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SEOUL, South Korea—Do Europeans like chocolate as much as South Koreans? If we’re talking food, the question is crazy. But because we’re talking about LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s new Chocolate mobile phone, which has done well since its release in …

HANNOVER, Germany-Pantech Group spotlighted a variety of upscale handsets at the CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany, in an effort to further establish itself as a new player in European and global markets. The company, one of the largest handset …

HANNOVER, Germany—Pantech Group spotlighted a variety of upscale handsets at the CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany this week in an effort to further establish itself as a new player in European and global markets. The company, one of the …

SAN DIEGO-While wireless chip titan Qualcomm Inc. posted strong first quarter results, the company’s stock slipped slightly downward due to warnings of slowing sales in its second quarter. Qualcomm posted $620 million in net income, or 36 cents per share, …

As in past years, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was ground zero for a series of entertaining handset battles, with vendors firing off warning shots against each other and carriers blustering over new phone offerings for consumers. Perhaps …

SEOUL, South Korea-Qualcomm Inc. is firming up its plans for mobile TV with news that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. will build phones to support its MediaFlo mobile TV technology. Samsung’s upcoming MediaFlo phone features a …

The world’s No. 2 handset maker Motorola Inc. continued to dominate the fractured U.S. mobile-phone market in the third quarter, while the world’s largest handset supplier, Nokia Corp., sits at a distant fourth place. According to numbers from research and …

HELSINKI, Finland-Industry got a good look at the new phones on line for the end-of-the-year shopping rush, as Nokia Corp. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. each boosted their handset portfolio with a total of 12 new phones. Nokia unveiled …

LOS ANGELES-With mobile gaming looking to explode from niche to mass market, game-makers are targeting consumers with everything from casual poker games to arcade classics to high-tech 3-D first-person shooters. And it was all on display here at E3. The …

Qualcomm Inc. has appointed Paul E. Jacobs as its new chief executive officer. He succeeds his father, Irwin Jacobs, who will retain his position as chairman of the wireless company. The company also appointed Steven R. Altman as president, replacing …

Nokia Corp.’s longtime stranglehold on the U.S. mobile-phone market appears to be broken-at least for now-by a major surge in sales from Motorola Inc. “Motorola products are really just more appealing right now,” said Mark Bremer, an analyst with research …

Pantech&Curitel, a South Korean manufacturing company comprising the mobile-phone operations of Curitel Communications Inc. and Pantech Group, announced ambitious plans to sell 10 million Pantech-branded mobile phones in the United States in 2005. However, industry watchers believe the company faces …

TOKYO-Japanese wireless giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. released its latest line-up of advanced handsets for its FOMA third-generation network. The carrier’s new 901i series of mobile phones feature advanced video calling, increased memory and support for a variety of features. Although …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said its earnings rose 35 percent in the fourth quarter, but the mobile chipmaker’s forecasts for 2005 fell below Wall Street’s expectations. The San Diego-based firm reported net income of $393 million, or 23 cents a share, …

Qualcomm Inc. said Wednesday its earnings rose 35 percent in the fourth quarter, but the mobile chipmaker’s forecasts for 2005 fell below Wall Street’s expectations. The San Diego-based firm reported net income of $393 million, or 23 cents a share, …

Qualcomm Inc. said it anticipates a rosy fourth-quarter result, emphasizing the traction of its chipsets in the wireless market. The company said it expects earnings per share of between 28 cents and 30 cents compared with its prior estimate of …

Nokia Corp. announced it will expand its research and development efforts in China, a move that comes amid doubts about Nokia’s ability to maintain its grip on the market as well as moves by the company’s rivals to capture Nokia’s …

BOSTON, Mass.-Strong mobile-phones sales in North America, Western Europe, Korea, Asia Pacific, Central and Latin America, and Eastern Europe helped push industry first-quarter sales to a 40-percent annual growth rate, according to new numbers from research and consulting firm Strategy …

BOSTON, Mass.-Strong mobile-phones sales in North America, Western Europe, Korea, Asia Pacific, Central and Latin America, and Eastern Europe helped push industry first-quarter sales to a 40-percent annual growth rate, according to new numbers from research and consulting firm Strategy …

Although market leader Nokia Corp. stumbled in the first quarter, most of the rest of the world’s handset makers managed to cash in on what analysts predict will be the biggest year ever for the mobile-phone industry. Indeed, Sony Ericsson …

WASHINGTON-The Consumers Union is asking the Federal Communications Commission to force wireless carriers to stop locking handsets, saying the move would lead to better coverage, more competition and less pollution. “The only reason wireless companies install these locks is to …

WASHINGTON-Consumers Union on Tuesday asked the Federal Communications Commission to seek ways to stop the industry practice of handset locking, saying doing so would lead to better coverage, more competition and less pollution. “The only reason wireless companies install these …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Corp. announced it is in talks to sell its 75-percent stake in its wireless handset business to South Korean handset company Curitel Communications Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. An Audiovox spokesman said Curitel made a …

Going by the quarterly reports of major vendors, wireless equipment business is whirring back to favor. Putting panic behind them, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. recorded solid growth, while Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Siemens AG reaffirmed sunny outlooks. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it beat market expectations in its first-quarter results with a net profit of $352 million, up 21 percent over the last quarter. This represented 43 cents per share, 23-percent higher sequentially. Revenues were $1.2 billion for …