Panasonic

With AT&T Wireless Services Inc. behind it, Panasonic Telecommunications Systems Co. hopes to rise out of the shadows of the U.S. market and push its weight around with two new …

SINGAPORE-Four years after it was first introduced in Japan, PHS technology finally has made some headway in the international telecommunications arena. Taiwanese paging operator First International Telecom (Fitel) recently was …

NEW YORK-The Land of the Rising Sun has emerged as the place to be for investors interested in grabbing onto incipient wireless telecommunications trends, said a managing director of Whitney …

The evolution of the Symbian initiative advanced last week as the company held its first developers conference in London, supporting the release of version 6.0 of its open software platform …

TOKYO-Matsushita Communication Industrial announced a new company in the Czech Republic to manufacture mobile phones and car audio equipment. The company will begin production in October 2001. Matsushita, which markets …

In the effort to alter consumers’ perceptions of wireless phones, Sprint PCS turned up the volume last week with the introduction of an online music service offered in conjunction with …

TOKYO-A three-hour bus ride from Tokyo will get you to Kakegawa, the leading production area of two popular Japanese items: green tea (ocha) and Panasonic wireless phones. But just like …

TOKYO-Matsushita Electric Industrial, which manufactures cell phones under the Panasonic brand name, is discussing an alliance on third-generation mobile phones with European mobile carriers, according to a report in the …

WASHINGTON-In addition to new litigation alleging that mobile phones cause brain cancer, the wireless industry also faces possible Supreme Court litigation over government exposure standards and a class-action lawsuit in …

PARIS-Nortel Networks introduced a wireless data initiative and noted its commitment to the European market here last week. Included in the announcements was a partnership with Hewlett-Packard Co. to integrate …

Tektronix Tektronix Inc. launched a new Global System for Mobile communications cell analysis product, the Cell Analyzer, which combines the key functions of the Actix Abis Analyzer with Tektronix’s K1205 …

NEW YORK-Sony Corp. has licensed the Texas Instruments Open Multimedia Application processing engine and Symbian’s EPOC software platform for Sony’s next generation of wireless handsets. Sony selected the two technologies …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless SRL, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sierra Wireless Inc., entered into a joint development agreement with Matsushita Electronic Components Co. Ltd. and a supply agreement with …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced its subsidiary Sierra Wireless SRL has agreed to help integrate radio components from Matsushita Electronic Components Co. Ltd. into its wireless data products. In …

The focus on the mobile industry has been enormous during the last year. Device vendors, service providers, application developers, infrastructure vendors and content providers have all been jostling to position …

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, …

PARIS-France Telecom Mobiles and Nortel Networks announced France’s first trial of a third-generation mobile communications network based on proposed standards for Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service. “By staging this trial in …

MONTREAL-The GSM Alliance and Nortel Networks announced they completed North America’s first third-generation wireless telephone call using a wideband Code Division Multiple Access trial network under live conditions. The trial …

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a hamburger and French fries? Probably McDonalds. Think of a pair of tennis shoes, and you probably …

A new San Diego-based company has begun developing subscriber communicators for low-speed, two-way global data communications over Orbcomm’s low-earth-orbit satellite network. Quake Wireless Inc. expects to have its first commercial …

Nortel Networks Inc. announced it entered an alliance with Matsushita Communications Industrial Co. Ltd. to collaborate on wideband Code Division Multiple Access market development, including experimental network systems, services and …

DUBLIN, Ireland-As mobile phone technology continues to develop rapidly, users continually are encouraged by operators and manufacturers to upgrade their phones to the latest models to take advantage of advanced …

Becker/Jani Inc. A log periodic dipole antenna, the Celwave Maximizer model APL 926513, was introduced for Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications systems. The antenna offers a …

Qualcomm Inc. and Philips Consumer Communications L.P. entered into a royalty-bearing, cross-license agreement for CDMA technology and products, said Qualcomm. Philips granted Qualcomm a license under its patents for its …

World Wireless Communications Inc. signed a development and license agreement with Panasonic, a unit of Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co. Ltd. According to the agreement, World Wireless is responsible for the …