RealNetworks Inc. announced Wednesday that it will join the crowded mobile gaming playground, acquiring European publisher Mr. Goodliving for $15 million in cash. A 40-person company based in Helsinki, Finland, Mr. Goodliving has enjoyed success with mobile titles like "Trivial Pursuit," "MetalSmash Pinball" and...
Mobile video providers continued to target users in the Far East with two new announcements Tuesday. RealNetworks Inc. and mobile operator Hong Kong CSL launched a mobile media service enabling users to watch on-demand video while switching seamlessly between the carrier's networks, the companies...
Device news continued at a flushed pace with Motorola Inc. releasing details on its iTunes phone, Hop-on announcing a $36 handset, Sanyo Corp. offering an innovative new messaging product, and U.S. mobile virtual network operator Boost Mobile going "old school" with a vintage telephone...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it will create a dedicated business unit within its Networks division that will focus on carrier services, including systems integration, consulting services, managed services and software for the automation and centralization of network and service management."The market for telecommunications-related professional...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. today began offering Nokia's 6620 smart phone for use on its EDGE network. The EDGE network enables consumers using the 6620 Symbian OS and Series 60 Platform-based phone to download games or news and information at up to three times...
Atlanta-Qualcomm Inc. made several announcements at the CTIA Wireless 2004 show in Atlanta including an extensive agreement with ATI Technologies Inc. to deliver a wireless 3D gaming platform. Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem baseband solutions will include ATI's IMAGEON architecture to provide a 3D...
HANOVER, Germany-Megapixel camera phones were the name of the game at the CeBIT trade show, with Nokia Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Siemens and NEC Corp. among those releasing new advanced products.First, Nokia released its first megapixel camera phone, the 7610, which the company...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. announced it will team with TWI Interactive and Vidiator Technology Inc. to offer a wireless video product for sale to mobile network operators. The companies' new MobileVision technology is optimized for Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series and supports industry-standard 3GPP formats...
SEATTLE-Wireless streaming-video company RealNetworks Inc. announced a series of new European customers the company said marks the beginning of the "hockey stick" in multimedia growth. The company also announced a major new licensing deal with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.As RealNetworks continues to expand its...
InnerWireless Inc. will market its InnerMobile in-building wireless distribution system to wireless service providers to enable wireless communications throughout the Sears Tower in Chicago. The wireless system will cover the skyscraper's 110 floors, which encompass 3.5 million square feet of office and retail space...
TOKYO-Renesas Technology Corp. announced it will incorporate Microsoft Corp.'s digital audio and video codec technology and RealNetworks Inc.'s digital audio and video codec technologies into its SH-Mobile Series of application processors for next-generation mobile-phone systems.Through this partnership, the codec technologies, which are currently used...
NEW YORK-Following AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s plans for a nationwide EDGE network, Nokia Corp. announced its first EDGE-capable smart phone for the Americas market.Nokia plans to sell its 6620 phone, which features the Symbian operating system, in the United States by the second quarter...
Following AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s plans for a nationwide EDGE network, Nokia Corp. announced its first EDGE-capable smart phone for the Americas market.Nokia plans to sell its 6620 phone, which features the Symbian operating system, in the United States by the second quarter of...
LAS VEGAS-RealNetworks Inc. said it will include support for PalmOne Inc.'s Treo 600 smart phone in its newly unveiled Internet music download service. The move marks likely the first such music download service to target wireless devices.RealNetworks' Music Store will sell MP3 digital music...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed a license agreement to integrate the media engine and codecs of RealNetworks Inc. with its mobile platform offerings.RealNetworks products include RealOne Player, the Helix DNA Client and the RealAudio and RealVideo codecs. They will work with Ericsson's...
There are plenty of contentious questions in the operating system business. Will Microsoft Corp. dominate the mobile-phone field as it has done in the desktop computer business? Will Symbian manage to escape Nokia Corp.'s shadow and entice broad support? Will PalmSource Inc. translate its...
Sprint PCS' Video Mail launch is just the latest in a series of wireless video moves in the United States, a market that is still very much in its early stages but one that is evolving quietly and rapidly."I think it will be more...
LONDON-European carrier Orange plc announced it will offer wireless streaming-video services starting early next year through a new deal with PacketVideo Network Solutions, which was purchased by Alcatel Corp. only a few weeks ago.Orange said it will install PacketVideo's pvServer and pvAuthor products in...
European carrier Orange announced it will offer wireless streaming video services starting early next year through a new deal with PacketVideo Network Solutions, which was purchased by Alcatel only a few weeks ago.Orange said it will install PacketVideo's pvServer and pvAuthor products in its...
BERKELEY, Calif.-Sprint PCS yet again is offering a streaming TV service, this time through MobiTV and technology partner Idetic Inc.In February, Sprint announced its 1KTV Java application, which the carrier said delivers streaming TV content. In August, the carrier announced a new deal with...
SAN DIEGO-Technology giant Qualcomm Inc. announced it will sell streaming video technology to handset makers, and heavy hitters such as Kyocera Wireless Corp., LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sanyo Corp. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Japan Inc. have licensed the technology for future...
LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. announced it will use a streaming video player from RealNetworks Inc. in upcoming mobile phones, including new phones using its Linux/Java operating system.The move is notable on several levels. First, it marks Motorola's plans to support streaming video, a technology that...
SINGAPORE-Wireless streaming video company RealNetworks Inc. announced two Asian carriers purchased the company's Helix server and technology, a move to offer streaming video services to wireless users.MobileOne Ltd. (M1) of Singapore and PT Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3) of Indonesia purchased the server, following a...
INGAPORE-Wireless streaming video company RealNetworks Inc. announced two Asian carriers purchased the company's Helix server and technology, a move to offer streaming video services to wireless users.MobileOne Ltd. (M1) of Singapore and PT Indosat Multimedia Mobile (IM3) of Indonesia purchased the server, following a...
