Silicon Wave, Intel partner for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth co-existence
Silicon Wave and Intel are working together to develop a solution which minimises interference between 802.11b Wif-Fi and Bluetooth radios.
They plan to use Silicon Wave’s Bluetooth 1.1 compliant SiW1700 series chipset as the basis for integrat…
Hutchison considering flat-rate voice charges
Hutchison 3G, the mobile operator likely to be the first to offer third generation services outside Asia, plans an aggressive pitch to consumers that will threaten its rivals’ margins. The operator, which is controlled by Hong Kong conglomerate Hu…
Avesair delivers 50m wireless advertisements
Avesair, the wireless advertising network, claims to have served 50m advertisements since launch.
The network comprises 60 content providers, including the New York Post, Boston.com and MSN Mobile. Avesair recently announced an agreement with M…
Zagat announces Pocket PC application
Zagat has announced the availability of its popular restaurants and nightlife survey for Pocket PC devices.
Users will be able to access reviews of 18,000 restaurants and 1,800 nightspots with Zagat To Go, developed for the company by Wireless …
T-Mobile nears agreement on US merger
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom is reportedly moving closer towards agreeing a deal to merge its US cellular subsidiary, VoiceStream Wireless, with the second largest US operator, Cingular Wireless. According to the Financial Times, the two companies a…
Tegic wins patent infringement case
Tegic, developer of the T9 input system and an AOL Time Warner subsidary, has prevailed in a patent infringement suit it brought against Zi Corporation.
Zi had been selling a rival input system for mobile devices – Ezitext – which was found to …
Orange chooses Nokia, Ericsson for MMS
Orange, the pan-European operator controlled by France Telecom, has chosen Nokia and Ericsson as its suppliers of MMS technology.
Both companies have entered into framework agreements which give them the opportunity to pitch their products to t…
Nokia announces multimedia handsets for the mass market
Nokia has announced two new handsets in its ‘expression’ category for high volume consumer markets.
The 3650 is a Symbian OS smartphone running Nokia’s Series 60 platform. Building on the innovations introduced in the 7650, Nokia’s first Series…