TOKYO-Sharp, a leading vendor in Japan, launched an experiment for mobile voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) using Sharp's popular personal digital assistant (PDA) Zaurus on 18 December. Mobile IP is winning attention as the next-generation system for mobile communications. However, there are still some...
DALLAS-In a move to push for Linux-based wireless devices, chip maker Texas Instruments said it will work to embed a Linux platform from MontaVista Software Inc. into its OMAP application processors for wireless handsets."Because of its flexibility and ease of use, Linux is becoming...
MAHWAH, N.J.-Vector graphics animation, an advanced visual technology, will now be available to personal digital assistant users viewing AccuWeather.com's weather service.Sharp Electronics Corp. developed the vector graphics technology, dubbed SharpMotionART, and teamed with AccuWeather to develop the first application of the technology. Users with...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-InnoPath Software Inc. has added Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. to its list of clients, agreeing to provide its over-the-air software on Sanyo's 3G handsets. InnoPath's DeltaUpgrade Plus software allows operators to debug phones via a download. The product was used earlier this...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-IDC Corp. said the worldwide IT industry suffered its worst decline ever with growth dropping 2.3 percent, although it expects a growth rate of more than five percent amounting to $875 billion dollar in 2003."This is in sharp contrast to the average annual...
ARMONK, N.Y.-IBM Corp. and Sharp Corp. said they will work together to build a new embedded Linux handheld solution to enable businesses extend enterprise applications to their mobile workers.Sharp will use IBM's software for its Linux-based personal digital assistants."IBM and Sharp are working to...
TOKYO-The top two Japanese mobile handset manufacturers-NEC and Matsushita Communications Industrial-have lost market share, while Sharp, which is the leading maker for picture phone handsets, has expanded its market share, according to a survey compiled by Multimedia Research Institute.According to the marketing firm, the...
TOKYO-Sharp, a major consumer electronics maker, assumed the third position, after NEC and Matsushita Communications Industrial, in the Japanese mobile handset market in the second quarter, according to statistics compiled by Gartner Japan.Sharp is the pioneer of picture telephones. It has been providing a...
SAN DIEGO-Sharp Electronics Corp. launched Sharp Mobile Services, the consumer edition of wireless data service for the Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 personal digital assistant.Developed in partnership with Aether Systems Inc., the service will run on Verizon Wireless Inc.' CDPD network. Sharp Mobile Services allows consumers...
SAN DIEGO-Sharp Electronics Corp. unveiled a consumer edition wireless data service for its Zaurus SL-5500 personal digital assistant designed to run on Verizon Wireless Inc.'s CDPD network. The Microsoft Pocket PC powered device includes a color screen, integrated QWERTY keyboard and dual expansion slots...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-As operators in Scandinavia call for a relaxation of 3G license conditions or opt to share the cost of network deployment, the concept of the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) business model has come back into sharp focus. New findings from the...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Vodafone Group announced it will launch the "Sha-mail" service in Europe in the fourth quarter. The company revealed its plans to begin marketing the new camera-enabled phones in seven European markets.The Sha-mail service enables mobiles subscribers to take digital photographs using new camera...
Wireless stock prices around the world have taken a beating lately. Vodafone Group has most noticeably suffered investors’ wrath and is now trading at less than a pound. To make matters worse, its shares fell an additional 5 percent last week after Goldman Sachs...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The boom in European short message service (SMS) traffic is forecast to peak in 2003 as other messaging technology bites into the service from 2004 onward, claims new research from Forrester. The company said that as the decline in SMS traffic occurs,...
HURST, Texas—Handango announced that it is working closely with handset manufacturers Motorola Inc. and Sharp to deliver Java-based applications to Motorola Accompli and Sharp Zaurus users. Handango said it is working with its more than 6,000 independent software vendor partners and a host of...
LONDON—Deutsche Telekom announced it will implement a four-point plan to keep its debt reduction program on track:A dividend US$0.37 for 2001, which is 40 percent lower than last year, will be proposed to the supervisory board and the general meeting of shareholders;There will be...
LONDON—Deutsche Telekom announced it will implement a four-point plan to keep its debt reduction program on track:A dividend of 37 cents for 2001, which is 40 percent lower than last year, will be proposed to the supervisory board and the general meeting of shareholder;There...
TOKYO—J-Phone, the third-largest mobile carrier in Japan, announced it will launch a new e-mail service with motion pictures. According to J-Phone, which is now a Vodafone Group company, using the service, J-Phone users can send e-mail including up to five seconds of motion pictures...
WASHINGTON—A leading public-safety organization today told the Federal Communications Commission it has serious concerns about potential interference from ultra-wideband transmissions to radio systems used by police, firefighters and emergency medical workers and to GPS-based technologies used to locate emergency callers.The Association of Public-Safety Communications...
TOKYO—Sharp, a leading consumer electronics manufacturer in Japan, announced that it will launch a personal digital assistant (PDA) for FOMA, the third-generation (3G) service provided by NTT DoCoMo in Japan, during the second quarter of this year.Sharp has been successfully selling PDA terminals under...
TOKYO—Citing sharp declines in demand, NEC Corp. is asking 6,600 semiconductor plant workers to stay at home with reduced pay for one to three days a month in November and December.The workers, who will be from eight different plants, will receive 80 percent of...
NEW DELHI, India-The Thai cellular market witnessed rapid growth and intense competition during 2001. Subscriber numbers reached a landmark, crossing fixed-line subscriber numbers much earlier than expected. Tariffs are decreasing, and value-added services are generating huge revenues for operators. Next-generation services like General Packet...
TOKYO-Sharp and SOMA, a U.S.-based venture, tied-up over the next-generation wireless communications business. Based on the agreement, Sharp will provide "several million" U.S. dollars in funds for Soma and will develop the next-generation SOMAport, a proprietary fixed-wireless device developed by SOMA.Sharp will be the...
With wireless operators expected to spend billions of dollars in the next several years introducing high-speed data capabilities onto their networks, the need for a return on investment is paramount. If consumer's current uptake of wireless data is any indication, ROI may be hard...
