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Crooks and fugitives have one more thing to worry about in their quest to keep one step ahead of the law. The age-old police dragnet will soon have the help […]

Japan's NTT DoCoMo [NYSE:DCM] has begun work on an experimental fourth-generation (4G) mobile phone system while many of even the earliest adopters have yet to touch a 3G phone. NTT […]

Japanese electronics companies Mitsubishi Electric and Toshiba have announced an alliance centered on third-generation (3G) mobile phones. The two companies said they intend to work together developing a global standard […]

This is a roundup of the top telecommunications, computer and technology news of the week from around Asia. You can access the full text of each story using the URLs […]

Motorola [NYSE:MOT] has teamed up with a British company to offer a high-tech, new millennium version of the old crank telephones of the early 20th century. It's perfect for talkative […]

Hoping to pump up India's undersized mobile-phone market, Motorola [NYSE:MOT] says it will grant licenses to companies in India to manufacture co-branded global system for mobile communications (GSM) phones. Ultimately, […]

Finland-based Internet and wireless security company Sonera SmartTrust is to set up a development center in Hong Kong's Cyberport high-tech zone. Sonera SmartTrust, a subsidiary of Finland-based mobile company Sonera […]

Much of the money being spent on wireless technology is wasted, Forrester Research Inc. analyst Jordan Kendall told the Cambridge, Mass.-based company's Canadian E-Business Leadership Forum Wednesday. Kendall, who works […]

Fresh from launching its wireless broadband technology in the US in February, Centerpoint Technology is planning to roll out its technology into European and South American markets later this year. […]

The hackneyed phrase, "the revolution will be televised," has been updated by Robert Tercek. Tercek, the president of applications and services at Packet Video, said the new version is, "the […]

Faced with competition from the likes of Palm Computing [NASDAQ:PALM] and Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT], Symbian is fighting back by linking with a number of third-party vendors for connectivity options. Symbian, the […]

The rising number of non-PC devices that can be used to conduct Web-based transactions highlights for e-businesses not just an opportunity to benefit from mobile e-commerce but also a challenge […]

Sendo has previewed the industry's first Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT] Stinger- compliant mobile phone, the Z100 Smartphone. Plans call for the handset, which was developed in close cooperation with Microsoft, to ship […]

GSM 800, a lower-frequency version of the GSM (global system for mobile communications) standard, is set to appear later this year, now that Ericsson [NASDAQ:ERICY] has committed to the standard. […]

Eyeing the potentially vast Chinese mobile phone and digital TV market, Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. - maker of Panasonic brand products - has set up a research and [...]

Texas Instruments [NYSE:TI] has set up a third generation (3G) wireless center in Bangalore, India. Biswadip Mitra, managing director of Texas Instruments India, said Texas's 3G technology has been chosen […]

Samsung has resurrected its color Webphone project, which was originally shown in prototype form at the Comdex Fall show in Las Vegas in 1997. Plans now call for the Korean […]

Nokia [NASDAQ:NOK] is offering its extended smart messaging specification on a royalty-free basis to all third parties. The move means that almost any third-party can incorporate the technology in their […]

Location-based Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) technology got its first public airing at the ITU Telecom Asia 2000 event in Hong Kong this week, where Hutchison Telecommunications partnered with SignalSoft and […]

BT Cellnet, one of the UK's four wireless carriers, has teamed with Netverk to develop its range of general packet radio service (GPRS) facilities, aiming to speed up the network's […]

Japan's Matsushita Communication Industrial Co. Ltd has linked up with North American wireless network giants Lucent Technologies Inc. [NYSE:LU] and Nortel Networks [NYSE:NT] to develop and test mobile phone handsets […]

Following the prevailing trend at Comdex, Ericsson President Kurt Hellstrom used his one-hour keynote slot to unabashedly sing the praises of his company and his industry. Ericsson is "cutting cords […]

Blue Impact has taken the wraps off a combined GSM/GPS (global positioning system) module for the Handspring Visor PDA. The unit, known as the Tellmen, is being further developed in […]

Next year Palm V and Vx users in European and Asian markets will be able to make and receive phone calls on their handhelds via a RealVision snap-on attachment, the […]

Australia-based Internet domain name registrar Melbourne IT [ASX:MLB] and phone maker Ericsson Australia have set up a joint venture to develop mobile e-commerce applications. Each will pump A$5 million (US$2.79 […]

Korea's Samsung Electronics Company Ltd and software giant Microsoft Corp. [NASDAQ:MSFT] announced today they would team up to develop mobile phone handsets based on Microsoft software. The phones, expected to […]

Sega Enterprises is working with Motorola [NYSE:MOT] on developing wireless phones that can access the Internet. Both firms plan on demonstrating their first prototypes of the technology at the JavaOne […]

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 2000 MAY 3 (NB) Xift, Inc., developers of wireless application protocol (WAP) technology, has announced the successful completion of a month-long beta test in which industry […]

RESTON, VIRGINIA, 2000 APR 25 (NB) Three models of Motorola Inc. [NYSE:MOT] wireless telephones sold by Nextel Communications Inc. [NASDAQ:NXTL] can now stay connected to the Internet continuously. Nextel of […]

HONG KONG, CHINA, 2000 APR 20 (NB) -- By Staff, IT Daily. Intel's [NASDAQ:INTC] vice-president, Ron Smith, outlined in Taiwan the company's strategy for the wireless Internet at the Asia-Pacific […]

VERNON HILLS, ILLINOIS, U.S.A., 2000 MAR 17 (NB) Telular Corp. [NASDAQ:WRLS] has developed a new technology that allows cellular phones and similar devices to store previously dialed phone numbers and, […]

HANOVER, GERMANY, 2000 FEB 25 (NB) Nokia [NASDAQ:NOK] has taken the wraps off its Year 2000 range of GSM/PCS (global system for mobile communications/personal communications services) mobile phones, seemingly with [...]

HANOVER, GERMANY, 2000 FEB 24 (NB) -- Ericsson [NASDAQ:ERICY], while not having anywhere near as many new handsets on show at CeBIT as arch-rival Nokia [NASDAQ:NOK], scored more than a […]

ROME, ITALY, 2000 FEB 9 (NB) -- Nokia [NYSE:NOK], one of the world's leading suppliers of mobile telephones as well as related services and hardware, announced today that it is […]

HELSINKI, FINLAND, 2000 FEB 7 (NB) - If you were thinking of getting a WAP (wireless application protocol) mobile phone to surf the Web, Benefon would like you to take […]

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 1999 NOV 8 (NB). A New Zealand company has received financing to develop a tracker device that can be attached to valuable property. When moved it will […]

UK: Cellnet Welcomes Delay To GSM Development 11/05/92 LONDON, ENGLAND, 1992 NOV 5 (NB) -- Cellnet has announced it actively welcomes Orbitel's decision to delay development of a GSM digital […]

****TDMA Mobile Phones Begin Rolling Out 07/20/92 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1992 JUL 20 (NB) -- Time Division Multiple Access, or TDMA, equipment is starting to roll off assembly lines. [...]

MOBILE CREDIT CARD VERIFIER AVAILABLE IN 4Q 08/20/91 COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, U.S.A., 1991 AUG 20 (NB) -- If you take a cab, have a pizza delivered, or use some other […]

SOLUTION CLAIMED TO PCN SPREAD-SPECTRUM PROBLEMS -TAKE 2 - 06/21/91 EATONTON, NEW JERSEY, U.S.A., 1991 JUN 21 (NB) -- Motorola recently released the results of a study claiming that microwave-based [...]

****MOTOROLA DEMONSTRATES DIGITAL CELLULAR PHONE 03/27/91 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, U.S.A., 1991 MAR 27 (NB) -- Motorola has demonstrated a digital cellular mobile telephone which conforms to the pan-European global system [...]

ULTRA-SMALL 150G MOBILE PHONE DEBUTS 03/11/91 TOKYO, JAPAN, 1991 MAR 11 (NB) -- Nippon Musen is set to release a mobile phone, weighing only 150g, sometime this fall. At that […]

MOTOROLA, NORTHERN TELECOM TO DEVELOP CELLULAR STANDARDS 02/22/91 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, U.S.A., 1991 FEB 22 (NB) -- Motorola and Northern Telecom announced an agreement to develop enhancements to their existing [...]

Japan: NTT To Offer Low-Priced Digital Phone TOKYO, JAPAN, 1990 FEB 6 (NB) -- NTT is now planning to release a digital phone for its ISDN (integrated services digital network) [...]

DICK TRACY DOWN UNDER -OR- PARDON, MY WRIST IS RINGING ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA, 1990 JAN 8 (NB) -- Telecom Australia has funded a project with the South Australian Institute of Technology, […]

NTT PROMISES LIGHTEST CELLULAR PHONE TOKYO, JAPAN, 1989 SEP 27 (NB) -- Japan's telecom giant NTT claims to be nearing the creation of the world's lightest cellular phone. The new [...]

SMALLEST PORTABLE PHONE TOKYO, JAPAN, 1989 JUL 4 (NB) -- Fujitsu is developing the world's smallest portable cellular phone, according to Nihon Kogyo Shimbun newspaper. Fujitsu says the NTT-compatible unit, […]

ASTRONET'S REMOTE CELLULAR SYSTEM LAKE MARY, FLORIDA, U.S.A., 1989 JUL 10 (NB) -- Astronet is selling a package consisting of a telephone switch and a cellular phone broadcaster, ready to […]