L.M. Ericsson announced three contracts today, while Siemens AG and Alcatel Corp. announced one each.Ericsson said it won a UMTS deal with Mobilkom Austria, a CDMA2000 1x deal with Sichuan Unicom and...
BERLIN-Technology giant Siemens AG reported net income increasing to $1.4 billion in its second quarter, up from the $673 million it reported in the same quarter last year. The firm said the increase was largely due to the sale of its stake in chipmaker...
Although market leader Nokia Corp. stumbled in the first quarter, most of the rest of the world's handset makers managed to cash in on what analysts predict will be the biggest year ever for the mobile-phone industry. Indeed, Sony Ericsson Communications L.P., LG Electronics...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it received a contract for $35.8 million from China Mobile Communications Corp. to expand its network in the provinces and municipalities of Anhui, Shanghai and Zhejiang.Siemens will enhance the carrier's capacity by providing Power CPs, high-performance processors for the switching...
Siemens said it will become the latest company to license BlackBerry technology from wireless e-mail company Research In Motion Ltd. The news lends further credibility to industry watchers who argue RIM may eventually drop its device business to focus solely on its licensing and...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said ZAO Smarts, the fourth-largest mobile carrier in Russia, has contracted the German vendor to deliver equipment worth $36.4 million. The order includes GSM technology, microwave systems and GPRS network elements for the SMARTS subsidiary in central and southwestern Russia.The equipment...
ATLANTA-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group said it plans to develop a complete solution for WiMAX radio networks, which will be available in the second half of next year.The solution will include base stations based on the IEEE 802.16d standard for fixed wireless broadband...
HANNOVER, Germany-Comverse announced a joint project with Siemens, which calls for Comverse to implement its Visual Voicemail handset client on Siemens' new Symbian OS-based SX1 mobile handsets.The handsets are being supplied to operators with complete VVM functionality preloaded, said Comverse.The VVM product includes an...
ATLANTA-Siemens Mobile said it placed an Internet-Protocol-based Multimedia Subsystem call on a live GSM network in the United States.The call was made using Siemens' IMS@vantage technology, which delivers instant messaging, interactive gaming, friend list/network presence detection, video telephony, push-to-talk over cellular and other multimedia...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Siemens AG said it is collaborating with Comverse Technology Inc. to provide GSM-R services like voice and short message services to leading Scandinavian railways in Norway and Finland.GSM-R is a wireless system adapted to specific railway needs, which include guard/conductor to driver communication,...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Mobile phone maker Siemens said it will invest $40 million in Brazil to foster the development of mobile phones, cordless phones and wireless modules, a move the company said will help triple its production capacity by the first quarter of next year.The...
Although wireless by and large caters to the consumer market, many of the industry's major mobile-phone makers zeroed in on the high-margin business user during the 3GSM show in Cannes, France.Nokia, the world's No. 1 handset manufacturer, used the show as a platform to...
CANNES, France-Siemens AG said it has developed a new standards-based mobile network architecture that simplifies and enhances performance as well as reduces cost.The vendor claims to be the first to develop a comprehensive system that conforms to the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture, Carrier Grade...
