Samsung Electronics, the world's largest provider of thin-film transistor, liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) panels announced that it has developed the thinnest reported LCD panel, one no thicker than a credit card at 0.82mm, which is 0.07mm thinner than the panel previously reported to...

Samsung launches a new mobile TV phone (model: SGH-P930) to the Italian market this month through Telecom Italia. This newest mobile TV phone combines not only the latest mobile TV technology, but it also combines HSDPA technology which enables high-speed data transmission.

Kyocera Wireless, a global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and devices, and Verizon Wireless have announced the availability of the Kyocera K323, a compact camera phone with an internal antenna and Bluetooth wireless technology. The Kyocera K323 is Get It Now enabled and features ...

Sierra Wireless and Orange Business Services have announced that the Sierra Wireless AirCard 850 Mobile PC Card is now available in the United Kingdom. The card is the first 3G+-enabled card offered by Orange and offers mobile professionals a proven, reliable wireless connection in adv...

Sierra Wireless and Bouygues Telecom have announced the launch of a new Sierra Wireless PC card on Bouygues' network in France. The Bouygues Telecom 'Carte Internet haut debit mobile,' also known as the Sierra Wireless AirCard 850 wireless wide area network card, is available through B...

A new Cingular Wireless cell site on Morgan Alderman Road in the town of Mims is expanding coverage in Volusia and Seminole counties. The new site is located on the Volusia/Seminole County border and is providing connecting coverage on State Highway 46 between the towns of Geneva and M...

Trolltech has announced that China Institute of Communications (CIC) has awarded Trolltech and its flagship product Qtopia, the unrivaled application platform for the efficient creation of Linux-based devices, the '2006 China Mobile Industry Outstanding Performance Award (Platform Solu...

Motorola has announced that Southern Weekend, an influential Chinese business newspaper, rated Motorola the number two spot in its survey of Most Influential Fortune 500 Companies operating in China. It also ranked Motorola highest in a list of Best-Performing Fortune 500 Companies.

QUALCOMM, a developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, has announced the launch of its mShop 1.1 shopping client on U.S. Cellular's easyedgeSM wireless data service. mShop, a key feature of QUALCOMM's uiOne offering, brings...

Motorola has announced that it has shipped 2 million MOTOMING units in Greater China, making the award-winning, elegantly designed handset the best selling smartphone in China, taking an unprecedented 50% of the country's pen-based PDA market.

T-Mobile has announced the exclusive availability of the Samsung Z560. Packed with the latest technology, the Samsung Z560 also offers the best value open Internet access via a range of web-n-walk plans from T-Mobile. The handset is one of the first consumer devices to offer mobile bro...

Mobile Telesystems (MTS), the largest mobile operator in Russia and CIS, has awarded an equipment upgrade and services contract to Motorola, to improve the quality, capacity and performance of its Moscow macro region network, MTS's largest geographic region.

Sony Ericsson Developer World has announced the release of a complete package for Web Services development, enabling over-the-air access directly from your Sony Ericsson mobile phone to web server based solutions by using the C++ or Java programming languages. Extending its support for...

The Shanghai branch of China Unicom (Shanghai Unicom) announced a number of new mobile services at the Shanghai Unicom EGPRS Data Service Press Conference held in Shanghai. A range of advanced data services based on Nokia's EGPRS solution, including Near Field Communication (NFC), push...

Nokia is introducing a network solution that lets operators control the use of network resources by bandwidth hungry applications such as file sharing and Voice over IP telephony -- giving operators the tools to maintain better control over their networks.

Nokia has supported Polish mobile operator Polkomtel in launching its commercial High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network in the Warsaw area. The Nokia HSDPA solution enables Polkomtel to offer its customers mobile data services at speeds of up to five times faster than its cu...

Nokia has announced that EPUSH Software Solution Gmbh, one of the first independent international provider of value-added mobile services, will offer Intellisync Wireless Email from Nokia to its business and consumer customers. The service will be available immediately as the company's...

MTC (Mobile Telecommunications Company), a mobile operator in the Middle East and Africa, is delivering high-speed mobile services such as mobile video, multimedia messaging and web browsing in Kuwait with a Nortel optical solution.

Iraq Telecommunications & Post Corporation (ITPC), Iraq's sole fixed-line operator, has awarded Nortel a US$20 million contract to build a nationwide optical backbone to deliver high-quality high-bandwidth data, video and multimedia services for personal and business communications. No...

From Thanksgiving Day, November 23, a service is being lanched in the US that will enable consumers - according to a new technology company called Berggi - 'to transform regular cell phones into smart devices that are optimized to send and receive email, IM, text and other messaging se...

The survey, commissioned by web service provider Hostway, found that if these problems were remedied then 90% users would be far more inclined to use the Internet on the move. Other interesting information were that 71% said they would access email on the move, if it was fast and cheap...

You may remember that I covered the start-up Nestoria earlier in this blog, even thought it is a little off-topic. I've been in touch with my friend Ed Freyfogle who co-founded this today and he has updated me as to the status.

The Intercontinental Jeddah Hotel has deployed a converged network from Nortel to support advanced IP-based communications such as high-speed Internet access, unified messaging and mobility for guests while driving staff efficiency and productivity. The 360-room hotel was recently vote...

Nortel is strengthening its small and medium business (SMB) portfolio with the addition of two new data products, as well as enhancements to existing SMB solutions. Nortel's new SMB products and enhancements include: Business Ethernet Switch 200 and Business Ethernet Switch 50 portfoli...

Apple has announced it is teaming up with Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United to deliver the first seamless integration between iPod and in-flight entertainment systems. These six airlines will begin offering their passengers iPod seat connections which power and c...

QUALCOMM, a developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and mobile data solutions, has announced that it will host the second annual BREW Developers Conference - India. The conference will be held in Mumbai at The ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton on Nov. 29.

QUALCOMM has announced that it has acquired Chicago-based nPhase, a provider of machine-to-machine solutions that allow enterprises to manage and monitor widely dispersed, fixed machine assets. The acquisition of nPhase helps reinforce QUALCOMM's leadership position in the evolving mac...

QUALCOMM has announced that it will showcase some of its latest innovations in 3G CDMA wireless technology, as well as its efforts towards empowering underserved populations, during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit 2006, in Hanoi, Vietnam, November 16-19, 2006. T...

Sonofon, Denmark's second largest mobile telephone operator, is powering super-fast communications services such as interactive games, music downloads, video streaming and web browsing with Nortel solution. The Nortel Metro Ethernet Networking wireless backhaul solution is allowing Son...

ntl Telewest, the UK's largest cable operator and a provider of broadband, digital television and telephony, is using a Nortel optical solution to deliver its triple-play of voice, video and data services to residential and enterprise customers in the UK.The Nortel optical solution sig...

The American University in Cairo (AUC), a leading educational institution in Egypt and the Middle East, has chosen Nortel solutions to provide all communications services such as VoIP, multimedia and WiFi mobility to its new 'City of Learning' campus. AUC will relocate in 2008 from its...

Flextronics Components Group, a division of Flextronics, and HP have announced a five-year technology collaboration agreement to help mobile camera phone users capture photos with the same high quality they achieve from their digital still cameras.

Handmark, creator of the award-winning Pocket Express mobile Internet experience, and Zagat Survey, the world's leading provider of consumer survey-based dining, travel and leisure information, today announced the availability of the new ZAGAT TO GO v5.0. Enhancements include the add...

Microsoft has launched new Zune digital media player and music service. Today at Westlake Park in downtown Seattle at the first of these Zune concerts, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates took the stage to share his excitement for this next step Microsoft is taking in music and entertainment...

QUALCOMM has announced an expansion to its QUALCOMM Single Chip (QSC) family to include support for UMTS. The new QSC6240 product for WEDGE (WCDMA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE) and QSC6270 product for HEDGE (HSDPA/WCDMA and GSM/GPRS/EDGE) are the world's first solutions to integrate a monolithic ...

QUALCOMM, today introduced its Snapdragon platform. Snapdragon is designed to add expanded functionality to future generations of consumer electronics - from gaming/portable entertainment devices to pocket computers and beyond - by delivering ubiquitous mobile broadband access, togethe...

QUALCOMM and Motorola, today announced an expansion in their relationship. In addition to collaborating on CDMA2000, the two companies will now be working together to bring UMTS handsets to global markets. Motorola Mobile Devices has approved QUALCOMM's Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chips...

QUALCOMM, a developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies and data solutions, and Telecom Italia, through its mobile unit TIM, the largest wireless operator in Italy, today announced an agreement to launch wireless data services based on QUALCOMM's BREW solution. TIM plans ...

QUALCOMM has reported that the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has notified its Japanese subsidiary, QUALCOMM Japan, that the JFTC may investigate QUALCOMM's licensing and chip business practices in Japan. The JFTC did not reveal the timing for any investigation or identity of any c...

QUALCOMM and Arasor Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arasor International Ltd., have announced they have entered into a subscriber unit license agreement. Under the terms of the royalty-bearing agreement, QUALCOMM has granted Arasor a worldwide license under its CDMA patent po...