Nokia Launches 3 New Multimedia Phones (AP) 02 Nov 2005 18:31 GMTAP - Nokia Corp., the world's top mobile phone maker, launched three new multimedia handsets Wednesday that let users watch TV, play music and swap content between electronic devices at home.
Source: Yahoo Sprint, cable companies go for quadruple play 02 Nov 2005 17:33 GMTSprint Nextel and four large cable television providers will move beyond the Holy Grail of integrated telecommunications offerings -- the so-called triple play of voice, data, and video -- with a joint venture aimed at adding wireless service to the mix.
Source: InfoWorld In Brief: A.T. Kearney execs to buy the unit from EDS 02 Nov 2005 16:20 GMTOfficers of A.T. Kearney have reached a nonbinding agreement to purchase the management consulting company from Electronic Data Systems (EDS), its parent company, A.T. Kearney said Wednesday in a statement. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
Source: InfoWorld Nokia gloomy about N-Gage (Reuters) 02 Nov 2005 16:14 GMTReuters - The world's biggest mobile phone
maker, Nokia (NOK1V.HE), said on Wednesday it is unhappy with
the sales of its N-Gage gaming device and will bring the games
to other phones to get enough scale.
Source: Yahoo Nokia sees new mobile TV networks by mid-2006 (Reuters) 02 Nov 2005 15:05 GMT
Reuters - Mobile phone giant Nokia (NOK1V.HE)
expects mobile TV networks using its chosen standard to be up
and running by the middle of next year, allowing people to
watch live TV broadcasts on their cellphones.
Source: Yahoo Cable companies call on Sprint Nextel 02 Nov 2005 14:47 GMTFour cable operators announced a joint venture with Sprint Nextel to offer wireless phone service as part of their bundled package.
Source: ZDNet Nokia launches open-source browser 02 Nov 2005 14:29 GMTNokia on Wednesday said its open-source mobile Web browser is now available. It also launched a new portal to share information about its open-source activities.
Source: InfoWorld WiMAX To Grow Quickly, But 3G To Dominate: Study 02 Nov 2005 13:54 GMTWhile wireless broadband technologies such as WiMAX are set to grow rapidly, 3G will be the dominant form of wireless broadband in the next few years, a new study released Wednesday says.
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