The mere idea it may one day be possible to connect computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices to share voice and data transmissions without the need for cables has brought together some of the industry's heaviest hitters under the umbrella of the Bluetooth...
Aggressive digital pricing plans are quickly driving the migration of customers from analog service to digital service, say analysts."We attribute today's successful migration directly to rate plans combined with solid products," said Richard Siber, head of Andersen Consulting's wireless practice in Boston. "The features...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS introduced a handset with a built-in mouse, manufactured by Denso Wireless Systems America, and a headset from Plantronics Inc.The Sprint PCS Touchpoint handset has a large display screen and a mouse to allow point-and-click navigation through menus and options. The...
Microsoft Corp. introduced its third-generation software platform for handheld personal computer products, called the Windows CE Handheld PC Professional Edition, or H/PC Pro.The platform, based on Windows CE 2.11, improves remote access and connectivity to corporate data while retaining the familiar user interface of...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Samsung Telecommunications America and Tecore announced they will partner to offer Code Division Multiple Access equipment to small personal communications services markets."No one is targeting the D, E and F carriers" with CDMA equipment, said Jay Salkini, president and chief executive officer of...
Sorry Microsoft Corp., but analyst firm Strategy Analytics predicts the handheld device market in the future will not be dominated by any single standard."Microsoft will not dominate this category as it has with PCs," Matthew Checkley, associate consultant with the firm, said in a...
An old Chinese saying may be relevant to the commercialization of CDMA mobile phone networks in China-"Those who know don't talk, and those who talk don't know"-at least on the record.When will Code Division Multiple Access networks be launched commercially in China? No one...
BEIJING-China Telecom announced it signed up its 20 millionth mobile phone customer, a police officer named Zhang Qinghua in the scenic city of Hangzhou, at precisely 8: 45 a.m. on 18 August. In the first half of the year, China Telecom signed up 5.45 million...
Bell Canada International Inc. and New York-based insurance and financial services firm American International Group Inc. agreed to invest a combined $265 million to purchase a 39.4-percent interest in South Korean personal communications services operator Hansol PCS Co. Ltd.The agreement calls for BCI to...
REDWOOD CITY, Calf.-Unwired Planet Inc. said Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. licensed its UP.Browser to integrate into the Code Division Multiple Access handsets of Samsung's Dallas-based subsidiary, Samsung Telecommunications America Inc.The deal calls for Unwired Planet to provide UP.Browser software releases and enhancements, enabling Samsung...
NEW YORK-InterDigital Communications Corp., King of Prussia, Pa., will field test its new wireless local loop product in northwest Iowa this fall in conjunction with Pioneer Holdings L.L.C.The agreement represents the first full U.S. field trial of InterDigital's TrueLink fixed wireless system, which uses...
As the digital revolution begins to move at a substantial pace, mobile phone manufacturers have some tough decisions to make.The demand for digital handsets is growing, especially in the CDMA arena, where carriers are screaming for more handsets. More cellular carriers aggressively are pushing...
Stet Hallas Telecommunications S.A., Greece, went public 3 June through an equity offering by a holding company. Stet Hallas is 20-percent owned by Bell Atlantic Corp. of the United States.Telecom Finland officially has changed its name to Sonera.Telstra of Australia announced it will take...
It's one thing to have lofty ambitions within the safe confines of executive boardrooms, but it's quite another to let the world in on them.That's what Philips Consumer Communications, a joint venture of Philips Electronics N.V. and Lucent Technologies Inc., did when it said...
Competition among companies that supply digital signal processors to the wireless industry is beginning to heat up with new alliances and investments changing the competitive landscape.IBM Corp.'s Microelectronics division last week announced it will pump $100 million into several new initiatives designed to expand...
VLSI Technology Inc. today announced it is shipping samples of its new Code Division Multiple Access chip solution, which it is calling the first real alternative to Qualcomm Inc.'s CDMA chip products.The CDMA+ product is about the size of a dime and includes the...
Topp Telecom Inc.'s TracFone prepaid cellular phones now can be purchased in 7-Eleven stores in Phila-delphia and southern New Jersey.Charles Fortner, president of Island Page, was recognized last week by Vice President Al Gore as the National SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year, said...
Personal communications services provider PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. signed a roaming agreement with GTE Wireless that will expand its PrimeTravel coverage area to 45 of the country's top 50 markets, said PrimeCo. PrimeCo customers now can roam in GTE's San Francisco; Indianapolis; Nashville and...
KING OF PRUSSIA-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. signed a contract with Unicom, a state-owned telephone company in China, to install a broadband Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop system in China.Samsung will install the system in the city of Chongqing...
BEIJING-In the wireless world, China no longer is a forgotten backwater, but is rapidly moving to center stage. According to the new Ministry of Information Industry (MII), the country had a 92-percent growth rate last year, bringing total mobile users to 13 million, and...
MOUNTAINVIEW, California, United States-Sun Microsystems Inc. announced it licensed L.M. Ericsson to use and distribute its PersonalJava platform and Java Application Environment.Ericsson said it intends to use Java-based technology to support development of third-generation products and systems based on W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple...
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service Inc. confirmed the speculative grade rating of Ba1 on $1.8 billion in outstanding debt of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., including Samsung Electronics America Inc. and other subsidiaries guaranteed by the parent company.However, the New York rating agency also said it...
Nine companies are set to bid in the Australian personal communications services spectrum auction April 14, amid uncertainties surrounding the auction process and an economic crisis gripping many nations in the Asia-Pacific region.The Australian Communications Authority will auction 10 PCS licenses in the 1800...
Further extending its reach into the wireless industry, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced it has signed an agreement giving L.M. Ericsson license to use and distribute its PersonalJava platform and Java Application Environment.The Ericsson announcement comes less than two months after Motorola Inc. announced it...
