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Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:40 pm
Qualcomm today announced that it will acquire Flarion Technologies, a pioneer and leading developer of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex Access (OFDMA) technology and the inventor of FLASH-OFDM technology for mobile broadband Internet protocol (IP) services. Flarion, with a world-class team and an expansive portfolio of OFDMA intellectual property, has worked closely with several operators worldwide in developing and demonstrating OFDMA technology and products. Qualcomm will pay approximat... [Continue reading Qualcomm to Acquire Flarion Technologies]
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Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:34 am
Within two years, low-end camera phones will take much of the market share now held by low-end standalone digital cameras. ABI Research principal analyst of global wireless operator research Kenneth Hyers says, "We believe that within the next two years, the quality of a mobile phone camera will be such that people won't need low-end standalone digital cameras. This will dramatically impact camera sales."
ABI Research's new study "Mobile Phone Imaging: Opportunities for Driving Usage of Camer... [Continue reading Camera Phones to Steal Low-End Digital Camera Market]
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Thu Aug 11, 2005 7:30 am
Amid growing consumer interest in PC-based music downloading and the expanding availability of mobile entertainment options, new research from global marketing research firm Ipsos-Insight shows that an increasing proportion of Americans are using their mobile phones to download ringtones and are beginning to sample other mobile entertainment content.
Findings from the latest edition of TEMPO, Ipsos Insight's quarterly study of digital music behaviors since 2002, reveal that nearly one-quarter... [Continue reading Study Says 25% of Cell Phone Users Have Downloaded Ringtones]
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:15 pm
PalmSource, provider of Palm OS, a leading operating system powering next generation phones and mobile devices, and MontaVista Software, the leading Linux provider for the telecommunications market, today announced they are teaming up to help further accelerate the development of next generation Linux-based mobile phones. PalmSource has joined MontaVista's Mobilinux Open Framework partner program; and MontaVista has joined PalmSource's Palm Powered Mobile World (PPMW) program. As partners, Monta... [Continue reading PalmSource Accelerates Development of Linux Phones]
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:11 pm
Opera Software today introduced Opera Mini, a J2ME (Java 2 Mobile Edition) Web browser for virtually all mobile phones. Opera Mini enables Web access on more than 700 million low- and mid-tier Java-capable phones around the world, finally bringing mobile Internet into the mainstream.
Opera Mini is a fast and easy alternative to Opera's mobile browser, allowing users to access the Web on mobile phones that would normally be incapable of running a Web browser. This includes the vast majority of... [Continue reading Opera Introduces 'Mini' Browser for Mobile Phones]
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Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:59 am
The hottest Latin music concert tour of the year "Juntos En Concierto" (Together in Concert) featuring superstars Chayanne, Alejandro Fernandez and Marc Anthony, is coming to 15 cities throughout the nation and directly to your wireless phone. Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless provider, and Clear Channel Entertainment Properties, announced that segments from three of the historic concert dates will be broadcast on the VCAST Encore Channel - a new VCAST channel exclusive to Verizon ... [Continue reading Concert Tours Come to Verizon VCAST]
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:08 pm
Motorola and Phiar Corporation announced a Joint Development Agreement for a project focusing on the creation of next generation electronic circuits which can be incorporated with tiny antennas to deliver high-speed millimeter wave receive arrays. These next generation receive arrays are expected to be low cost with the ability to be incorporated into multiple high-speed applications including Device-to-Device wireless communications and Personal Consumer Near Field Communications (NFC) as well ... [Continue reading Motorola and Phiar Team on High-Speed Terahertz Circuits]
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 6:58 pm
Amp'd Mobile announced today investments from Universal Music Group, Highland Capital Partners, Columbia Capital and Redpoint Ventures, bringing their total funding to date to $67 million.
The financing will be used for launch operations, content licensing and marketing activities. Amp'd Mobile is slated to begin services later this year.
Amp'd Mobile's investors are some of the industry's most renowned and have proven track records with consumer technology, entertainment and youth compan... [Continue reading Amp'd Mobile Announces $67M in Funding]
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 12:27 pm
Sprint and Nextel today announced that they intend to close their proposed merger on Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. The companies have received all required regulatory approvals for the merger.
The proposed merger-of-equals between Sprint and Nextel was announced on Dec. 15, 2004 with a commitment to create Sprint Nextel - a leading communications provider that will offer a comprehensive range of innovative wireless and wireline products and services to consumer, business and government customers. Af... [Continue reading Sprint and Nextel Expected to Merge Friday]
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Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:18 am
Alamosa Holdings today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, AirGate PCS, has filed a complaint against Sprint Corporation, certain of its affiliates and Nextel Communications, Inc. in the Delaware Court of Chancery alleging, among other things, that following the completion of the pending merger between Sprint and Nextel, Sprint will breach the exclusivity covenants contained in the agreements governing its relationship with AirGate and that Nextel unlawfully interfered with AirGate's exc... [Continue reading AirGate PCS Files Lawsuit Against Sprint and Nextel]
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