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worth a repeat:InterDigital-IDCC LG licensing deal could add 35c-40c/yr@NCPI
The firm believes IDCC could get to $30's over the long-term
Dell to incorporate Vodafone HSDPA access into notebooks
Jan 24, 2006 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- Access to 3G wireless broadband technology from mobile telecomms services provider Vodafone, is to be incorporated into notebooks in France, Germany and the UK, from Dell Inc (Nasdaq:DELL), an IT supplier and partner.
Dell said it plans to extend the wireless connectivity choices of its customers by providing optional integrated High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) access to Vodafone's high-speed wireless data network in these countries. This will enable access to e-mail, Internet and servers through Vodafone's mobile broadband data network.
The optional integrated HSDPA wireless broadband capability will be offered with Dell notebook computers starting in the first half of this year, increasing existing 3G download speeds by around four times. The mobile broadband technology will be backwards compatible with UMTS technology and GPRS wireless data networks.
No pricing information was given.
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InterDigital-IDCC LG licensing deal could add 35c-40c/yr@NCPI
The firm believes IDCC could get to $30's over the long-term
PRESS RELEASE: Wi-Tron, Inc. Receives First Purchase Orders for its Multi-Channel 80W W-CDMA Amplifier and Multi-Channel GSM1800 Amplifiers
RARITAN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2006--
Wi-Tron, Inc. (OTCBB: WTRO), a manufacturer of ultra-linear high power amplifiers and high speed broadband wireless products, today announced that it received new purchase orders from an Asian customer for the company's UMTS2100 and GSM1800 Multi-Channel Ultra Linear amplifiers. These initial orders are expected to generate about $1.5m in revenues over the next four to six months.
John Chase Lee, Wi-Tron's CEO, stated, "With 2G network growth continuing and with major 3G roll-outs being planned and executed throughout the Asian market, we believe these orders represent an important first step in building a relationship with our Asian-based customers. Wi-Tron is in the process of building a solid team of engineers with expertise in the state-of-the-art amplifier designs used in the industry today. We hope to tap this experienced talent in order to provide the ultra-linear, high-efficiency amplifiers the industry demands, for the broadband wireless networks of today and tomorrow."
For additional product information, please visit our website at www.Wi-Tron.com.
Company Background
Wi-Tron, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells ultra-linear single and multi-channel power amplifiers and broadband high-speed wireless products to the worldwide wireless telecommunications market. Single and multi-carrier linear power amplifiers, key components in cellular base stations, increase the power of radio frequency and microwave signals with low distortion. Our products are marketed to the cellular, PCS, X-band, and local loop segments of the wireless telecommunications industry.
Information in this press release may be forward-looking. Forward-looking statements may differ materially from actual results due to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. In addition to statements which explicitly describe these risks and uncertainties, readers are urged to consider statements labeled with the terms "believes", "belief", "expects", "intends", "anticipates" or "plans" to be uncertain and forward-looking. Forward-looking statements represent Wi-Tron's judgment as of the date of this release. Actual results depend on Wi-Tron's ability to, among other things, generate revenue, reduce operating losses, and successfully develop and market its products to Asian and other markets. These and other risks and uncertainties are described from time to time in the Company's reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: Wi-Tron, Inc. Tochi Bains, 908-253-6870 ext. 106 or Investor Relations: Dianne Will, 518-398-6222 dwill@willstar.net SOURCE: Wi-Tron, Inc. Copyright Business Wire 2006
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Frank M.-InterDigital-IDCC upgraded to Strong Buy from Neutral, tgt $27@FACT
First Albany has upgraded shares of IDCC following the company's announcement that it has entered into a worldwide patent license agreement with LG Electronics for 2G, 2.5G, and 3G products. The firm views this as a major event and could lead to additional licenses
InterDigital-IDCC upgraded to Strong Buy from Neutral, tgt $27@FACT
First Albany has upgraded shares of IDCC following the company's announcement that it has entered into a worldwide patent license agreement with LG Electronics for 2G, 2.5G, and 3G products. The firm views this as a major event and could lead to additional licenses
IDCC trading @ 22.40
PRESS RELEASE: Via Licensing Begins Process to Form GEM Packaged Media Target Patent Licensing Pool; Call for Essential Patents for Joint Licensing of Patents for Devices Compliant With the Blu-ray Disc Read-Only Specification
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2006--
Via Licensing Corporation is pleased to issue the following call for essential patents reading on portions of the Globally Executable MHP (GEM) standard. Specifically, Via's patent call is for patents essential to the packaged media targets, enhanced profile and interactive profile, as identified in GEM 1.0.2 (ETSI TS 102 819 v.1.3.1). The Blu-ray Disc Association has selected the GEM 1.0.2 packaged media target profiles for the Blu-ray Disc read-only specification for use in Blu-ray Disc players.
The Globally Executable version of the Multimedia Home Platform (MHP), known as GEM 1.0.2, was developed with profiles that could be used by the next generation of optical storage media, players, and recorders.
"We look forward to developing a license for the practice of GEM packaged media target profiles. With our MHP and OCAP licensing programs under development and our recently launched TV-Anytime licensing program, we are excited to further serve the market in licensing patents for interactive television standards," said Ramzi Haidamus, President, Via Licensing Corporation.
Copies of the GEM 1.0.2 specification can be obtained from ETSI at www.etsi.org.
The goal of this call for patents is to identify the owners of patents that are essential for the practice of the GEM 1.0.2 standard. Essential patents are issued patents that have one or more claims that necessarily and unavoidably would be infringed by the implementation or use of the GEM standard. Patent owners are encouraged to submit patents for evaluation by January 31, 2006, to facilitate completion of the review prior to the initial meeting of the licensing committee.
Any entity that believes it has granted patents that are essential to the mandatory normative portions of GEM packaged media targets or enhanced or interactive profiles, and that wishes to participate in a group consisting of essential patent holders that will convene to discuss the commercialization terms for patents essential to the standard under fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory terms, is invited to contact Via Licensing Corporation for information about how to submit patents for evaluation.
Please request such information by sending an email to submissions@vialicensing.com, specifying your interest in making a submission for consideration of essentiality to the GEM 1.0.2 standard.
About Via Licensing Corporation
Via Licensing Corporation develops and administers patent licensing programs, frequently referred to as patent pools, on behalf of innovative technology companies and for the convenience of licensees. Licensing programs developed by Via Licensing are generally based on mandated or de facto technology standards. Current licensing programs offered by Via Licensing include IEEE 802.11(TM), MPEG-2 AAC, MPEG-4 Audio, DRM (Digital Radio Mondiale), TV-Anytime, and H.264/AVC. Licensing programs in development by Via Licensing include GEM Packaged Media Profile, NFC (Near Field Communications), IEEE Std 802.16(TM), DVB-MHP, and OCAP (OpenCable(TM) Application Platform). Via Licensing Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB). For more information about Via Licensing Corporation, please visit www.vialicensing.com.
Certain statements in this press release, including statements relating to the expected availability of a joint patent license for technologies essential to the GEM standard and the availability of other joint patent licenses for interactive television standards programs, are "forward-looking statements" that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations, and as a result of certain risks and uncertainties actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. The following important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements: risks associated with licensing technologies through patent pools; risks associated with licensing industry standards technologies; risks associated with developing proprietary technology in markets in which "open standards" are adopted; market acceptance of GEM-capable devices; rapid changes in interactive television technologies; and other risks detailed in Dolby Laboratories, Inc.'s Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including its annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005. Dolby disclaims any obligation to update information contained in these forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
IEEE 802.11 and IEEE Std 802.16 are trademarks of the IEEE. OCAP and OpenCable are trademarks of CableLabs. S0616983
CONTACT: Via Licensing Corporation Jeanne Alford, 415-645-5245 jeanne.a@vialicensing.com SOURCE: Via Licensing Corporation Copyright Business Wire 2006
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PRESS RELEASE: T-Mobile and RIM Launch the New BlackBerry 8700g in the UK
LONDON & WATERLOO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2006--
T-Mobile UK and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) today announced an expansion of T-Mobile's portfolio of BlackBerry(R) devices with the introduction of the new BlackBerry 8700g(TM). The device is expected to be available from T-Mobile throughout the UK from early February.
The BlackBerry 8700g, developed and manufactured by RIM, has a full QWERTY keyboard in a new, sleek, lightweight design.
In addition to standard BlackBerry functionality including support for 'push' email, phone, text messaging, browser, organizer and corporate data applications, the BlackBerry 8700g was completely re-engineered to boost performance and features an Intel processor as well as 64 MB flash memory and 16 MB SRAM. The BlackBerry 8700g delivers faster Web browsing, attachment viewing and application performance. Using the BlackBerry 8700g, users can also view common attachments such as PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
The BlackBerry 8700g features a bright, high resolution, landscape QVGA (320x240) LCD display that supports more than 65,000 colors to deliver vivid graphics. The screen offers excellent indoor and outdoor readability by featuring an intelligent light sensing technology that automatically adjusts both the LCD and keyboard lighting to provide an optimized view in outdoor, indoor and dark environments. The device also features Bluetooth(R) support for hands-free use with headsets and car kits, as well as a speakerphone.
"The extension of our BlackBerry range of devices is vital to meet the mobile access needs of both business customers as well as consumers," said Camilla Cochrane, T-Mobile UK BlackBerry Marketing Manager. "We are pleased to include the BlackBerry 8700g in our suite of devices to further enable our customers to improve their productivity, reduce costs and enhance communications through the seamless use of wireless information."
"The BlackBerry 8700g delivers a major leap forward in performance together with a sleek and stylish design and a vivid color display. We think T-Mobile customers in the UK will be very impressed with the new look and feel of the BlackBerry 8700g," said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing at Research In Motion.
For corporate customers, BlackBerry Enterprise Server(TM) software, tightly integrates with Microsoft(R) Exchange, IBM Lotus(R) Domino(TM) and Novell GroupWise(R) and works with existing enterprise systems to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.
For individuals and smaller businesses, BlackBerry Internet Service(TM) allows users to access up to ten corporate and/or personal email accounts (including Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and most popular ISP email accounts) from a single device.
About T-Mobile International
T-Mobile International is one of the world's leading companies in mobile communications. As one of Deutsche Telekom`s three strategic business units, T-Mobile concentrates on the most dynamic markets in Europe and the United States.
By Q3 2005, about 83 million customers were served in nine T-Mobile markets.
And all that over a common technology platform based on GSM, the world's most successful digital wireless standard. This also makes T-Mobile the only mobile communications provider with a seamless transatlantic service.
T-Mobile also is partner of FreeMove, an alliance formed by four of Europe's leading mobile companies - Orange, Telefonica Moviles, TIM (Telecom Italia Mobile) and T-Mobile - to help their customers communicate as easily while travelling abroad as they do at home.
For more information about T-Mobile UK, please visit www.t-mobile.co.uk
About Research In Motion
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including e-mail, phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity. RIM's portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the BlackBerry(R) wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld(TM) product line, software development tools and software/hardware licensing agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ:RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.
Forward-looking statements in this news release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used herein, words such as "intend" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions made by and information available to Research In Motion Limited. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements include, without limitation, possible product defects and product liability, risks related to international sales and potential foreign currency exchange fluctuations, the initiation or outcome of litigation, acts or potential acts of terrorism, international conflicts, significant fluctuations of quarterly operating results, changes in Canadian and foreign laws and regulations, continued acceptance of RIM's products, increased levels of competition, technological changes and the successful development of new products, dependence on third-party networks to provide services, dependence on intellectual property rights and other risks and factors detailed from time to time in RIM's periodic reports filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and other regulatory authorities. The Company has no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM, Research In Motion and BlackBerry are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be pending or registered in other countries. All other brands, product names, company names, trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.
Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) (TSX:RIM) CONTACT: Media Contacts: Brodeur for RIM Marisa Conway +1 (212) 771-3637 mconway@brodeur.com OR RIM Investor Contact RIM Investor Relations +1 (519) 888-7465 investor_relations@rim.com SOURCE: Research In Motion Copyright Business Wire 2006
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PRESS RELEASE: QUALCOMM Enters Into CDMA Infrastructure Software Products License Agreement With Vanu
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, and Vanu, Inc., a provider of software radio-based wireless infrastructure solutions, today announced that they have signed a worldwide infrastructure software license agreement. Under the terms of the royalty-bearing agreement, QUALCOMM has licensed Vanu certain QUALCOMM patents to develop, manufacture and sell infrastructure software products using CDMA2000(R) technology.
"Licensing Vanu demonstrates QUALCOMM's continued commitment to enable a wide variety of competitive suppliers of 3G products worldwide," said Marvin Blecker, president of QUALCOMM Technology Licensing. "This license agreement will enable Vanu to provide portable system software to wireless operators, offering a cost-effective solution for upgrading their existing networks."
"Vanu is pleased to work with QUALCOMM, a leading developer and supplier of CDMA technology, to bring flexible communications systems to commercial operators around the world," said John Winn, vice president of sales and marketing, Vanu, Inc. "This license will enable us to complement our ability to simultaneously implement multiple standards on a single network, offering operators a choice of wireless infrastructure platforms. CDMA2000 technology, combined with our software radio technology, allows us to introduce software products that offer an alternative to bulky, expensive infrastructure hardware."
Vanu, Inc. is the developer of the Anywave(TM) Base Station, the world's first U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-certified software radio. The Anywave Base Station affords greater flexibility than traditional radios and offers wireless network operators the ability to lower CAPEX and OPEX and to use their spectrum more efficiently. Vanu applies modern engineering techniques to the high-speed signal processing elements at the core of wireless devices to create portable software radio applications increasing the pace of innovation in wireless devices. Vanu licenses software radio components and applications and provides design-consulting services to wireless OEMs, system integrators and service providers. Vanu was founded in 1998 and is based in Cambridge, Mass. www.vanu.com
QUALCOMM Incorporated (www.qualcomm.com) is a leader in developing and delivering innovative digital wireless communications products and services based on CDMA and other advanced technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, Calif., QUALCOMM is included in the S&P 500 Index and is a 2005 FORTUNE 500(R) company traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the ticker symbol QCOM.
Except for the historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the Company's ability to successfully design and have manufactured significant quantities of CDMA components on a timely and profitable basis, the extent and speed to which CDMA is deployed, change in economic conditions of the various markets the Company serves, as well as the other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 25, 2005, and most recent Form 10-Q.
QUALCOMM is a registered trademark of QUALCOMM Incorporated. CDMA2000 is a registered trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA USA). All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
QUALCOMM Contacts: Jeremy James, Corporate Communications Phone: 1-858-651-1641 Email: corpcomm@qualcomm.com Bill Davidson, Investor Relations Phone: 1-858-658-4813 Email: ir@qualcomm.com Vanu, Inc. Contacts: Sue Balzano Phone: 1-617-864-1711 x281 Email: suebalzano@vanu.com Susan Willson Greenough Communications Phone: 1-617-275-6512 Email: swillson@greenoughcomm.com SOURCE QUALCOMM Incorporated; Vanu, Inc.
/CONTACT: Jeremy James, Corporate Communications, +1-858-651-1641, corpcomm@qualcomm.com, or Bill Davidson, Investor Relations, +1-858-658-4813, ir@qualcomm.com, both of QUALCOMM; or Sue Balzano of Vanu, Inc., +1-617-864-1711, ext. 281, suebalzano@vanu.com; or Susan Willson of Greenough Communications, +1-617-275-6512, swillson@greenoughcomm.com, for Vanu, Inc.
/Web site: http://www.qualcomm.com /Web site: http://www.vanu.com/
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=DJ UPDATE: LG Elec 4Q Net Profit Up 91% On Cellphone Sales
By Evan Ramstad OF THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA
(Dow Jones)--LG Electronics Co. (066570.SE) said its fourth-quarter net profit rose 91% to KRW312.2 billion, its highest level since the second quarter of 2004, led by strong sales volume and improved margins for cellphones.
The performance exceeded analysts' expectations, but the South Korean company also faced the easiest comparison of 2005 in the quarter.
LG's profits in the first half of 2004 were lifted by the record performance of LG.Philips LCD Co. (034220.SE), its liquid-crystal-display joint venture with Philips Electronics NV. By the end of 2004, that business had run into a cyclical downturn, reducing its contribution to LG's profits.
LG earned KRW163.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2004. Revenue in the latest quarter was KRW6.18 trillion, down 5% from KRW6.52 trillion a year earlier, as the company shifted more of its production out of Korea to other countries.
LG reports its financial results using Korean accounting standards. Only the performance of Korea-based units is included in the quarterly results reported by LG and many other Korean companies. The widening gap between the two sets of figures is clear in LG's consolidated revenue, which includes its overseas operations. That figure was up 2.9% to KRW44.5 trillion for the full year.
LG Chief Executive S.S. Kim earlier this month announced a goal of doubling revenue by 2010, meaning annual growth would have to average 7%.
In Seoul trading, LG Electronics' shares rose 3.7% to close at KRW80,700 apiece.
While LG is Korea's largest maker of appliances, and an increasingly important manufacturer globally, its quarterly earnings have been shaped chiefly by its cellphone business, the fourth-largest in the world after those of Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., and by the ups and downs of its LCD joint venture.
The company said operating profit margin from its handset division rose to 8.1% from 5.6% a year earlier, due to strong shipments of new models and an increase in sales of so-called 3G models, used on advanced networks in several parts of Asia and Europe.
LG shipped 16.2 million cellphones in the quarter, up 17% from 13.9 million a year earlier. That lifted LG's full-year total to 54.9 million, up 23.7% from 2004 but below its target of 62 million.
It set a new target of 70 million units for 2006, an aggressive increase of 27% over last year's actual tally at a time when the industry's overall unit growth is expected to be in the 10% to 15% range.
LG recorded KRW113 billion in profit contribution from LG.Philips LCD in the latest period, up from KRW25 billion a year ago.
LG's appliance business, its largest after cellphones, experienced a seasonal downturn in sales and profitability in the fourth quarter.
LG said it would increase its capital spending by 3% this year to KRW1.7 trillion. It will spend KRW282 billion of that to increase production of plasma display panels for TVs.
Separately, the company said it agreed to spend EUR101 million on a new appliance and TV factory in Wroclow, Poland.
-By Evan Ramstad, Wall Street Journal Asia, (822) 733 3696
(Yun-Hee Kim of Dow Jones Newswires contributed to this article.)
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DJ S Korea LG Electronics 4Q Net KRW312.2B Vs KRW163.4B -2-
LG Electronics realized a gain of KRW113 billion during the fourth quarter from its equity holding in flat panel display maker LG.Philips LCD. The gain more than offset a provision of KRW51 billion LG Electronics booked from its equity stake in joint venture LG.Philips Displays which makes cathode ray tubes.
Earlier this month, LG Philips LCD reported that its fourth-quarter net profit surged nearly tenfold to KRW328 billion from KRW35 billion a year earlier when the liquid crystal display industry was in the midst of a severe downturn due to an oversupply of panels. LG.Philips Displays said last month it would take a $725 million charge in the fourth quarter related to a sales slump in CRTs - the bulky tubes used in computers and television sets.
For this year, LG Electronics is targeting sales at home of KRW24 trillion to KRW24.5 trillion, up 1% to 3% from 2005, while consolidated sales are forecast to rise 8% to 10% from 2005 to between KRW38.5 trillion and KRW39 trillion.
While the company didn't provide a net profit forecast it said it anticipates improving profitability from display products.
The company plans to boost capital spending - including spending for its overseas operations - by 3% this year to KRW1.7 trillion. It plans to spend around KRW1.4 trillion on research and development investments, unchanged from 2005. On a parent basis, the company plans to invest a total of KRW2.5 trillion on facilities and R&D.
During the just-ended fourth quarter, LG Electronics said it sold 16.2 million mobile phones. The company said operating profit margin from its handset division rose to 8.1% from 5.6% a year earlier due to strong shipments of new models and an increase in sales of third-generation wide band code division multiple access, or WCDMA, phones.
LG Electronics predicted that global sales of mobile phones are expected to reach around 820 million to 860 million units this year, up from an estimated 780 million in 2005. The company is targeting the sale of 70 million units this year, up 27% from 55 million sold in 2005.
Separately, LG Electronics said it plans to invest KRW282 billion to boost its production capacity of plasma display panels widely used in TVs. The additional investment will allow LG Electronics to have a monthly production capacity of 160,000 units.
The announcement came after the company also said Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with the Polish government to build a EUR101 million plant in Wroclow to produce home appliances and LCD televisions.
-By Yun-Hee Kim, Dow Jones Newswires; 822-732-2165; yun-hee.kim@dowjones.com
(So-Yoon Moon contributed to this story.)
-Edited by Costas Paris
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=DJ UPDATE:SK Telecom 4Q Net Rises 29%;Growth To Slow In '06
By Yun-Hee Kim Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
SEOUL (Dow Jones)--SK Telecom Co. (SKM), South Korea's largest wireless operator by revenue, said Tuesday fourth-quarter net profit rose 29% from a year earlier thanks to strong sales of wireless Internet data services, but forecast earnings growth will slow this year due to stiff competition.
Analysts said that while earnings are expected to continue to grow, a saturated market at home and intense competition among carriers will likely mean growth at a slower pace.
"Even though there will be growth in the bottom line, it's expected to be in the high single-digit range simply because the company isn't expected to see much growth in revenue," said an analyst at a foreign brokerage in Seoul who declined to be named.
SK Telecom's "primary focus this year should be seeking alternative growth avenues such as overseas. Within Korea, they need to diversify out of telecom services and into media," the analyst added.
SK Telecom said net profit for the three months ended Dec. 31 rose 29% to 448.0 billion won ($459 million) from KRW348.1 billion a year earlier, while revenue rose 6% to KRW2.63 trillion from KRW2.48 trillion.
Operating profit jumped 10% to KRW654.8 billion from KRW594.4 billion.
While net profit came in above expectations, revenue fell slightly short of analysts' forecasts. The company was expected to post net profit of KRW415 billion for the quarter, based on the average poll of 12 analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial. A poll of 13 analysts pegged revenue at KRW2.65 trillion.
The company forecasts revenue will rise 3% this year to KRW10.5 trillion from KRW10.16 trillion in 2005, while earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization is expected to rise 3% to KRW4.40 trillion from KRW4.29 trillion in 2005. For 2005, SK Telecom's net profit rose 25% to KRW1.87 trillion, while revenue rose 5% to KRW10.16 trillion.
This year, SK Telecom stands to see earnings growth slow after making its caller identification service free to subscribers starting from January. The change is expected to wipe out about KRW200 billion in revenue it recognized annually from caller ID fees. Analysts also said marketing expenses may rise if the government approves plans to allow carriers to subsidize certain handset purchases. The plan is up for approval in the National Assembly.
"While earnings will grow this year, it will only be minor due to an expected hike in marketing expenses," said Lee Shi Hoon, an analyst at Hyundai Securities. "The company needs to make cautious efforts to tame marketing expenses."
SK Telecom is betting on new wireless data services to help boost revenue in a market where more than seven out of 10 people carry a cell phone. During the just-ended fourth quarter, SK Telecom said wireless Internet revenue rose 22% to KRW661 billion from KRW544 billion a year earlier due mainly to the offering of new services such as "Mobile Cyworld," which allows subscribers to access their personal Web pages on mobile phones, and an online musical download service called "Melon."
Average revenue per user - a key industry gauge to determine long-term growth - rose to KRW45,046 in the fourth quarter, up from KRW44,336 a year earlier.
SK Telecom had 19.5 million subscribers at the end of December and it is targeting 20 million wireless subscribers this year.
At the end of December, SK Telecom's market share stood at 50.9%, higher than rival KT Freetel Ltd.'s (032390.SE) 32.1% share, and LG Telecom Co.'s (032640.KQ) 17%.
President and Chief Executive Shin Bae Kim said on a conference call Tuesday that the company plans to return 40% of its net profit to shareholders in the form of dividends and share buybacks. It plans to buy back around KRW200 billion in shares this year.
The company also has plans to boost its capital expenditure budget to KRW1.60 trillion from KRW1.47 trillion in 2005, with most of the investment allocated for wireless broadband, or WiBro, and HSDPA, or high speed downlink packet access, which is an enhancement to the third-generation wireless technology WCDMA.
-By Yun-Hee Kim, Dow Jones Newswires; 822-732-2165; yun-hee.kim@dowjones.com
-Edited by J. Timmermans
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PRESS RELEASE: Introduction of Full 1.8 Mbps Wireless Data Card Extends Option's Leadership in HSDPA
LEUVEN, Belgium, January 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Mobilkom Austria Rolls Out HSDPA Network With Option Data Cards
Option N.V. (Euronext: OPTI, OTC: OPNVY), the wireless technology company, continues the successful execution of its HSDPA strategy with the announcement and initial shipment of a new product within its HSDPA portfolio - the GlobeTrotter HSDPA.
The new data card delivers speeds of up to 1.8Mbps over an HSDPA network - 4,5 times faster than maximum data rates available over 3G UMTS. If no HSDPA network is available the data card will automatically establish the fastest possible connection using 3G, EDGE or GPRS. The GlobeTrotter HSDPA is already shipping in support of the commercial roll-out plans of network operators in EMEA.
Jan Callewaert, CEO Option, said: "The launch of this product is a key step in Option's strategy to support its operator partners and their customers through this technological change. Where HSDPA has already been launched, our new data card delivers the highest possible mobile data rates 'out-of-the-box'. Where 3G operators are still deploying the enhanced technology, our 'HSDPA-Ready' cards empower operators to maintain their wireless broadband marketing and sales momentum without disadvantaging their customers."
Serving nearly 3.4 million customers, Mobilkom Austria will become one of the first operators to offer Option's new HSDPA data card when it starts retailing the Vodafone Mobile Connect Card Broadband (HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE) today. At the same time, a free software upgrade to HSDPA will be made available (at www.A1.net/hsdpaupgrade) to any Mobilkom's customers who previously purchased the UMTS+EDGE 'HSDPA Ready' card.
Announced in September 2005, Option's 'GlobeTrotter 3G/EDGE HSDPA-Ready' and 'GlobeTrotter FUSION+ HSDPA-Ready' data cards have helped sustain strong demand for wireless data solutions by empowering new users to enjoy the benefits of 3G safe in the knowledge that their data card can be upgraded simply when HSDPA becomes available from their operator.
As soon as an operator is ready to launch HSDPA within its territory, a simple firmware upgrade, made available via a website, is sufficient to release the full power of 1.8 Mbps HSDPA.
For more product information: Product Datasheet: http://www.option.com/products/overview.shtml Product Screenshot: http://www.option.com/news/6_3_presskit.shtml ABOUT OPTION
Option NV (www.option.com), the wireless technology company, is a leading innovator in the design, development and manufacture of 3G WCDMA (HSDPA and UMTS), EDGE, GPRS, GSM and WLAN technology products for wireless connectivity solutions. Option has built up an enviable reputation for creating exciting products that enhance the performance and functionality of wireless communications. Option's headquarters are in Leuven, Belgium. The company has Research & Development in Leuven, a Software and Applications development centre in Adelsried (Germany), a Wireless Router development centre in Stockholm (Sweden) and an ISO 9002 production engineering and logistics facility in Cork, Ireland.
SOURCE Option N.V.
/CONTACT: Douglas Ros, Vice President Business Development & Marketing, E-mail: d.ros@option.com, Frederic Convent, CFO, E-mail: investor@option.com, Tel +32-(0)-16-317-411
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WSJA(1/23) China Moves Step Closer To Launching 3G Service
(From THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ASIA) By Jason Dean
BEIJING -- China's government took another step toward a technological overhaul of its telecommunications industry, declaring a homegrown, third-generation wireless standard to be ready for commercial use.
The Ministry of Information Industry's formal approval Friday of the TD-SCDMA standard removes an important obstacle to the start of third-generation, or 3G, service in the world's biggest wireless market. Beijing's desire to give TD-SCDMA time to become commercially viable is widely seen as a key reason it has yet to issue 3G licenses to wireless operators.
So-called 3G service, which has been available for years in some countries, lets users send and receive data more quickly with their mobile phones, enabling video and high-speed Internet transmission and other fancy functions. Nortel Networks Corp., Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. and other big telecom-equipment makers have been eagerly anticipating China's decision to move forward with 3G, which is expected to yield billions of dollars in spending on network upgrades by the country's wireless carriers.
Industry executives have expressed increasing confidence in recent months that 3G licenses will be issued by the middle of this year -- perhaps as soon as March. Officials from the Ministry of Information Industry, which oversees the telecom sector, reinforced those hopes last month with statements suggesting preparations for licensing were almost completed.
TD-SCDMA is part of a broad effort by Beijing to create Chinese-made standards so the country can bolster domestic know-how and cut spending on imported technology. Foreign companies such as Siemens AG have helped the development of TD-SCDMA, but China's government and Chinese companies have taken the lead in promoting the technology. The other two internationally recognized technological standards for 3G service, WCDMA and CDMA2000, were developed overseas.
Friday's statement, published on the Ministry of Information Industry's Web site, makes TD-SCDMA the first of the 3G standards to be formally approved in China, Wang Lijian, the ministry's spokesman, said in a telephone interview. The other two are still being reviewed, he said.
In the statement, the ministry said that after extensive tests of TD-SCDMA in equipment, "all of its key technology has now been inspected and verified." Countering speculation that TD-SCDMA might, because of its immaturity, need to be used in combination with another technology, the statement said the Chinese standard "can be used to make an independent network."
The statement said the ministry's approval of TD-SCDMA would speed up the development of products using the technology. The announcement means that "TD-SCDMA is now ready for commercial use," Mr. Wang said.
Beijing still must sort out other issues before 3G licenses are issued, such as which companies will use which technologies. Industry analysts say the most likely scenario is that a TD-SCDMA license will be issued first, most likely to China Telecommunications Corp., the country's biggest fixed-line carrier and parent of Hong Kong- and New York-listed China Telecom Corp.
Licenses for other standards could come several months after the TD-SCDMA license, analysts say. Those licenses are likely to go to the two dominant wireless companies, China Mobile Communications Corp., parent of China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd., and China United Telecommunications Corp., parent of China Unicom Ltd.
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Cui Rong in Beijing contributed to this article.
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InterDigital-IDCC entered into patent license agreement with LG Electronics
IDCC will license all TDMA-based Second Generation (2G) standards and all Third Generation (3G) standards and infrastructure compliant with cdma2000(R) technology and its extensions. The five-year deal calls for the company to receive three payments of $95M in Q1 of 2006-2008. At the end of the five-year term, LG will receive a paid-up license to sell single-mode GSM/GPRS/EDGE terminal units under the patents included under the license.
Nortel, Qualcomm and Orange Achieve Industry's First W-CDMA 900 MHz
Calls New cost-effective alternative to provide high-speed wireless Internet in
rural areas
PARIS, Jan. 24, 2006 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT), QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM) and Orange have successfully completed UMTS and HSDPA calls in the 900 MHz band, a spectrum capable of delivering wireless broadband such as mobile TV, video-on-demand, video telephony and DSL-like services to rural areas.
W-CDMA (UMTS) in the 900 MHz band is a cost effective way to deliver nationwide high-speed wireless coverage. It achieves a 60 percent reduction in cell sites required to serve rural areas and delivers improved Quality of Service in urban areas by enhancing in-building penetration by 25 percent.
The category 6 HSDPA calls, using the 16 QAM Modulation and reaching 3.6Mbps data rate, were completed using Nortel's commercial infrastructure technologies, mobile handsets based on QUALCOMM's Mobile Station Modem(TM) MSM6280(TM) chipset solution and Orange's 900 MHz spectrum.
"UMTS in the 900 MHz band is a complementary solution to existing 3G services that will enable Orange to provide high speed wireless Internet to both rural and urban areas of France, thereby enabling us to deliver a true nationwide UMTS/HSDPA service," said Vivek Badrinath, executive vice president, products, technology and innovation, Orange Group.
Nortel's innovations in spectral efficiency are the key enablers to liberate spectrum in the 900 MHz band, providing wireless operators with the capability to deploy W-CDMA in that band. The implementation of UMTS 900 is compatible with widely deployed Node B hardware for simplified integration. QUALCOMM's Mobile Station Modem solutions for HSDPA were the first in the world to be commercially available, and data rates of up to 7.2 Mbps are supported by the company's HSDPA portfolio.
Nortel, Qualcomm and Orange plan to publicly demonstrate this capability during the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona in February.
Nortel achieved the industry's first HSDPA mobile call in January 2005. Nortel and LGE completed the first live test calls using a commercial handset solution for HSDPA in March 2005. In June 2005, Nortel became the first wireless network supplier to complete the TL9000 registration standard for Quality Management System Requirements and Measurements across its HSDPA, UMTS and GSM wireless infrastructure solutions.
Nortel has worked with a number of wireless operators on HSDPA trials and deployments in 2005, including EDGE Wireless in the US, SKT and KTF in Korea, SOFTBANK Group's BB Mobile in Japan, mmO2, Orange (at 3GSM World Congress 2005 in Cannes, France), Vodafone (at CeBIT 2005 in Hanover, Germany), Partner Communications in Israel, and Mobilkom Austria.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that enhance the human experience, ignite and power global commerce, and secure and protect the world's most critical information. Serving both service provider and enterprise customers, Nortel delivers innovative technology solutions encompassing end-to-end broadband, Voice over IP, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband designed to help people solve the world's greatest challenges. Nortel does business in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit www.nortel.com/news.
Certain information included in this press release is forward-looking and is subject to important risks and uncertainties. The results or events predicted in these statements may differ materially from actual results or events. Factors which could cause results or events to differ from current expectations include, among other things: the outcome of regulatory and criminal investigations and civil litigation actions related to Nortel's restatements and the impact any resulting legal judgments, settlements, penalties and expenses could have on Nortel's results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and any related potential dilution of Nortel's common shares; the findings of Nortel's independent review and implementation of recommended remedial measures; the outcome of the ongoing independent review with respect to revenues for specific identified transactions, which review will have a particular emphasis on the underlying conduct that led to the initial recognition of these revenues; the restatement or revisions of Nortel's previously announced or filed financial results and resulting negative publicity; the existence of material weaknesses in Nortel's internal control over financial reporting and the conclusion of Nortel's management and independent auditor that Nortel's internal control over financial reporting is ineffective, which could continue to impact Nortel's ability to report its results of operations and financial condition accurately and in a timely manner; the impact of Nortel's and NNL's failure to timely file their financial statements and related periodic reports, including Nortel's inability to access its shelf registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); the impact of management changes, including the termination for cause of Nortel's former CEO, CFO and Controller in April 2004; the sufficiency of Nortel's restructuring activities, including the work plan announced on August 19, 2004 as updated on September 30, 2004 and December 14, 2004, including the potential for higher actual costs to be incurred in connection with restructuring actions compared to the estimated costs of such actions; cautious or reduced spending by Nortel's customers; increased consolidation among Nortel's customers and the loss of customers in certain markets; fluctuations in Nortel's operating results and general industry, economic and market conditions and growth rates; fluctuations in Nortel's cash flow, level of outstanding debt and current debt ratings; Nortel's monitoring of the capital markets for opportunities to improve its capital structure and financial flexibility; Nortel's ability to recruit and retain qualified employees; the use of cash collateral to support Nortel's normal course business activities; the dependence on Nortel's subsidiaries for funding; the impact of Nortel's defined benefit plans and deferred tax assets on results of operations and Nortel's cash flow; the adverse resolution of class actions, litigation in the ordinary course of business, intellectual property disputes and similar matters; Nortel's dependence on new product development and its ability to predict market demand for particular products; Nortel's ability to integrate the operations and technologies of acquired businesses in an effective manner; the impact of rapid technological and market change; the impact of price and product competition; barriers to international growth and global economic conditions, particularly in emerging markets and including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of rationalization and consolidation in the telecommunications industry; changes in regulation of the Internet; the impact of the credit risks of Nortel's customers and the impact of customer financing and commitments; general stock market volatility; negative developments associated with Nortel's supply contracts and contract manufacturing agreements, including as a result of using a sole supplier for a key component of certain optical networks solutions; the impact of Nortel's supply and outsourcing contracts that contain delivery and installation provisions, which, if not met, could result in the payment of substantial penalties or liquidated damages; any undetected product defects, errors or failures; the future success of Nortel's strategic alliances; and certain restrictions on how Nortel and its president and chief executive officer conduct business. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, see the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by Nortel with the SEC. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, Nortel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
(x) Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of
Nortel Networks.
SOURCE: Nortel
CONTACT: Isabelle Tadmoury, + 331-695-51291, Tadmoury@nortel.com; Ben Roome, +44-162843-3113, benroome@nortel.com; www.nortel.com
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Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
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(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
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Common Stock 01/11/2006 A 10,000 A (1) 214,000 D
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(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
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1. Granted pursuant to the InterDigital Communications Corporation 1999 Restricted Stock Plan in accordance with the Issuer's Compensation Program for Outside Directors.
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=DJ UPDATE:Samsung Elec 4Q Net Up 40%; Sees Better 1Q
By Yun-Hee Kim Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
SEOUL (Dow Jones)--Samsung Electronics Co. (005930.SE) reported Friday a better-than-expected 40% rise in fourth-quarter net profit, and forecast stronger results in the first quarter citing strength in its memory-chip business as well as an improvement in its cellphone operations.
The world's largest memory-chip maker and the world's third-largest cellphone maker by volume behind Finland's Nokia Corp. (NOK) and Motorola Inc. (MOT) of the U.S., forecast companywide sales this year will rise 11% to KRW63.60 trillion ($64.4 billion) from KRW57.46 trillion, as it bets on special demand ahead of this year's World Cup soccer games and winter Olympic Games.
Woosik Chu, senior vice president of investor relations said the business momentum is "solid" heading into 2006.
"Business-wise, it's very strong and the only area of little concern is LCD (liquid crystal display) in the first half, but we are quite confident that we will weather the difficulty quite nicely," Chu said on a conference call Friday with investors and analysts."The spirit within the company is to do a lot better than 2005 in terms of the bottom line."
For the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2005, Samsung posted a net profit of KRW2.56 trillion, up from KRW1.83 trillion a year earlier, while sales jumped 12% to KRW15.52 trillion from KRW13.90 trillion. For full-year 2005, Samsung posted a net profit of KRW7.64 trillion, down 29% from KRW10.79 trillion in 2004, while sales fell to KRW57.46 trillion from KRW57.63 trillion.
Samsung also said Friday its capital spending this year will fall to KRW9.23 trillion from KRW10.04 trillion in 2005, though it said it will boost research and development spending by 12% to KRW6.08 trillion from KRW5.41 trillion.
"I think they [Samsung] are being conservative and there's more room to be aggressive if the market remains favorable through the second half," said Sun Chung, an analyst at Nomura Securities in Seoul.
While the strengthening won against the U.S. dollar poses a risk this year for Samsung - a major exporter of consumer electronics - increasing demand for flat-screen TVs and the South Korean company's dominance in memory-chip production, thanks to its focus on higher margin specialty chips, should help its earnings growth momentum to further pick up in 2006, analysts said.
Samsung was expected to post a net profit of KRW2.16 trillion on sales of KRW15.37 trillion, based on the average forecast of 12 analysts surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires.
Fourth-quarter operating profit rose to KRW2.14 trillion from KRW1.53 trillion a year earlier, but fell well short of analysts' expectations of KRW2.37 trillion.
Chu said the company's bottom-line received a hefty boost from big gains in non-operating income due to the strong performance of its overseas affiliates. Still, its operating profit came in below market expectations as Samsung booked a provision of more than KRW130 billion to account for a change in its management compensation scheme.
Shares of Samsung, which had fallen as much as 2.3% earlier in the session, closed up 1.5% at KRW694,000. Its shares hit an all time high of KRW701,000 earlier this month.
Soft LCDs In 1H But Memory-Chips To Buoy Earnings
Samsung's strategy to focus on diversifying its product offerings in chips and liquid crystal displays helped the company weather weaknesses in other areas, analysts said. When prices of dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, chips were weak in the fourth quarter, the company shifted to produce higher margin NAND flash memory-chips widely used in MP3 players and digital cameras. In the liquid crystal display segment, Samsung focused more on producing LCD panels for TVs, where demand is much stronger.
"Samsung Electronics is no longer a cyclical stock," said Merrill Lynch analyst Simon Woo in a recent report. Samsung will be able to "reinvigorate its global leadership thanks to its already established competitiveness."
Il Ung Kim, vice president of the semiconductor business, said Friday he expects a "mild oversupply" of DRAM chips throughout the year. But NAND flash memory chips, widely used in MP3 players and digital cameras, are expected to continue to be in a shortage.
Samsung's operating profit from its semiconductor division in the fourth quarter rose to KRW1.62 trillion from KRW1.60 trillion a year earlier, while sales rose to KRW5.09 trillion from KRW4.78 trillion.
From the telecommunications business, Samsung expects a solid quarter in the current January to March period. The company expects average selling prices and shipments to rise from the fourth quarter, leading to a "significantly" higher profit margin as it introduces various high-end products including new slim phones.
The average selling price for Samsung's phones in the export market was $184 in the fourth quarter and it shipped 27.2 million units, up 29% year on year.
The telecom business - which includes cellphones and telecom equipment - posted an operating profit of KRW380 billion on sales of KRW4.95 trillion in the fourth quarter, up from an operating profit of KRW150 billion on sales of KRW4.32 trillion a year earlier.
For all of 2006, Samsung expects its cellphone shipments to rise 13% from last year to 115 million units, outpacing the global market demand growth expectations of 5% to 10%.
On the outlook for the LCD business, Yeong Duk Cho, vice president of the division said the LCD market this year globally is expected to be stronger than expected with solid LCD TV growth.
Still, Samsung expects a "soft" first half: "The recovery is expected to start from Q2 (second quarter) driven by the price elasticity and better PC sales," it said.
Samsung expects average selling prices for panels to decline 10% to 15% in 2006.
The company posted an operating profit of KRW400 billion from its LCD business on sales of KRW3.01 trillion in the fourth quarter, up sharply from an operating profit of KRW10 billion on sales of KRW1.95 trillion a year earlier.
-By Yun-Hee Kim, Dow Jones Newswires; 822-732-2165; yun-hee.kim@dowjones.com
-Edited by Jenny Paris
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INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP filed this Form 8-K on 01/13/06
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (Date of earliest event reported): January 13, 2006
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InterDigital Communications Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania 1-11152 23-1882087
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
The slide presentation attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 will be presented by
InterDigital Communications Corporation at the Annual Needham & Company Growth
Conference on January 13, 2006, and may be used at future investor conferences.
The information in this report, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished
pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act)
or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall such
information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits.
99.1 Investor Presentation of InterDigital Communications Corporation
dated January 2006.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By: /s/Lawrence F. Shay
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Lawrence F. Shay
General Counsel
Dated: January 13, 2006
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Corporation dated January 2006.
PRESS RELEASE: UTStarcom Introduces New Brand Name for Its End-to-End IPTV Solution - RollingStream
ALAMEDA, Calif., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UTStarcom, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTSI), a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, today introduced the new brand name for its commercially deployed, end-to-end IPTV solution -- RollingStream(TM).
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20051013/SFTH063LOGO )
"We believe the rebranding of our field-proven IPTV solution to RollingStream better articulates the function of UTStarcom's IPTV product family to enable service providers to offer their subscribers a variety of streaming applications over a single platform," said Brian Caskey, vice president of worldwide marketing at UTStarcom. "The name RollingStream speaks to what differentiates our technology -- the ability to efficiently parcel content segments to servers at the edge of the network and then deliver the segments sequentially to users on demand; so that their experience rivals watching a DVD."
Formerly know as mVision, RollingStream is a distributed end-to-end solution that is designed to enable telecommunications operators and broadband service providers to deliver broadcast-quality television and on-demand entertainment programming over IP networks. The solution's scalability, reliability, and bandwidth efficiency allow it to support new services, including broadcast TV, Network Personal Video Recorder (n-PVR), Video on Demand (VoD), and Near Video on Demand (NVoD), over existing network infrastructures. These services may give service providers opportunities to increase revenues, offer new services, and improve customer satisfaction and retention.
RollingStream partitions each program into segments that are cached on network edge servers based on viewing demand patterns and operator-specified policies. This mechanism allows service providers to store the beginning segments of feature-length programs directly at the network edge, close to the subscriber, and dynamically deliver the remaining segments once viewing starts. Compared to IPTV solutions that store all content either at the core, which results in network congestion, or in multiple complete iterations at the edge, which requires huge amounts of storage, UTStarcom's approach simplifies and expedites content delivery, reduces storage requirements, and minimizes network congestion.
Several major international telecommunications providers already deploy UTStarcom's end-to-end IPTV solutions. China Telecom, the largest fixed-line telecom operator in China, selected RollingStream to support its new IPTV service launched in China at the end of 2005. The first official service launch of up to 5,000 subscribers in Shanghai was the culmination of an integrated commercial trial of IPTV by China Telecom in five provinces throughout China. Softbank BB, the leading provider of broadband services in Japan, chose UTStarcom's RollingStream end-to-end IPTV solution to support its "BBTV" IPTV service, which launched on July 1, 2005. Softbank BB expects its service can change the way consumers in Japan watch television by providing many more choices and many more features at a more affordable price.
About UTStarcom's RollingStream
UTStarcom's RollingStream is an end-to-end solution designed for telecommunications operators and broadband service providers to deliver broadcast quality TV and on-demand entertainment programming over IP networks. RollingStream offers service providers the scalability, reliability, and bandwidth efficiency to support new services including broadcast TV, Network PVR (n-PVR), Video on Demand (VoD), and Near Video on Demand (NVoD) over existing network infrastructures. This results in opportunities for increased revenues, new services, and improved customer satisfaction and retention.
For more information about UTStarcom's RollingStream solution, please visit: http://www.utstar.com/Solutions/Broadband/IPTV .
About UTStarcom, Inc.
UTStarcom is a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and international service and support. The company sells its broadband, wireless, and handset solutions to operators in both emerging and established telecommunications markets around the world. UTStarcom enables its customers to rapidly deploy revenue-generating access services using their existing infrastructure, while providing a migration path to cost-efficient, end-to-end IP networks. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Alameda, California, the company has research and design operations in the United States, China, Korea and India. UTStarcom is a FORTUNE 1000 company.
For more information about UTStarcom, visit the company's Web site at www.utstar.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes forward-looking statements, including the foregoing statements regarding the expectation that the new brand name of the Company's IPTV solution will better articulate its functionality, the anticipated ability of the Company's IPTV solution to enable service providers to offer a variety of streaming applications over a single platform, the anticipated ability of the solution to efficiently parcel segments to servers at the edge of the network and deliver the segments sequentially to users on demand, the anticipated enhancement in the user's TV watching experience due to the solution, the anticipated ability of the solution to allow telecommunications operators and broadband service providers to deliver high quality TV and on-demand entertainment programming over IP networks, the anticipated scalability, reliability and bandwidth efficiency of the solution and its ability to support new services over existing network infrastructures, the anticipated opportunities for increased revenues, new services and improved customer satisfaction and retention the solution may present to service providers, the expectation that the solution will allow service providers to parcel out and store programs directly at the network edge for dynamic delivery to the subscriber, the anticipated positive impact of the solution on content delivery, storage requirements and network congestion, and Softbank BB's expectation regarding the positive impact of the Company's IPTV solution on broadband services in Japan. These statements are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These risk factors include rapidly changing technology, the changing nature of global telecommunications markets, the termination of significant contracts, the direction and results of future research and development efforts, evolving product and applications standards, reduction or delays in system deployments, product transitions, changes in demand for and acceptance of the Company's products, general adverse economic conditions, and trends and uncertainties such as changes in government regulation and licensing requirements. The Company also refers readers to the risk factors identified in its latest Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SOURCE UTStarcom, Inc.
/CONTACT: company, Chesha Kamieniecki, Director of Investor Relations of UTStarcom, Inc., +1-510-749-1560; or press, Stephanie Gallagher of Engage PR, +1-510-388-3287, or stephanie@engagepr.com, for UTStarcom, Inc.
/Web site: http://www.utstar.com
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PRESS RELEASE: Panasonic Color MFPs Rated #1 for Reliability; Office Equipment Service Managers Who Responded to the Office Products Analyst Annual Multifunctional Reliability Study Gave Panasonic Color MFPs Their Highest Rating for Reliability
SECAUCUS, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2006--
There is no better barometer of product reliability than the repair experts who service office equipment day-in and day-out. The Office Products Analyst (OPA) gathered data for its 2005 study from a group of these experts consisting of 148 service managers and encompassing 43,766 color and monochrome A3 multifunction products (MFP). The service managers, who were asked to rate color and monochrome devices based on specific criteria, responded by rating Panasonic color MFPs at the head of the class in the all-important reliability category.
According to Andy Slawetsky, vice president for Industry Analysts, Inc., which publishes the Office Products Analyst, Panasonic's top reliability rating for its color MFPs comes as no surprise. "Panasonic obviously invested considerable resources in the development of their current color devices," Slawetsky says. "Not only are they full of unique features, but they also run very reliably."
In taking top honors for reliability, Panasonic color MFPs beat out the other manufacturers included in the study--Canon, Ricoh, Sharp, Konica Minolta, Toshiba and Kyocera Mita. Steve Mullin, president of Panasonic Digital Document Company, attributes Panasonic's recent ascendance in the color MFP segment in large part to the restructuring that took place at Panasonic at the factory level.
"When we merged three factories into one, our engineers were able take full advantage of the various technologies that were previously 'owned' by individual factories under autonomous management," Mullin says. "The fruits of this merger are very much evident in the C3 color MFP series, which was developed under the new alignment. The series features our most technologically advanced, best-selling color MFPs to date."
OPA defines an MFP as any "platen-based device that can be connected to a personal computer or local area network and which supports at least two of the four traditional office functions (copying, scanning, faxing and printing)."
Panasonic offers a broad line of award-winning MFPs and copiers with features and functionalities that meet the varied needs of workgroups and corporate departments at speeds ranging from 22 ppm to 81 ppm.
ABOUT PANASONIC
In the United States, Panasonic Digital Document Company, a unit of Panasonic Corporation of North America, markets a broad line of digital imaging systems, computer peripherals and office system products designed specifically for business use. Products available include fax and Internet fax machines, digital copiers, network multifunction devices, document management systems, scanners, electronic whiteboards, color and monochrome laser printers and impact printers. Headquartered in Secaucus, NJ, Panasonic Corporation of North America is the principal North American subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE:MC) of Osaka, Japan. For more information, visit http://www.panasonic.com/office.
ABOUT OPA
The Office Products Analyst is the longest running, continuously published publication that focuses exclusively on the office automation industry. Published by Industry Analysts, Inc. in Rochester, NY, the OPA conducts thousands of end-user and office equipment dealer surveys each year. For more information visit http://www.industryanalysts.com.
CONTACT: Panasonic by Barton Gilanelli & Associates Chris Florentz, 215-592-8601 chris@bartgil.com SOURCE: Panasonic Copyright Business Wire 2006
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DJ KDDI Logs Biggest Net '05 Gain In Cell Subscribers -Nikkei
TOKYO (Nikkei)--KDDI Corp.'s (9433.TO) au mobile phone service secured the most subscribers on a net basis in 2005, retaining the top spot for a second straight year on the strength of its handsets and service plans, The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported in its Thursday morning edition.
According to Telecommunications Carriers Association figures released Wednesday, au logged net growth of 2.81 million subscribers, while NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.TO) gained 2.45 million. Vodafone KK - which was slow to provide 3G (third-generation) services - saw its first net decline, falling by 43,300.
Willcom Inc.'s flat-rate plan drew new subscribers, with the leading personal handyphone system service provider reporting a net gain of 694,800 - up 20% from 2004.
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Horsebridge Network Systems: Airspan uses Horsebridge's products on
world's largest WiMAX Metropolitan Area Network Horsebridge's Next Generation
GPS Synchronisation receivers key to mass rollout of WiMAX TDD technology
Cheltenham, UK, Jan 11, 2006 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Horsebridge Network Systems has been selected by Airspan Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIRN) to provide Next Generation Sync(tm) technology for the AS.MAX product line which is being used by Yozan, for the world's first major deployment of a WiMAX Metropolitan Area Network. Yozan launched a commercial service on 25 December, 2005 that is delivering high speed IP connectivity, and supports video, voice and broadband data services.
The initial deployment in Tokyo will use 1,200 units of Horsebridge's Next Generation Sync products to improve the quality and reliability of the data throughput of transmitters and receivers across the entire network. This will improve network capacity and user service speeds, and maximise network throughput. Increasing data throughput ensures high-speed access to the network for potential users around the clock, for the widest range of data services.
Paul Senior, Vice President of Marketing and Product Management, Airspan Networks, said, "WiMAX networks issues can often stem from poor synchronisation - networks tend to be synchronised at the core, but not at the edge. As the industry experts in this space, Horsebridge were highly responsive to our needs by offering one of the first cost-effective carrier class solutions for enabling accurate data transmission across the entire metropolitan area. Through this partnership we will be able to ensure quality of service across the network while reducing the risk of any service interruptions to customers from interference."
Horsebridge's products provide a cost effective solution for achieving total network synchronisation - from the core to the edge - enabling a consistent level of service and high quality data transmissions to be delivered across the network. Improving the city-wide synchronisation reduces the interference by adjacent networks, meaning that roaming users are no longer prone to data loss from interruptions of service.
"Today most WiMAX deployments around the world have been trials, or very small commercial rollouts - the deployment in Tokyo demonstrates the massive potential for this technology in the UK and on a worldwide basis," said David O'Connor, managing director of Horsebridge Network Systems. "We are very pleased to be working with Airspan and Yozan on a project likely to shape the global uptake of WiMAX."
Horsebridge's solution will ensure the accuracy of data transmission to and from Airspan's MicroMAX base station. Customers on the Yozan MetroZone will use a range of subscriber units, including Airspan's EasyST, a unique self-installable indoor WiMAX customer premises device. The EasyST provides WiMAX connectivity to the MicroMAX base station and Wi-Fi coverage inside the customers' homes via its integrated WiFi Access Point.
Through its team of expert technical designers and engineering consultants, Horsebridge was able to create a bespoke WiMAX solution for Airspan, tailored to address its specific business critical needs. The consultancy services reviewed each step of the planning, designing and implementation of the communication network system, ensuring consistency and quality of the network.
The Horsebridge Next Generation Sync product portfolio delivers synchronisation for 3G mobile networks, Wi-MAX and HSDPA networks, Mobile Network Radio backhaul links and Triple Play applications.
About Horsebridge Network Systems
Horsebridge Network Systems is a full-service telecommunications supply and consultancy organisation delivering solutions that improve mobile and fixed-line networks. Horsebridge specialises in frequency, phase and real time synchronisation of network technologies - providing end-to-end business class solutions. The company's modular offerings cover a wide range of services and technologies, including outsourcing of procurement and logistics, consultancy, custom design, manufacture, network installation and commissioning, training and network life-cycle support.
Today these services are enabling a global portfolio of network operators to support mobile phone users across the world, generating hundreds of millions in revenues cost effectively. Horsebridge's expertise enables operators to utilise existing networks, ensuring synchronisation without the need for major reinvestment.
Horsebridge was founded in 2000, and is headquartered in Cheltenham, UK. For more information on the company, please visit www.horsebridge.net.
About Airspan Networks
Airspan Networks provides fixed and wireless voice and data systems and solutions, including Voice Over IP (VoIP). Its wireless products serve operators around the world in both licensed and unlicensed frequency bands between 700 MHz and 6 GHz, including both PCS and 3.5GHz international bands. Airspan has a strong wireless product roadmap that includes offerings compliant with the new WiMAX 802.16-2004 standard, and software upgradeability to 802.16e from the time the WiMAX products are introduced. Airspan is on the Board and a founder member of the WiMAX Forum. The Company has deployments with more than 300 operators in more than 95 countries. Airspan's wireless systems are based on radio technology that delivers excellent area coverage, high security and resistance to fading. These systems can be deployed rapidly and cost effectively, providing an attractive alternative to traditional wired communications networks. Airspan's new AS.Tone VoIP system is a carrier class, turnkey solution that provides carriers with Class 4, Class 5 and IP-Centrex solutions and has a Softswitch and Gateways supporting SIP/H323 and SIP. AS.Tone's design provides customers; carriers, next-generation telcos, cellular providers and ITSP with a wide range of solutions with the best price/performance system for IP telephony. Airspan also offers radio planning, network installation, integration, training and support services to facilitate the deployment and operation of its systems. Airspan is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida with its main operations center in Uxbridge, United Kingdom.
More information on Airspan can be found at http://www.airspan.com.
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RAD DATA COMMUNICATIONS: RAD's strategy for cellular backhaul over packet
networks gains industry momentum Unique portfolio attracts cellular and
transport network vendors
Jan 10, 2006 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- At the 3GSM World Congress, to be held February 12-16 in Barcelona, RAD Data Communications, a leading manufacturer of fixed and mobile network access equipment, willexhibit the company's unique portfolio of products supporting cellular backhaul over packet switched networks. These products form the heart of RAD's cellular backhaul strategy to be the first vendor of choice among cellular operators and service providers in migrating TDMcircuits from 2G networks and ATMtraffic from 3G to the new Ethernet/IP/MPLS backbone networks.
"The high cost of backhaul transport is driving mobile operators to search for innovative wayssuch as pseudowire circuit emulation over Metro Ethernet to reduce their backhaul operating (Opex) and capital (Capex) expenses," states Gaby Junowicz, Director of Business Development for Cellular Networks at RAD Data Communications. "RAD pioneered the concept and technology and in a relatively short time we havewon contracts from service providers who are beginning to deploy circuit-to-packet services for cellular backhaul customers."
With a broad range of devices optimised for packet infrastructure, from DSL modems for packet transport over copper, to Integrated Access Devices (IADs) to complement IP-DSLAMs, to WiFi and WiMAX in wireless environments, RAD's cellular backhaul solutions are uniquely positioned to meet this demand. "As a pioneer in this market, and with its broad range of solutions for packet switched transport, RAD has become a natural partner for both cellular operators and backhaul vendors," Junowicz adds.
RAD Pseudowire Solution Chosenby Time Warner Cable
Recently, RAD and Time Warner Cable, a division of Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), announced the deployment of RAD's patented TDM over IP (TDMoIP ) pseudowire technology as part of Time Warner Cable's rapidly growing metro Ethernet service offering in their Houston, Texas market. RAD's IPmux family of TDMoIP gateways enables Time Warner Cable's customers to take advantage of its economical and reliable Ethernet services while providing integrated support for existing TDM services over the same Ethernet transport network. TDMoIP pseudowire technology enables E1/T1 and E3/T3 TDM circuits to be transported transparently across Ethernet, IP or MPLS packet switched networks (PSNs).
Time Warner Cable saw the potential of offering low-cost Ethernet connections to cellular operators in their region. With the Time Warner Cable service, operators now have access to high bandwidth, low latency Ethernet connections for cell tower-to-Mobile Switching Center (MSC) connectivity by using RAD's IPmux pseudowire solution to transport the TDM traffic across the same Ethernet link.
Synchronization Essential for Migration to Packet-Based Transport
Cellular networks require synchronisation, because cellular traffic is extremely sensitive to latency and packet loss. Because of their synchronous nature, it is essential for cellular networks to support migration to packet-based transport, since packet networks by nature are statistical-based and do not provide inherent timing. "RAD is unique in being able to meet the ever-challenging requirements for 2/2.5 G (GSM/GPRS and CDMA)and 3G (WCDMA-based UMTS, CDMA2000 and TD-SCDMA) because its industry-leading ASIC-based performance ensures very low latency, with jitter buffers starting at 0.5 milliseconds, and an adaptive clock recovery accurate to within 16 parts per billion," Junowicz explains. The link redundancy feature helps provide Time Warner Cable's customers with rapid failover and reliable TDM transport.
IADs Complement IP-DSLAMs in Packet Network
"RAD's cellular backhaul strategy also includes the use of IADs for deployment alongside IP-DSLAMs," Junowicz continues. DSLAMs have become a complementary solution for the access network by providing packet transport over copper. For this reason, they also have become elementary building blocks for backhaul-over-packet technologies. To meet this need, "RAD's cellular backhaul portfolio includes its LA-110 and LA-130 IADs, which use pseudowire techniques to convert TDM and ATM into packets to complement IP-DSLAMs as part of the packet transport network," Junowicz notes.
Future-Proof Aggregation
RAD will also display at 3GSM its ACE-3100, ACE-3200 and ACE-3400 multi-generation aggregation units. The ACE-3x00 series aggregates TDM traffic from a GSM network and ATM traffic from UMTS (release 99) simultaneously onto the same transport infrastructure, be it TDM, ATM or even packet (Ethernet/IP/MPLS). "Cellular operators, therefore will also be able to use the ACE-3x00 series to aggregate the IP-based traffic that will typify future generations of cellular networks," Junowicz concludes. "RAD's future-proof aggregation solution will guarantee cellular operators significant savings on Opex and Capex as they migrate to tomorrow's backhaul technologies."
About RAD
Established in 1981, privately owned RAD Data Communications has achieved international recognition as a major manufacturer of high quality access equipment for data communications and telecommunications applications. These solutions serve the data and voice access requirements of service providers, incumbent and new carriers, and enterprise networks, by reducing infrastructure investment costs while boosting competitiveness and profitability. The company's installed base exceeds 9,000,000 units and includes more than 150 carriers and operators around the world. These customers are supported by 23 RAD offices and more than 200 distributors in 105 countries.
RAD is a member of the RAD Group of companies, a world leader in networking and internetworking product solutions.
RAD Data Communications site: www.rad.com
CONTACT: Caitlyn Granse, Senior Account Executive, Liberty Marketing Communications Tel: +44 (0)207 751 4444 Fax: +44 (0)207 751 4440 Bob Eliaz, Media Relations Manager, RAD Data Communications Tel: +972 3 6458134 Fax: +972 3 6498250 e-mail: bob@rad.com
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Apple Introduces MacBook Pro MacBook Pro with Intel Core Duo Processor Up
to Four Times Faster Than PowerBook G4
MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 10, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Apple(R) today unveiled its new MacBook(TM) Pro notebook computer featuring the new Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor which delivers up to four times the performance of the PowerBook(R) G4. The new MacBook Pro, the first Mac notebook based on an Intel processor, features a stunning aluminum enclosure just one inch thin, weighs only 5.6 pounds, includes a built-in iSight(TM) video camera for video conferencing on-the-go, and the Apple Remote and Front Row(TM) software for a simple, intuitive and powerful way for users to enjoy their content wherever they go. The new MacBook Pro, available in February, also features Apple's new patent-pending MagSafe(TM) magnetic power connector, designed especially for mobile users.
"MacBook Pro delivers dual-processor desktop performance in a thin, sleek notebook," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "The new MacBook Pro, with its Intel Core Duo dual-core processor, delivers the performance of not just one, but two G5 processors in the world's most stunning one inch thin design."
MacBook Pro features the new Intel Core Duo processor which delivers dual- core performance in a breakthrough power-efficient design, making it ideal for use in MacBook Pro's thin and lightweight design. MacBook Pro is up to four times faster than the product it replaces, the PowerBook G4, running industry standard benchmarks.*
Every new MacBook Pro comes with a built-in iSight video camera for video conferencing on-the-go using Apple's award-winning iChat AV, or recording a video Podcast or iMovie(R) using iLife(R) '06. MacBook Pro also includes Photo Booth, Apple's fun-to-use application that lets users take quick snapshots with the built-in iSight video camera, add entertaining visual effects and share their pictures with the touch of a button.
The new MacBook Pro is the first notebook to feature Apple's breakthrough Front Row media experience and the Apple Remote, turning MacBook Pro into a portable theatre. Front Row gives customers a simple way to enjoy their content wherever they go -- including songs from their iTunes(R) music library, photo slideshows from iPhoto, videos including TV shows, Podcasts, iMovies and DVDs, and popular movie trailers streamed from apple.com -- all from up to 30 feet away.
The new MacBook Pro also debuts Apple's patent-pending MagSafe magnetic power connector, designed especially for mobile users. The MagSafe power connector makes charging the notebook's battery easier than ever by magnetically coupling the power cord to the MacBook Pro. The MagSafe power connector safely disconnects from the notebook when there is strain on the power cord, helping to prevent the notebook from falling off its work surface when the power cord is inadvertently yanked.
The new MacBook Pro features a 67-percent brighter 15-inch display, which is now as bright as Apple's Cinema Displays, and offers a completely new system architecture for faster performance, including a 667 MHz front-side bus that is four times as fast as the PowerBook G4 and 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable to 2GB that is twice as fast as the PowerBook G4. Each MacBook Pro comes standard with ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 PCI Express graphics, with either 128MB or 256MB of dedicated GDDR3 graphics memory. Each MacBook Pro includes built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), integrated AirPort Extreme 54 Mbps 802.11g WiFi wireless networking,** a scrolling TrackPad and Apple's Sudden Motion Sensor that is designed to protect the hard drive in case of a fall.
The new MacBook Pro includes iLife '06, the next generation of Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring major new versions of iPhoto(R), iMovie HD, iDVD(R), GarageBand(TM) and introducing iWeb(TM), a new iLife application that makes it super-easy to create amazing websites with photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone on the Internet with just a single click. All the iLife '06 applications are Universal applications that run natively on the new Intel- based MacBook Pros for maximum performance.
Every new MacBook Pro comes with the latest release of the world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS(R) X version 10.4.4 "Tiger" including Safari(TM), Mail, iCal(R), iChat AV, Front Row and Photo Booth, running natively on Apple's first Intel-based notebook. Mac OS X Tiger includes an innovative software translation technology called Rosetta that lets customers run most Mac OS X PowerPC applications seamlessly.***
Pricing & Availability
The new 15-inch MacBook Pro will be available in February through the Apple Store(R) (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. Visitors to the Apple Store (www.apple.com) can pre-order MacBook Pro beginning today.
The 1.67 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $1,999 (US), includes:
-- 15.4-inch widescreen 1440 x 900 LCD display with 300 cd/m2 brightness; -- 1.67 GHz Intel Core Duo processor; -- 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB; -- 80GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor; -- a slot-load SuperDrive(TM) (DVD+/-RW / CD-RW) optical drive; -- PCI Express-based ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory; -- DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included, Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately); -- built-in Dual Link support for driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display; -- built-in iSight video camera; -- Gigabit Ethernet port; -- built-in AirPort(R) Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; -- ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot; -- two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire(R) 400 port; -- one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog; -- scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard; -- the infrared Apple Remote; -- 60 Watt hour lithium polymer battery; and -- 85W AC power adapter with MagSafe magnetic power connector.
The 1.83 GHz, 15-inch MacBook Pro, for a suggested retail price of $2,499 (US), includes:
-- 15.4-inch widescreen 1440 x 900 LCD display with 300 cd/m2 brightness; -- 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor; -- 1GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB; -- 100GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor; -- a slot-load SuperDrive (DVD+/-RW / CD-RW) optical drive; -- PCI Express-based ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory; -- DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included, Composite/S-Video out adapter sold separately); -- built-in Dual Link support for driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display; -- built-in iSight video camera; -- Gigabit Ethernet port; -- built-in Airport Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; -- ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot; -- two USB 2.0 ports and one FireWire 400 port; -- one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog; -- scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard; -- the infrared Apple Remote; -- 60 Watt hour lithium polymer battery; and -- 85W AC power adapter with MagSafe magnetic power connector.
Additional build-to-order options for the 15-inch MacBook Pro include the ability to upgrade to 120GB (5400 rpm) or 100GB (7200 rpm) hard drive, up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, Apple USB Modem, and the AppleCare Protection Plan.
*Based on estimated results of industry-standard SPECint and SPECfp rate tests. SPEC(R) is a registered trademark of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC); see http://www.apple.com/macbookpro for more information.
**Actual speed will vary based on range from the base station, environmental conditions and other factors.
*** See http://www.apple.com/rosetta/ for information on Rosetta supported Apple software. Contact the manufacturer directly for 3rd party software.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award- winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online music store.
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Apple Computer-AAPL: Technical Alert
Stock had already broken out above its $75.50 resistance level (back on January 6th) and has broken above its trendline of $79.03 today. The latter will be a very important support level to watch. Falling back under here could signal topping action. Stock has potential if it can hold this level to around the $85 area. That would be the underside of the old bullish price channel
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Apple Unveils New iMac with Intel Core Duo Processor New iMac is Twice as
Fast as Predecessor
MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 10, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Apple(R) today unveiled the new iMac(R) featuring Mac OS(R) X running on the new Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor, delivering performance that is up to twice that of its predecessor.* The widely praised iMac design now features dual- core processors, a built-in iSight(TM) video camera for video conferencing out-of-the-box, and the breakthrough media experience of Front Row(TM) with the Apple Remote for a simple, intuitive and powerful way for consumers to enjoy their content from across the room. Starting at just $1,299, every new iMac comes with iLife(R) '06, the next generation of Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring major new versions of iPhoto(R), iMovie(R) HD, iDVD(R), GarageBand(TM) and introducing iWeb(TM), a new iLife application that makes it super-easy to create amazing websites with photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone on the Internet with just a single click. The new iMac is shipping today, and is the first of a new generation of Macs featuring Intel processors that Apple will roll out during 2006.
"The iMac has already been praised as 'the gold standard of desktop PCs,' so we hope customers really love the new iMac, which is up to twice as fast," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "With Mac OS X plus Intel's latest dual-core processor under the hood, the new iMac delivers performance that will knock our customers' socks off."
The new iMac features Apple's breakthrough Front Row media experience and the Apple Remote, a simple way for customers to enjoy the content they have on their iMac -- including songs from their iTunes(R) music library, photo slideshows from iPhoto, videos including TV shows, Podcasts, iMovies and DVDs, and popular movie trailers streamed from apple.com -- all from across the room.
Every new iMac comes with a built-in iSight video camera for out-of-the- box video conferencing using Apple's award-winning iChat AV software, or recording a video Podcast or iMovie using iLife '06. The built-in iSight video camera takes advantage of the Intel Core Duo processor to deliver up to four times the resolution over the previous model. Each iMac also includes Photo Booth, Apple's fun-to-use application that lets users take quick snapshots with the built-in iSight video camera, add entertaining visual effects and share their pictures with the touch of a button.
The new iMac comes standard with a SuperDrive(TM) for burning professional-quality DVDs, 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable to 2GB, hard drive storage capacity up to 500GB, and ATI Radeon X1600 PCI Express-based graphics with 128MB of GDDR3 memory for outstanding graphics performance and realistic game play. With the latest high-performance connectivity options, the new iMac includes built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking, built-in AirPort(R) Extreme for fast 54 Mbps wireless networking,** built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), a total of five USB ports (three USB 2.0) and two FireWire(R) 400 ports. The new iMac now includes mini-DVI video output to connect up to a 23- inch Apple Cinema HD Display. With mini-DVI and the new iMac's extended desktop mode feature, users can more than double their available screen real estate.
The new iMac was designed to be the perfect computer for iLife '06, the next generation of Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring major new versions of iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, GarageBand and introducing iWeb, a new iLife application that makes it super- easy to create amazing websites with photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone on the Internet with just a single click. All the iLife '06 applications are Universal applications that run natively on the new Intel-based iMacs for maximum performance.
Every new iMac comes with the latest release of the world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS X version 10.4.4 "Tiger" including Safari(TM), Mail, iCal(R), iChat AV, Front Row and Photo Booth, running natively on Apple's first Intel-based desktop. Mac OS X Tiger includes an innovative software translation technology called Rosetta that lets customers run most Mac OS X PowerPC applications seamlessly.***
Pricing & Availability
The new iMac is shipping today and will be available through the Apple Store(R) (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.
The new 17-inch 1.83 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US), includes:
-- 17-inch widescreen LCD display; -- 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor; -- 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 2GB; -- 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL / DVD+/-RW / CD-RW); -- PCI Express-based ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory; -- built-in iSight video camera; -- built-in AirPort(R) Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; -- 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm; -- mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately); -- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and -- the infrared Apple Remote, Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.
The new 20-inch 2.0 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,699 (US), includes:
-- 20-inch widescreen LCD display; -- 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo processor; -- 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 2GB; -- 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL / DVD+/-RW / CD-RW); -- PCI Express-based ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory; -- built-in iSight video camera; -- built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; -- 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm; -- mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately); -- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and -- the infrared Apple Remote, Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.
Build-to-order options and accessories include up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 250GB and 500GB Serial ATA hard drives, up to 256MB of GDDR3 video memory on the 20- inch iMac, iWork(TM) '06 (pre-installed), AirPort Express(TM) and AirPort Extreme Base Station, Apple Wireless Keyboard, Apple Wireless Mouse, Apple USB Modem and the AppleCare Protection Plan.
The new iMac line is also available to education customers in the US and Canada through the Apple Store for Education at www.apple.com/education/store or by calling an Apple education sales representative at 800-800-APPL.
*Based on estimated results of industry-standard SPECint and SPECfp rate tests. SPEC(R) is a registered trademark of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC); see http://www.apple.com/imac for more information.
**Actual speed will vary based on range from the base station, environmental conditions and other factors.
*** See http://www.apple.com/rosetta/ for information on Rosetta supported Apple software. Contact the manufacturer directly for 3rd party software.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award- winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online music store.
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PRESS RELEASE: Apple Unveils New iMac with Intel Core Duo Processor
MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today unveiled the new iMac(R) featuring Mac OS(R) X running on the new Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo processor, delivering performance that is up to twice that of its predecessor.* The widely praised iMac design now features dual- core processors, a built-in iSight(TM) video camera for video conferencing out-of-the-box, and the breakthrough media experience of Front Row(TM) with the Apple Remote for a simple, intuitive and powerful way for consumers to enjoy their content from across the room. Starting at just $1,299, every new iMac comes with iLife(R) '06, the next generation of Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring major new versions of iPhoto(R), iMovie(R) HD, iDVD(R), GarageBand(TM) and introducing iWeb(TM), a new iLife application that makes it super-easy to create amazing websites with photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone on the Internet with just a single click. The new iMac is shipping today, and is the first of a new generation of Macs featuring Intel processors that Apple will roll out during 2006.
"The iMac has already been praised as 'the gold standard of desktop PCs,' so we hope customers really love the new iMac, which is up to twice as fast," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "With Mac OS X plus Intel's latest dual-core processor under the hood, the new iMac delivers performance that will knock our customers' socks off."
The new iMac features Apple's breakthrough Front Row media experience and the Apple Remote, a simple way for customers to enjoy the content they have on their iMac -- including songs from their iTunes(R) music library, photo slideshows from iPhoto, videos including TV shows, Podcasts, iMovies and DVDs, and popular movie trailers streamed from apple.com -- all from across the room.
Every new iMac comes with a built-in iSight video camera for out-of-the- box video conferencing using Apple's award-winning iChat AV software, or recording a video Podcast or iMovie using iLife '06. The built-in iSight video camera takes advantage of the Intel Core Duo processor to deliver up to four times the resolution over the previous model. Each iMac also includes Photo Booth, Apple's fun-to-use application that lets users take quick snapshots with the built-in iSight video camera, add entertaining visual effects and share their pictures with the touch of a button.
The new iMac comes standard with a SuperDrive(TM) for burning professional-quality DVDs, 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM memory expandable to 2GB, hard drive storage capacity up to 500GB, and ATI Radeon X1600 PCI Express-based graphics with 128MB of GDDR3 memory for outstanding graphics performance and realistic game play. With the latest high-performance connectivity options, the new iMac includes built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet for high-speed networking, built-in AirPort(R) Extreme for fast 54 Mbps wireless networking,** built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate), a total of five USB ports (three USB 2.0) and two FireWire(R) 400 ports. The new iMac now includes mini-DVI video output to connect up to a 23- inch Apple Cinema HD Display. With mini-DVI and the new iMac's extended desktop mode feature, users can more than double their available screen real estate.
The new iMac was designed to be the perfect computer for iLife '06, the next generation of Apple's award-winning suite of digital lifestyle applications featuring major new versions of iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, GarageBand and introducing iWeb, a new iLife application that makes it super- easy to create amazing websites with photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone on the Internet with just a single click. All the iLife '06 applications are Universal applications that run natively on the new Intel-based iMacs for maximum performance.
Every new iMac comes with the latest release of the world's most advanced operating system, Mac OS X version 10.4.4 "Tiger" including Safari(TM), Mail, iCal(R), iChat AV, Front Row and Photo Booth, running natively on Apple's first Intel-based desktop. Mac OS X Tiger includes an innovative software translation technology called Rosetta that lets customers run most Mac OS X PowerPC applications seamlessly.***
Pricing & Availability
The new iMac is shipping today and will be available through the Apple Store(R) (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.
The new 17-inch 1.83 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US), includes:
-- 17-inch widescreen LCD display; -- 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo processor; -- 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 2GB; -- 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL / DVD+/-RW / CD-RW); -- PCI Express-based ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory; -- built-in iSight video camera; -- built-in AirPort(R) Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; -- 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm; -- mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately); -- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and -- the infrared Apple Remote, Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.
The new 20-inch 2.0 GHz iMac, for a suggested retail price of $1,699 (US), includes:
-- 20-inch widescreen LCD display; -- 2.0 GHz Intel Core Duo processor; -- 512MB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM expandable to 2GB; -- 8x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD+R DL / DVD+/-RW / CD-RW); -- PCI Express-based ATI Radeon X1600 with 128MB GDDR3 memory; -- built-in iSight video camera; -- built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking & Bluetooth 2.0+EDR; -- 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm; -- mini-DVI out (adapters for DVI, VGA and Composite/S-Video sold separately); -- built-in stereo speakers and microphone; and -- the infrared Apple Remote, Mighty Mouse and Apple Keyboard.
Build-to-order options and accessories include up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, 250GB and 500GB Serial ATA hard drives, up to 256MB of GDDR3 video memory on the 20- inch iMac, iWork(TM) '06 (pre-installed), AirPort Express(TM) and AirPort Extreme Base Station, Apple Wireless Keyboard, Apple Wireless Mouse, Apple USB Modem and the AppleCare Protection Plan.
The new iMac line is also available to education customers in the US and Canada through the Apple Store for Education at www.apple.com/education/store or by calling an Apple education sales representative at 800-800-APPL.
*Based on estimated results of industry-standard SPECint and SPECfp rate tests. SPEC(R) is a registered trademark of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC); see http://www.apple.com/imac for more information.
**Actual speed will vary based on range from the base station, environmental conditions and other factors.
*** See http://www.apple.com/rosetta/ for information on Rosetta supported Apple software. Contact the manufacturer directly for 3rd party software.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award- winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online music store.
(C) 2006 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, iMac, iSight, Front Row, iLife, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, iWeb, iTunes, SuperDrive, AirPort, FireWire, Safari, iCal, Apple Store, AirPort, iWork and AirPort Express are trademarks of Apple. Intel and Intel Core are trademarks of Intel Corp. in the US and other countries. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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Apple Announces iWork '06 3-D Charts, Advanced Image Editing Tools &
Spreadsheet-like Tables Highlight New Features in Pages & Keynote
MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 10, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Apple(R) today announced iWork(TM) '06, a new version of Apple's suite of productivity software with new features designed to make it easy for users to create even more compelling documents and presentations. iWork '06 includes major enhancements within Pages(TM) 2 and Keynote(TM) 3 including stunning three- dimensional charts, iPhoto(R)-like advanced image editing and masking tools, and spreadsheet-like tables that make it easy to get great results in minutes.
"By leveraging the power of Mac OS X and seamlessly integrating photos, movies and music from iLife, iWork '06 brings productivity software to life," said Rob Schoeben, Apple's vice president of Applications Marketing. "With great new features in both Pages and Keynote, iWork '06 offers even more ways to create, present and publish professional-looking documents and presentations."
iWork '06 is highlighted by a set of new features within Pages 2 and Keynote 3 that give users the ability to create more sophisticated documents and presentations. Tables with spreadsheet-like calculations can be inserted within any document or presentation giving users the ability to add, multiply or average numbers in rows or columns. Users can also create stunning three- dimensional charts featuring realistic wood grain, metal and marble textures and fully control the viewing angle. iPhoto-like advanced image editing tools help to perfect photos directly within documents and presentations. Freeform shapes and curves, including Bezier curves and shapes with perfectly smooth edges are easy to create and use to mask images. iWork '06 also adds the ability to include reviewer's comments to slides and documents without affecting the layout.
The easiest way to create great looking documents from simple letters and flyers to professional-quality newsletters and brochures, Pages 2 features mail merge with Mac OS(R) X Address Book, making it easy to personalize documents with predefined fields within templates and quickly drag and drop individual contacts into documents. Pages 2 also features two dozen new templates for newsletters, flyers, posters, school reports, scrapbooks, brochures, business proposals and invoices to give users a head start in creating custom documents. New thumbnail and search views make it easy to work with large documents and quickly find any word or phrase within a document.
Keynote 3 offers more ways to create cinema-quality presentations and interactive slideshows with new features designed to bring those presentations to life. Keynote 3 features new cinematic transitions including vertical or horizontal blinds, revolving door, swoosh and more. Keynote 3 offers even more Apple-designed themes, including four specifically designed to take advantage of HD displays. A new Light Table view mode makes it easy to view an entire presentation at-a-glance and reorganize slides using drag and drop while flexible build animations provide more control of bullet lists, tables and charts including unique timing and sequence of individual bullets, rows, columns or series.
iWork '06 supports a wide range of industry standard file formats including Microsoft PowerPoint and PDF. Keynote 3 imports and exports PowerPoint files and exports presentations to QuickTime(R), Macromedia Flash, HTML and iLife. Pages 2 imports and exports Microsoft Word, RTF, HTML and plain text files. Both Keynote 3 and Pages 2 export to PDF and import associated AppleWorks(R) files.
Pricing & Availability
iWork '06 is now available through the Apple Store(R) (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $79 (US). A 30-day iWork '06 trial will be available on new hardware and with copies of Mac OS X and iLife '06 sold at retail. After 30 days, the trial becomes an iWork '06 player. iWork '06 requires Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or 10.4.3 or later, a Macintosh(R) computer with a 500 MHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5 or Intel(R) Core(TM) processor, 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended), 32MB of video RAM, QuickTime 7.0.3 or later, and a DVD drive required for install. iLife '06 is recommended.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award- winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online music store.
(C) 2006 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, iWork, Pages, Keynote, iPhoto, QuickTime, AppleWorks and Apple Store are trademarks of Apple. Intel and Intel Core are trademarks of Intel Corp. in the US and other countries. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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PRESS RELEASE: Apple Announces iLife '06
MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced iLife(R) '06, the most significant upgrade to Apple's award- winning suite of digital lifestyle applications ever. iLife '06 features iPhoto(R) 6 with blazing performance, new printed books, calendars and cards, and Apple's innovative new Photocasting(TM) for sharing photos over the Internet; iMovie(R) HD 6 with new motion themes for adding spectacular production value to your movies; iDVD(R) 6 for authoring custom DVDs for today's widescreen TVs; and GarageBand(TM) 3, now the complete solution for creating professional-quality Podcasts. iLife '06 also introduces iWeb(TM), a new iLife application that makes it super-easy to create amazing websites with photos, blogs and Podcasts and publish them on .Mac for viewing by anyone on the Internet with just a single click.
"This is the most exciting iLife upgrade ever," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Apple pioneered applications to serve our emerging digital lifestyle and then consolidated them into the iLife suite. With this major upgrade to iLife, we're leaping even further ahead of anything available for the PC."
iLife '06 introduces iWeb, the easiest way to create professional-looking web pages, online photo albums, blogs and Podcasts in minutes. Apple-designed templates help create stunning websites and the iLife media browser makes adding photos, movies, music or playlists as simple as drag and drop. Powerful editing tools make it easy to customize websites without having to know HTML. iWeb works seamlessly with other iLife '06 applications as a complete solution for creating photo albums, blogs and Podcasts that can be published to the Internet with one click using .Mac.
iPhoto 6 offers blazing performance, support for up to 250,000 photos and introduces Photocasting, an innovative new way to share photos directly from within iPhoto via .Mac to friends and family. Photocasting is like Podcasting for photos where anyone can subscribe to a published photo album and automatically receive full quality photos directly within iPhoto 6 or on a PC. Pictures automatically update when the owner adds, edits or deletes a photo within the published album. Photos can be viewed on Apple's stunning displays with new full-screen edit and compare mode without menus or windows to distract from the image. Up to eight photos can be compared simultaneously and adjusted with a one-click image enhancements and effects panel. Professional- quality books, calendars and greeting cards are created easily by adding photos to Apple-designed themes.
iMovie HD 6 introduces revolutionary new Apple-designed motion themes that let users add Hollywood-style production value to their movies in minutes. Effects can be previewed without waiting with new real-time Core Video effects, while cinematic titling gives users flexibility to create incredible text effects. New audio enhancement tools and sound effects make movies sound as good as they look. Multiple projects can now be opened at once in iMovie HD 6 and clips can be moved among projects. iMovie HD is the easiest way to make a video Podcast which can be published with iWeb for the whole world to experience.
iDVD 6 allows users to take content shot with the latest HDV and widescreen DV cameras and author custom DVDs with widescreen menus, movies and high resolution slideshows that fill every inch of the newest widescreen TVs. iDVD 6 features 10 new Apple-designed menu themes in both widescreen (16:9) and standard (4:3) formats. iDVD 6 themes include new autofill drop zones to make customizing menus even easier. In addition, iDVD 6 can burn using compatible third-party DVD burners. iDVD 6 also includes new Magic iDVD, the easiest way ever to make a DVD. With just a few clicks, users select a theme and choose their movies and photos, Magic iDVD then automatically creates a complete DVD that's ready to burn.
In addition to being the best way to make music on a computer, GarageBand 3 is now also a complete solution for creating professional quality Podcasts. Voices can easily be recorded using the built-in expertise of an audio engineer and Podcasts can be enhanced with radio-style sound effects and music jingles, chapter artwork and URL links. Talk show Podcasts are created easily by interviewing one or more guests simultaneously in iChat AV and recording directly into GarageBand 3. Podcasts can be posted for the world to enjoy on .Mac and submitted to iTunes(R) using iWeb. In addition, a new video track makes it easy to create music to score iMovie projects.
Pricing & Availability
iLife '06 is now available for a suggested retail price of $79 (US) through the Apple Store(R) (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The iLife '06 suite of applications will be included with all new Macs. iTunes version 6.0.2 is currently available as a free download at www.apple.com. .Mac is available as a subscription-based service for $99.95 (US) per year for individuals and $179.95 (US) for a Family Pack which includes one master account and five sub accounts. Anyone can sign up for a free, 60-day .Mac trial from www.mac.com.
iLife '06 requires Mac OS X version 10.3.9 or version 10.4.3 or later (Mac OS X version 10.4.4 recommended), a Macintosh(R) computer with a PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, or Intel(R) Core(TM) processor (733 MHz or faster for iDVD), 256MB of RAM (512MB recommended), iTunes 6.0.2 and QuickTime(R) 7.0.4 (included), a DVD drive for installation, and 10GB of available disk space. HD video requires a 1 GHz G4 or faster processor and 512MB of RAM. Burning DVDs requires an Apple SuperDrive(TM) or compatible third-party DVD burner. iPhoto print services are available in the US, Canada, Japan, and select European countries. A .Mac account is required for iPhoto Photocast publishing and recommended for iWeb. Mac OS X version 10.4.4 is required for iMovie themes, iPhoto Photocasts, and iChat AV recording in GarageBand.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award- winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online music store.
(C) 2006 Apple Computer, Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, iLife, Photocasting, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, GarageBand, iWeb, iTunes, Apple Store and QuickTime are trademarks of Apple. Intel and Intel Core are trademarks of Intel Corp. in the US and other countries. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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Apple Announces the iPod Radio Remote Combines Convenience of a Remote
Control with FM Radio Capabilities
MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 10, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Apple(R) today announced the iPod(R) Radio Remote which combines the convenience of a wired remote control with new FM radio capabilities for the iPod nano and fifth generation iPod. The iPod Radio Remote is a convenient way for music lovers to skip tracks and adjust the volume of their iPod even when it's in a pocket or backpack, and listen to FM radio stations while displaying station and song information on their iPod screen.
"The iPod Radio Remote combines two great features in one elegant product," said Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. "The iPod Radio Remote is both the best remote control and the best FM radio listening experience for iPod."
In addition to the iPod Radio Remote and the over 2,000 accessories designed for iPod are the iPod AV Connection Kit and the new iPod nano In-Ear Lanyard Headphones. The iPod AV Connection Kit includes everything needed to connect the iPod to a TV for watching photo slideshows and video, or a stereo system for listening to music, and charges the iPod. The new iPod nano In-Ear Lanyard Headphones combine the best of the iPod nano Lanyard Headphones and the Apple In-Ear Headphones, providing convenience and style with comfort and sound quality.
Pricing & Availability
The iPod Radio Remote includes a pair of Apple headphones with a shorter cable, perfectly complementing the iPod Radio Remote and will begin shipping immediately for $49 (US). The iPod displays station and song information for stations that support the Radio Data System (RDS). The iPod AV Connection Kit includes an iPod Universal Dock, an Apple Remote, an iPod AV Cable, an iPod Dock Connector to USB 2.0 Cable and an iPod USB Power Adapter and is compatible with all iPod models with a dock connector for $99 (US). The iPod nano In-Ear Lanyard Headphones will be available for $49 (US) and include three different sized caps to ensure the headphones fit comfortably and securely. The above accessories will begin shipping immediately and will be available through the Apple Store(R) (www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award- winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online music store.
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8-K: APPLE COMPUTER INC
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): 01/10/2006
APPLE COMPUTER, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number: 000-10030
CA 94-2404110 (State or other jurisdiction of (IRS Employer incorporation) Identification No.)
1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(408) 996-1010
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Apple Computer, Inc. CEO Steve Jobs announced at Macworld Expo certain results of the Company's fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2005. The Company's retail stores generated $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time ever, contributing to total Company revenue for the quarter of approximately $5.7 billion. The Company sold 1.25 million Macintosh(R) computers and 14 million iPods during the quarter.
The Company will conduct its conference call discussing first fiscal quarter results on January 18, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. PST.
The information contained in this Current Report shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
APPLE COMPUTER, INC. Date: January 10, 2006 By: /s/ Peter Oppenheimer Peter Oppenheimer Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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