Mobile Phones

MANILA, The Phillipines-Despite the influx of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-capable handsets and free service from operators, it will take some time to lure Filipinos to surf the Web via …

LOS ANGELES-Moviso, Motorola, VoiceStream and GetMoreMojo.com have aligned to wirelessly promote the soon-to-be-released Austin Powers flick “GoldMember.” The joint solution allows Austin Powers fans to personalize their mobile phones by …

TORONTO-The number of Canadians using mobile phones is expected to more than double during the next four years, with the biggest growth spurt in the teenage and corporate applications markets, …

BEIJING-Ningbo Bird, China’s largest manufacturer of pagers, phased out its pager production this month. When the paging business was at its peak in 2000, Ningbo Bird’s market share was second …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. said it is offering its subscribers BREW-enabled mobile phones access to Forbes.com Wireless, a financial information source powered by SmartServ Online Inc. Through Forbes.com Wireless, users …

BEIJING-While foreign handset makers Motorola, Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson still dominate the Chinese market, some 30 domestic suppliers are gaining market share and are expected to grab 20 percent …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Rocket Mobile Inc. announced the availability of a suite of productivity applications to help on-the-go professionals wirelessly track expenses and do currency conversion to Verizon Wireless customers. The applications …

NEW DELHI, India-Confusion prevails over the Indian government’s order to ban the use of cellular phones at petrol outlets. The order was issued by the petroleum ministry, but nobody is …

OBERHAUSEN, Germany-ConVisual said it will offer ring tones and logos for mobile phones through the MSN Germany portal, MSN.de. The companies, which announced a cooperative venture, plan to expand their …

WASHINGTON-Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, director general of the World Health Organization, said she would be cautious about letting children use mobile phones for hours everyday because not enough is known …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Despite the dark shadow the depressed economy has cast on much of the U.S. wireless sector, the Consumer Electronics Association’s recently released Digital America 2002 report shows wireless device …

Ever heard of EMS, or Enhanced Messaging Service? If not, don’t worry-few people have. It was created as an extension to the short message service messaging technology that has taken …

BEIJING-During the first five months of the year, output of mobile phones jumped 108 percent in Shanghai. Exports of information technology products by foreign-invested companies in Shanghai showed the fastest …

SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) said it established a new task force to develop mobile signature standards. Mobile signatures are used to authenticate the identity of a person …

LONDON-Six European markets will soon have MSN Messenger, Microsoft’s instant messaging service, on mobile phones via short message service. Operators in Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey will …

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MELBOURNE, Australia-With both business and consumers’ interest in using mobile data growing, Optus and SingTel have launched a worldwide search for “killer” mobile applications that will revolutionize the mobile industry. …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-South African company Econoserv has announced it has successfully implemented a business solution in Nigeria. GeeSM is a Nigerian business selling virtual airtime. It recruits agents who go …

WASHINGTON-A new Finnish study concludes mobile phone radiation could lead to cancer by undermining the blood-brain barrier’s ability to block out carcinogens and other potentially harmful substances. The research, led …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile operator in Japan, limited the use of mobile phones for two hours in the afternoon of 7 June due to World Cup ticket sales. From …

MELBOURNE, Australia—Vodafone Australia will move to prevent stolen mobile phones from being reconnected from the end of December. Telstra announced in April it would stop reconnections as of 15 August. …

BEIJING—The China Sports Press Association has selected CDMA handsets from Ningbo Bird to be the official mobile phones for Chinese journalists covering the 2002 World Cup finals. The company provided …

ATLANTA—EMS Technologies Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against LGC Wireless Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta seeking monetary damages …

VALLADOLID, Spain—A group of Spanish carriers, banks and payment companies commercially launched an ambitious mobile commerce service that will allow subscribers to use their mobile phones to purchase virtually any …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it is launching on June 1 its i-shot service, which allows users to transmit still images taken with mova SH251i mobile phones with built-in digital cameras. …