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Wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp. reported increasing revenues and a rising net income, news that helped send the company’s stock up almost 8 percent to about $16.17 per share. …

One of the big riddles with open standards is that not all of those who swear by the principle believe in it. Unless, of course, it works in their favor. …

TOKYO-Mobile-phone maker Sharp Corp. said net income was up about 13 percent to $117 million, and sales of its camera phones helped spur sales in a down worldwide economy. Sharp …

Joint ventures and alliances continue to tie ideas and initiatives together across various tiers of the wireless industry from infrastructure to Wi-Fi to semiconductors. Asian companies play crucial roles in …

TOKYO-Sharp Corp. said it will collaborate with SAP AG to provide solutions for corporate workers on the fly using handheld devices. According to the deal, Sharp will offer its personal …

Eight of the world’s largest consumer electronics companies-including the world’s No. 3 mobile-phone maker-said they will team together to promote and standardize Linux technology for electronic devices, including mobile phones. …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said its subsidiary InterDigital Technology Corp. has extended its 1998 patent license agreement with Sharp Corp. of Japan covering sales of terminal devices compliant …

TOKYO-Sharp, a leading mobile handset manufacturer in Japan, announced it will provide mobile handsets with built-in tiny cameras to China Mobile. Sharp has been providing mobile handsets with cameras to …

TOKYO-Sharp Corp., through an agreement with Datang Telecom Technology Co. Ltd., will supply the Chinese market with camera-equipped GSM mobile phones. The device, which marks Sharp’s entry into the Chinese …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the hype surrounding the success of multimedia messaging service (MMS), the Swedish cell-phone operator Comviq has joined Vodafone and Telia by extending its free trial of the …

BOSTON-Research firm Strategy Analytics said 18 million mobile phones were sold last year with integrated digital cameras, with Nokia Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. taking the lead in the …

CANNES, France-The GSM Association announced its new board members and said it will now position itself as a global trade organization for the mobile industry, focused on a high-profile series …

CANNES, France-The 2003 GSM Association Awards were presented this week in conjunction with the 3GSM World Congress being held in Cannes, France. In the technology innovation category, Sharp Corp. won …

OSLO, Norway-IBM Corp. said it will use software from Trolltech to offer a reference design for building Linux-based mobile devices. “With an increasingly mobile work force, corporations are looking into …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless vendor L.M. Ericsson said it will lay off 1,200 workers in its information technology units. The sharp reduction in total staff from 107, 000 to 64,000 necessitated the …

OSLO, Norway-Sales of handheld computing devices, including personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smart phones, rose 3.5 percent in the final quarter of 2002 in Sweden, reversing a slide that began …

WASHINGTON-White House adviser Richard Clarke, according to published reports, will step down next month after completing a final report on a cybersecurity plan that is bound to attract sharp criticism …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …