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HELSINKI, Finland-Internet portal Yahoo! dropped its stake in TeliaSonera’s Zed wireless data portal, but said it will continue to offer co-branded services with Zed across Europe. Yahoo! purchased a 15-percent …

Internet portal Yahoo! dropped its stake in TeliaSonera’s Zed wireless data portal, but said it will continue to offer co-branded services with Zed across Europe. Yahoo! purchased a 15-percent equity …

MANILA, The Philippines—Short message service (SMS) technology, more popularly known as text messaging among Filipino mobile users, proved to be a substantial source of revenue for Smart Communications, the wireless …

HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish mobile giant Sonera announced it is retreating from two major wireless data areas—data transaction security and wireless Internet portals. Sonera said it will close down or sell its …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Sonera Zed Ltd., the wireless Internet arm of Finnish telecommunications company Sonera Corp., will add a unique mass messaging function to its Wireless Entertainment Network offering through a deal …

BELLEVUE, Wash.—Wireless data delivery solution provider Wireless Services Corp. and mobile software company FreeRein have entered a joint service agreement to commercially release new wireless data applications for worldwide carrier …

BOSTON-Mobile services company Sonera Zed U.S. Inc. announced it plans to offer a variety of ring tones and icons in addition to its WAP and short message service offerings for …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Sonera Corp. said it will cut about 70 jobs from its Zed mobile Internet portal, citing slower revenues and a rough foreign expansion. The mobile Internet unit now employees …

LAS VEGAS-Sonera’s zed portal service won a major victory last week as wireless carrier Vodafone U.K. adopted the services for use in the United Kingdom. Vodafone Group plc offers its …

Until you have actually bought a good or service using a mobile device, it is difficult to comprehend the sheer power of the phone as an electronic wallet. In Europe, …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks and Sonera zed have teamed together to develop platforms for mobile value-added services, working together in systems integration and sales and marketing efforts worldwide. The agreement has …

NEW YORK-In November and December, Sonera zed U.S. Inc. “will dip its big toe into the waters of mobile commerce to see if they’re warm,” and it plans user trials …

In a surprise ending, six groups walked away with Universal Mobile Telecommunications System licenses in Germany at a total cost of $45.85 billion, the largest amount raised yet in a …

HELSINKI, Finland-The Finnish government said it is in negotiations to sell its 52.9-percent stake in Sonera, the former state telecom monopoly, which operates the country’s largest mobile-phone network. Speculation has …

LONDON-Sonera Zed Ltd. has agreed with Unilever and Hewlett-Packard Co. to test new mobile marketing solutions beginning in Finland this summer. “Mobile marketing is one of the areas in which …

NEW YORK-To simulate third-generation wireless before its deployment, Finland’s Sonera has just embarked on a new program, Sonera Mspace, said Kaj-Erik Relander, the company’s executive vice president. In partnership with …

GENEVA-Sonera, the Finnish telecommunications operator, announced it plans to enter the wireless portal business. The company said it initially will focus its efforts on Western Europe and the United States, …