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OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having deployed several thousand Panasonic GD87 cell phones, Vodafone Germany has confirmed the handsets can make billable calls without users being aware. The company said the software bug …

BEIJING-Managing Director Shinichi Okamoto of Matsushita’s mobile-phone department in China told the China Daily Business Weekly his company is aiming for a 25-percent share of China’s handset market by 2005 …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an effort to break the stranglehold of the likes of Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson, Vodafone is preparing to launch a huge marketing campaign that will prominently …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Mobile phone operating system company Symbian announced it added additional security features to its OS product through a new deal with Internet security company Symantec Corp. Under the deal, …

WATERLOO, Ontario—BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. continued to make noise during its Wireless Enterprise Symposium this week, announcing a deal with business software vendor BEA Systems Inc. to extend …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The sales projection for mobile terminals in Latin America for 2002 is 54 million units, with an increase of 13 percent compared with last year, according to a …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite the sluggish European phone market, Toshiba announced it plans to market Taiwanese-made handsets in Europe to boost sales beyond Japan and the United States. The company, which …

TOKYO—Fujitsu Ltd. licensed Symbian’s operating system for use in the company’s third-generation mobile phones, further adding to the long list of Symbian licensees. Fujitsu joins Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola, Kenwood, Panasonic …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. dropped the price of its high-end m505 color handheld to about $400, down from about $450. The company also offered a special promotion for a free …

TORONTO-As the handset manufacturing business gets tougher because of declining demand, more phone makers are looking at joint ventures as their economic salvation and perhaps their best strategy to catch …

SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. said some top device manufacturers, a game developer and a Canadian carrier have signed memoranda of understanding to join its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless Platform. The …

TOKYO—Matsushita Electric Industrial said its expects a net loss of US$560 million in the second half of this year, 50 percent more than its earlier estimate. The company, which offers …

BEIJING—Chinese mobile-phone supplier Bird has sold around 1 million sets in the first six months of the year, surpassing foreign brands Philips, Alcatel and Panasonic in the domestic market. Bird …

BEIJING—China has imposed a one-year sales ban on Panasonic-brand phones made by Japan’s Matsushita Communication Industrial, because the phone’s software referred to Taiwan as an independent country. The government in …

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah-Sierra Wireless and WirelessReady Alliance members Padcom, Panasonic and AT&T Wireless announced they will together offer a bundled wireless data solution to law enforcement officials and other …

As Sony Corp. choreographs its dance steps for the awaited 3G stage, cell phones continue to inflict muscle spasms. The Japanese electronics giant dampened market confidence in its abilities as …

SINGAPORE-Singapore network operators will not make General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) widely available to consumers here before the end of this year, executives from operators and handset manufacturers said at …

DENVER-A Cingular Wireless executive last week discussed the benefits of EDGE technology as an alternative to true third-generation networks, further evidence that EDGE may still play heavily in future plans …

Monopoly claims on Microsoft Corp. might go out the window in the wireless space as major vendors, developers and operators expect to leverage both the software giant’s .NET and Java …

Top players in both the vendor and carrier space are pitching in to advance GAIT-GSM ANSI Interoperability Team-a new network standard that fuses TDMA and GSM technologies to enhance roaming, …

As the economy slackens and competition revs up, the handset market may set the stage for a battle between big names and their smaller counterparts. Some analysts are doffing their …

The big names walked into the building just as Elvis decided to leave. In spite of recent gloomy economic signals, Sony Electronics Inc., Panasonic Telecommunications Systems Co., Cisco Systems Inc. …

LAS VEGAS-The world’s leading mobile-phone makers launched an extensive array of new devices supporting a range of new technology last week, including GPRS, Bluetooth and full-color displays-moves the companies hope …

TOKYO-Matsushita Communications Industrial, the leading cellular vendor in Japan, is putting the final touches on its new third-generation (3G) mobile terminals for NTT DoCoMo. NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s leading mobile carrier, …

Wireless Web site enabler 2Roam Inc. announced several new deals last week, one of which the company hopes will propel it into new and more profitable markets in the Asia-Pacific …