Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has been selected as sole supplier to supply and operate a complete GSM mobile network for Cable&Wireless EAUS (Europe, Asia and US) as it launches its new Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) services in the UK. As Cable&Wireless’ exclusive managed services partner, Ericsson will also be responsible for running the network for five years. [...]

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Rogers Wireless, the largest Canadian mobile carrier, has just released two new handsets: Samsung J706 and a white version of Sony Ericsson W200a. Both phones are only available with Pay As You Go plans. Samsung J706 has features quad-band GSM connectivity (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) with GPRS and EDGE, a 2 [...]

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Spanish fans of Formula One can watch this season’s races live on their handsets thanks to HyC – part of the Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) group – in partnership with Boomerang TV and Spanish broadcast network Telecinco. The mobile TV service was launched in May. Under the terms of the agreement, Ericsson’s HyC supplies an end-to-end, scalable [...]

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Nokia today announced that Warner Music Group will make its diverse catalog of new stars and legendary artists available through Nokia Music Stores around the world as well as through Comes With Music, a revolutionary way for people to discover and enjoy music offered uniquely by Nokia. “Warner Music Group has been a pioneer in [...]

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Nokia and Plazes (www.plazes.com) today announced an agreement for Nokia to acquire substantially all assets of Plazes, a privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. Plazes provides a context-aware social-activity service that people can use to plan, record, and share their social activities: why they are at a given location [...]

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EA Mobile has released a brand new action game for mobile phones, based on the upcoming Kung Fu Panda animation movie produced by DreamWorks. Kung Fu Panda mobile game brings Po, the cute panda bear, to your handset, and asks you to help him in the attempt to defend the so-called Valley of Peace and [...]

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Samsung yesterday introduced Soulb, its latest candybar phone. It comes with the touchscreen keypad of the original slider but compensates with an ultra-thin design and media features: the handset is just 0.39in thick but still finds room for a 3-megapixel camera with an LED flash, 1GB of built-in flash memory, and a microSD slot for [...]

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