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Ericsson reported it has entered into an agreement to purchase Nortel’s majority shareholding in LG-Nortel, renaming the venture LG-Ericsson. Terms of the deal were not released. Ericsson had previously acquired …

Sony Ericsson posted a first-quarter profit of $29 million as the world’s fourth-largest handset manufacturer started to see traction from some of its higher-end devices, as well as benefit from …

Even though the wireless handset market will rebound this year, the world’s top 10 contract manufacturers will continue to struggle as they try to recover from a disastrous 2009, according …

ZTE Corp. shipped more than 60 million mobile terminals in 2009, including 13.4 million units during the fourth quarter, pushing the China-based company past Motorola Inc. into the No. 5 …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.The …

Editor’s Note:This article is an excerpt from RCR Wireless News’ March Special Edition, “The Perfect Storm – A Focus on Mobile Messaging, Marketing, Content and Apps.” The 80-page special edition …

A group of M2M veterans has launched Connected Development, a project outsourcing company that provides end-to-end design and development, certification and manufacturing processes for bringing new wireless M2M devices to …

Synchronica plc said it received its largest contract to date for its Mobile Gateway product, which provides push e-mail and mobile synchronization services.The $1.05 million contract is with an undisclosed …

Nokia Corp. remained the wireless industry’s No. 1 handset vendor worldwide in 2009, but its lead over rivals continued to shrink, while LG Electronics Co. Ltd. overtook Motorola Inc. as …

VeriSign Inc. said it partnered with CAQH, a nonprofit alliance of health plans and trade associations, to conduct a pilot program to demonstrate secure authentication for health IT interoperability. The …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.Kelly …

BARCELONA – At Mobile World Congress today, Microsoft finally offered an entirely new look and feel for its mobile operating system in Windows Phone 7 Series.Presented as a complete reboot …

BARCELONA – Sony Ericsson put on a media soiree here in an incredibly packed night club on the beach last night to announce a suite of new devices and strategies.Not …

NII Holdings Inc., which operates under the Nextel brand in Latin America, selected Nokia Siemens Networks to manage its network operations. The agreement covers network management in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, …

Ericsson’s mobile broadband module unit is teaming with Netgear Inc. to build a wireless router that internally incorporates HSPA broadband technology. The unit, which should be commercially available by the …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.2010 will definitely …

The Symbian Foundation has opened its source code to encourage more device manufacturers to build devices that incorporate the operating system.The Symbian platform is more than 10 years old and …

While the “civilian” fanboy response to Apple Inc.’s iPad was as expected the analyst community, which also includes a number of fanboys and girls, appeared more rational. Most comments were …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.This year, like …

Sony Ericsson reported progress in its turnaround plan on Friday as losses met expectations, but the mobile phone venture offered a cautious view on 2010 market conditions.Reuters

Sony will launch the first laptop containing the new TransferJet short-range wireless system on Saturday. Sony hopes TransferJet will replace cables for shifting data between gadgets, but the technology’s success …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Whether you cringe …

Armed with another $7 million in venture-capital funding, mobile search company ChaCha expects to become profitable in the second quarter, according to founder, Chaiman and CEO Scott Jones. The 4-year-old …

Mobile semiconductor provider ST-Ericsson announced last week that it will institute new plans designed to save the company $115 million per year. The move is on top of reorganization plans …

While e-readers and personal navigation devices may be popular “embedded device” gift items this year, their success also will drive the emerging sector to bring even more innovative products to …