The 2003 JavaOne Conference is witnessing a collision of giants, as Sun Microsystems and IBM Corp. are pushing their platforms, highlighting a division within a technology that seeks to avoid fragmentation.Sun announced that wireless heavyweights like Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Siemens AG and Sony...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Infowave Software inked an agreement with T-Mobile International for Infowave's wireless messaging product. The technology will be part of T-Mobile's new Instant E-mail service for smart phones in the United Kingdom. Infowave said its Symmetry product is compatible with Symbian-, Smartphone-, Pocket...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia announced a new mobile data service in Sweden called Telia Go, which offers user-friendly menus and preset mobile phones, including the Nokia 3650 and the Sony Ericsson P800 smart phone. Both phones feature built-in cameras, and settings are included, making it easy...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it will partner with its parent companies SBC Communications Inc. and BellSouth Corp. to offer residential customers a single bucket of share-calling minutes between their wireline and wireless phones later this year. Cingular said the MinuteShare service would include a...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia announced a new mobile data service in Sweden called Telia Go, which offers user-friendly menus and preset mobile phones, including the Nokia 3650 and the Sony Ericsson P800 smart phone. Both phones feature built-in cameras and settings are included, making it easy...
LONDON-A limited number of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communication's high-end T610 camera phones in Europe were replaced due to a technical glitch, but none of the company's North American batch suffer from the problem.Sony Ericsson spokeswoman Nicky Csellak-Claeys said a "very limited number" of the...
LG Mobile Phones further outlined its major advertising campaign for the U.S. market, a move the company has discussed during the past few months as it looks to raise awareness of the LG brand.The company said the multimillion dollar advertising push, the biggest since...
The wireless industry inched closer to the third dimension with two new major announcements on the 3D front.First, technology company HI Corp. said it launched its Mascot Capsule Micro3D Engine extension for Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW application download service, which means BREW content developers will...
In an interesting turnaround, Motorola Inc. said it will use synchronization technology from Extended Systems in one of its new mobile phones instead of technology from its former subsidiary Starfish Software Inc.Motorola announced just last month it sold its Starfish subsidiary to Pumatech Inc....
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.'s first quarter results reflected an improved financial performance during the past year.InterDigital reported revenues of $37.3 million, a 78-percent improvement from the year-ago quarter's $20.9 million. The company credited the increase to the recognition of $24.7 million in...
OSLO, Norway-Browser company Opera Software announced its software is now available for Nokia Corp.'s 7650 and 3650 phones.Opera said its platform supports full Web pages."This is just the beginning of the mobile Web revolution," said Jon von Tetzchner, the company's chief executive officer. "With...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-LG Electronics has replaced Sony Ericsson Communications Inc. in the No. 5 spot for worldwide handset sales in the first quarter of the year, according to data released by IDC. Worldwide handset shipments were up 16.6 percent year on year in the first...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-LG Electronics has replaced Sony Ericsson Communications Inc. in the No. 5 spot for worldwide handset sales in the first quarter of the year, according to data released by IDC. Worldwide handset shipments were up 16.6 percent year on year in the first...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS reported plans to introduce Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' T608 handset during the second quarter. The carrier noted the device, which will support Sprint PCS' Vision service, is expected to be the first CDMA handset launched in the United States to...
TOKYO-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications reported a net loss of $115 million for the quarter, down from the small profit it made in the same quarter last year. The company also said it sold 5.4 million phones in the quarter, 400,000 phones less than the...
MONTREAL-Canadian PCS provider Fido has launched a new Freeday airtime package and the Sony Ericsson T300 handset, which will be exclusive to Fido.The Freeday package allows Fido customers to select one free day of the week for free local calls. The package, which also...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Content deals continue to funnel through the pipe, with a range of handset makers, carriers and content companies announcing deals in the area.First, application provider SmartServ Online Inc. said it scored a major deal with an unnamed global handset maker to include the...
The promise of the converged wireless device is a reality, although exactly what it will look like is still being debated.Those in the industry have long preached the inevitable marriage of computers and mobile phones, and the current selection of high-end devices seems to...
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Certicom Corp., which provides wireless security solutions, and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications announced an agreement that calls for Certicom to develop movianVPN for the new Sony Ericsson P800 smart phone. The joint solution will provide mobile workers with secure access to their corporate...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having launched its first W-CDMA handset in Cannes last month, Sony Ericsson is trying to convince Hutchison that it does have a medium-term third-generation (3G) cell-phone strategy in an attempt to secure a volume contract for the device. The two firms are...
NEW YORK-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. expects five new phone models to be available to consumers next quarter, company executives said March 4.These include two CDMA phones, the dual-band T606, "which showcases the latest innovations in entertainment and personalization," and the T608, "the first...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless giant Ericsson said it created an interoperability test program for instant messaging and presence services and will work with IM companies Ecrio, magic4, MessageVine, Motorola Inc., Ruksun Software Technologies and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications."Ericsson is the market leader in Wireless Village-based instant...
CANNES, France-Operators and vendors alike expressed a quiet optimism for the upcoming year as the GSM community gathered for its annual global meeting last week in the south of France. The event focused less on when wideband CDMA launches would occur in Europe and...
CANNES, France-With the infrastructure market continuing to remain in the doldrums, most of the major infrastructure vendors are turning to 'managed services' as a fresh source of urgently needed revenue. The leading mobile equipment supplier, Ericsson, has admitted that it is now number one...
