Mobile Phones

CALGARY, Alberta-Mobile phone input company Zi Corp. announced three Asian mobile phone design companies have licensed the company’s eZiText technology. Codacom Technologies Co. Ltd., Intercube Co. Ltd. and Beijing NGT …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission wants changes to rules governing radiation emitted by mobile-phone transmitters, an agency official said last week. Bryan Tramont, an advisor to FCC Chairman Michael Powell, said …

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.-Get you motor running … Head out on the highway! Motorola Inc. is looking to tap into the biker market through a new deal with motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson, …

LAS VEGAS-Semtek released the Side Swipe II, the latest addition to its Mobile Swipe family, at the Electronic Transactions Association’s 2003 Annual Meeting & Expo this week. Side Swipe II …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Scottish firm Eurosource Europe announced plans to establish a presence in the United States, having carved a lucrative niche in Europe. The company said it has recycled 150,000 mobile …

TOKYO-Japanese carriers J-Phone and NTT DoCoMo will begin selling camera phones in May with resolution four times that of current camera phones, according to Reuters. The move would put mobile …

LAS VEGAS-Damax International, which develops noise-free antennas for mobile phone users with hearing aids, announced it hired David Woodbury as its new vice president of business development and industry relations. …

The promise of the converged wireless device is a reality, although exactly what it will look like is still being debated. Those in the industry have long preached the inevitable …

Arabic news network Al Jazeera said it will offer a breaking news service to mobile phone users. The text messaging service, operated through content company PervasiveEdge, will feature around 60 …

EDINBURGH, Scotland-Orange announced it is using voice service solutions from Rhetorical for an upgrade to its text-to-speech service. The new system will use two voices from Rhetorical’s rVoice text-to-speech technology …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced that it has developed a wristwatch-type PHS terminal. The product will hit the market in April at the earliest, Japan’s largest mobile operator said. The initial …

NEW ORLEANS, United States-John Koo and his top executive team crowd a small, air-conditioned room perched atop LG Electronics’ sprawling booth at the CTIA trade show here. Relaxed, smiling, Koo …

SHANGHAI, China-A short message service (SMS) advertising campaign in China garnered 200,000 messages from consumers during a 30-day period. Coke launched an SMS-based “Coke Light-Lemon Flavor” promotion in Shanghai in …

SHANGHAI, China-A short message service (SMS) advertising campaign in China garnered 200,000 messages from consumers during a 30-day period. Coke launched an SMS-based “Coke Light-Lemon Flavor” promotion in Shanghai in …

NEW ORLEANS-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile made several announcements at CTIA Wireless 2003 this week in New Orleans.The company announced its SX1 mobile phone for U.S. consumers will be available …

NEW ORLEANS-Etenna Corp. unveiled its new FlexWave internal antenna product line. The company also said Mobicom Corp., which designs and manufactures GSM phones, is the first FlexWave customer. The antennas …

NEW ORLEANS-Marconi’s Wireless Business Unit and SnapTrack Inc., a unit of Qualcomm Inc., said they have agreed to cooperate on the development of an enhancement to Marconi’s Planet EV network …

HANNOVER, Germany-SanDisk Corp. introduced at CeBIT two new flash memory cards geared for the new generation of multimedia mobile phones. The 128 Megabyte MultiMediaCard for audio players and multi-function cell …

SEOUL, South Korea-The most unlikely of players, the Federal Communications Commission, provided the first look at the new “Matrix” mobile phone from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Pictures of the device …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-A filing on the Federal Communications Commission’s Web site seems to have inadvertently revealed details and pictures of an unannounced Motorola Inc. mobile phone that features an array of …

NEW YORK-KTF, South Korea’s second-largest mobile operator, has hedged its bets on a next-generation wireless strategy, with plans to launch or expand this year on cdma2000 1x EV-DO, W-CDMA and …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Wireless Retail Inc. announced it will begin selling SmartServ Online Inc.’s prepaid wireless data cards, which shoppers can purchase inside Wireless Retail’s stores. “This dramatically changes the distribution model …

NEW ORLEANS-Xpherix Corp., provider of personalized mobile connectivity solution for the enterprise, will exhibit its BREW-certified iPhonebook in the Wireless Widgets Showcase booth and in Qualcomm’s BREW Partner Pavilion at …

TOKYO-KDDI on Wednesday announced it would reduce the communications fee from a fixed-line telephone to a mobile phone by 25 percent starting 21 April. Due to the price cut, the …

New York-A new report predicts mobile phones will become as prevalent as televisions and radios and that handset sales will continue to grow during the next five years. FastTrack Wireless …