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Cingular works to certify Audiovox smart phone for its network

Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is testing Audiovox's Windows Mobile smart phone for use on its network, a move indicative of the complications surrounding the carrier's combination with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. AT&T Wireless sold the Audiovox smart phone before the merger.Since its acquisition of AT&T...

Cingular to tighten handset control

As the new No. 1 carrier in the United States, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. is in the position to greatly tighten its control over its handset suppliers. And with a subscriber base of nearly 46 million, the carrier has influence enough to develop a Vodafone-style...

Nation’s Briefs

Mobile-phone industry lawyers said they intend to ask a D.C. court to dismiss six brain-cancer suits on federal pre-emption grounds. In July, U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake of Baltimore sent back the six lawsuits to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia where...

UTStarcom completes Audiovox handset division buy

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom announced it finished its $165 million acquisition of some assets of Audiovox Corp.'s mobile handset division. UTStarcom, which supplies wireless and wireline switching units, said it expects the acquisition to generate more than $250 million in the fourth quarter. The company acquired...

Napster goes mobile with AWS service

LOS ANGELES-AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which last week was acquired by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., is taking Napster mobile.The Internet music vendor is introducing Napster To Go, a mobile music subscription service for AWS users on the Audiovox SMT5600 smart phone. The service, which costs...

UTStarcom finalizes Audiovox handset division buy

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom announced it finalized its $165 million acquisition of some assets of Audiovox Corp.'s mobile handset division.UTStarcom, which supplies wireless and wire-line switching units, said it expects the acquisition to generate more than $250 million in the fourth quarter. The company acquired 250...

Audiovox, NEC show new handsets

While primarily a stomping ground for carriers and content developers to meet and deal, this year's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show, held last week in San Francisco, also provided a platform for the launch of several new wireless handsets. Audiovox Communications Corp. led...

Audiovox offers ‘affordable’ 1x handset

SAN FRANCISCO-Audiovox Communications Corp. introduced its new CDM-8615 handset at the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2004.The clamshell-style dual-LCD phone is geared toward consumers who want an affordable compact phone, said the company. The tri-mode is CDMA2000 1x capable, Java enabled and includes a...

Audiovox releases swiveling camera phone

SAN FRANCISCO-Audiovox Communications Corp. released its CDM-8930 1.3-megapixel camera phone at this week's CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment show in San Francisco.The handset, featuring a swivel clamshell body, has a 1.3-megapixel digital camera with a built-in flash that can store up to 20 photos....

AWS to offer Audiovox smart phone

Bill Gates was on hand as two new Windows Mobile-based devices were rolled out at the Digital Entertainment Anywhere event Tuesday. AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Audiovox introduced the smallest Windows Mobile smart phone in North America. The Audiovox SMT5600-which is also the first...

Microsoft looks to mobile music with device partnerships

Music at home, on the go and on the cheap sum up the goal of a new partnership program penned by Microsoft Corp. with a slew of device vendors.Incorporating such handhelds as music players, media centers, smart phones, pocket PCs and digital audio receivers,...

Verizon offers Audiovox video/camera phone

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. have launched the Audiovox CDM-9900 digital video and camera phone. The device features a 2.2-inch high-resolution color screen, a built-in camcorder, embedded flash, a built-in speaker phone and a 300-slot phone book. The CDM-9900 is retailing for...

Verizon offers Audiovox video phone

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless and Audiovox Communications Corp. have launched the Audiovox CDM-9900 digital video and camera phone.The device features a 2.2-inch high-resolution color screen, a built-in camcorder, embedded flash, a built-in speaker phone and a 300-slot phone book. With Verizon's Get It Now service,...

Prepaid gets fancy

Once relegated to outdated handsets and overpriced basic voice services, prepaid customers increasingly are being catered to with the latest handset technology and services to go along with more rational pricing plans. 7-Eleven Inc. and Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. last week each launched their...

AWS wins deal with MercuryMD

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reported a deal with MercuryMD Inc. to provide medical professionals with wireless access to patient information on personal digital assistants and PocketPC devices using the carrier’s GSM/GPRS network.The solution includes the palmOne Treo 600 and Audiovox PPC 4100 devices...

Complaint by blind woman leads to new handset, settlement

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless said it reached a settlement with Dr. Bonnie O'Day over a 2003 complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission in which she alleged the nation's top mobile-phone operator violated federal law by failing to make its products and services accessible to people...

Verizon settles O’Day complaint

WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless today said it reached a settlement with Dr. Bonnie O'Day over a 2003 complaint filed with the Federal Communications Commission in which she alleged the nation's top mobile-phone operator violated federal law by failing to make its products and services accessible to...

AT&T Wireless signs data provider agreement with CDW

HERNDON, Va.-CDW Corp.'s government and education subsidiary CDW Government Inc. signed a data solutions provider agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to stock, sell and activate data devices designed for AWS' GSM-based data network. The deal includes Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry devices, which...

UTStarcom lays out U.S. plans

UTStarcom Inc.'s $165.1 million purchase of U.S.-based Audiovox Communications Corp.'s wireless handset business establishes the company as a player in the global CDMA market, fulfilling its founders' original vision.The company, which always wanted to develop solutions that could be offered to any company worldwide,...

UTStarcom’s transformation reflected in quarterly results

ALAMEDA, Calif.-UTStarcom Inc. said its second-quarter financial results reflected both successes and challenges, including increased pricing pressure in China. "UTStarcom continues to go through a significant transformation as a company," said Hong Lu, chief executive officer of UTStarcom. "I believe that the next six...

Blake sends brain-cancer suits back to state court

WASHINGTON-In a stunning turnabout, U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake ruled six brain-cancer lawsuits do not belong in federal court and remanded the cases to state court.Until the July 19 ruling, the Baltimore federal judge had consistently ruled in industry's favor in wireless health litigation...

Verizon Wireless to offer Motorola camera phone next month

Motorola Inc. and Verizon Wireless said the Motorola V710 1.23-megapixel camera phone is now shipping and will be available nationwide next month. Earlier this year, a Verizon spokeswoman confirmed that the carrier was testing the phone, but at the time said Verizon had not...

Blake sends brain-cancer suits to state court

WASHINGTON-In a stunning turnabout, U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake ruled six brain-cancer suits against the mobile-phone industry do not belong in federal court and remanded the cases to state court here.Until Monday's ruling, the Baltimore federal judge had consistently ruled in industry's favor in...

Samsung, Siemens up sales plans as Nokia stumbles

Second-quarter earnings released last week by major handset manufacturers showed Nokia Corp. losing market share, while Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. increased their sales expectations for the year.Nokia set a dismal tone for the second-quarter earnings announcements, saying it...