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 financially support the venture unless the products quickly show signs of growing user acceptance.Earlier...
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 closely follows Ericsson's announcement earlier this week it will supply Cable & Wireless with equipment...
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 closely follows Ericsson's recent announcement it will supply Cable & Wireless with equipment and services...
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 signed Samart E-trading and International Engineering Company (IEC) for marketing, billing and customer services.The...
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 shipped for the full year.Global handset shipments indicate a quarterly stabilization in replacement rates...
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 reported that the venture, after a small profit in the first quarter of the...
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 'XXX'.The interactive text message campaign, which targets the under-25 market, allows movie fans to...
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 1xRTT module and Chapman's Vehicle Locator digital application. It will include phone service, global positioning...
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 more than a dozen additional countries signed and in the launch process.The carrier currently...
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 built its reputation on developing a sub-10-second WAP connectivity service for use by customers...
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 in April exemplified the seriousness of Ericsson's cash crunch. The company said it is selling...
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 Sony Ericsson T68i or the Nokia 7650 camera phones, subscribers can register free on air,...
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, and that strategy is paying off as this dynamic industry becomes real," explained David...
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 of the world's largest handset market by the end of the year. Local company...
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 the worldwide wireless industry by storm. The idea was to "enhance" SMS messages with more space...
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 company previously worked with Sony for its "Ali" movie, and said it garnered 8,200 subscribers...
Send press releases of new products for consideration for future "Products" updates to Global Wireless Products Handsets/devicesSony EricssonSony Ericsson Mobile Communications introduced several new handsets, including the T61d, T600, ...
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. Their search, dubbed "the Asia Java Mobile Challenge," is aimed at developers with innovative...
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 downloadable, stand-alone and interactive content for upcoming SEMC phones based on Java and future...
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 to supply consumer applications that will be delivered via the local Vodafone's MMS offering....
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 new storage device would be one-third the size of the conventional Memory Stick and a...
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 to announce support for Qualcomm's platform.Separately, Sony Online Entertainment announced it will develop games for...
DUBLIN, Ireland—The imminent launch of the XDA, an O2-branded mobile device manufactured specifically for that operator, is clear evidence that European operators are demanding more input into handset development. However, it is more likely to be an extreme but isolated example of operator control...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—While the newly formed Sony Ericsson expects to sell its first third-generation (3G) handset in Europe later this year, Jan Wareby, its executive vice president, has cautioned potential users to expect interoperability issues with products from these early shipments. Despite this looming...
