Motorola Inc. may cut EDGE technology from the initial shipments of its forthcoming handsets-including the highly anticipated Pebl and Slvr models-due to problems with chips from supplier RF Micro Devices Inc. Motorola earlier this year promised that its forthcoming Pebl and Slvr devices would...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it will be the exclusive U.S. vendor of Motorola Inc.'s new Rokr E1 device, the company's long-awaited iTunes-capable phone. The device, which is available today for $250 with a two-year service plan, stores up to 100 songs from Apple Computer...
Handset sales continue to show strength as the industry enters the third quarter, according to an investor update from Piper Jaffray, with Motorola Inc. furthering its lead in the U.S. market.Piper Jaffray said Motorola's Razr phone was the top seller at Cingular Wireless L.L.C....
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. used its annual analyst meeting here to paint a portrait of itself as a sleek, lean, high-tech firm with plans to sit alongside such well-known consumer brands as Apple Computer Inc. and Nike Inc. And to verify its progress, Motorola released a...
CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. released a new high-end Microsoft Windows mobile device targeted squarely at the BlackBerry and Treo enterprise market at the outset of its analyst conference here, but there was no sign of its long-awaited iTunes phone. Motorola demonstrated a range of new products...
Motorola Inc. emerged the clear winner of the second-quarter handset battle. The company's strike at Nokia Corp.'s dominance in the low-end phone market scored a direct hit, while it also managed to gain on Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in the high-end market. "It's kind...
Motorola Inc. posted a second quarter ahead of most expectations, but investors appear to have expected such results as the company's stock remained relatively unchanged after the news. Motorola's stock was trading at around $19.86 per share Wednesday.Motorola recorded companywide revenues of $8.8 billion,...
Following is a list of wireless companies that were cited in financial reports from investment banking and financial services firms this week.Pacific Growth Equities upgraded its rating on RF Micro Devices from equal weight to overweight on expectations of higher revenues generated by new...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. said it has begun offering the Motorola Inc. RAZR handsets through its retail stores and authorized dealers. The handset was initially made available through the carrier's Web site earlier this week for $200.The quad-band GSM/GPRS handset includes a metallic finish,...
After eight months of exclusivity, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is no longer the only carrier in the United States selling Motorola Inc.'s popular Razr phone. T-Mobile USA Inc. is now selling the super-thin device on its Web site for $200 with a new service plan....
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will be the first wireless carrier to offer the updated version of Motorola Inc.'s most popular phone, the RAZR. Dubbed RAZR Black, the camera phone leverages Cingular multimedia services like Picture Messaging and Cingular Sounds, enabling users to share pictures taken...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will be the first wireless carrier to offer the updated version of Motorola Inc.'s most popular phone, the RAZR. Dubbed RAZR Black, the camera phone leverages Cingular multimedia services like Picture Messaging and Cingular Sounds, enabling users to share pictures taken...
LONDON-British Telecom plc launched its BT Fusion fixed-mobile convergence service offering, which uses Bluetooth technology to switch seamlessly between the company's wide-area wireless network and its in-home BT Broadband service. The service, which was originally knows as Bluephone, relies on its BT Hub for...
While the wireless industry concerns itself with new phone features and functions, Tom Tarnowski is more worried about what those phones look and feel like. "We also need some innovation in the area of aesthetics," he said. "I think the end users are becoming...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced its new SCH-V740 "ultra slim phone" for the Korean market, a strike back at Motorola Inc.'s popular Razr phone. Motorola has scored a high level of industry buzz with its super-slim Razr clamshell-style phone. The GPRS phone is...
David Steinberg stands as an example of the surplus of opportunity within wireless. As chief executive officer of Internet activation company InPhonic Inc., Steinberg has overseen the growth of the company's revenues from $0 five years ago to between $315 million and $325 million...
News on the phone front continues in anticipation of the upcoming CTIA trade show, with Motorola Inc., LG Electronics Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sanyo making announcements.First up is LG, which appears to be readying a new slider-style phone for Sprint. Sprint...
Nokia Corp.'s longtime stranglehold on the U.S. mobile-phone market appears to be broken-at least for now-by a major surge in sales from Motorola Inc. "Motorola products are really just more appealing right now," said Mark Bremer, an analyst with research and consulting firm Stax...
CANNES, France-The GSM Association announced the winners of its 2005 GSM Association Awards during its gala at the 3GSM World Congress.Brazil won the GSM Association Chairman's Award for country leadership. Brazil counts more than 22 million GSM subscribers, and GSM is expected to become...
LOS ANGELES AND LONDON-The 25 top Academy Award acting and directing nominees will receive a special-edition black Motorola Razr V3 with three months of complimentary service from Cingular Wireless. Features include a camera with digital zoom, mpeg video player, speaker phone and quad-band technology...
Although only two teams will line up on the field Sunday for the grand culmination of the professional football season, multiple players will participate in Super Bowl XXXIX in one wireless capacity or another.Verizon Wireless upgraded cell sites and installed a pair of cell...
Many in the industry peg iDEN handset vendor Motorola Inc. as a major winner following the merger between Sprint and Nextel Communications Inc. Motorola's position is enviable as the company also has managed to capitalize on the merger between Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and AT&T...
Cingular Wireless added another Motorola Inc. phone to its line-up of exclusive devices with the release of the Windows-powered MPx220 for $300 with a two-year service contract.The quadband, clamshell-style phone features Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Mobile operating system as well as Bluetooth, an integrated 1.2-megapixel...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will be the exclusive provider of the new Motorola Inc. V551, which supports Cingular's new EDGE network. Cingular said the new clamshell-style phone will give users faster access to Internet information, games and images."The Motorola V551 expands the...
