Motorola said it will sell its first megapixel camera phone in the United States starting this summer. The company also said it has teamed with Hollywood director Scott Sanders to develop an online "advertainment" film promoting the phone."By finding innovative ways to showcase Motorola's...
OSAKA, Japan-Japanese electronics manufacturer Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., which makes Panasonic-brand mobile phones, announced it will build a manufacturing center specifically for mobile phones in part of an effort to streamline its production systems.Matsushita said it will move its Japanese mobile-phone manufacturing efforts...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. used last week's Lehman Brothers 2004 Global Wireless financial conference to announce its UMTS rollout plans, while rival carrier Sprint Corp. backed off earlier promises that it would wait for DV technology to roll out its high-speed data offering.Cingular said that...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo sold its 20-percent stake in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd. to Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. for $220 million in a transaction that has been expected by market watchers.DoCoMo has been looking to unwind its involvement in the U.K. third-generation operator for months, and...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported a 10-percent increase in revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, but a net loss of $16.3 billion. The global carrier added 13.7 million new mobile customers during the year, brining its total to 133.4 million subscribers.The company said...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported a deal with Lucent Technologies Inc. to deploy a UMTS-based trial network in Atlanta this summer supporting internal users who the carrier said it will use to evaluate mobile voice, high-speed data and multimedia services.The network will operate in Cingular's...
TOKYO-Masao Nakamura will take over as chief executive of NTT DoCoMo Inc. June 18, when current Chief Executive Keiji Tachikawa will step down after serving three two-year terms.Nakamura formerly serviced as senior executive vice president of DoCoMo. He started his career at NTT Corp.,...
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...
TOKYO-Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported slightly increased year-on-year operating income for the fiscal year ending March 31, but predicted a decline in sales for the current year. It also said its FOMA third-generation subscriber numbers reached 3.05 million.DoCoMo said operating income for...
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...
Alcatel's new handset deal with Chinese electronics manufacturer TCL Corp. is part of a notable and growing trend toward joint ventures and acquisitions, and analysts expect the pace to accelerate."There's going to be some consolidation," said John Jackson, a wireless and mobile technology analyst...
TOKYO-The Boeing Co. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding for negotiating an associate service provider agreement that would make the Connexion by Boeing in-flight high-speed Internet service available to NTT DoCoMo's mZone wireless local area network service users starting later this...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will pay a $4.58 year-end "commemorative" dividend in addition to a previously proposed $4.58 ordinary dividend, raising the wireless carrier's annual dividend from $9.15 to $13.74 for the fiscal year ending March 31. The company's board of directors proposed...
Showing a thirst for life rivaling the old man in Monty Python's Holy Grail who repeatedly cries out, "I'm not dead yet," AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has positioned itself to continue to compete in the wireless industry despite its impending acquisition by rival Cingular...
OYSTER BAY, New York-Although industry watchers continue to predict the mobile-phone market will see massive growth during the next several years, the machine-to-machine industry is growing at an even faster rate, according to research from consulting firm Allied Business Intelligence.ABI said the market for...
Last month, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo said it sold more than 160,000 faulty mobile phones. The carrier said its new FOMA N900i handset, built by NEC Corp., suffered from a software glitch that would cause the phone to reboot if a user tried to...
TOKYO-Casio Computer Co. Ltd. and Hitachi Ltd. outlined the details of their mobile-phone joint venture, first announced in November. The companies said their new phone business will be called Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. and will develop, design and manufacture phones for Japanese...
LONDON-Officials for Virgin Mobile in the United Kingdom confirmed that the company's announcement of a new Sony Ericsson phone for left-handed users was in fact an April Fool's Day prank. The company said it had no plans for such a phone.A Virgin Mobile spokeswoman...
TOKYO-Wireless industry leaders continue to push the boundaries of mobile-phone functions, and the latest innovation seems to hit close to home.NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced a new offering that will allow its 3G FOMA users to remotely control various household appliances, including TVs, air conditioners...
TOKYO-Responding to news reports that it planned to end its investment in Hutchison 3G UK Holdings Ltd., NTT DoCoMo released a statement that it has not made a decision about ending the investment."NTT DoCoMo has been considering strategic plans with both Hutchison Whampoa Ltd....
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will conduct a test of international roaming between wireless local area networks with Singapore Telecom Mobile Pte Ltd. aimed at verifying technologies and marketability under a plan to jointly launch a commercial international roaming service.DoCoMo noted the trial will...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced one of its newly released FOMA third-generation mobile phones has a software glitch that could mix up incoming e-mails. The carrier said it will offer a software patch in the next few days to fix the problem.The event is notable...
In addition to propelling the combined entity past Verizon Wireless as the nation's largest wireless carrier, Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s successful $41 billion acquisition of smaller rival AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is expected to have an enormous impact on many of its competitors as well...
BOSTON-Siemens AG said it will jump into the over-the-air updating game through a new deal with OTA company Red Bend.Siemens licensed Red Bend's vCurrentMobile technology for use in its handsets, a move Red Bend said will allow Siemens to send out software fixes to...
