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MILPITAS, Calif.-GRIC Communications announced NEC and Sony Communications Network (SoNet) will offer its wireless Internet roaming service to customers, and Excite Japan will offer its wireless and dial-up roaming service …

OSLO, Norway-Swedish-Japanese mobile-phone maker Sony Ericsson’s flashy P800 phone will start arriving next week, but confusion reigns about its availability. Sony Ericsson spokesman Peter Bodor said the P800 would be …

LONDON-A Sony Ericsson spokeswoman said the company has not delayed shipments of its high-end P800 device a second time, contrary to some media reports, explaining that the device will be …

OSLO, Norway-Ericsson’s mid-November confirmation that its sweeping restructuring and job slashing would lead to a 50-percent reduction in its research and development (R&D) staff struck a raw nerve in Sweden. …

WASHINGTON- National Communications System official John Graves said today T-Mobile USA will be awarded a government contract by early next week to provide basic wireless priority access service to federal, …

DALLAS-The future of GSM-based next-generation services are being demonstrated this week as AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Ericsson Inc., Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp., Nortel Networks Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications …

CULVER CITY, Calif.-Through a new wide-ranging deal between the two companies, Sony Pictures Digital will sell screensavers, ring tones, games and other wireless content based on its movies and television …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Nokia Corp. and Samsung Corp. came out ahead of the curve in worldwide mobile phone sales during the third quarter, according to Gartner Dataquest. However, Motorola Inc. and …

Once the domain of top secret British agents with licenses to kill, wireless handsets that include cameras are now available to the common man as wireless carriers and handset manufacturers …

BOSTON-A new handset market report shows LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics making significant strides in the mobile-phone market, while other big handset players continue to suffer in a tight worldwide …

Record industry giant Sony Music Entertainment bought wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony’s Music Digital Services division. …

Wireless technology, from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth to GSM and CDMA, served a major role during the Comdex show, with attendees getting a peek at some of the latest initiatives in …

BOSTON-A new handset market report shows both LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics making significant strides in the mobile phone market, while other big handset players continue to suffer in a …

NEW YORK-Sony Music Entertainment acquired wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony’s Music Digital Services division. Sony’s move …

NEW YORK-The Liberty Alliance Project has released for public review on its Web site at www.projectliberty.org a draft of specifications for an open, interoperable standard for federated network identity for …

NEW YORK-Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc., Lincoln, Neb., has signed an agreement to acquire Allgon Mobile Communications, a designer and manufacturer of antennas for mobile communications devices, for an undisclosed sum. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-T-Mobile USA Inc. introduced a pair of color-screen, camera handsets including Sony Ericsson’s $100 T300 and Motorola Inc.’s $200 T720i. Each handset is available with an attachable camera allowing …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-The Cutting Edge Software subsidiary of Mobility Electronics Inc. has released Quickoffice v6 for Mac OS X, enabling Macintosh users to view and edit Microsoft Office v.X files on …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Although Microsoft Corp. wields tremendous power and has made several major recent forays into the market for mobile-phone software, the wireless industry’s traditional handset manufacturers can hold on …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson experienced a dramatic decline in sales last quarter, to $3.6 billion from $5 billion during the third quarter of last year, and its net losses increased to …

BEIJING-Nokia has launched its new 7650 handset in China, just weeks after Sony Ericsson started selling its MMS-capableT68ie model. China Mobile will launch its MMS service in major Chinese cities …

BOSTON-Contract manufacturers will make 26 percent of all handsets worldwide, a number that will likely grow to 38 percent in 2007 as first and second-tier handset vendors seek lower costs, …

TOKYO-Sharp, a major consumer electronics maker, assumed the third position, after NEC and Matsushita Communications Industrial, in the Japanese mobile handset market in the second quarter, according to statistics compiled …

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 …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the fanfare surrounding Nokia’s launch this week of its first third-generation (3G) handset, many insiders remain adamant that there are significant technological issues to resolve before the …