HELSINKI, Finland-The Nokia Artus Developers Program, which covers Nokia Networks' developer activities, said it has advanced to play a major role in bringing top developers and Nokia operator customers together to offer concrete Wireless Application Protocol applications and other value-added services.The program is aimed...
NEW YORK-In the last seven years, semiconductor processing capacity has increased by about 2,600 percent while battery technology has improved by approximately 65 percent on a watts basis, said Phillip Redman, program manager, wireless/mobile communications for The Yankee Group, Boston.Moore's Law, which says the...
HELSINKI, Finland-New World Mobility in Hong Kong said it has finished installing the Nokia General Packet Radio Service solution.New World Mobility integrated the GPRS solution into its existing Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure for testing and to prepare for future data needs, the...
LetsTalk.com launched its Web site Dec. 2, offering a variety of wireless products and services in conjunction with Let's Talk Cellular and Wireless' 260 nationwide retail stores."We have seen the Internet as the best way to present information to consumers and allow them to...
Lucent Technologies Inc. charged ahead during the first half of the year, recording a substantial jump in profit growth and edging ahead of Nokia Corp. as the major players' leader in net income for the first half of the year.Profit leadersLucent displaced Alcatel as...
REDMOND, Wash.-InfoSpace.com introduced its person-to-person instant messaging service for mobile wireless devices.The company said the server-based service will allow users on different networks and devices to send instant text-messages to each other, including those on Internet networks such as America Online. Because the user's...
LONDON-ICL, a United Kingdom-based wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Corp., announced a $161.7 million electronic business expansion initiative, including a focus on wireless services. ICL will market and distribute Nokia Corp. Wireless Application Protocol server products as part of the eBusiness e-services it provides...
ALAMEDA, Calf.-Geoworks Corp. and Nokia Corp. announced they have agreed to expand Geoworks' role as a development partner to Nokia.Geoworks will develop application software for mobile devices and continue to provide professional technology services to Nokia. The companies have worked together since 1995 to...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it signed $150 million and $30 million contracts, respectively, with cellular operator Smart Communications Inc. and telecom company Globe Telecom, both in the Philippines, for the supply of Nokia's General Packet Radio Service core network solution and the expansion of...
LAS VEGAS-L.M. Ericsson announced its first consumer product incorporating Bluetooth technology at Comdex/Fall '99. The cellular phone headset connects to a mobile phone by a radio link instead of a cable. The product will be commercially available in mid-2000, said Ericsson.The 0.75-ounce wireless mobile...
As the wireless industry continues its journey toward the convergence of wireless and Internet, many have kept a wary eye on Microsoft Corp. to determine where wireless concerns can fit in a paradigm held by computer interests.After all, competing in the same space as...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, bowing to industry pressure here and across the Atlantic, last week signaled for the first time a willingness to consider supporting global harmonization of third-generation mobile spectrum at next year's World Radiocommunication Conference in Turkey."We've started a process to reopen discussions...
United KingdomBritish Telecommunications plc is close to a deal with Viag, the German utility, that would give it access to the Austrian telecom market and more control in Switzerland, the Financial Times reported. BT will take a 50-percent stake in a new holding company,...
SAN FRANCISCO-Act now! GSM carriers need to deploy wireless data today, speakers told Global System for Mobile communications operators at last week's GSM in North America conference here.Carriers need to get data applications into the hands of consumers before next-generation data-centric networks come along,...
HELSINKI-Telefonica Moviles of Spain, with approximately 8 million cellular subscribers, signed an agreement with Nokia Corp. for the deployment of a General Packet Radio Services core network.Also, Nokia and the Shanghai branch of China United Telecommunications Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding to supply...
TesscoTessco Technologies Inc. appointed Kevin P. Demery vice president and unit director of product and brand development. He will be responsible for electronic commerce, product management, strategic planning and all marketing communications. Demery has held senior sales and marketing positions with Ericsson Inc. and...
HELSINKI-Nokia Networks, the infrastructure arm of Nokia Corp., said it and Mitsubishi Electric initiated interoperability testing between their products and solutions supporting the Wireless Application Protocol 1.1.The intent of the tests is to enhance the compatibility of WAP-based products and services, ensuring they will...
WASHINGTON-When it comes to spending money to open doors and change hearts and minds in official Washington, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association is King of the Hill.As a wireless trade association, CTIA is without peer-a lobbying juggernaut. Money appears to be no object. In...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile telephony in Latin America rapidly is evolving into a viable substitute for inefficient and expensive landline services, according to Dataquest Inc.During the first half of this year, Latin American handset sales exceeded 9.8 million, and Dataquest forecasts handset sales to reach...
Some confusion exists in the wireless industry over whether mobile-phone-component shortages are affecting the handset supply in the United States.Major handset suppliers say they aren't struggling with component shortages, but one major carrier said its lower subscriber additions in the third quarter were caused...
The Chinese government announced it will enforce regulations announced last year requiring all foreign-manufactured mobile phones and other telecommunications equipment to carry a government-issued seal indicating authenticity. The government said the move will help it reduce smuggled goods from entering the country. Foreign executives...
BEIJING-Tough times lie ahead for equipment suppliers and operators with the establishment of China Mobile expected to slow equipment purchases and with China Unicom still struggling to end its China-China-Foreign contracts and feverishly trying to secure alternative financing.With China Mobile still in its infancy...
SINGAPORE-Mobile data is quickly taking off in many parts of Asia, with growth rates in the region comparing favorably to take-up rates in Europe and the United States, say analysts.Although overall percentages of Asian wireless subscribers that use data services are not available, Steven...
CanadaBell Canada offered to purchase for cash up to 15.8 million of the outstanding common shares of Aliant, the largest telecommunications company in Atlantic Canada, at a price of US$18.40 per share. Such an acquisition would give Bell Canada, which already owns about 41...
