History of Wanks

posted by Sean Thompson Thu 17th Mar 05) People waiting to get their hands on Sony's PSP handheld will have to hang on for a few more months. Sony has said it is delaying the UK launch of the console because they cannot make enough of them to go round. Gamers all over Europe will have to wait to get a PSP as Sony wants to make sure it has enough of the consoles to supply people in America. Rival Nintendo has had no such problems wi...continued

Hutchinson 3G UK records some 10m music video downloads

(posted by Anand Jeyaram Fri 18th Feb 05) Mobile operator Hutchinson 3G UK has announced that more than 10m music videos have been watched by its customers on their mobiles since the launch of its video jukebox service six months ago. Hutchinson 3G UK has also entered into an agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK. Last July BMG UK & Ireland was the first major record company to sign a deal for its artists with Hutchinson 3G U...continued

Taiwan market: Philips and Sony Ericsson aim to grow market share in 2005 Mobile in Taiwan

(posted by Prabhu Kiran Tue 25th Jan 05) Royal Philips Electronics aims to take a 3.5% share of the Taiwan handset market in 2005, while Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications is vying for a 12% market share. Philips forecasts its handset sales in Taiwan will grow from about 100,000 units in 2004 to more than 200,000 units this year. The vendor plans to roll out six or seven handset models, including phones with slide-to-open and rotating c...continued

Sony gets out of PDA business PDAs

(posted by Ganesh S. Wed 2nd Mar 05) Electronics giant Sony has announced it is to stop making PDAs for the Japanese market. The company, which is to end its PDA product line in July, according to a report from the Reuters news agency, has been forced into the move by the ever-increasing functionality of mobile phones. Sony announced last year that it would stop selling the devices outside its home market of Japan, where it is the PD...continued

MTS launches mobile network in Kemerov region Mobile in Russia

(posted by Pieter de Villiers Mon 13th Dec 04) Russian mobile operator MTS has announced the launch of a network in the Kemerov region, the 68th Russian region to receive MTS network coverage. The Kemerov region is part of the Siberian Federal Okrug, which has a population of 2.9m inhabitants, of which 1.06m are mobile users, giving the region a mobile penetration of 36 per cent, compared to the Russian average of 45.2 per cent. Users ...continued

Nokia's battle to stay world's number one Nokia

(posted by Prabhu Kiran Wed 23rd Feb 05) Think Finland - think business - and you may well come up with the name Nokia. From humble beginnings Nokia has risen to dominate the world market for mobile phones. When Fredrik Idestam set up business on the banks of the river Nokia in Southern Finland, the telephone had not yet been invented. It was 1865 and the firm started by making items such as toilet paper and rubber boots. It expanded int...continued

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