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Articles tagged with: Pantech
InterDigital Takes Minority Stake in Korean Handset Manufacturer
InterDigital says that it has signed a patent licensing deal with South Koran handset manufacturer, pantech and also taken a minority equity interest in the company. more
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Qualcomm Takes Stake in Handset Manufacturer in Lieu of Debt
Qualcomm has agreed to convert debt owed to it by Korean handset manufacturer into equity in the company. Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm will become a minority shareholder in each of pantech & Curitel Communications and pantech as a result of such conversion. Qualcomm will hold no more than 15 percent of the outstanding common shares of each company and will be a passive investor with no participation on the board or management of the companies. more
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Apple, Motorola et al Sued Over Music Recognition Software
A US based company, Tune Hunter, Inc. is suing a raft of companies for allegedly infringing a patent relating to identifying music by a digital signature. The service is largely similar to widely known music identification service provided by Shazam. more
Related Tags: samsung, apple, shazam, amazon, napster, motorola, lg, at&t, pantech-wireless, USA
Fractus Sues Ten Cellphone Manufacturers for Patent Infringement
Ten mobile phone vendors are being sued for allegedly infringing patents relating to internal antennas used on their handsets. Spanish antenna manufacturer, Fractus says that is has sued Samsung, LG, RIM, pantech, Kyocera, Palm, HTC, Sharp, UTStarcom, and Sanyo for infringing nine different patents. more
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Tier 2 Mobile Handset Vendors Must Compete on Two Fronts
Tier 2 mobile handset vendors shipped 80.5 million units last year, a small fraction of the global total. But they face significant challenges when seeking greater market share. They are competing against the Tier 1 giants of the industry, which together control about 70% of the global market. They are also trying to differentiate themselves and create recognizable brands. According to a new study from ABI Research, the most obvious strategies open to them may not be the best. more
Related Tags: nokia, samsung, motorola, abi-research, open-source
Pantech Offers Free Windows Mobile Upgrade to AT&T Subscribers
pantech Wireless has announced the US availability of MicrosoftĂ's Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system on all new pantech duo handsets running on AT&TĂ's network. The upgrade is also available free to existing AT&T customers owning a pantech duo via an internet download. more
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Wireless Carriers Target Young Texters With Latest Phones
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)-With the mainstream market for wireless service customers maturing, carriers have begun to specifically target young adults prone to text messaging and emailing with their latest lineup of mobile devices. more
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Top 5 Mobile Phone Manufacturers Consolidate their Market Share Lead
How much did Nokia increase its mobile-phone unit shipments in the third quarter? More than the total second-quarter mobile-handset shipments of Fujitsu, Ningbo Bird, TCL-Alcatel, Panasonic, pantech & Curitel, and UTStarcom - combined. more
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Pantech Launches a "Bone-Conduction" mobile phone
South Korea based handset vendor, pantech has launched a "Bone-Conduction" mobile phone in Japan on the KDDI network. Bone conduction means a sound wave is conducted through people's skull by vibration and further to inner ear to let people hear. The pantech-au A1407PT phone has a bone-conduction speaker attached on the front of handset - which users hold to their head to "hear" the conversation. more
Related Tags: kddi, bone-conduction, Japan
Handset Production in South Korea Drops
Mobile phone handset manufacturing in South Korea has slumped by over 20% as manufacturers have switched to low-cost countries, according to figures from Korea's National Statistical Office (NSO). The government department said that handset production fell by 20.7% to 68.4 million units in the first five months of this year. The comparable figures for 2004 are 72 million, 77.1 million in 2005 and 86.2 million in 2006. more
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