Nokia and Interdigital end patent dispute in UK
The world’s top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) and InterDigital (IDCC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to drop patent cases in the British courts against each other, sending the wireless technology firm’s stock up as much as 7 percent. The lawsuits relate to certain 3G mobile phone technology patents owned […]
Nokia unveils new business phones
The world’s top cellphone maker Nokia unveiled two new phone models aimed at corporate clients on Monday, revamping its somewhat aging offering to business customers.The new Nokia phones — widely expected after leaks on the Internet — do not include Research in Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry service, supported on all of Nokia’s previous corporate handsets.
Shares in […]
PluggedIn: Lost cameras “phone home” to catch thieves
Alison DeLauzon thought the snapshots and home videos of her infant son were gone for good when she lost her digital camera while on vacation in Florida.Then a funny thing happened: her camera “phoned home.”
Equipped with a special memory card with wireless Internet capability, DeLauzon’s camera had not only automatically sent her holiday pictures to […]
Verizon Wireless to buy Alltel in $28.1 billion deal
Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it would buy rural mobile phone service provider Alltel Corp for $28.1 billion, including debt, which would vault it to first place in the U.S. market ahead of AT&T Inc.Under the deal, Verizon Wireless would acquire the equity of Alltel for $5.9 billion and take on an estimated $22.2 billion […]
Hutchison Telecom in deal with Apple on iPhone
Hutchison Telecommunications (2332.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) has sealed a deal with Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to market the U.S. firm’s popular iPhone handset in the city and Macau as soon as the next quarter, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Friday.Existing subscribers of Hutchison Telecom, a unit of conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa (0013.HK: Quote, […]
Market for securing mobile devices yet to take off
The market for software to protect mobile devices such as smartphones has yet to take off despite brisk sales of devices such as Research in Motion Ltd’s BlackBerry and Apple Inc’s iPhone.Symantec Corp Chief Operating Officer Enrique Salem estimates that it is currently worth a few hundred million dollars a year.
“It is growing. But given […]
Goldman adds Apple to Americas conviction buy list
Goldman Sachs added Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to its Americas conviction buy list, saying shares will likely benefit from the launch of the company’s third-generation iPhone next month, as well as from the sharply higher projections of iPhone sales for the second-half of the year.Analyst David Bailey also raised his target on the […]
RIM will launch touch-screen BlackBerry in Q3: report
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd (RIM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research)(RIMM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) plans to launch a touch-screen version of the wireless e-mail device in the third quarter as an answer to Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) iPhone, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.The device, known as the Thunder, is to be sold […]
Apple buying microchip designer P.A. Semi
Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is buying P.A. Semi, a designer of low-power microchips, in a move that could bolster its ability to customize key parts for its iPhone, iPod and Macintosh product lines.The deal, first reported on the Forbes magazine Web site, was confirmed on Wednesday by Apple spokesman Steve Dowling, who declined […]
Nokia, Ericsson and others in mobile tech agreement
A number of the world’s largest technology companies agreed to commit to a licensing framework for their patents for the emerging mobile network technology known as Long Term Evolution (LTE).The companies, which include the world’s largest cellphone maker Nokia and top mobile network gear maker Ericsson, said on Monday they were aiming to boost take-up […]