WASHINGTON—A leading public-safety organization today told the Federal Communications Commission it has serious concerns about potential interference from ultra-wideband transmissions to radio systems used by police, firefighters and emergency medical workers and to GPS-based technologies used to locate emergency callers.The Association of Public-Safety Communications...
LAS VEGAS, United States—In his keynote at the 2002 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates detailed his company's new wireless strategies, which include introducing a new tablet device for home computing, a new technology platform for home...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—With an estimated global market share of less than 2 percent, down from 6 percent last year, Philips' cell-phone business looks set for termination. The company, which is also said to have low cell-phone brand awareness, recorded disappointing consumer handset satisfaction ratings...
LAS VEGAS-AOL Time Warner Inc. and Sony Corp. announced at the Comdex show in Las Vegas that they will explore a range of initiatives for the broadband home networking environment.The companies said they will work together to develop easy-to-use home networking technologies that will...
RALEIGH, N.C.-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and MobileAria announced a partnership to promote in-vehicle Bluetooth adoption.MobileAria said it will support and market Sony Ericsson's T39 and T68 GSM/GPRS phones, and the T60 CDMA phone with MobileAria's True Hands Free service, which is expected to launch...
LAS VEGAS, United States—Nokia and Sony announced they are developing an open and common middleware platform with the intent of achieving interoperability between mobile handsets and consumer devices, and between their respective service platforms. The companies said the aim of the effort is to...
LAS VEGAS-AOL Time Warner Inc. and Sony Corp. announced they will explore a range of initiatives for the broadband home networking environment.The companies said they will work together to develop easy-to-use home networking technologies that will enable consumers to enjoy a variety of content...
LAS VEGAS—Nokia Corp. and Sony Corp. announced they are developing an open and common middleware platform with the intent of achieving interoperability between mobile handsets and consumer devices, and between their respective service platforms. The companies said the aim of the effort is to...
LAS VEGAS—A major group of carriers, vendors and manufacturers announced an initiative to create a global and open mobile software and services market. The group said the move would allow the wireless industry to offer consumers a wide selection of competitive products that would...
RALEIGH, North Carolina, United States—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and MobileAria announced a partnership to promote in-vehicle Bluetooth adoption.MobileAria said it will support and market Sony Ericsson's handsets with MobileAria's True Hands Free service, which is expected to launch at the end of the year.The...
RALEIGH, N.C.—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications and MobileAria announced a partnership to promote in-vehicle Bluetooth adoption.MobileAria said it will support and market Sony Ericsson's handsets with MobileAria's True Hands Free service, which is expected to launch at the end of the year.The True Hands Free...
TORONTO-As the handset manufacturing business gets tougher because of declining demand, more phone makers are looking at joint ventures as their economic salvation and perhaps their best strategy to catch number-one handset supplier Nokia. In October, after much fanfare, Ericsson and Sony launched a...
HELSINKI, Finland—Vattenfall and Swedish power sector ally Birka Energi have reached a preliminary agreement to use their combined electricity systems as springboards to build new stations for third-generation (3G) networks, offering masts and antennae, as well as maintenance and electric power to telecom operators....
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the joint venture between Ericsson and Sony first announced earlier this year, began operations this week, aiming to more effectively compete with dominant handset vendor Nokia. The venture has 3,500 employees and plans to launch its first product next...
TOKYO—NEC Corp. and Sony Corp. reviewed their earnings outlook and NEC announced measures to move its businesses back to profitability.Sony cut its forecast for the fiscal year from $7 billion in to $84 million, while NEC cuts its outlook from $1.7 billion to $250...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—The boards of Sony and Ericsson have both approved their mobile-phone joint venture, first announced in April.The joint company, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, is slated to begin operations on 1 October, subject to necessary regulatory approvals. The board of the newly formed company...
NEW YORK—Ericsson received mixed reviews this week from Moody's Investors Service, which confirmed the company's investment-grade A3 long-term debt ratings, but changed the ratings outlook to negative from stable."The confirmation of Ericsson's ratings is based on the expectation that the company will maintain its...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Kurt Hellstrom, Ericsson CEO, has given a downbeat view on the cell-phone market claiming there are no clear signs of a recovery. The company, which holds a dominant position in winning third-generation (3G) contracts, predicted that the overall market would achieve nil...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo, the largest mobile carrier in Japan, is accelerating preparations for the launch of its commercial-based 3G service Oct. 1.NTT DoCoMo initiated an experimental 3G service last 30 May on a limited basis only to 4,500 select users. Although some users have experienced...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The joint cell phone venture between Ericsson and Sony could, according to the executives of the Swedish telecoms giant, see the Ericsson brand name fade from prominence. Sony said that, while they have not yet agreed upon a new brand name for...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. has lost some of its market share in the handset business, while L.M. Ericsson has climbed up to the No. 3 spot, according to the latest survey by Gartner Dataquest.Although Nokia remains the market leader, its market share dropped to 34.8...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Plans to combine the technical and marketing skills of Ericsson and Sony for a fresh assault on the handset market appear to be in trouble. Reports from Japan claim that Ericsson is becoming increasingly worried about the success of the project following...
In the short lifespan of the still nascent wireless Internet, the owners of the operating systems have already learned that best is not always enough. Palm, Windows CE and Symbian are the three OSs trying to slug it out with marketing strategies, technical appeals...
Nortel Networks Corp., L.M. Ericsson and Siemens AG may be the major vendors to improve their harvests from the new balance of power that the third generation of technologies will generate in the European GSM infrastructure space, according to a new report by The...
