Nokia

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Vodafone Omnitel have jointly completed what they describe as the world’s first voice-over-Internet Protocol call using Nokia’s mobile switching center server and media gateway. “IT is …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the fanfare surrounding Nokia’s launch this week of its first third-generation (3G) handset, many insiders remain adamant that there are significant technological issues to resolve before the …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said Vodafone Ireland has selected it as the sole supplier for its W-CDMA network. Nokia said deliveries will begin in October. The value of the agreement was not …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. released its long-awaited GSM/Wideband-CDMA mobile phone, the 6650, a major step for carriers worldwide looking to build out W-CDMA networks. Nokia said the phone works on 900/1800 …

HELSINKI, Finland-Sonera said it has awarded Nokia Corp. a contract to supply an advanced delivery server for downloading mobile content such as Java games, polyphonic ringing tones and Symbian applications …

VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria, the largest Austrian mobile operator, has become one of the first European operators to deploy a UMTS network. About 25 percent of Austria, including most major urban …

BONN, Germany-T-Mobile Deutschland said it is the first European operator to launch video messaging, which allows users to send video clips via mobile phones. Japanese operators have already launched video …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-If you believe the latest predictions from the handset manufacturers and market research firms, then mobile gaming is set to become a major business for mobile operators. Nokia …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia said it signed a contract to expand Jiangxi Mobile Communications’ GSM network in China’s Jiangxi province. The agreement is valued at about US$70 million. Deliveries are under way, …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The long-running dispute between MobilCom, the financially troubled German third-generation (3G) license holder, and its major shareholder, France T

BEIJING-China Eastcom, one of China’s 19 licensed CDMA handset manufacturers, has reached an agreement with carrier China Unicom to offer CDMA handsets to consumers at one-third of market prices. Its …

MANILA, The Philippines-Logos and icons are the most popular mobile applications that are being downloaded by Filipino mobile-phone users, while the Nokia 3310 model is the hottest handheld unit, according …

HELSINKI, Finland-Continuing weak operator demand has compelled Nokia Corp. to pare down its third-quarter sales target, while maintaining its profit goal. The company expects to make between $6.94 billionand $7.23 …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia introduced two new handsets chock full of high-end features-including color screens, digital camera technology, application downloading capabilities and video-clip recording. The new devices could see the world’s number-one …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While Sony has stated that its cell-phone joint venture with Ericsson has its full backing, the troubled Swedish telecom company has revealed that it will not continue to …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will license its Series 60 software platform, which Nokia licenses as a source code product to other handset manufacturers, for its next …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia announced a rash of multimedia messaging service (MMS) deals, further solidifying the company’s leadership in the MMS infrastructure space. Nokia said it will provide its MMS product to …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and LM Ericsson announced a rash of multimedia messaging service deals, further solidifying the companies’ leadership in the MMS infrastructure space. Nokia said it will provide its …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Nokia Corp. has received the 2002 Frost & Sullivan Market Penetration Award in the wireless segment of OSS service assurance and OSS service fulfillment. “Nokia develops wireless operations …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Worldwide mobile phone sales for the second quarter increased 0.8 percent from second quarter 2001, totaling 98.7 million units, according to Gartner Dataquest Inc. Nokia Corp. continued to …

NEW DELHI, India-Thai Mobile, the joint venture between the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) and the Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) formed to operate a 1900 MHz mobile-phone system, has …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced its subsidiary Bright Point Ltd. has signed an agreement with Nokia Inc. subsidiary Nokia Ltd. to distribute Nokia mobile-phone products n Ireland. According to the agreement, Brightpoint …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Emblaze Systems Inc. said Aug. 12 it has completed successfully a series of interoperability tests of its rich media delivery system over live GPRS networks to three advanced …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Herschel Technologies said Aug. 14 it has joined other telecommunications industry participants in the “OSS through Java Initiative,” which is engaged in guiding development of the business-critical Inventory …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Vodafone has joined the fast-growing group of European operators to announce delays of third-generation (3G) network deployments. The company said technical problems now mean it is likely to …