BEIJING—The world's largest mobile market could become decidedly less attractive for cell-phone manufacturers if new proposed rules on cell-phone radiation emissions come into play.A proposed change would restrict the maximum specific absorption rate in China to 1 watt per kilogram compared with 1.6 watts...
SAN JOSE, California, United States—Worldwide mobile-phone unit sales reached 93.8 million units in the first quarter of 2002, a 3.8-percent decline from first-quarter 2001, according to Dataquest, a unit of Gartner.Nokia experienced a slight decline in global sales to end users compared with the...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Worldwide mobile phone unit sales reached 93.8 million units in the first quarter of 2002, a 3.8-percent decline from first-quarter 2001, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Inc.Nokia Corp. experienced a slight decline in global sales to end users compared...
NEW YORK—Enlisting the support of four heavy hitters in professional sports and in retailing, Samsung Electronics America Inc., Ridgefield Park, N.J., launched on May 16 its "Four Seasons of Hope" fund-raiser for charity.For the first week of the donation drive, Samsung will remove its...
DENVER—The Wireless Multimedia Forum ceased operations early this year, and its more than 60 members have moved on to work with other standards bodies, including the Third Generation Partnership Project and the Internet Streaming Media Alliance."The WMF will be ending operations shortly," the group's...
NEW DELHI, India—Handset manufacturers worried about the disturbing trend of low sales in European and U.S. markets can take comfort from emerging trends in the Asia-Pacific region. All research findings and market conditions in the region point to robust growth in handset shipments during...
LONDON—Wireless platform licensing company Parthus Technologies plc announced it sold its NavStream GPS location-based services platform to the semiconductor division of Samsung Electronics.
MONTREAL—Canadian wireless operator Bell Mobility launched its cdma2000 1x network in Montreal with plans to extend coverage in major urban centers across Quebec in the third quarter and in its national coverage area throughout this year. The carrier originally introduced 1x service in Toronto...
MONTREAL—Canadian wireless operator Bell Mobility launched its cdma2000 1x network in Montreal with plans to extend coverage in major urban centers across Quebec this summer and in its national coverage area throughout this year. The carrier originally introduced 1x service in Toronto earlier this...
SAN FRANCISCO-In an another tie-up, Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. have agreed to combine Intel's Xscale microarchitecture's PX250 and PXA210 and Windows CE .NET to enable hardware and software developers to create browsing, multimedia and other wireless applications for mobile devices.Both companies said a...
CANNES, France—Nortel Networks made two announcements at this week's 3GSM World Congress in France.The company commercially launched its Network Gateway Server (NGS), which it said simplifies the development of data applications so they can be launched faster at minimal costs. Nortel said the product...
CANNES, France—The GSM Association continued to move forward with its wide-ranging M-Services Initiative, announcing the second phase of the program, broad support from the supplier community, and a series of task forces to help develop the wireless data market.The association said its phase two...
LONDON—Symbian announced six semiconductor companies have joined its Semiconductor Partner Programme, showing support for Symbian OS and ARM core-based chipsets.The six new partners—Agilent Technologies; Epson; Parthus; Philips Semiconductors; Samsung and STMicroelectronics—join existing partners ARM; Intel; Motorola SPS; Qualcomm CDMA Technologies and Texas Instruments. Symbian...
BOSTON, United States—According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, Samsung will fall below Siemens in 2002 global cellular market share results, and Sony Ericsson may push Samsung down even further. Analysts from Strategy Analytics' Global Wireless Practice believe Nokia will lead market share...
LONDON—About 23,000 high-end Samsung A300 mobile phones valued at approximately US$6 million disappeared from a warehouse in West London this week.Police believe the handsets were stolen by thieves with inside information on the warehouse and will likely end up on the black market. But...
LONDON—About 23,000 high-end Samsung A300 mobile phones valued at approximately $6 million disappeared from a warehouse in West London this week.Police believe the handsets were stolen by thieves with inside information on the warehouse and will likely end up on the black market. But...
BOSTON—According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, Samsung will fall below Siemens in 2002 global cellular market share results, and Sony Ericsson may push Samsung down even further. Analysts from Strategy Analytics' Global Wireless Practice believe Nokia will lead market share in 2002,...
GENEVA—Europe’s mobile users will likely wait much longer than expected for next-generation cellular, as the daunting implications of full-scale third-generation (3G) deployment are finally brought home to the region’s 60-plus operators.With many players already having committed hundreds of millions of euros to securing national...
TORONTO—Canada's Bell Mobility launched the country's first 1x wireless network in the greater Toronto area, with plans to extend the coverage throughout the year to cover most of the country.Bell Mobility said the new network will deliver "cruising speeds" of up to 86 kilobits...
TOKYO—Matsushita Electric Industrial, a leading consumer electronics manufacturer, on 28 January announced it filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics, claiming that the Korean company and three U.S. subsidiaries of Samsung infringed Matsushita's patents covering dynamic RAM (DRAM) and related technologies.The file was actually brought...
ATLANTA, United States—Samsung Networks said it has renewed its data network contract with Equant to interconnect 50 cites in Europe, Middle East and Africa."Under the agreement, sites in Korea are linked with the U.K.-based hub of Samsung Group's European operations via an Equant Frame...
NEW YORK—Emblaze Systems said it has concluded successfully an MPEG4 compliance interoperability test with Samsung Electronics.The companies conducted the trial to determine whether Emblaze's wireless media platform is interoperable with Samsung's cdma2000 1x network, thereby allowing it to transmit multimedia content.Emblaze said it supplied...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has signed an agreement to license its mobile technology to Samsung in return for a royalty payment and reciprocal license to Ericsson.The deal covers Ericsson's portfolio for GSM, TDMA, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson said it has signed an agreement to license its mobile technology to Samsung in return for a royalty payment and reciprocal license to Ericsson.The deal covers Ericsson's portfolio for GSM, TDMA, GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA.
