In the sweepstakes of third-generation (3G) contracts, smaller equipment vendors hope to outplay the bigger names by taking advantage of their product strengths and delays in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) rollouts.Companies like Motorola, Nortel Networks and Lucent Technologies are at the low ebb...
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...
NEW ORLEANS, United States-John Koo and his top executive team crowd a small, air-conditioned room perched atop LG Electronics' sprawling booth at the CTIA trade show here. Relaxed, smiling, Koo has shed the suit coat he wore during his keynote appearance to reveal a...
NEW DELHI, India--India, one of the fastest-growing wireless markets in the Asia Pacific region, is set for a churn. But it is unable to decide which way it will go--toward GSM or CDMA or perhaps both.The battle lines are clearly drawn between full mobility...
WASHINGTON-The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is slated to hold a hearing this week in the class-action lawsuits against the mobile-phone industry regarding whether phones comply with the 911 strongest-signal rules.The hearing is set to occur in Charleston, S.C.The Wireless Consumers Alliance filed several...
NEW ORLEANS-Samsung Telecommunications America announced three new wireless systems products for the North American market.The products are designed to drive value-added services for CDMA carrier, increasing average revenue per user and lowering expenses.The new line includes teh SCBS-400S5 Pico Base Transceiver Station, InfoMobile 3GS...
NEW ORLEANS-Starent Networks Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said they have partnered to deliver next-generation infrastructure solutions for W-CDMA carriers.Terms of the agreement call for Starent to supply the Gateway GPRS Support Node for worldwide resale, and Starent and Samsung are jointly developing...
NEW ORLEANS-Verizon Wireless released its Wireless Office suite of services and devices for enterprise customers at this week's CTIA Wireless 2003 trade show.Wireless Office includes voice tools, Internet and intranet access, personal information management, e-mail and other customized solutions on a choice of wireless...
NEW ORLEANS-Samsung Telecommunications America and Verizon Wireless launched the i700, a Microsoft Windows-powered Pocket PC with wireless voice and data capabilities. The i700 features access to Pocket versions of Microsoft applications, speaker phone, an IR port, a USB sync, an SD expansion slot, a...
SEOUL, South Korea-The most unlikely of players, the Federal Communications Commission, provided the first look at the new "Matrix" mobile phone from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.Pictures of the device were available on the FCC's Web site. The FCC certifies all radio devices. According to...
TOKYO-Access, a Tokyo-based venture, announced it will provide i-mode technology to Samsung Electronics and NEC. It will be the first time Access will provide NetFront, its original browsing software for NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service to Korea-based Samsung.Based on the contract, Access will provide Compact...
HANNOVER, Germany-The march of new, advanced devices continued in conjunction with the CeBIT trade show, with Samsung, Siemens, NEC and Symbol all making announcements.Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. made perhaps the most interesting announcement with plans to sell a new style of wireless devices based...
New York-A new report predicts mobile phones will become as prevalent as televisions and radios and that handset sales will continue to grow during the next five years.FastTrack Wireless Inc. predicts global handset sales this year will reach 446 million units, up 10 percent...
BEIJING-Experiments prove that CDMA service is available on the magnetic levitation (maglev) train between Shanghai's Pudong International Airport and the center of the city's new financial district.The maglev train was put into experimental service 31 December last year. It remains a tourist attraction for...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. scored a deal to make a specialized device to be used in the upcoming "The Matrix: Reloaded" movie due out in May, although the details of the deal are unclear.Samsung confirmed it has a deal with Warner Bros....
BOSTON-Research firm Strategy Analytics said 18 million mobile phones were sold last year with integrated digital cameras, with Nokia Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. taking the lead in the market.The firm said 13 million camera phones were sold in Japan last year, with...
The issue with U.S.-based Qualcomm has never been whether it has great technology, but whether its technology can make great market strides. Stalked by what industry watchers call either envy or sheer dominance of GSM-based technology, Qualcomm has had to combat GSM's increasing global...
CANNES, France-Wireless streaming video company PacketVideo Corp. announced it teamed with Austrian technology company Kapsch CarrierCom AG to create a wireless multimedia service for Mobilkom Austria's newly launched UMTS network.The service is based on PacketVideo's pv3 Mobilmedia System, and allows users to view pre-recorded...
CANNES, France-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. have partnered to develop low-cost E-OTD location technology for the 2G and 3G markets.According to the agreement, the companies will work together to integrate E-OTD technology into a range of Samsung products.
China's homegrown technology known as TD-SCDMA is creeping up from the industry's subconscious as it attracts more resources and quiet maneuvers from major players.The Chinese government recently allocated the 2.3 GHz and 2.4 GHz bands to Time Division Duplex, where TD-SCDMA is expected to...
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-The world's top four handset makers-Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, and Siemens-managed to increase their total market share from 69 percent in 2001 to 74 percent last year, according to Telecom Trends International.The firm said Samsung registered the most growth.
BEIJING-China's TCL Mobile Communications sold 6.21 million mobile phones last year, exceeding its sales target of 5 million units. The company is China's largest domestic handset maker. Sales surged almost fourfold compared with 2001.This year, TCL may be surpassed by rival Ningbo Bird, which...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Treo maker Handspring Inc. reported a dreary quarter, with revenues coming in far below some analyst expectations and warnings of further problems in the coming months.Investors cringed at the news, sending the company's stock down almost 15 percent to about 95 cents...
