BOSTON-Nokia Corp. managed to reclaim the No. 1 spot from Motorola Inc. in the U.S. handset market, according to new research from research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics.The firm found the U.S. mobile-phone market continuing to grow, with sell-in volumes increasing 29 percent in...
On balance, wireless chips have carried a small swagger as the industry's only oasis of good news. But Texas Instruments Inc. caused the sector to stumble by narrowing its third-quarter forecast.The semiconductor bellwether said it revised its earnings per share to between 20 cents...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to sell a Motorola Inc.-manufactured smart phone that incorporates Microsoft Corp. technology.Motorola said it will launch a Microsoft Smartphone-powered handset next month, and that the two companies will collaborate on a series of smart phones and Pocket PC wireless...
READING, United Kingdom-Market research firm Canalys said shipments of mobile phones with integrated cameras in the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions are quickly increasing, rising 166 percent in quarter two compared with quarter-one sales.Total shipments of imaging-phone devices totaled 3.8 million units in...
VIENNA, Va.-XtremeSpectrum Inc. reported Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has integrated its ultra-wideband modules with Samsung's multimedia platform in a laboratory environment. The integration includes XtremeSpectrum's UWB evaluation kit and Trinity chipset to wirelessly connect a variety of Samsung consumer products, including plasma and digital...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. unveiled what it describes as the industry's first single-chip processor for cell phones using EDGE technology.The product, known as the Intel PX800EF processor, combines key components, which include the memory, the XScale and the micro signal architecture, according to David...
Motorola Inc. will introduce a mobile phone running Microsoft Corp.'s Smartphone operating system this month, and European operator Orange will sell the device, according to a report in the Financial Times.Motorola declined to comment on the report, citing company policy not to discuss industry...
Despite just releasing a phone based on the Symbian operating system, Motorola Inc. said it will exit the OS venture.Nokia Corp. said it and Psion plc have begun procedures with Motorola to transfer Motorola's shares in Symbian to Nokia and Psion.Once the transaction is...
LONDON-Symbian Ltd., which designs operating systems for smart phones, said its Symbian OS unit shipments grew in the first half of the year to 2.68 million from 230,000 in the same period last year. Its royalty revenue increased to $16.2 million in the period...
Fulfilling repeated claims to launch service by the end of this year, Verizon Wireless introduced its highly anticipated Push to Talk service last week, which, in addition to providing Verizon Wireless customers with another way to communicate, is expected to supply the first serious...
DALLAS-Looking to grow its GSM business, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced a deal today with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which this month will begin selling Samsung's v206 camera phone."Our relationship with AT&T Wireless gives consumers innovative technology from a venture of industry powerhouses," said...
When a technology era begins, infrastructure is king. But once the nuts and bolts are in place, it takes second place to peripherals.In wireless, it is no different. "Total wireless infrastructure contract values are down roughly 40 percent year-on-year from the first half of...
The camera-phone craze appears to have officially hit the United States, with Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless both boasting of millions of picture messages passing over their networks every month. Indeed, new research released today by advisory firm Zelos Group shows the market for...
Verizon Wireless provided details on its highly anticipated Push to Talk service set to officially launch Aug. 18. As RCR Wireless News reported yesterday, the service allows customers to communicate across the carrier's nationwide CDMA2000 1x network using the same phone number for both...
Verizon Wireless' highly anticipated press-to-talk service is expected to introduce tomorrow with the carrier rolling out a nationwide offering using the carrier's CDMA2000 1x packet network, Winphoria's PTT server and initially a Motorola V60p handset. The service is expected to be similar to Nextel...
BEIJING-A state-run Chinese electronics manufacturer introduced a Dick Tracy-style mobile phone/wristwatch that features a tiny keypad, color screen, clip-on camera and support for CDMA 1xRTT networks, according to reports.The company was not immediately available for comment.The device would be the second such wristwatch/mobile phone,...
SAN DIEGO-Samsung Electronics said it will work with chip maker Staccato Communications to develop ultra-wideband products, a short-range technology with a data-transfer rate of up to 480 megabits per second.The standards for this broadband technology have yet to be approved, but companies have started...
The camera-phone craze appears to have officially hit the United States, with Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless both boasting of millions of picture messages passing over their networks every month. Indeed, Sprint's camera-phone service played a major role in a widely reported story of...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp.'s entry into the smart-phone market continues to gain steam, with European carrier Orange and Asian manufacturer MiTAC International Corp. offering glimpses at potential upcoming products using the software giant's mobile-phone platform.An Orange France Web site appeared to offer details on a...
SANTA ANA, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. has received $3.5 million in orders from Samsung Electronics for 2100 MHz W-CDMA RF power amplifiers to support the deployment of a W-CDMA network in South Korea.Powerwave expects to begin deliveries this quarter.
One of the big riddles with open standards is that not all of those who swear by the principle believe in it. Unless, of course, it works in their favor.With a myriad of technologies in the market, vendors and carriers all see their technologies...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Total wireless handsets shipped reached 107 million units in the second quarter, demonstrating 12-percent year-on-year growth and 2-percent sequential growth, according to research from ABI. New features including color screens and camera phones likely fueled the growth. Replacement shipments accounted for 27...
In the networked home of the future, wireless likely will play a major role, connecting family members to their loved ones, music collections and even microwaves. But the long-held vision of a connected home has faced plenty of stumbling blocks along the way, and...
