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New Product Releases: February-March 2002

Send press releases of new products for consideration for future "Products" updates to Global Wireless Products Handsets/devicesNokiaNokia introduced several new handsets that feature multimedia messaging service (MMS) capability, Java ...

Sony Ericsson to set up a 3G subsidiary in China

TOKYO—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, a joint venture of Sony and Ericsson, is going to set up a subsidiary in China for producing third-generation (3G) handsets, Nikkei Shimbun reported on 8 April. Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications was established by the two firms in October 2001...

Sony Ericsson eyes Asian markets with MMS products

NEW DELHI, India—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the 50:50 joint venture between Ericsson and Sony Corporation, hopes to grab a substantial share of the emerging market for multimedia mobile phones in the Asia-Pacific region. The company on Tuesday launched its multimedia messaging service (MMS) phone...

Sony Ericsson releases smart phone based on Symbian OS

OXFORD, United Kingdom, and TOKYO—Hidden within the first cell-phone announcements from Sony Ericsson was the fact that the joint venture's P800 smart phone device will use the operating system (OS) developed by Symbian. The P800, one of six new devices announced, includes a large...

AT&T adds handsets to GSM/GPRS portfolio

REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it added the Sony Ericsson T68 and the Nokia 8390 handsets to its portfolio of GSM/GPRS devices.The T68 has a color screen and Bluetooth capability. It operates on 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz GSM networks and...

Manufacturers start MMS interoperability group

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia, CMG Wireless Data Solutions, Comverse, L.M. Ericsson, Logica, Motorola, Siemens AG and Sony Ericsson Communications have joined to found an Interoperability Group for multimedia messaging services that will help ensure a smooth introduction of MMS into the market.Together the companies plan to...

Sony Ericsson aims for top handset position

Regardless of not having a product portfolio, the Sony Ericsson joint venture has declared that it aims to take the top market position for handset sales by 2005. The company's chief executive officer (CEO), Jan Wareby, said it would achieve this objective by 'stimulating'...

Strategy Analytics predicts Sony Ericsson will take third spot in global vendor market

BOSTON, United States—According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, Samsung will fall below Siemens in 2002 global cellular market share results, and Sony Ericsson may push Samsung down even further. Analysts from Strategy Analytics' Global Wireless Practice believe Nokia will lead market share...

Strategy Analytics predicts Sony Ericsson will take No.3 spot in global cellular market

BOSTON—According to a new report from Strategy Analytics, Samsung will fall below Siemens in 2002 global cellular market share results, and Sony Ericsson may push Samsung down even further. Analysts from Strategy Analytics' Global Wireless Practice believe Nokia will lead market share in 2002,...

Handset manufacturers prepare for battle

OXFORD, United Kingdom—With the first signs that European cell-phone operators are generating better revenues than expected, the major handset developers are gearing themselves up for better days after many months of cutbacks and financial gloom. Most notable among the manufacturers is Philips Consumer Communications,...

Symbian secures financing

LONDON—Symbian said it has secured another funding round from its shareholders, which include Matsushita, Motorola, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Psion."Symbian's development to support next-generation wireless standards on Symbian OS is progressing according to schedule. We are seeing a solid commitment by leading mobile-phone and...

Siemens bullish on cell-phone market

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having suffered more than its rivals in 2001, Siemens is claiming that 2002 will see a change in the cell-phone business that will enable it to regain market share. Last year, the company slipped into fifth place in the worldwide cell-phone rankings,...

Ericsson licenses handset technology to LG

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Ericsson AB said it has licensed its handset technology to LG Electronics of Korea for 2.5 generation and UMTS."The agreement gives a boost to the 3G handset market and is the second agreement for Ericsson Mobile Platforms, with Sony Ericsson as the first...

Manufacturers look at partnerships to survive

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...

Utility agreement aims to drive 3G services in Sweden

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....

Sony, Ericsson approve joint venture

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...

Ericsson/Sony handset joint venture in trouble

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...

Sony phone recall may hurt image

As Sony Corp. choreographs its dance steps for the awaited 3G stage, cell phones continue to inflict muscle spasms.The Japanese electronics giant dampened market confidence in its abilities as a phone maker when one of its customers, KDDI Corp., a major Japanese carrier, announced...

Denso, Kyocera, Kenwood to make 3G handsets

Since technology is almost meaningless without the phones, it also can be lonely to be a phone maker in a market where securing a cutting edge is the only pathway to success.Recently, Sony Corp. and L.M. Ericsson teamed up to produce the Sony Ericsson...

GAIT to open GSM-TDMA door

Top players in both the vendor and carrier space are pitching in to advance GAIT-GSM ANSI Interoperability Team-a new network standard that fuses TDMA and GSM technologies to enhance roaming, preserve TDMA and serve as an interim solution in the sojourn to the third-generation...

Briefs

The monthly average revenue per user (ARPU) of Southern Cone cellular operators fell more than 50 percent during the last five years. In 1996, a cellular user in Argentina spent US$95 per month and one in Chile US$63, and those same subscribers paid US$45...

Sony Ericsson phone marriage starts Oct. 1

The alliance between Sony Corp. of Japan and L.M. Ericsson of Sweden is giving the two companies hope they have a chance to trump Nokia Corp. as the supreme player in the mobile- phone market. But similar alliances in the past have been failures.After...