Mobile Phones

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. offered industry an early look at its MediaFLO mobile TV technology in conjunction with its BREW developer’s conference here. The demonstration showed MediaFLO can transmit streaming video, …

SAN DIEGO-Macromedia will distribute Flash-based applications for BREW-enabled wireless handsets under an agreement announced Friday at Qualcomm’s 2005 BREW Conference. The San Francisco-based developer said it has signed on as …

Online security firm McAfee Inc. made two announcements in the wireless security arena with an acquisition and a partnership for over-the-air security. McAfee, which has previously warned the threat of …

Nokia today outlined a new low-cost handset strategy to tap into new growth markets. The company concurrently introduced its Nokia 1110 and Nokia 1600 handsets, scheduled to be available during …

SAN DIEGO-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. announced a new U.S. advertising campaign, which will include ads during movie previews and TV shows and in magazines including ESPN Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Jane, …

DALLAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is using Texas Instruments’ OMAP multimedia processor chip in its mobile TV phones. Samsung is currently selling phones in South Korea that work on the Digital …

Verizon Wireless announced an agreement with Clear Channel Entertainment Properties to broadcast concert footage of Velvet Revolver, Avril Lavigne, the Moody Blues and other artists. The carrier added a channel …

WASHINGTON-Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich Jr. (R) signed into law legislation prohibiting teens and other inexperienced drivers from talking on cell phones or using hands-free devices while driving. The bill, championed …

BEIJING-Nokia and the National Basketball Association announced an agreement that expands their U.S. relationship into China. Nokia will become the official mobile phone of the NBA in Greater China and …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Industry should ship more than 100 million dual-mode mobile phones by 2010, according to new numbers from research and consulting firm ABI Research. Dual-mode phones combine wireless wide …

LOS ANGELES-With mobile gaming looking to explode from niche to mass market, game-makers are targeting consumers with everything from casual poker games to arcade classics to high-tech 3-D first-person shooters. …

Nokia Corp. announced it will expand its gaming initiative beyond its N-Gage QD gaming device by selling a range of devices that can play N-Gage games. Nokia said it would …

LONDON-Sennari, which provides customer loyalty solutions, launched its Mobile Loyalty and Community Service platform. The platform allows carriers and content publishers to deliver games and content to mobile devices, capture …

LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it has acquired the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to an adapted version of the game SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs from Sony Computer Entertainment America in …

WASHINGTON-Verizon Communications Chairman Ivan Seidenberg reacted angrily to a letter signed by 123 congressmen asking him to investigate allegations of union-busting activities at Verizon Wireless. “I am dismayed that you …

LONDON-Navicore Personal launched its next-generation navigation system for handsets. The product uses a proprietary routing algorithm to respond to directions taken by users. Reportedly, calculating routes of hundreds of miles …

LOS ANGELES-Nokia Corp. announced it will expand its gaming initiative beyond its N-Gage QD gaming device by selling a range of devices that can play N-Gage games. Nokia said it …

ZURICH-NINJ Ltd. launched its VirtualRadio software that can be installed on mobile phones to allow users to receive radio via a data stream. Users can tune into radio stations outside …

Alcatel shook off the last of its mobile-phone operations by selling its stake in the mobile-phone joint venture it formed last year with Chinese electronics company TCL Communication Technology Holdings …

WASHINGTON- The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions’ fight to shut down and reclaim assets of a U.S. firm that assigns codes so foreigners can operate their mobile phones in the …

CHIBA, Japan-A consortium of Web-based companies unveiled an initiative to simplify Internet browsing from handheld devices. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) encouraged members to join two working groups working …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. inked a deal to produce mobile games based on Sony Pictures films and TV shows, the companies announced Friday. Ojom, VeriSign’s game-publishing unit, secured wireless gaming …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a UMTS license agreement with Sagem that calls for Ericsson Mobile Platforms to supply its U100 platform to Sagem for its 3G/W-CDMA devices. “This is an …

CHIBA, Japan-A consortium of Web-based companies unveiled an initiative to simplify Internet browsing from handheld devices. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) encouraged members to join two working groups working …

DENVER-About 80 percent of telecom consumers purchase three or four different services, including landline, cable, wireless and Internet services, but less than one-third purchase those services from a single provider, …