NEC Corp. said it plans to use third-generation chipsets and reference designs from Ericsson Mobile Platforms and Qualcomm Inc., moves that indicate the growing importance of such teamings for 3G services.NEC said it has built a prototype 3G phone using Qualcomm's dual-mode GPRS/W-CDMA platform...
TOKYO-Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its latest line-up of advanced handsets for its FOMA third-generation network. The carrier's new 901i series of mobile phones feature advanced video calling, increased memory and support for a variety of features. Although DoCoMo does not name...
Vodafone Group plc launched its UMTS-based Vodafone live! service across its operations in 13 countries, including Austria, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In connection with the "global" launch, Vodafone also announced the availability...
Nortel Networks Ltd. shares dropped on news the company will not release its quarterly and yearly results as it promised. Meanwhile, Alcatel Alsthom unveiled what it regarded as a strong outing for the third quarter. Nortel put off releasing its results to mid-November. The...
While primarily a stomping ground for carriers and content developers to meet and deal, this year's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show, held last week in San Francisco, also provided a platform for the launch of several new wireless handsets. Audiovox Communications Corp. led...
PARIS-Alcatel Alsthom witnessed improved sales for the third quarter, although its net income was low compared with the same period a year ago. Alcatel's mobile infrastructure business also bounced up in sales from last year.The company's net sales stood at $3.8 billion for the...
In what is likely shaping up to be the last quarter with six nationwide operators, four of the country's largest carriers posted relatively healthy third-quarter earnings that showed there is still penetration growth potential in the U.S. market. Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which is set...
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 year...
Vodafone announced plans for 10 new third-generation handsets expected to hit the European and Japanese markets in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season.The line-up consists of Sharp Corp.'s 802 and 902 models; the E1000, V980 and C980 from Motorola Inc.; the V800 from...
SHANGHAI, China-Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. agreed to buy the remaining interest it did not already own in Beijing Digital-Red Mobile Software Co. Ltd., a mobile games developer. Shanda first purchased a minority stake in Digital-Red in January. Digital-Red said it has developed more than...
Nextel Communications Inc. affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. completed its 30,000-square-foot customer care center expansion in Panama City Beach, Fla., which the carrier said would help support its rapid growth. The expansion is located adjacent to the carrier's existing 65,000-square-foot center that opened in 2002....
Motorola Inc. and Motorola Japan Ltd. will work with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to develop a handset for business users on the Japanese carrier's high-speed third-generation FOMA network. The GSM/GPRS handset will be the first FOMA model that will work outside Japan. It is scheduled...
T-Mobile USA Inc. has launched Japanese handset maker Sharp Corp.'s first GSM mobile phone for the U.S. market, the TM-150. The tri-band (1900, 1800, 900 MHz) flip phone features a 1-megapixel camera and dual-color displays. The TM-150 is currently being advertised on T-Mobile's Web...
Rural operators continued to wean themselves from roaming revenues during the second quarter of this year with mixed results as some have been able to make up the revenue shortfall through their own service offering, while others are struggling to find the right mix...
The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.'s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood.The device is the first to launch under Danger's newly announced partnership with Sharp Corp., meant to step up development, production and distribution of the hiptop in...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.'s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood last night.The device is the first to launch under Danger's newly announced partnership with Sharp Corp., meant to step up development, production and distribution of...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger, Inc. has snagged $37 million in venture capital and a new corporate ally.The Palo Alto-based company has joined forces with Sharp Corp. to step up production and distribution of Danger's "hiptop" devices in North American and Europe. Based on the license...
LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. released preliminary second-quarter results showing that it added approximately 40,000 net customer additions during the second quarter of this year-ending the period with 813,000 total subscribers-compared with 24,000 net customer additions during the second quarter of 2003....
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc launched consumer-focused third-generation services in two European countries, with other countries to follow in coming months, the global mobile operator said.Vodafone customers in Germany and Portugal can initially use Samsung Z105 and Sony Ericsson Z1010 handsets to view expanded Vodafone live!...
Mobile asset tracking and wireless data company @Road Inc. announced it will acquire rival wireless enterprise vendor MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. in a deal worth $86 million. The agreement is the latest in the rapidly consolidating wireless data market.@Road said the combined company's...
Last month, Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo said it sold more than 160,000 faulty mobile phones. The carrier said its new FOMA N900i handset, built by NEC Corp., suffered from a software glitch that would cause the phone to reboot if a user tried to...
BOSTON-Consolidation in the wireless content business continues its heated march, with M-Qube Inc. announcing the purchase of Sharp Robot, a Toronto-based mobile content download provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Jeffrey Glass, M-Qube's chief executive officer, said the deal would further bolster the...
Acquisition mania seems to have hit the wireless data industry, as wireless enterprise player Sybase Inc. announced a massive $95.2 million acquisition of rival XcelleNet Inc. Separately, Sybase said its first-quarter revenues will come in below expectations due to several transactions that did not...
Consolidation in the wireless content business continues its heated march, with M-Qube Inc. announcing the purchase of Sharp Robot, a Toronto-based mobile content download provider. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Jeffrey Glass, M-Qube's chief executive officer, said the deal would further bolster the...
