Archive for the ‘Mobile & Wireless’ Category

Norwegian Air to offer in-flight phone service (Reuters)

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Reuters - Budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA said on Tuesday it will offer mobile phone and wireless Internet services on flights later this year.Source: [Link]

Will MacBooks Follow iPhone to 3G? (PC World)

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

PC World - Banners hanging at Macworld Expo on Monday read, "2008: There's something in the air," suggesting wireless news to come in CEO Steve Jobs' keynote Tuesday morning.Source: [Link]

Nokia to Close German Plant, Lay Off Workers (PC World)

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

PC World - Mobile phone maker Nokia will lay off 2,300 employees at a German plant and move production to lower-cost European sites, the company announced Tuesday.Source: [Link]

Nokia to close German factory, 2,300 jobs affected (AFP)

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

AFP - Finland's Nokia, the top global mobile phone manufacturer, said Tuesday that it planned to close a factory in Germany by mid-year which employs 2,300 workers.Source: [Link]

Nokia to close German plant, lay off workers (InfoWorld)

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

InfoWorld - Mobile phone maker Nokia will lay off 2,300 employees at a German plant and move production to lower-cost European sites, the company announced Tuesday.Source: [Link]

Sony Ericsson Q4 earnings seen down (Reuters)

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Reuters - Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson is set to report a drop in fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday as its focus on lower-priced phones puts pressure on margins, analysts say.Source: [Link]

Nokia to shut German plant, cut 2,300 staff (Reuters)

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's top cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it plans to close its plant in Bochum, Germany, by mid-2008 and may cut up to 2,300 staff as it moves production to lower-cost regions.Source: [Link]

Sony Ericsson president stepping down (AP)

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

AP - Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications named Hideki Komiyama as its new top executive Tuesday as it announced that Miles Flint will step down for personal reasons.Source: [Link]

AT&T sells parental cell phone controls (AP)

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

AP - It may be something of a teenage nightmare: limits on when a wireless phone can make and receive calls and to whom, restrictions on text messages and talk time, and set allowances for ring tones and other downloads — all at a parent's fingertips.Source: [Link]

MetroPCS bids $5 billion for Leap (Reuters)

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Reuters - MetroPCS Communications Inc made an unsolicited offer on Tuesday to buy smaller rival Leap Wireless International Inc for more than $5 billion in stock, seeking to create a national U.S. wireless service provider.Source: [Link]

Via Announces 1-Watt Processor for Mobile Devices (PC World)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

PC World - Via Technologies Inc. has developed a processor that consumes a maximum of 1 watt of power and is intended for use in mobile devices and embedded applications.Source: [Link]

CORRECTED-Mobile phone throwing turns artistic in Finland (Reuters)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Reuters - Juggling rather than throwing his mobile phone, a teenaged circus performer won the freestyle gold medal at the world championships on Saturday.Source: [Link]

Yahoo rolls out enhanced e-mail service (AFP)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

AFP - US Internet titan Yahoo on Monday is introducing an upgraded free e-mail service with enhancements that include letting people send text messages from computers to mobile telephones.Source: [Link]

Yahoo Mail lets e-mailers text-message to phones (Reuters)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Reuters - Yahoo Inc said on Sunday it was giving its e-mail users more ways to reach friends and online contacts by allowing them to trade messages with mobile phone users.Source: [Link]

Sprint, Samsung bet on WiMax high-speed technology (Reuters)

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp , which recently said it would spend up to $5 billion on a mobile high-speed wireless standard by 2010, said it had awarded the New York WiMax market to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.KS).Source: [Link]