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The legal chess battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc. continues, with new patent rulings from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office bolstering RIM’s position in the case. The patent office rejected four of …

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 …

Sprint released a software update for its PalmOne Inc. Treo 650 smart phone, a download that will add additional Bluetooth, dialing and messaging features to the high-end device. The move highlights the evolving nature of the smart-phone market, where users …

Telecommunications technology provider L.M. Ericsson will team with Napster to offer a digital music service to wireless carriers, the companies said Wednesday. The new offering, which will carry the Napster brand, will allow consumers to download full-track tunes to their …

Taiwanese electronics manufacturer BenQ Group will take over Siemens’ ailing mobile-phone business, catapulting the Asian upstart into the ranks of the world’s largest handset makers. Although the exact terms of the deal are somewhat cloudy, Siemens essentially will pay BenQ …

The mobile-phone industry has evolved in countless ways during the past few decades. Phones today feature a dizzying array of new technologies and services, from multiple radios to integrated digital cameras to blazing fast processors. But perhaps the most notable …

After months of speculation, Siemens announced Taiwanese electronics manufacturer BenQ Group will take over its ailing mobile-phone business. Siemens will pay BenQ $307 million for “ongoing support” and will buy a 2-percent stake in BenQ for $61 million. BenQ, which …

OCALA, Fla.-RMS Communications Group Inc. is offering to buy Star Wars cell phones sold by Cingular Wireless for cash. Through its www.CellForCash.com subsidiary, RMS is offering $250 for the Sony Ericsson S710a model and $200 for the Z500a model. The …

The Unlicensed Mobile Access group is shuttering its doors after getting its specifications included in the Third Generation Partnership Project’s Release 6. “It has always been the intent of the UMA participating companies to transition our efforts into a formal, …

Struggling to shore up decreasing revenues from voice usage, U.S. carriers agreed last October to a set of messaging guidelines they said would allow them to be MMS-interoperable by the end of 2004. While the target date is long past, …

NASVILLE, Tenn.-The State of Tennessee has chosen Cingular Wireless to provide high-speed wireless data services to all state agencies. The deal calls for Cingular to deploy Sony Ericsson GC-83 PC modem cards enabled for the carrier’s EDGE network for several …

Sony Electronics Inc. said it will include embedded EDGE modems on its T-Series VAIO notebooks configured to operate on Cingular Wireless L.L.C.’s nationwide network. The notebooks will also include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios as well as Sony’s SmartWi technology that …

KYOTO, Japan-Kyocera Wireless Corp. will outsource the manufacture and delivery of its mobile phones to contract manufacturing giant Flextronics International Ltd. Although terms of the deal were not disclosed, Kyocera said it will sell “certain manufacturing equipment and inventory” to …

Siemens AG announced it intends to shave off its ailing mobile-phone business by spinning it out as a “separate legal unit.” The news comes amid a 35-percent drop in Siemens’ second-quarter net profit, partially due to the failures of its …

SEOUL, South Korea-LG Electronics Co. Ltd. reported a drop in its companywide first-quarter sales and an 86-percent dive in its net profits compared with the same quarter a year ago. However, the company’s handset business posted some gains, mainly on …

Handset vendors Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications both suffered notable declines in their its first-quarter financial results. The mixed results appeared to vex investors, who sent Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp.’s shares down slightly after the …

WATERLOO, Ontario-Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and Siemens AG joined the growing list of handset manufacturers selling devices that can connect to Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry wireless e-mail service. Sony Ericsson announced Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. in Singapore will sell …

A federal appeals court reinstated Nazomi Communications Inc.’s patent infringement lawsuit against processor company ARM Holdings plc. Nazomi claims ARM’s Jazelle microprocessor for mobile phones infringes on one of its patents. “Nazomi is confident, given the extensive guidance in today’s …

Carl-Henric Svanberg, Ericsson’s chief executive officer, said the company is “stronger than ever” in his address to the company’s annual general meeting. Svanberg said Ericsson has achieved a profit of about $3.9 billion, which he said is the company’s highest …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Semiconductor supplier Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. filed for a $172.5 million initial public offering. The company filed for the ticker symbol AATI. Advanced Analogic Technologies supplies application-specific power management technologies for electronic devices. The company offers more than 400 …

Symbian announced it will license Microsoft Corp.’s ActiveSync wireless e-mail technology, a move aimed at making the Symbian platform more appealing to corporate users. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Developing Microsoft’s Exchange Server ActiveSync protocol plug-in for Symbian …

ARLINGTON, Texas-The University of Texas said it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against 14 electronic manufacturers. The university claims the companies infringed on a patented method that allows text messaging through a standard telephone keypad. The lawsuit, which charges …

Symbian announced it will license Microsoft Corp.’s ActiveSync wireless e-mail technology, a move aimed at making the Symbian platform more appealing to corporate users. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Developing Microsoft’s Exchange Server ActiveSync protocol plug-in for Symbian …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp. announced it teamed with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and Ingram Micro to offer out-of-the-box wireless push e-mail services working on the Sony Ericsson P910a smart phone. “For this joint wireless e-mail solution, it was critical …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp. announced it teamed with Sony Ericsson and Ingram Micro to offer out-of-the-box wireless push e-mail services working on the Sony Ericsson P910a smart phone. “For this joint wireless e-mail solution, it was critical to select a …