Mobile Phones

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Worldwide mobile phone sales for the second quarter increased 0.8 percent from second quarter 2001, totaling 98.7 million units, according to Gartner Dataquest Inc. Nokia Corp. continued to …

CHICAGO-The Council of Residential Specialists, a Chicago-based trade group for realtors, has teamed with InPhonic Inc., Washington, D.C., to provide wireless phones and messaging devices, service plans and unified communications …

BUCHAREST, Romania-EuroTel Praha, the Czech GSM operator, announced it will launch multimedia messaging service (MMS) for its contract customers on 30 August. “Multimedia messaging is the natural evolution of SMS …

NEW DELHI, India-Navin Communications, which supplies voice messaging services, has partnered with another Indian cellular operator, BPL Mobile, for its VMS services for prepaid subscribers. “The service is free and …

LONDON-As the tech sector continues a shaky recovery and telecom companies in Europe and the United States offer nothing much to write home about, the Middle East continues its love …

TOKYO-The recycling rate for Japanese mobile phones, including PHS units, in fiscal year 2001 was up 5.5 percent on the year to 35.2 percent, according to a survey compiled by …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-TTP Communications plc announced a new partnership with Siemens Information and Communication Mobile that will put TTPCom’s GSM platform in new Siemens products. “This agreement demonstrates the changing nature …

SAN FRANCISCO-Video game giant Sega.com Inc. released its first ever mobile phone game, Sega Monkey Ball, which will work over Sprint PCS’ newly launched Vision network. Sega Mobile, a recently …

MUNICH, Germany-T-Mobile said two of its subsidiaries will contribute to helping the victims of the flooding in parts of Europe. RadioMobile in the Czech Republic is donating about $16,000 to …

NEW YORK-Playboy Enterprises Inc. said it has signed a licensing agreement with Legend Mobile Inc. to distribute its content through digital cards and CD-ROM in mobile phones and in other …

WASHINGTON-In five years, cellular carriers will no longer be required to reserve a portion of their spectrum for analog users as long as digital mobile phones become compatible with hearing …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-NMS Communications said its narrowband voice quality enhancement systems can now operate with Nortel’s Wireless MTX10 platform, having passed the compatibility testing. “Nortel customers can now also benefit from …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. reported a partnership with T-Mobile USA to develop and sell products based on Danger’s Hiptop platform and services. The deal also calls for T-Mobile to be …

WASHINGTON-There are currently more telephone numbers available for assignment to end-users than currently assigned, said the Federal Communications Commission on Thursday. There are 480 million assigned telephone numbers while 625 …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-The Venezuelan cell-phone operator Movilnet presented a new service that allows new clients to receive mobile-phone messages without actually owning their own cellular phones. The “Virtual Cellular” service …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Vodafone and consumer groups in Ireland are once again at odds over the price of calls following the publication of figures showing that average revenue per user (ARPU) in …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Mobile phone operating system company Symbian announced it added additional security features to its OS product through a new deal with Internet security company Symantec Corp. Under the deal, …

ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom said it signed a contract with South Korean mobile-phone manufacturer Everkom Industrial Co. Ltd. to supply Wismo Quik Q2403B modules for Everkom’s new MGD-100 GSM/GPRS mobile phones and …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Software firms across Europe have developed myriad mobile applications aimed at the business market during the past few years, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital to …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Agilent Technologies Inc. said it has unveiled a new family of color and monochrome CMOS image sensors for detachable cameras for mobile phones and PDAs. The company said …

DALLAS-Britney Spears this week joined Samsung Telecommunications America to launch the “Samsung Superstar Karaoke Tour” tour, a 24-city promotional tour offering tomorrow’s pop stars an opportunity to perform karaoke for …

SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute said it released test suites to provide a means of proving the interoperability necessary for global roaming in third-generation mobile networks. The suites were …

TOKYO-Omron, a pioneer of automated control equipment, developed what the company called a next-generation ticket gate system that lets mobile-phone users go through gates without train tickets, the firm announced. …

TOKYO-Shipments of mobile phones with cameras surged from 6 million units in 2001 to 23 million units in 2003 in Japan, according to a survey conducted by a research institute. …

TOKYO-Japan’s IY Bank plans to launch in 2003 a mobile banking service that will let bank customers withdraw or deposit money with their mobile phones. The service will initially be …