Mitsubishi Exits Mobile Handset Business

Mitsubishi Electric has decided to no longer continue its mobile handset business in Japan. The company said it will strategically shift resources to its other communication-related businesses, including next generation network (NGN) related equipment and base stations. Mitsubishi Electric started supplying car phones in 1983 to NTT. In recent year, it has been a supplier to NTT DoCoMo. Mitsubishi Electric had previously forecast shipment of approximately 2.1 million handsets in fiscal 2008 (April 1, 2007-March 31, 2008).http://www.mitsubis...

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Motorola Lands $335 Million Contract with Zain Saudi Arabia

Motorola has signed a $335 million turnkey contract to deploy and manage a 2G/3G mobile communications network for Zain in Saudi Arabia, the recent addition to the Zain group in Saudi Arabia. Under the deal, Motorola will supply its GSM/HSxPA network solutions as well as managed services for network design, integration, deployment, operations and maintenance. Network deployment is expected to commence in Q1 2008 to enable Zain to launch its network...

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Intel's Centrino Atom Aims for New Mobile Internet Devices

Intel unveiled its new line of low-power "Atom" processors designed specifically for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and a new class of Internet-centric computers expected later this year. Intel sees these new market segments as significant new growth opportunities.The Intel Atom processor features a new microarchitecture that maintains Intel Core 2 Duo instruction set compatibility and includes support for multiple threads. The chip measures less...

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