Streaming content onto wireless devices seems like a perfect match of technology. Without the hard drive space required to download and save large files, streaming content to wireless devices is a good way for wireless customers to experience large data files.PacketVideo Corp. has jumped...
By tweaking network technology, user behavior, business models and industry structure, Cisco Systems Inc. is flexing its muscles in the wireless Internet space.The company, known for its end-to-end network enterprise solutions, plans to expand its expertise into the wireless arena.This involves paving the way...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Eastern and Central European countries began to improve and modernize their telecommunications networks more than a decade ago, after the fall of communism.A great deal of work needed to be done. According to a report from Frost & Sullivan, teledensity in some of...
The ominous shadow of an economic slowdown is creeping into the wireless industry as vendors reel under unfulfilled earnings forecast, poor sales performance, downgrades and investor anxiety, capping off the gold-rush mentality of the past half-decade which took shareholders, analysts and Wall Street executives...
Like the harmony of opposites, caution and adventure characterize the journey to the wide-scale rollout of GPRS. Vendors are playing starry-eyed idealists while operators are avoiding a possible precipice on board the chief migration vehicle: handsets.In view of their contrasting attitudes, operators' low blood pressure...
Secure with 50 converts and confident of its quality, the torch bearers of the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology believe that telecom companies are heeding their call to make it a global standard.The association, known as the OFDM Forum, seeks to foster a...
PDA technologyBlue ImpactBlue Impact, a partner of CellPoint, introduced a combined GSM/global positioning system (GPS) module for the Handspring Visor called Tellmen. The Tellmen module is compatible with CellPoint's location platform and services, allowing the Visor to access all CellPoint location services offered by...
SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea awarded much-coveted third-generation (3G) mobile service licenses to SK Telecom, the country's largest mobile carrier, and state-run Korea Telecom on 15 December. The race, however, is not over, analysts said.The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC), which handled the licensing...
DENVER, United States-Like the harmony of opposites, caution and adventure characterize the journey to the wide-scale rollout of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS). Vendors are playing starry-eyed idealists, while operators are avoiding a possible precipice on board the chief migration vehicle: handsets.In view of their...
At its annual PalmSource conference for developers, Palm Inc. further embraced the ongoing wireless enablement of its devices by incorporating a broad array of wireless-related hardware and software innovations designed for its products.Palm Chief Executive Officer Carl Yankowski illustrated his vision for the company,...
While the latest wireless handsets feature such technological advancements as wireless Internet access, short message service and ever-decreasing size, the power sources needed to supply those functions have been left out of the limelight. Battery manufacturers are quick to point out that without the...
For a new company looking to succeed in business, producing wireless handsets would seem to be one of the tougher markets to crack. Beyond the big three producers, Nokia, Motorola and Ericsson, are plenty of smaller, capable companies scavenging for leftovers of the handset...
NEW YORK-For Samsung Telecommunications America, South Korea's mandatory elimination of wireless handset subsidies created a ripple effect across the ocean that translates into more aggressive marketing in the United States.Next year, the manufacturer plans to introduce several new models, including a combination personal digital...
Digital PagingDigital Paging Co. released its new Hit plus pager, which the company said can carry three different frequencies. The pager also features a hands-on screen programming function, and has an inputted pass code option for resellers. The Hit plus, as well as all...
In the effort to alter consumers' perceptions of wireless phones, Sprint PCS turned up the volume last week with the introduction of an online music service offered in conjunction with the first combination MP3 player/wireless phone available in the United States.The introduction of the...
SEOUL, Korea-SK Telecom has begun commercial service of the first cdma2000 1XRTT wireless data and voice network. 3Com Corp. and Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. supplied the equipment.In the initial service rollout, SK Telecom introduced the 1XRTT network to subscribers in the Seoul and Inchon...
WASHINGTON-In addition to new litigation alleging that mobile phones cause brain cancer, the wireless industry also faces possible Supreme Court litigation over government exposure standards and a class-action lawsuit in New Orleans that claims manufacturers failed to take steps to minimize consumer exposure to...
NEW YORK-InPhonic, still in its corporate infancy, has skipped over baby steps and is making major strides as an outsourced, behind-the-scenes distributor of private-labeled wireless and mobile-commerce services.In mid-September, the Washington, D.C.-based company announced a one-year agreement, valued at an estimated $20 million, to...
SEOUL, South Korea-The South Korean Ministry of Information and Communication has extended the deadline for third-generation mobile licenses until the end of October, one month later than its original deadline.The postponement is due to a dispute over technology standards, Reuters reported.The country's three expected...
NEW YORK-Industry giants and unknown start-ups are heading into the home stretch of the race to make fuel cells commercially viable and available by 2002 as the next generation of power for wireless devices.Whether they run on methanol, the main ingredient in windshield-wiper fluid,...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS will begin selling its personal communications services phones, including the Samsung SCH-8500 and Motorola V2267, through more than 800 Target stores nationwide."By partnering with Target, we're extending the nationwide coverage, connectivity, clarity and value of Sprint PCS products and services...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Triton Network Systems Inc. formed a sales and marketing agreement with Samsung Corp. to market Triton Network Systems' Invisible Fiber broadband wireless products in South Korea.Triton's architecture will allow Samsung to deploy the products in consecutive point networks, running at data speeds up...
Handset subsidies are falling as digital mobile phones gain huge volumes, but as carriers begin targeting new segments and a new cycle of data-enabled handsets come to market, analysts wonder how low carriers can keep subsidies.The days of 1-cent handsets tied in with contracts...
Audible clarity is not a strong suit for most cellular phones. Whether caused by poor reception, inadequate volume levels on a handset or noisy natural surroundings, cell-phone conversations can turn into yelling matches worthy of daytime talk shows.Israeli-based Waves Ltd. thinks its recently introduced...
