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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. …

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 …

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 …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has worked with Sony Music Entertainment to deliver SME music video content to cdma2000 1x-EV-DO trial users with BREW-enabled handsets. “These technologies will represent an …

NEW YORK-The Sony Music Mobile Products Group reported the debut of Java-based Sony Music Mobile on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s mMode service offering. Sony said the service will provide customers …

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 …

TOKYO-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a joint venture of Sony and Ericsson, on Tuesday released the firm’s first mobile handset with Quick Share functionality. The Quick Share technology will let users …

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 …

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. …

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. …

CANNES, France-L.M. Ericsson flexed its muscles within and outside the 3GSM Congress with a series of announcements from interoperability testing to deals with carriers and content providers as well as …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its Multimedia Messaging Service allowing customers to combine pictures, text, animations and sounds into a single messaging service. The carrier said MMS messages can …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-Beatnik Inc., which provides structured audio software solutions for mobile devices, said Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. is using its Beatnik Audio Engine in its new Symbian OS …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having gained an estimated 70-percent share of the worldwide market for multimedia messaging service centers (MMSC), Nokia and Ericsson, which have each won around 50 contracts, are being …

Schooling the everyday Joe in the benefits of wireless has long been a major task before the industry, and wireless players have funneled millions of dollars into the effort. Wireless …

OSLO, Norway-Sales of handheld computing devices, including personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smart phones, rose 3.5 percent in the final quarter of 2002 in Sweden, reversing a slide that began …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-A range of big-name wireless players within the Java Community Process released what they call the road map for dealing with Java technology within the wireless industry, specifications …

TOKYO-As expected, Sony Corp. and L.M. Ericsson said they will invest an additional $326 million in their joint mobile-phone business, a move the companies said shows their “continuing commitment” to …

DENVER, United States-Major European carriers are conducting Enhanced Data Networks for Global Evolution (EDGE) trials, highlighting a major triumph for a technology once proclaimed dead. Burdened by the cost of …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Nokia Corp. managed to hold a .5 percent lead over Motorola Inc. in the United States handset market over the past year, according to numbers from Telecom Trends …

LAS VEGAS-Conference-goers who managed to brave the miles of show floor at this year’s annual Consumer Electronics Show were witness to a significant movement in the electronics landscape-the rise of …

LONDON-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications America and the Sony Music Mobile Product Group have aligned to offer ring tones based on popular music on Sony Ericsson mobile phones. Beginning in the …

LAS VEGAS-Sony introduced a new CLIE handheld, the PEG-NZ90, at this week’s CES show in Las Vegas. The new PDA has both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless capabilities, a built-in camera …

LAS VEGAS-Stan Sigman, the new head of Cingular Wireless, will not give a keynote speech during the Consumer Electronics Show, an appearance originally slated for Cingular’s former President and CEO …

TOKYO-Sony Communication Network (SCN), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, is going to launch PHS packet services and wireless local area network (WLAN) services in February, the firm announced. According to …