BEIJING-Sony Ericsson is considering applying for a CDMA handset manufacturing license in China. If a new license is unavailable, the company may team with one of the 19 handset makers that hold CDMA licenses. Among the 19, Motorola is the only foreign company.Staffan Soderqvist,...
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 financially support the venture unless the products quickly show signs of growing user acceptance.Earlier...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson announced it will supply BellSouth's Panama affiliate with a cdma2000 1x overlay for the operator's nationwide TDMA network, including network equipment, services and Sony Ericsson handsets.The news closely follows Ericsson's announcement earlier this week it will supply Cable & Wireless with equipment...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson announced it will supply BellSouth's Panama affiliate with a CDMA2000 1x overlay for the operator's nationwide TDMA network including network equipment, services and Sony Ericsson handsets.The news closely follows Ericsson's recent announcement it will supply Cable & Wireless with equipment and services...
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 signed Samart E-trading and International Engineering Company (IEC) for marketing, billing and customer services.The...
BOSTON-Strategy Analytics Inc.'s "Global Handset Market: 2Q 2002 Handset Market Share Update" found 96.7 million handsets were shipped in the second quarter, and it estimates 417 million handsets will be shipped for the full year.Global handset shipments indicate a quarterly stabilization in replacement rates...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Ericsson has warned the financial market that it may need to invest another 530 million euros (US$520 million) into its cell-phone joint venture with Sony. The company also reported that the venture, after a small profit in the first quarter of the...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced two-way roaming capabilities with 41 GSM carriers in 35 countries and the United States and said it has more than 30 carrier agreements involving more than a dozen additional countries signed and in the launch process.The carrier currently...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-One of Europe's leading Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Internet service providers (ISPs), Mobile Future, has gone bankrupt, blaming lack of demand for its products and services. The company built its reputation on developing a sub-10-second WAP connectivity service for use by customers...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-LM Ericsson released somber second-quarter earnings that highlighted the company's intense need for cash and further reductions in expenses.The terms of a $3.25 billion rights offering first announced in April exemplified the seriousness of Ericsson's cash crunch. The company said it is selling...
HONG KONG-GSM operator SmarTone has launched a "picture mail" service that enables multimedia messaging service (MMS) phone users to send messages combining pictures, text, voice and music.Using either the Sony Ericsson T68i or the Nokia 7650 camera phones, subscribers can register free on air,...
BEIJING-While foreign handset makers Motorola, Nokia, Siemens and Sony Ericsson still dominate the Chinese market, some 30 domestic suppliers are gaining market share and are expected to grab 20 percent of the world's largest handset market by the end of the year. Local company...
Ever heard of EMS, or Enhanced Messaging Service?If not, don't worry-few people have.It was created as an extension to the short message service messaging technology that has taken the worldwide wireless industry by storm. The idea was to "enhance" SMS messages with more space...
Send press releases of new products for consideration for future "Products" updates to Global Wireless Products Handsets/devicesSony EricssonSony Ericsson Mobile Communications introduced several new handsets, including the T61d, T600, ...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—THQ Wireless will develop licensed and unlicensed gaming and entertainment applications for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications phones, the companies said. THQ will provide both embedded content, as well as downloadable, stand-alone and interactive content for upcoming SEMC phones based on Java and future...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—In an effort to promote the use of multimedia messaging service (MMS), Vizzavi Deutschland, the wireless portal jointly owned by Vodafone and Vivendi Universal, has requested Alatto Technologies to supply consumer applications that will be delivered via the local Vodafone's MMS offering....
OXFORD, United Kingdom—While the newly formed Sony Ericsson expects to sell its first third-generation (3G) handset in Europe later this year, Jan Wareby, its executive vice president, has cautioned potential users to expect interoperability issues with products from these early shipments. Despite this looming...
BERNE, Switzerland—Swisscom Mobile said it will begin offering multimedia messaging services on June 3, following MMS launches from Telecom Italia Mobile and Vodafone Telecel in Portugal last week.Swisscom Mobile will provide the service free during its launch phase until the end of September. Beginning...
HELSINKI, Finland—Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM), the Italian mobile operator, has met its May deadline for the launch of multimedia messaging services (MMS) over its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network in Italy. Nordic vendors Ericsson and Nokia are the main infrastructure suppliers for TIM's...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Both Nokia and Ericsson said they have demonstrated what they described as the first inter-operator live demonstration of multimedia messaging service (MMS) technology with leading Chinese operators.Ericsson demonstrated its technology using its Sony Ericsson T68I handset in Guangzhou over the networks of China...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Both Nokia Corp. and Ericsson AB said they have demonstrated what they described as the first inter-operator live demonstration of Multimedia Messaging Service technology with leading Chinese operators.Ericsson demonstrated its technology using its Sony Ericsson T68I handset in Guangzhou over the networks of...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson has dismissed market speculation in Sweden that its latest swing of the downsizing ax is driven by a need to attract a takeover suitor. Nokia is being linked as the likely acquirer, although students of corporate history will well recall that on...
HELSINKI, Finland—Tecnomen and Sony Ericsson announced the successful completion of interoperability tests between Tecnomen's Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Centre and Sony Ericsson's T68i MMS-enabled mobile handset.Interoperability between the new generation of MMS-enabled phones and the service systems that will manage and store MMS messages...
DUBLIN, Ireland—One 2 One unveiled its multimedia messaging (MMS) plans for the United Kingdom at the same time that the name One 2 One was consigned to history as the company formally changed its name to T-Mobile. The company will launch its MMS service...
