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, and...
WAKEFIELD, Mass.-The Near Field Communications Forum, an industry association launched last year to promote NFC technology, announced 20 new additions to its organization.New sponsor members are MasterCard International, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Microsoft Corp., Motorola Inc., NEC, Samsung, Texas Instruments and Visa International....
AUSTIN, Texas-Freescale Semiconductors Inc. said it has unveiled a chip platform the size of a postage stamp for mid- and high-tier mobile devices. Royal Philips Electronics said it produced an EDGE cellular system solution in commercial volumes for handsets.Known as Mobile Extreme Convergence, the...
Four of the world's biggest consumer electronics companies are partnering to develop a digital rights management (DRM) standard to deter piracy and illegal copying of music and video. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co. and Sony Corp. formed the Marlin...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics introduced what it said is the world's smallest FM radio solution for mobile devices.The company said about 15 percent of mobile phones sold worldwide currently include FM radios. Philip's portfolio of radio solutions includes FM, AM/FM and FM+RDS. The...
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Nokia Corp., Royal Philips Electronics and Rhein-Main Verkehrsverbund have come together to trial a Near Field Communication solution to allow users to wirelessly buy, store and use tickets.Using the Nokia 3220 mobile phones, users can access an existing contactless smart card ticketing...
TOKYO-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will deploy cellular devices that use Royal Philips Electronics' Near Field Communication chip solutions.An NFC-enabled mobile phone could connect wirelessly with an NFC-enabled personal computer or television to transfer digital pictures or other data. It is hoped NFC eventually will...
Although Aura Communications Inc. executives maintain that the company's technology is merely an ancillary part of the massive wireless industry, the potential of the company's offerings is certainly noteworthy.Founded in 1995, Aura is a fabless semiconductor vendor. The company sells chips to electronics manufacturers...
TOKYO-A new application from Royal Philips Electronics, Sony Corp. and E Ink Corp. allows mobile users a paper-like reading experience via mobile devices.The Electronic Paper Display module, designed by Philips, uses E Ink's electronic ink technology and is available in Sony's new e-Book reader,...
HANOVER, Germany-Nokia Corp., Royal Philips Electronics and Sony Corp. established the new Near Field Communication Forum, which the companies said will support the use of touch-based interactions in consumer electronics, mobile devices, personal computers, smart objects and for payment purposes.The companies said the new...
Even as some are predicting the impending demise of WAP, others are betting their futures on it.One such player is Obigo, a longtime participant in wireless data that is hoping a new name and face will energize its sales.Obigo was founded as AU-System, and...
Alcatel Corp. said it has joined with Royal Philips Electronics to showcase EDGE technology in an interoperability test. The companies said the tests achieved an uninterrupted download of 30 Megabytes at 220 kilobits per second. Alcatel offered its radio access and core technology, while...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Alcatel Corp said it has joined with Royal Philips Electronics to showcase EDGE technology in an interoperability test.The companies said the tests achieved an uninterrupted download of 30 Megabytes at 220 kilobits per second. Alcatel offered its radio access and core...
Eight of the world's largest consumer electronics companies-including the world's No. 3 mobile-phone maker-said they will team together to promote and standardize Linux technology for electronic devices, including mobile phones.Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., Sony Corp., Hitachi Ltd., NEC Corp., Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics announced several new mobile-phone products, including three new handsets based on technology from Cellon International.Targeting the Asian and European market, the phones feature increased talk time, built-in games and color screens. The new models, which will be launched during...
Those in the industry agree digital rights management is a key issue for wireless, and as a result there are several companies and a range of peripheral players looking to cash in on solutions to the problem.However, the complicated nature of the subject, as...
China's homegrown technology, TD-SCDMA, may not enjoy the kind of traction its proprietors dream. Datang Mobile Communications Equipment, one of TD-SCDMA's major supporters, fears the technology will not be chosen by the country's biggest carrier, China Mobile Communications."As the world's largest GSM operator, for...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips said will help the company add wireless audio/video streaming capabilities to its quest to create pervasive connectivity in the home.Terms...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips said will help the company add wireless audio/video streaming capabilities to its quest to create pervasive connectivity in the home.Terms...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips said will help the company add wireless audio/video streaming capabilities to its quest to create pervasive connectivity in the home.Terms...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Following the massive interest in cross-carrier text messaging in the United States, Motorola Inc. released its own interoperability product.Motorola's new Short Messaging Service Gateway, which is an extension of the company's SMS center product, routes messages from one carrier to another, or...
A new study by marketing research firm BWCS claimed that more than 90 percent of U.K. business travelers with laptops are interested in using wireless local area network (WLAN) services at airports, while 40 percent of those surveyed said they have no interest in...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The grand plans by Royal Philips Electronics to become a worldwide player in the cell-phone market have all but disappeared with the announcement that China Electronics Corporation (CEC) will take over the majority of Philips' cell-phone manufacturing and research and development (R&D)...
ARLINGTON, Va.—Organizers of the 2002 International CES Knowledge Circuit conference program, scheduled for January 8, 2002, in Las Vegas, announced they expect to hold more than 100 educational sessions and to host 110,000 attendees.Eleven technology circuits expected to be covered in the conference include...
