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...
Motorola Inc. bowed to investor clamor for an outsider with the appointment of former Sun Microsystems Inc. president Edward Zander as the new helmsman, officially ending the reign of the Galvin family. Zander, most recently of private equity company Silver Lake Partners, edged out...
Two of the world's top five handset makers said they will flood the wireless market with push-to-talk mobile phones, a move that could turn PTT into a worldwide wireless necessity-much like voicemail and text messaging-in just a few short years. Siemens last week announced...
Even with the promise of a tech recovery and emergence of new applications for wireless gadgets aimed at free-spending teenagers, information-starved road warriors and the rest of us, 2004 is apt to be no more than a sexed-up version of the year that was....
In what might be the first stamp of Edward Zander, new chief executive officer, Motorola Inc. said it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a $2 billion initial public offering for its proposed chip unit spinoff.The new company, which bears the temporary...
KING of PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its InterDigital Technology Corp. subsidiary signed a nonexclusive worldwide royalty-bearing patent license agreement with Taiwan's High Tech Computer Corp. The agreement covers the sale of wireless terminals and infrastructure built to IS-136/GSM/GPRS/EDGE and W-CDMA/CDMA2000/TD-SCDMA standards. "This agreement...
BEIJING-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is planning to sell a Linux-based smart phone, the CDMA i519, in the Chinese market.The phone is the latest wireless device to use a Linux operating system. The technology is continuing to gain traction in the wireless market as device...
Motorola Inc. bowed to investor clamor for an outsider with the appointment of former Sun Microsystems Inc. president Edward Zander as the new helmsman, officially ending the reign of the Galvin family.Zander, who is at private equity company Silver Lake Partners, edged out Motorola...
Mobile-phone news continues its frantic march, with Siemens announcing major new support for global push-to-talk services.Siemens Mobile said it will make its entire product range-from infrastructure to handsets-capable of push-to-talk services. Indeed, the company said more than 10 mobile operators in the United States,...
While Intel Corp. was reorganizing its operations to adjust for disappointments in its chip business, Texas Instruments Inc. was presenting an upbeat picture for the fourth quarter last week.Looking forward, though, both companies say business is not bad. That is the metaphor for the...
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...
News on the handset front continues its frantic pace as retailers gear up for the holiday season. Today, Verizon Wireless announced its second camera phone and Sprint PCS released a new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. handset.Verizon said it will sell the Audiovox Corp. CDM-8900...
Citing its stringent testing standards, Verizon Wireless has reportedly delayed the launch of its Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. supplied CDMA/GSM world phone until early next year after previously announcing plans to launch the device before the end of this year.The device is built to...
As the holiday season approaches, the industry's mobile-phone players are working to gear up for a quarter most predict will be gangbusters.First up is Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., which announced it will sell its SGH-x426 through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The phone features a...
Even while two major third-generation protocols, CDMA2000 and W-CDMA, snap up the spotlight in China, the nation's homegrown technology will not eat humble pie.The protocol was upgraded into an alliance last October, and the group announced that it will add five new members by...
ORLANDO PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it will supply Samsung Electronics Co.'s third-generation base stations with multi-carrier power amplifier units. Both companies say they are jointly developing an integrated radio-amplifier subsystem for CDMA2000 and W-CDMA technologies.
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is looking to join Nokia Corp. in its legal disagreement with wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. Samsung is requesting international arbitration in its fight against InterDigital and that its case be combined with that of Nokia.InterDigital outlined the legal...
ORLANDO PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it will supply Samsung Electronics Co.'s third-generation base stations with multi-carrier power amplifier units.Both companies say they are jointly developing an integrated radio-amplifier subsystem for CDMA2000 and W-CDMA technologies."Our collaboration with Andrew on this integrated amplifier development project is...
MUNICH, Germany-Device maker Siemens announced a new music downloading device and service that it will sell to wireless carriers, following MmO2's introduction of the offering last week. Siemens said it is in advanced negotiations with an unnamed U.S. wireless carrier for the offering.O2 last...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-The world's handset makers continue to make news at a frantic pace, with Motorola Inc. announcing a range of new products and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. trumpeting its market successes.First, Motorola announced six new mobile phones, mainly low-end devices that will sell in...
The world's handset makers continue to make news at a frantic pace, with Motorola Inc. announcing a range of new products and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. trumpeting its market successes.First, Motorola announced six new mobile phones, mainly low-end devices that will sell in Europe...
Microsoft Corp. scored another major distribution deal for its mobile-phone software with Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless carrier, announcing the availability of the Samsung SCH-i600 with Microsoft's Smartphone operating system.Verizon will sell the high-powered clamshell phone for $400 with a two-year service agreement...
TORONTO-Bell Mobility said it will sell the new Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. SPH-a600 camera phone, and that it will offer a picture-sharing service through a new deal with camera-phone technology company LightSurf.Using Bell Mobility's Picture Messaging service, customers will be able to send and...
