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Intel's mobile ambitions still on hold
News Hermon, Intel's second product to combine an applications processor and a mobile phone modem, was supposed to make the phone industry forget about Manitoba, its ill-fated debut in the cellular communications market.
[March 10, 2006, 13:40]
Siemens to cut 2,300 jobs
News Sales in the mobile phone market are stagnating, in spite of higher volumes," Lamprecht said. This year, the market will contract by up to 20 percent," said Rudi Lamprecht, head of Siemens' mobile communications group, in a statement.
[July 31, 2003, 14:15]
Ericsson and Sony confirm mobile tie-up
News Ericsson's share of the global mobile phone market has been falling in recent times. Ericsson currently controls 10.7 percent of the mobile phone market, compared to Sony's 0.9 percent. Ericsson confirmed on Tuesday that it was attempting to...
[April 24, 2001, 12:23]
Nokia: Don't forget about voice
News But Ollila, who is considered a key figure in the development of the mobile phone market, warned the industry not to lose sight of the fact that voice applications will continue to be dominant on cell phones.
[April 6, 2006, 10:25]
Baltimore secures wireless deal in Japan
News Irish Baltimore Technologies inked a deal with Japanese mobile phone colossus DoCoMo Tuesday that will see it providing security for its mobile commerce service i-mode in Japan. It will provide the keys used by the phone to communicate securely...
[February 21, 2001, 6:31]
Siemens pins Blackberry to cross-shaped mobile
News Siemens has launched a mobile phone aimed at enterprise users that it claims is the first to include full Blackberry functionality and integration with ERP systems from companies such as SAP. The German hardware manufacturer's handset sales have...
[August 2, 2004, 15:25]
Accenture Case Study: Vodacom
White Papers As growth in the use of cellular telecommunications for voice communications slows, service provider companies are seeking new revenue streams by developing and offering data products and services to mobile phone users.
[June 17, 2004, 0:01]
Toshiba tests European i-mode waters
News Charles Baxter, head of marketing for Toshiba's Mobile Communications division said the company aimed to move into the market through carefully built relationships with the phone networks and content providers.
[March 13, 2002, 16:46]
Intel restructures for the digital future
News Intel has sold different chip bundles for mobile phones for about four years but has yet to seriously challenge Texas Instruments in the market for mobile phone processors. Potentially, the reorganisation around platforms will give Intel an...
[January 18, 2005, 8:10]
Symbian OS 7.0 increases focus on smartphones
News The mass-market effort got a boost at this week's 3GSM World Congress with Nokia's announcement it will licence the Complete Smart Phone Reference Platform to any mobile phone maker. The smartest phone of today will be the dumbest phone in two or...
[February 20, 2002, 15:33]
Handspring buy may boost Palm wireless plans
News The Treo technology could fill an important gap with Palm: wireless technology, and particularly expertise with devices that use GSM and GPRS, the mobile phone standards used in most of the world for voice and data communications.
[June 4, 2003, 16:24]
Opportunities and Challenges of WAP media in Nigeria.
Blog Wap which stands for wireless application protocol, allows people to access basic information on the internet, like news summaries, through their mobile phone handset. The mobile phone comes to the rescue for a quick access, anytime and anywhere.
[July 22, 2008, 9:42]
Skype calls on FCC to open network access
News In a document dated 20 February, Skype asked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to apply to the wireless industry what is known as the "Carterfone" rules, which would allow consumers to use devices and software of their choice on mobile...
[February 23, 2007, 8:36]
BT to trial voice-over-Wi-Fi for Bluephone 2
News BT is already developing a device called the Bluephone, which it has said will work as a domestic cordless phone over Bluetooth and also as a GSM mobile phone. Fixed/mobile convergence is the movement towards breaking down the barriers between the...
[March 15, 2005, 14:30]
Handheld chiefs look to new markets for growth
News Predicting that a single device for all wireless communications is going to dominate the multiple device market is like saying that the SUV is going to put the minivan out of business," Crawford said.
[August 10, 2001, 15:44]
Wireless VoIP set to boom
News The rise of dual-mode handsets which switch between mobile phone and Wi-Fi networks is seen as a positive step for the voice over wireless LANs. Separate research from analyst house Frost and Sullivan said the new handsets could help mobile...
[August 23, 2005, 16:35]
Motorola to ramp wireless comms after Starfish buy
News Corporates wanted mobile data in very small packages and now they want communications in there, but there'll always be a market for handheld data banks," he said. However, Ives believes the progress of hybrid computing/communications devices won't...
[July 15, 1998, 6:39]
The Year Ahead: Handheld developments
News While Handspring has had its mobile-phone attachment, VisorPhone (review), on the market for some time, it will finally release an honest-to-goodness wireless PDA in the form of the Treo sometime in "early 2002".
[December 29, 2001, 6:31]
Intel reports headway in mobile device market
News Intel has been aggressive in preparing to further pursue smart-phone makers with its upcoming "Internet on a chip" processor, code-named Manitoba, but formally called the Intel PXA800F. It will be available to phone makers in the third quarter for...
[May 16, 2003, 7:59]
Nokia's net profit drops by 69 percent
News In recent weeks, the macroeconomic environment has deteriorated rapidly, with even weaker consumer confidence, unprecedented currency volatility and credit tightness continuing to impact the mobile communications industry," Kallasvuo said.
[January 22, 2009, 15:05]
