December 7, 2004 articles

Siemens has 1 Gbit/sec wireless link

Dec 07 2004 - 08:33 PM ET | Data, Siemens
Siemens today announced that researchers at the Siemens Communications Group department have developed wireless technology capabale of speeds up to 1 Gbit/sec (1000 megabits per second). WiFi currently tops out at around 50 megabits per second, which is still quite...

Movie premiere on a cell phone

Dec 07 2004 - 05:08 PM ET | Data
An Indian movie destined for the big screen will first be seen on the small screen--the cell phone screen. bq. Arindham Chaudhary's much talked-about campus caper Rok Sako To Rok Lo will be premiered for Airtel subscribers on their cell-phones...

Mobile phones the next iPod?

Dec 07 2004 - 04:59 PM ET | In The News, Rumor
For the most part, MobileTracker has stayed out of the "Will Apple release a cell phone?" battle because the rumors are unsubstantiated, but today a music big shot went on record saying mobile phones may take out the iPod--one of...

Virgin Mobile China?

Dec 07 2004 - 09:59 AM ET | Rumor, Virgin Mobile
It was just last week that we were talking about the possibility of Virgin Mobile India (it could still happen), but now the rumors are all about Virgin Mobile China. Richard Branson is in talks with a carrier in mainland...

LG selects SavaJe OS

Dec 07 2004 - 09:53 AM ET | LG Mobile Phone
LG Electronics has chosen the SavaJe OS for future mobile phones. The OS will be used on a range of 2.5 and 3G handsets starting in 2005. bq. SavaJe OS offers a total Java environment designed to provide operators, developers...

Boost Mobile hits 1M mark

Dec 07 2004 - 09:47 AM ET | MVNO, Nextel
Boost Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) based on the Nextel network, announced today that the company now has over 1 million customers. The company is marketing towards youth, a demographic that is not typically on Nextel (because of...

Sprint EV-DO plans announced

Dec 07 2004 - 09:40 AM ET | Data, Sprint Nextel
Sprint PCS today announced technical plans for its EV-DO network (high-speed data). The company has completed hashing out a deal worth $3 billion to create the network. Major beneficiaries of the network contracts are Lucent, Motorola and Nortel. The contracts...