Korean Operator Launches Mobile WiMAX Variant   16 Nov 2005 14:58 GMT
KT's wireless broadband network uses a compatible variant of fixed and mobile WiMAX called WiBro.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Motorola to make handset in India   16 Nov 2005 14:53 GMT
In a turnaround of sorts, Motorola on Wednesday said it will soon make available a handset sporting a "made in India" tag and hinted at potentially more manufacturing work to come to India. The company said that Indian-made Motorola C115 phones, handsets that are already on the market but manufactured elsewhere, will begin to be sold starting in mid-December.
Source: InfoWorld

Interview: Radical Telecom Changes Starting In Months   16 Nov 2005 13:33 GMT
Early versions of mobile WiMAX appearing before the middle of next year will launch radical changes in how we talk and access data, a wireless ISP claims.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

CDMA2000 to offer 73Mbps downloads in 2008   16 Nov 2005 13:05 GMT
The CDMA Development Group, an industry organization promoting the CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) cell phone standard, said Wednesday a new revision to the standard, which could lead to a big jump in cellular download rates in as little as two years, is on track to be published early next year.
Source: InfoWorld

Record Taiwanese October sales show healthy supplies   16 Nov 2005 12:58 GMT
Taiwanese electronics companies that produce a large portion of the world's PCs and other digital devices reported their second, and in some cases third, month of record-breaking monthly revenue in October. Some industry watchers are concerned that a supply glut may follow the holiday shopping period if consumers don't hit shopping malls in droves.
Source: InfoWorld

RFID is stupid   16 Nov 2005 11:00 GMT
We’ll soon live in a country where sensors outnumber people. If you believe what you read, RFID is a magical technology that will forever banish wires, grocery store scanners, credit cards and pocket change from our working and personal lives. There will be no more theft, no more injuries from improper medication, no more lost remote controls, and no more stray dogs. Everything that moves will have an RFID tag either stuck to it or stuffed under its skin.
Source: InfoWorld

Intel aims to boost mobile chip share (Reuters)   16 Nov 2005 10:12 GMT

Reuters - Intel said on Wednesday it aimed to reach a double-digit share in the market for chips used in mobile phones within the coming years.

Source: Yahoo

ADI profit falls on tax, plant charges (Reuters)   16 Nov 2005 00:02 GMT
Reuters - Analog Devices Inc., , which makes microchips for mobile phones, on Tuesday said quarterly profit fell 48 percent on charges for repatriating taxes and closing a plant.
Source: Yahoo

Build-it-yourself cell phones   15 Nov 2005 20:09 GMT
Frustrated at limitations on mainstream mobile phones, "homebrew" enthusiasts are building their own.
Photos: Homebrew hackers tinker with phones
Source: ZDNet

Cisco integrates WLAN with its wired networking solutions   15 Nov 2005 19:45 GMT
"Cisco gets hip" might be the headline following news on Tuesday that the giant networking company is finally recognizing both the need to centrally manage large Wi-Fi networks and the new capabilities that mesh networks offer.
Source: InfoWorld