Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:15 am
With Hurricane Katrina headed toward the Gulf Coast region, Verizon Wireless has mobilized its emergency operations teams to ensure reliable wireless phone coverage before, during and after the storm for residents and local emergency agencies.
Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:46 am
Most people have one technology tool they can't live without. For financial executives, it's the cell phone. In a nationwide survey of chief financial officers (CFOs), cell phones topped the list as the most indispensable portable technology device, with 44 percent of the response. Laptop computers came in close second, cited by 39 percent of executives polled.
Mon Aug 29, 2005 10:37 am
Samsung Electronics today announced that it is sampling Gigabyte (GB) MultiMediaCards (MMCs) with customers: 1GB and 2GB MMC plus cards, and the industry's first 1GB MMC mobile card. The higher densities and faster speeds of Samsung's Version 4.1 memory cards will allow consumers to gain higher performance from advanced mobile consumer devices, such as mobile phones, digital still cameras (DSCs), PDAs, MP3 music players and PMPs (portable multimedia players).
Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:35 am
The communications industry has returned to profitability but developments in Internet technology are challenging the role and business model of traditional telecoms companies, creating pressures for a new approach to industry regulation, according to the OECD's Communications Outlook 2005.
Thu Aug 25, 2005 4:16 pm
The Associated Carrier Group (ACG), an alliance of independent tier two and tier three CDMA wireless carriers, and Kyocera Wireless Corp., a leading global manufacturer of CDMA wireless phones and devices, today announced the domestic debut of the highly-anticipated Kyocera Slider Remix KX5 wireless phone. The feature-rich, music-enabled handset is exclusively offered for a limited time by the recently united ACG, and is also the first phone offered by the alliance.
Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:58 am
The number of aggregate digital images captured per month continued to grow another 18 points in 2005, largely driven through cheaper flash memory card prices and increased capacities, IDC found in a new study of U.S. digital camera owners' usage habits. As a result, the total number of average monthly prints is expected to increase by 29% in 2005. However, printing behavior is changing with home printing continuing to decline in favor of retail locations.
Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:52 am
The CDMA Development Group (CDG) reported today that the number of CDMA2000 (3G) subscribers grew by 17 million in Q2 2005 to reach 185.6 million worldwide. In the first six months of 2005, CDMA2000 added more than 39 million new users and 73 million since June 2004. In addition, the CDG announced that CDMA is growing at a rate of 27% annually and garnered 13.6 million new users in the last quarter and close to 58 million in the past year, bringing the worldwide CDMA subscriber base to more than 270 million people. Close to 68% of all CDMA users now access CDMA2000 3G services.
Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:47 am
Yankee Group today revealed the results of the 2005 European Mobile User Survey. The results show that price has established itself as the number-one criteria for selecting a mobile service provider. However, advanced mobile data services are becoming more popular and will ultimately drive market leadership. Young people spark data adoption rates with more than one-third of 18 to 24 year olds spending 5 euros or more per month on data services.
Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:41 am
Worldwide mobile phone sales totaled 190.5 million units in the second quarter of 2005, a 21.6 percent growth from the same period last year, according to Gartner, Inc. In the second quarter of 2005, the mobile phone market experienced the second strongest quarter on record (in the fourth quarter of 2004 worldwide sales surpassed 195.3 million units).
