Sony

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 …

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc. rolled out Sony Ericsson’s T206 handset on its wireless network in Atlanta, Miami and Sacramento, Calif. The handset is available though MetroPCS retail outlets, Office Depot stores and …

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Royal Philips Electronics and Sony will jointly develop a new near-field radio-frequency technology called Near Field Communication, which will enable short-range communication between mobile phones, digital cameras, personal …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

SAN DIEGO-Adversoft Inc., a mobile marketing agency, launched a short message service marketing campaign in the United States in conjunction with Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment for Revolution Studios’ new movie …

LONDON-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and Boca Raton, Fla.-based Chapman Technologies signed a $142 million agreement to develop an in-vehicle services platform. The platform will be based on Sony Ericsson’s CDMA …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wireless Data Services (WDS) opened a service center in Kirkland, Wash., to further serve its North and South American customers. “Since 1994, we’ve been focused exclusively on wireless data, …

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 …

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 …

NEW YORK-Wireless advertising and entertainment company Upoc said it will conduct a wireless marketing campaign in conjunction with Sony Pictures Entertainment for the upcoming “Men in Black II” film. The …

Send press releases of new products for consideration for future “Products” updates to Global Wireless Products [Handsets/devices |cdma2000 technology | Roaming technology | Multimedia products |Network equipment | Software | …

MELBOURNE, Australia-With both business and consumers’ interest in using mobile data growing, Optus and SingTel have launched a worldwide search for “killer” mobile applications that will revolutionize the mobile industry. …

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 …

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 …

TOKYO—Sony announced it will launch a new storage device for mobile handsets, as well as portable music players, in July. Sony has been providing the Memory Stick storage device. The …

SAN DIEGO—Software giant Oracle Corp. said it will work with Qualcomm Inc. to extend its 9i Lite database to BREW-based wireless devices. Oracle is one of several large technology companies …