Wi-Fi Certified(TM) Phones Total on Path to Exceed 100 As Convergence Market Gains Worldwide Momentum
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BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 12  /PRNewswire/ -- From trend-setting twenty- somethings to jet-setting road warriors, there is a Wi-Fi(R) phone for everyone.
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With mobile phone markets nearly saturated in the developed world, network operators and handset manufacturers are turning their attention to the fertile ground of emerging countries.
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By Anonymous  No sooner has the market for consumer electronics devices incorporating Wi-Fi begun to gain real traction than another, based on high-speed connections via 3G cellular technologies or mobile WiMAX, is starting to take shape.
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NTT DoCoMo, Intel and IBM have published a jointly developed security specification called the Trusted Mobile Platform. It aims to provide an end-to-end security architecture for mobile wireless devices, including
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T-Mobile, which operates the largest carrier-owned Wi-Fi network in the US, announced a series of roaming agreements with six other major international wireless operators in the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA).
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Nokia announced that its 9500 Communicator has been granted IEEE 802.11b and WPA certifications by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The company also plans to provide the phone with Smartner&#39;s Duality Always-On push e-mail solution.
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The worldâs largest maker of wireless networks said today that strong sales in Asia helped boost earnings to $960 million in the second quarter.
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A worldwide roaming agreement among four of the world&#39;s biggest wireless operators has given the Wi-Fi hotspot market a shot in the arm and users access to more than 20,000 hotspots.
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Emerging markets spark growth The total number of mobile connections in the world reached 2.5bn on Thursday, having passed the two billion mark just 12 months ago.â¦
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Global sales of mobile telephones surged a record 35 percent to 156 million units in the second quarter from the same period in 2003, a study published by the US research group Gartner showed.
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Nokia Oyj, the world's largest maker of cellphones, said the number of mobile phone subscribers will climb to 4 billion by 2010, spurred by wireless Internet, television, and navigation services.
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OCTOBER 25, 2004  - SAN FRANCISCO -- Wireless industry leaders today told 2,000 attendees at the CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment 2004 event here that they have plenty of optimism about future growth, as two companies announced advances
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Wi-Fi users can now enjoy high-speed wireless connections at distances up to 50% greater than existing solutions, thanks to two new 54g wireless LAN chipsets, introduced by Broadcom Corporation.
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Global mobile phone use will pass the 3  billion mark -- equivalent to half the world&#39;s population --  for the first time in 2007 as cell phone demand booms in China,  India and Africa, a survey said on Wednesday.
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Recent launches by Entel PCS, Chile and MTC, Namibia raised the number of commercial HSDPA networks to 91.Comment
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InfoWorld - T-Mobile USA planned to launch its converged Wi-Fi and cellular service nationwide Wednesday, following the&#160;introduction of the service&#160;late last year in Seattle.
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Even after being on the market for less than half a year, more iPhones sold in the fourth quarter than Windows Mobile phones in the U.S., according to research from Canalys.Canalys researchers estimate that&#160;the iPhone&#160;had 28 percent of the U.S. converged-device market in the fourth quarter of 2007. Research In Motion, with 41 percent, had the largest share of the market. Windows Mobile phones had 21 percent share of devices sold in the quarter, falling into third place behind Apple.Worldwide, the lineup is a bit different. Nokia, which typically dominates around the world but not in the U.S., sold 52.9 percent of smart phones worldwide in the fourth quarter. RIM grew its share of converged-device sales to 11.4 percent, up 121 percent over the same quarter in 2006. Despite its limited availability around the world, Apple took third place with 6.5 percent of the market, just barely squeaking ahead of&#160;struggling Motorola.Apple may have stirred renewed interest in smart phones in the U.S. Converged-device shipments, which include smart phones and wireless handhelds, grew 222 percent in the U.S. during the quarter, according to Canalys.The iPhone also did well in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, where it became available in three countries partway into the quarter. In the region, Apple came in fifth place behind Nokia, RIM, HTC, and Motorola, but beat out Sony Ericsson, Samsung and Palm, Canalys said.Apple&#39;s success as a new entrant is striking, but it will face challenges to keep its momentum going, said Canalys analyst Pete Cunningham in a statement. Historically, vendors with just one smart phone design, no matter how good, struggle, he said. That means Apple will have to create and refresh a portfolio of devices if it wants to increase its market share, he said.Beyond hardware, competition is continuing in the mobile operating system market. Worldwide Symbian, which credits most sales to Nokia, had 65 percent of the market, followed by Microsoft at 12 percent and RIM at 11 percent, for the fourth quarter, Canalys said.Despite all the buzz around mobile Linux, total Linux phone shipments in 2007 were essentially flat compared to 2006, Canalys found. In Asia Pacific, Motorola had a drop of 28 percent in its Linux smart phone shipments compared to 2006.Phone makers are trying to attract customers to smart phones, which carry a higher price tag than low-end feature phones. However, converged devices made up just 10 percent of the global phone market in 2007, the researchers found.