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...
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 share pictures they take with the built-in cameras with friends.The T610 a65K handset also...
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...
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 a former semiconductor partner.The Swedish vendor signed a contract to supply UMTS gear to...
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 be sent to and from MMS-capable handsets, which include the currently available Sony Ericsson T68i,...
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 P800 mobile phone and plans to use it in other future products.The BAE allows...
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 seen by some observers as having influenced purchasers by packaging MMSC technology with picture...
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 data is a hard sell, so the argument goes, and the technology's value must...
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 in 2001. Swedish consultancy IT Research credited the swing to innovative multipurpose phones like...
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 they say will unify and harmonize the various iterations of Java currently in use...
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 the venture.Critics and analysts have wondered about Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications' future. According 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 third-generation (3G) licenses and technical hiccups with launching Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) networks and...
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 International.Of the 72 million handsets sold in the United States in 2002, Nokia scored...
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 wireless. Hundreds of wireless companies showed off their wares at the well-attended convention, and...
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 first quarter 2003, Sony Ericsson phones sold in the Americas will come with up to...
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 with flash, zoom and auto-focus features, and a flip-and-swivel design that reveals an oversized, high-resolution...
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 Stephen Carter. Sigman bows out of a keynote lineup that includes the heads of...
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 SCN, the Sony firm will launch a flat-rate PHS service as a mobile virtual...
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 to customers through its marketing partner Netvein.GRIC has previously signed agreements with Singapore Telecommunications...
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 in eight European countries and the Middle East on schedule.The P800 was originally reported...
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 available in European and Asian countries in the fourth quarter as previously promised.Sony Ericsson...
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. By the end of 2003, Ericsson will halve its R&D staff to 12,000, with...
