Mobile Phones

PARIS-Samsung Electronics will soon sell a high-end mobile phone with a built-in camera in Europe, according to reports. Samsung officials in Korea couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. The world’s …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has granted a stay of rules for non-initialized and 911-only mobile phones. The rules were set to go into effect on Oct. 1. The Alliance for …

HONG KONG-With the cellular phone market saturated at 86 percent of the population, Hong Kong’s wireless engineers have wasted no time in jumping on the next bandwagon-WiFi and Bluetooth, short …

TOKYO-Mitsubishi Electric announced it developed Internet Protocol (IP) mobile technology for wireless local area network (WLAN) and PHS data communications. The firm is aimed at launching commercial service via its …

WASHINGTON-A state appeals court in Illinois has affirmed a lower court ruling that threw out a cancer lawsuit brought by former Motorola Inc. engineer Robert Kane. Kane claimed the testing …

DUBLIN, Ireland-A new initiative launched by the major U.K. mobile operators and retailers will, it is hoped, reduce the environmental impact of the 15 million mobile phones replaced in the …

CHICAGO-Socket Communications Inc. has added Bluetooth capability to its In-Hand Scan Cards, making it possible for Pocket PCs, Pen Tablets, or other wireless devices to incorporate bar code scanners with …

TOKYO-In its continuing fight against phone scams, NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin offering a new ring tone that will remain silent for a few moments at the beginning …

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Visa International has developed a chip-based card that will enable users to make payments without inserting or swiping their cards. “Based on an international standard, ISO 14443, the …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. reported it would begin marketing its FOMA T2101V 3G mobile phone designed for the carrier’s i-motion video-clip transmission service Sept. 27. DoCoMo said the handset can save …

WASHINGTON-A review by two U.S. scientists of epidemiology studies found no casual association between mobile-phone use and cancer risk. John Boice and Joseph McLaughlin, two former government scientists who head …

A full size keyboard capable of connecting to a portable mobile device like a cell phone or PDA that is capable of folding into nothing-sounds too good to be true, …

NEW YORK, N.Y.-Spirent Plc said it has acquired Ubinetics” CS100 product line and rights to associated intellectual property for $6.5 million in cash. “The CS100 3G base station emulator product …

PARIS-Struggling French handset vendor Sagem said it registered several new contracts for GSM modules for mobile phones and it has received orders for more than 2 million units in the …

SEATTLE-First Data Corp. announced it developed a new product, dubbed PocketMerchant, which allows merchants to use a mobile phone or Palm OS handheld as a point-of-sale terminal for accepting electronic …

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BUCHAREST, Romania-The three main mobile Czech operators and the country’s five most important banks have founded the Mobile Payment Association (MPA). The aim of the MPA is to develop and …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Motorola Inc. said it has signed a software contract to certify and offer Smartserv applications on a variety of its mobile phones with Java 2 platform and micro edition …

SEATTLE, Wash.-Tegic Communications Corp. scored an important victory in its patent battle with rival Zi Corp., and the result could cost Zi up to $27 million as punishment. Following a …

DUBLIN, Ireland-U.K. telecom regulator Oftel has launched a guide designed to help consumers get maximum value for money from their mobile phones. The document offers advice on a range of …

SAN DIEGO-The first International Wireless Symposium, scheduled to be held October 2-4, 2002, in San Diego, will be attended by wireless experts specializing in third-generation technologies, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, according …

DUBLIN, Ireland-A group of engineers at a U.K. university have apparently developed a mobile handset design that protects users concerned about radiation emissions from their phones. The team from the …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following market research, the Belgian GSM operator Mobistar has revamped its call charges. The company said it has launched a new tariff designed for families based on the …

RESTON, Virginia, United States-According to new findings from ComScore Networks, the audience for the wireless Web is becoming big enough that digital marketers should stand up and take interest. According …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The Irish Attorney General’s office has confirmed that it will bring forward amended regulations prohibiting the use of mobile phones in cars by mid-September. Following the introduction of the …