Ericsson considers future of handset joint venture
Swedish mobile manufacturer Ericsson may be running out of patience with its handset joint venture with Sony. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Ericsson’s CEO, Kurt Hellstrom, has warned that he will not continue ‘pouring money’ in…
Sonera sets date for token 3G launch
Sonera, the Finnish network operator, has confirmed that it will launch a token 3G service on 26th September 2002.
The services, which use MMS and mobile Java technology, will operate primarily over GSM and GPRS network infrastructure, although…
Sonera Zed CEO joins Yahoo Mobile
Sonera Corporation today announced Juha Varelius, a member of Sonera’s Executive Management Team and Head of its Products and Services layer, has stepped down and that Yahoo Europe has appointed him vice president and managing director of Yahoo! M…
Samsung licenses Nokia Series 60
Samsung has licensed Nokia’s Series 60 platform for use in its Symbian smartphone products.
It is the third such agreement Nokia has announced in recent months, extending its Series 60 interface and applications layer to devices from Siemens, M…
9.9m mobile internet users in US
Research by Comscore Networks suggests that there may be as many as 9.9m mobile internet users in the US.
Comscore surveyed 60,000 Americans and extrapolated the results to find that 5m people use a handheld computer to access internet services…
OMA announces generic download specifications
Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), the industry group recently formed from the merger of the WAP Forum, SyncML initiative and other organisations, has announced specifications for standardising the process of downloading content to mobile devices.
The…
mmO2 launches Java gaming
Network operator mmO2 has announced that it will introduce a Java gaming service in the UK from the beginning of September.
Customers will be able to download a wide range of colour and greyscale games to handsets such as the Siemens M50, Nokia…
Nokia partners with Korean games industry
Nokia has announced an agreement with the Korea Game Development & Promotion Institute (KGDI), a non-profit government body focused on building the Korean computer games industry.
The Finnish telecommunications giant will work with KGDI to help…