ANDOVER, Mass.-Mobile music company Chaoticom unveiled a deal to distribute full-length audio tracks from EMI Music to mobile handsets through its European carrier partners.Under terms of the partnership, Chaoticom has access to 200,000 tracks in EMI's library and will make them available through four...
BEIJING-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has entered into a joint venture framework agreement with China Putian Corp. for research and development, manufacture and sale of third-generation equipment and products to customers in China.Both companies plan to reach a definitive agreement by June 30, 2005.The...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed an exclusive managed services contract with H3G Italy for the overall management of H3G Italy's third-generation network, which has more than 2.6 million subscribers. The value of the contract was not disclosed, but Ericsson noted the deal's importance. "This is...
Media reports indicate that certification for WiMAX products may be delayed for six months, but a spokesperson for the WiMAX Forum said the reports are inaccurate. Another prime mover of the technology, Intel Corp., also said it was not aware of any such postponements.Some...
Despite a rash of operational difficulties during the past several years that led to its eventual sale to rival Cingular Wireless L.L.C., research firm Forrester Research Inc. found that AT&T Wireless Services Inc. was the leading wireless provider of next-generation business services. The results,...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it will adopt new accounting rules that could mean slightly lower financials in the near term. However, the market seemed neutral on the news, which has been expected given the new European Union standard will require about 7,000 of Europe's...
TOKYO-Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. appears to be looking to expand its advanced handset portfolio by buying devices from the likes of Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd.The issue is notable because DoCoMo generally maintains strict guidelines for its handset suppliers...
LONDON-Legal digital music downloads via the Internet and mobile phones exploded in 2004 even as illegal downloads continued to plague the recording industry, according to a study released Thursday. According to the report from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), music fans...
Qualcomm Inc. savored another charmed quarter with a 46-percent jump in its net income, highlighting demand for its CDMA chipsets.The company said its net income for the first quarter was $513 million with diluted earnings per share of 30 cents, amounting to a 43-percent...
Nextel Communications Inc. said it will expand its Spanish-based "Nextel. Ya." advertising campaign to Hispanic communities in Orlando and Tampa, Fla.; Boston; Philadelphia; Fresno and Sacramento, Calif.; and Washington, D.C. The campaign, which was created by Accentmarketing, builds on the carrier's "Nextel. Done." campaign.The...
LOS ANGELES-Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and Sony Urban Music are teaming with hip-hop artist Xzibit for a text-message-based contest to find undiscovered rappers across the country.Entrants are asked to submit an original song to Sony executives, who will select 10...
DALLAS-The number of households that use Wi-Fi technology for home networking has now surpassed the number that use Ethernet, according to a new Parks Associates survey.According to the "Global Digital Living" report, 52 percent of U.S. households with home networking use Wi-Fi while 50...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS is teaming with ABC News Now to deliver video updates of today's presidential Inauguration Day events.The coverage, which began at 8 a.m. EST, includes Sprint Video Mail reports from nearly two dozen parade participants equipped with video-capable Sprint handsets. ABC...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Antenova Ltd., which provides integrated RF products, announced it scored $12 million in its third round of funding. KBC Peel Hunt arranged the round, and the company's existing investors Quester, Cambridge Gateway Fund, FNI Venture Capital and Nippon Investment Fund participated."This significant...
DALLAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has selected Texas Instruments Inc.'s imaging processor technology for a camera phone model with a hard disk drive for image and video storage.Samsung will use TI's OMAP-DM270 processor in the new camera-phone model.
MONTREAL-SR Telecom Inc. said it is revising its estimates for consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter to between $22 million and $25 million due to delays in receiving major purchase orders under existing frame agreements. In addition, the company said it will not achieve...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will sell its SCH-a890 CDMA EV-DO phone through Verizon Wireless starting next month. The phone will support Verizon's recently announced Vcast streaming video service and will sell for $250 with a two-year service agreement.Verizon is also selling...
T-Mobile International AG announced a "savings and efficiency program" that will see the European carrier slash 2,200 jobs and reduce its handset range in Europe by almost half. The program, focused on the carrier's operations in Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Austria and...
Rural telecommunications and wireless services provider Ntelos Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with affiliates of Quadrangle Capital Partners LP and Citigroup Venture Capital that calls for the recapitalization and sale of Ntelos to Quadrangle and CVC. Published reports indicated a total...
WASHINGTON-The EMR Network petitioned a federal appeals court here to review a three-judge panel's rejection of a challenge to how the Federal Communications Commission crafts radio-frequency radiation safety guidelines for mobile phones and antenna towers.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
LONDON-The Open Mobile Terminal Platform group announced it bulked up its membership to 40 companies with the addition of firms such as Qualcomm Inc., PalmSource Inc. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P."2005 promises to be a particularly exciting year for the OMTP group," said...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-NEC Corp. has decided to embed the products of software player TimesTen to quicken Internet traffic for applications such as packetized voice and video, as well as new services such as on-line gaming over third-generation mobile packet networks. The products, known as...
WASHINGTON-Several Supreme Court justices today appeared not to buy arguments that municipalities are liable for attorneys' fees and damages when they lose antenna-siting court cases.The case has huge monetary and indirect policy implications, but it will not settle the divisive federal-state issue of antenna-siting...
The twists and turns in Research In Motion Ltd.'s legal battle with NTP Inc. continues with a new, separate lawsuit that pits NTP against a company that claims it actually owns the patents that NTP and RIM are fighting over.The lawsuit further complicates an...
