The wireless content and gaming industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds, as new startups launch, new applications become available and new partnerships are formed. Indeed, such intense activity offers evidence the market is gearing up for significant growth.Among the recent news:Wireless gaming...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-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.InterDigital attributed its solid second quarter to new or renewed patent license...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Universal Music Group signed an agreement with Sprint PCS allowing the carrier to offer downloadable ring tones to its PCS Vision customers, adding the ring tones will be clips from actual recorded songs.Sprint PCS said it currently offers nearly 1,000 downloadable ringers...
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.InterDigital attributed its solid second quarter to new or renewed patent license agreements with Sharp...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc signed a deal with Sony Pictures Mobile for new entertainment products based on Sony Pictures Entertainment, as well as original and third-party content for Vodafone's Live! multimedia service.Vodafone announced several games based on Sony Pictures Entertainment properties that initially will be...
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.With a myriad of technologies in the market, vendors and carriers all see their technologies...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Total wireless handsets shipped reached 107 million units in the second quarter, demonstrating 12-percent year-on-year growth and 2-percent sequential growth, according to research from ABI. New features including color screens and camera phones likely fueled the growth. Replacement shipments accounted for 27...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced it will begin selling the new SPH-i500 mobile phone/personal digital assistant from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., which features the Palm Inc. operating system. The device will sell for $600.Separately, Samsung announced a licensing deal for Sony Corp.'s Memory Stick,...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc signed a deal with Sony Pictures Mobile for new entertainment products based on Sony Pictures Entertainment, as well as original and third-party content for Vodafone's Live! multimedia service.Vodafone announced several games based on Sony Pictures Entertainment properties that will initially be...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Graphics chipmaker Nvidia said it will usher into the wireless device market with the purchase of MediaQ, which makes processors to improve the display and battery life of handheld devices.Nvidia will take advantage of MediaQ customers, which include such players as Siemens...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Total wireless handsets shipped reached 107 million units in the second quarter, demonstrating 12-percent year-on-year growth and 2-percent sequential growth, according to research from ABI. New features including color screens and camera phones likely fueled the growth. Replacement shipments accounted for 27...
LONDON-The worldwide ring-tone market totals an astounding $4 billion, a number that will likely draw music companies like BMG, Sony Music, EMI, Warner Chappell and Universal into the wireless market, according to new research from consulting company Strategy Analytics.The firm said the ring-tone market...
The mobile-phone industry took a collective deep sigh of relief, as new research found phone shipments are growing at an impressive rate and sales of new smart phones have leapt during the past year.Research firm IDC said worldwide mobile-phone shipments grew 19 percent during...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. may not be the only company looking to sell a mobile phone using Microsoft Corp.'s software in the United States; it appears Taiwanese manufacturer Chi Mei Communication Systems Inc. is also planning to release a Microsoft Smartphone device here.Pictures and...
LONDON-The worldwide ring-tone market totals an astounding $4 billion, a number that will likely draw music companies like BMG, Sony Music, EMI, Warner Chappell and Universal into the wireless market, according to new research from consulting company Strategy Analytics.The firm said the ring-tone market...
Nokia Corp. requested international arbitration in a licensing disagreement with wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp., news that sent InterDigital's stock down almost 25 percent after the news.The company's stock was back up slightly to $18.35 in trading the following day.Nokia's request for arbitration...
In the early days of wireless, users could expect their phones to store, perhaps, 100 names and phone numbers. Today, users in some cases can expect their phones to hold an entire half-hour TV show, complete with audio and video.Such advances in storage create...
Nokia Corp. has requested international arbitration in a licensing disagreement with wireless technology company InterDigital Communications Corp., news that sent InterDigital's stock down almost 25 percent after the news.The company's stock was back up slightly to $18.35 in trading today.Nokia's request for arbitration was...
Reports from the world's top mobile-phone and network infrastructure providers painted a muddled portrait of the industry, with a few bright spots mixed in with a fair helping of bad news.In the phone market, four of the world's top suppliers reported relatively sluggish earnings....
Mobile-phone maker Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications showed significantly improved financials, but said it will not be able to make a profit for the full year as it once promised.The company said it won't be able to reach its promised 2003 profitability due to its...
While the industry looks to foster the growth of third-party software, many of the industry's advanced phone makers will not replace a ruined device if that same third-party software caused the problem."It hasn't been an issue yet," said Michael King, senior analyst at Gartner...
LONDON-Operating company Symbian claimed another win with the Fujitsu F2102V phone for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s high-speed FOMA network.The mobile phone includes two digital cameras for video capabilities, as well as authentication for mobile payments, a memory card storage slot and audio compression for streaming...
Operating company Symbian claimed another win with the Fujitsu F2102V phone for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s high-speed FOMA network.The mobile phone includes two digital cameras for video capabilities, as well as authentication for mobile payments, a memory card storage slot and audio compression for streaming...
