The Starter Kit provides the flexibility to develop wireless capability by using Jennic JN5139 microcontrollers and modules as wireless processors or co-processors.Jennic has released a low-cost starter kit which allows developers with little or no wireless experience to develop products.
A class-action lawsuit filed against Alltel Corp. accuses the regional mobile-phone carrier of adding unauthorized charges on subscribers' monthly bills.The suit focuses on the relationships between Alltel and third-party mobile content providers and billing aggregators such as m-Qube Inc., a unit of VeriSign Inc."Alltel...
Nokia Corp. posted strong results for the typically tepid first quarter, but its stock dipped 14% in midday trading after the company said that the handset market's overall value, in Euro terms, would decline from last year.Nokia reported revenue of $20.2 billion in the...
The House passed a bill that would repeal the Internal Revenue Service requirement for employees to maintain detailed logs of cellphone and Blackberry use for tax-filing purposes.The Modernize Our Bookkeeping in the Law for Employees CellPhone Act was sponsored by Sen. Sam Johnson (R-Texas),...
Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There's a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs us the wrong way....
Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. introduced its ChatLink service, a push-to-talk feature that allows its subscribers to use PTT services with people outside of MetroPCS' network. Kodiak Networks, which powers the ChatLink service as well as other PTT offerings from a number of...
With the Apple iPhone seemingly dominating the mobile-phone conversation, you would have to forgive LG Electronics Co. Ltd. for backing a superheroic push to earn some buzz. LG is turning to comic-book character Iron Man to launch one of its most aggressive U.S. pushes,...
Verizon Communications Inc. has sued Sprint Nextel Corp. in Delaware federal court, accusing the No. 3 mobile-phone operator of failing pay nearly $10 million in interconnection charges."Verizon has repeatedly attempted to resolve this dispute short of litigation," the suit stated. "Yet these attempts, made...
LAS VEGAS -- Five companies promoting the A-VSB standard for mobile TV broadcasting said they have made progress on the technology, and offered demonstrations during the National Association of Broadcasters Show this week to underscore their efforts.The Advanced Television Systems Committee is expected to...
Key House members introduced a bill to ban cellphone use on in-flight airplanes, triggering a rebuke by a Georgia wireless technology firm."The public doesn't want to be subjected to people talking on their cellphones on an already over-packed airplane," said Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.),...
A class-action antitrust lawsuit has been filed against Qualcomm Inc., the San Diego-based CDMA technology giant. The suit appears to echo similar claims filed against Qualcomm by rival Broadcom, but was filed by an individual, Jesse Meyer, who bought a Motorola Inc. Razr from...
Public-safety groups scrambled to salvage support for a private-sector funded national wireless broadband network shared by first responders and a commercial entity, following calls by some House Republicans to abandon in the 700 MHz D-Block re-auction that they consider a fatally flawed experiment."APCO International...
Novatel Wireless Inc., maker of embedded laptop modems, warned this week that it would miss its first-quarter profit forecast.The company cut its first-quarter earnings estimate to $91 million from $110 million and drastically reduced its per-share earnings expectations. Novatel said it missed shipping a...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd. shipped 24.4 million handsets in the first quarter, above analysts' estimates of 23 million to 24 million units.Handset sales reached $3.2 billion, up nearly 36% over the year-ago quarter, while the division's operating profit reached $448 million, a four-fold jump...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Handset and infrastructure vendors--RBC Capital Markets lowered its price target on Motorola Inc. to $10 from $12. The firm also cut its unit estimates on...
The Parrot PARTY Black Edition claims to be the first commercially available Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled speaker system . The NFC technology will enable users to pair their device to the speaker simply by tapping them together.
Reps. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Chris Cannon (R-Utah) introduced a bill to impose a five-year freeze on new discriminatory state and local wireless taxes."The wireless sector of the technology industry continues to be an important driver for growth in our nation's economy. Americans don't...
AdLink Technology Inc., which makes test-and-measurement solutions for telecommunication equipment manufacturers, introduced a new ATCA blade using Intel Corp.'s 5100 chipset.The new CPU blade is designed to help telecom equipment manufacturers with a product that offers more memory, more storage and more connectivity options....
One year after launching Mowser, Russell Beattie has pulled the plug on his transcoding business.Beattie, a former mobile developer for Yahoo Inc., had hoped to compete with Google Inc., Greenlight Wireless's Skweezer and other developers that customize Internet content for mobile phones. But "active...
Public-interest groups reiterated their call for federal regulators to protect text messaging rights, framing the issue with far-reaching implication for free speech, disability access and competition in the wireless industry.Public Knowledge and other organizations want the Federal Communications Commission to rule that mobile-phone carriers...
While the Federal Communications Commission's failure to attract a bidder for a national commercial-public safety spectrum license dominated a House telecom subcommittee hearing today, the panel's review of the 700 MHz auction also served as a platform for addressing other major wireless policy issues.Indeed,...
Crush or Flush members can now give advertisers a thumbs-up or thumbs-down -- just like they do with each other.IceBreaker Inc's mobile social networking site added Golden Ticket, a component that allows advertisers to create profiles for their wares, just as members create profiles...
The wireless industry's two heavyweights continued to tweak their service plans with both AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless offering up new packages targeted at different demographics.AT&T Mobility unveiled a new FamilyTalk derivative that targets small businesses, allowing up to 40 users to share 20,000...
