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...
Wireless watchers were inundated with news on the wireless gaming front coming out of the Electronic Entertainment Expo video game trade show, with Nokia Corp. in the lead and continuing to beat the drums for its N-Gage mobile-phone/video-game device.Nokia reported further details about the...
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....
RA'ANANA, Israel-Streaming video company Emblaze Systems Ltd. announced it will conduct a streaming video trial with U.K. carrier MmO2.To participate in the trial, MmO2 has selected 350 customers using the O2 Pocket PC-based xda, the Nokia 7650 and the Nokia 3650. Users will be...
LOS ANGELES-Wireless watchers were inundated with news on the wireless gaming front coming out of the Electronic Entertainment Expo video game trade show, with Nokia Corp. in the lead and continuing to beat the drums for its N-Gage mobile-phone/video-game device.Nokia reported further details about...
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...
Those in the industry agree digital rights management is a key issue for wireless, and as a result there are several companies and a range of peripheral players looking to cash in on solutions to the problem.However, the complicated nature of the subject, as...
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...
Wireless streaming video over mobile phones is now available at a store near you.Internet video company RealNetworks Inc. today planned to launch a wireless Web site featuring streaming content from several media companies, as well as a promotional program for content providers and carriers....
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...
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...
HELSINKI, Finland-In a statement of intent clearly intended to accelerate the pace of rollout performance in Sweden, TeliaSonera has laid down a marker that the company will launch its "first wave" third-generation (3G) services to customers in Sweden during the first quarter of 2004.However,...
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...
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 important new element of our mobile service business, and we look forward to using them...
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 with access to ring tones, graphics and breaking news about Sony Music Entertainment artists...
