Private-equity buyout companies are the darlings of Wall Street, snapping up companies left and right and flush with the cash to do so. According to Thomson Financial, buyouts by private-equity companies accounted for more than 25 percent of the total merger-and-acquisition activity in the...
IN THE BLEAK WORLD of digital rights management, wireless service providers may actually serve as a beacon out of the darkness.But don't count on it.Anti-piracy software may be nearing a crossroads. A handful of record labels are beginning to experiment with DRM-free music, releasing...
The digital rights management playing field got a little more crowded as four of the world's biggest consumer electronics companies released services for a new anti-piracy solution.The Marlin Trust Management Organization-comprising Panasonic, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Corp.-released its DRM...
It may seem like you've been hearing about the concept of a "wireless wallet" for decades, but in North America, at least, m-commerce is very much in its infancy. Mobile money seems to be getting legs in Japan, where credit-card companies have teamed with...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands—Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. launched a handset equipped with Unlicensed Mobile Access technology in Italy. Samsung’s SGH-P200 phone runs on the Nexperia chip from Royal Philips’ Philips Semiconductor division. Philips’ Nexperia offering uses the company’s low-power wireless local area network system-in-package that integrates...
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands-In the parallel 3G universe occupied by China, the world's largest mobile-phone market, the cart apparently comes before the horse. The first video phone destined for the country's TD-SCDMA technology-a dual-mode Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. handset with guts by Royal Philips Electronics and...
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands—In the parallel 3G universe occupied by China, the world’s largest mobile-phone market, the cart apparently comes before the horse. The first video phone destined for the country’s TD-SCDMA technology—a dual-mode Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. handset with guts by Royal Philips Electronics and...
ATLANTA, Georgia-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is among a half-dozen technology and financial companies teaming on a contactless payment and content trial at Atlanta's Philips Arena. JP Morgan Chase & Co., Nokia Corp., Royal Philips Electronics, Visa USA and VivOtech are also participating in the trial,...
ATLANTA, Georgia-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is among a half-dozen technology and financial companies teaming on a contactless payment and content trial at Atlanta's Philips Arena. JP Morgan Chase & Co., Nokia Corp., Royal Philips Electronics, Visa USA and VivOtech are also participating in the trial,...
SHENZEN, China-Wireless handset designer Cellon International said it raised an undisclosed amount in a Series D round of financing. TVG Capital Partners led the round, joining existing Cellon investors Intel Communication Fund, Softbank China, SuneVision Ventures, UTStarcom and Elcoteq Network Corp.Cellon provides design and...
SHENZEN, China-Wireless handset designer Cellon International said it raised an undisclosed amount in a Series D round of financing.TVG Capital Partners led the round, joining existing Cellon investors Intel Communication Fund, Softbank China, SuneVision Ventures, UTStarcom and Elcoteq Network Corp. Cellon provides design and...
In these early days of wireless entertainment, it appears content providers have effectively deployed a variety of Digital Rights Management solutions to protect their wares. But many believe all those "solutions" are actually a problem.Behind-the-scenes haggling over royalties continue between MPEG LA, which holds...
SAN DIEGO-New announcements from Qualcomm Inc. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. show industry is racing to embrace dual-mode devices. Indeed, new research shows the combination of wireless wide area and local area technology could produce almost 30 million dual-mode devices by 2009. First up,...
New announcements from Qualcomm Inc. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. show the wireless industry is racing to embrace dual-mode devices. Indeed, new research shows the combination of wireless wide area and local area technology could produce almost 30 million dual-mode devices by 2009.First up,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Chinese mobile handset manufacturer TCL Communication Technology plans to use Royal Philips Electronics N.V.'s Nexperia Cellular System Solution as the basis for its first third-generation/UMTS handset.TCL will use the Nexperia Cellular System Solution 7210, which is a complete 3G/UMTS hardware and software...
Music-rights company Broadcast Music Inc. said it has acquired music-recognition technology from U.K. software developer Shazam Entertainment Ltd. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.BMI, which collects royalties for musicians and publishers, formed Landmark Digital Services, a subsidiary that will market song-identification services...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has added sound enhancement technology on its Mobile Station Modem chipsets.The echo-canceling technology is designed to improve acoustic performance of third-generation handsets and improve the clarity of conference and hands-free calls. Royal Philips Electronics N.V. provided the LifeVibes Voice...
Music rights company Broadcast Music Inc. said it has acquired the music recognition technology from U.K. software developer Shazam Entertainment Ltd. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.BMI, which collects royalties for musicians and publishers, formed Landmark Digital Services, a subsidiary that will...
Wireless-related mergers and acquisitions dominated the headlines last week from technology pairings to content match-ups. Here is a roundup: Qualcomm Inc. paid $57 million in cash for Elata, a privately held U.K.-based developer of content-delivery software. Qualcomm said it will integrate its BREW platform...
NEW YORK-Orsus Xelent Technologies Inc. said it plans to purchase a 10-percent stake in Chang Zhou Moben Communication Co. Ltd., an original equipment manufacturer in China.Chang Zhou Moben has mass produced several brands of phones including Royal Philips Electronics N.V. and Siemens AG models....
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it will continue its battle with Nokia Corp. over royalty payments for InterDigital's 2- and 2.5-generation technologies. The company said it would oppose Nokia's recent motion to vacate the decision by the International Court of Arbitration of...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. signed an agreement with the semiconductor division of Royal Philips Electronics Ltd. to include InterDigital's High-Speed Downlink Packet Access technology in the Nexperia cellular system solutions line.InterDigital offers its HSDPA solution as a set of technology blocks for...
AMSTERDAM-Dutch electronics manufacturer Royal Philips Electronics has reorganized its semiconductor business into four units to cut costs and better address specific markets, the company said late Tuesday. Philips said it has created an Automotive & Identification unit to complement existing Mobile & Personal, Home,...
CHICAGO-Royal Philips Electronics today announced the sale of 30 million shares of common stock in Navteq Corp., a provider of digital maps for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, by its subsidiary Philips Consumer Electronic Services. Philips will gain about $1.13 billion on the sale...
