Sony Ericsson Sets Deals With 3 Labels
69295
In a deal aimed at rivaling Appleâs iTunes and Nokiaâs Ovi, Sony Ericsson will offer more than five million music tracks on it PlayNow Internet and mobile phone service.
351192
Sony Ericsson   and  Microsoft  will cooperate in making smartphones, with  the first Sony Ericsson handset based on the Windows Mobile  operating system on sale by the end of the year.
368294
(InfoWorld) - Big names are coming to mobile video after a slow start for a service that has been touted as a perfect use for fast 3G (third-generation) networks. Three deals announced Monday brought prominent Hollywood figures and a major media company deeper into the business of mobile video. They will bring comedy, news, and other shows to small screens later this year. Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting System International signed a deal with Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson in which the communications technology company would deliver a broad package of Turner content to mobile operators' portals and offer some directly to users with mobile browsers. Youth-oriented MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) Amp'd MobileÂ signed on partners including "King Kong" and "School of Rock" actor Jack Black and an executive producer of the science-fiction TV drama "The X-Files" to create original shows. Mobile media company FlycellÂ has formed a development and production company and reached a deal with two Hollywood producers to develop five scripts this year. Mobile operators already offer many video services, both live and on demand, but they aren't yet being used by most cellular customers. However, service providers have been lining up bigger partners and well-known content sources, such as the Sundance Institute, have been joining in. Verizon Wireless last yearÂ made a deal with Google's YouTubeÂ unit to show some of the user-generated video site's clips. Ericsson's deal with Turner encompasses news stories and video from the broadcasting company's CNN unit along with animation from the Cartoon Network cable TV channel and its Adult Swim brand. Turner will sell a package of content to carriers to include in their own mobile portals, and Ericsson will handle the technical side of delivering those offerings. The companies will also make some CNN material, namely text news and weather, available free on a mobile Web site for any browser. Turner already supplies some of this content to mobile operators an in individual basis, setting up a delivery system each time, said Brian Hickman, director of sales at Ericsson. Ericsson will adapt the content for multiple devices and streamline the process, he said. The companies will first start working with operators in Latin America and the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and plan to expand to other areas later. The free mobile-Web content can be blocked from users outside those areas, Hickman said. The services don't depend on having Ericsson network infrastructure, and Ericsson will seek similar deals with other media companies. Amp'd Mobile announced a deal with Black and two partners to develop an exclusive series of comedy shorts. Viewers will vote on the shows and determine which return and which are cancelled, the company said. Amp'd will also work with Icebox, co-founded by "The X-Files" executive producer Howard Gordon, which will produce an investigative news series about paranormal sightings around the world. Flycell's new production company, Flycell Productions, will work with an executive producer of the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers" to develop scripts for seven, three-minute mobile shows. Flycell Productions also said it has already entered into co-production agreements for three mobile shows of its own.
701807
Sony Ericsson is launching six new phones, including a high-end Walkman model with 9GB Flash memory, redesigned display.
216994
Under the agreement Ericsson has delivered equipment and services to upgrade Vodafone's 3G network with full HSDPA functionality so that the operator can offer its 3G broadband (HSDPA) service to customers.
280529
Record label is the third of the majors to sign licensing deals with social networking site Imeem.
590654
World number four mobile maker Sony  Ericsson  aggressively expanded its line-up  of low-cost phones on Tuesday, joining bigger rivals in the  fight for customers in emerging markets.
682421
Sony Ericsson has primarily used the Symbian operating system to power its smart phones. Its Windows Mobile phone will have a touch screen with a slide-out keyboard and a camera.
695566
Ericsson, the world's biggest maker of cellphone networks, said it would reorganize the company into three units and hire 500 engineers to accelerate research and development in growth areas.  The three new units will be networks, global services and multimedia, the company said.
433817
(InfoWorld) - Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications will launch late Thursday in Berlin six new phones, including a high-end Walkman-branded handset with around 9G bytes of internal Flash memory, according to a company spokeswoman. The music-centric Walkman will more than double the internal memory of previous models and will feature a newly designed media player and large-touch display for easy navigating. But, unlikeÂ Apple's planned iPhone, the new Walkman will include a keyboard. "Our new Walkman mobile phone isn't designed as a response to the iPhone but as a further development of the Walkman," the Sony Ericsson spokeswoman said. Sony Ericsson will also unveil the latest in its line of Cybershot camera phones, a 5-megapixel device. Several new accessories will be introduced in Berlin, including a GPS (global positioning system) unit that can be connected to a mobile phone and new Bluetooth headsets. What the Japanese-Swedish joint venture will not be announcing in Berlin is a new video game-mobile phone based on Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld device, the spokeswoman said. The blogosphere was full of rumors of a new PSP mobile phone after Japanese employees of Sony Ericsson last month filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for a mobile phone with video game features. "The patent is registered; we register many patents," the spokeswoman said. "But we don't have a PSP mobile phone in the planning. I can't say that we won't see such a device in 10 years but there are no plans to build one at the present time." The spokeswoman said that the company's current focus is on music, imaging and the Web, but not on the PSP. Which isn't to say that PSP owners won't be able to make calls soon. Last month, British Telecommunications PLC (BT) announced its work on a software-based Internet telephony package for the portable device. The system will allow PSP users to make voice and video calls across a Wi-Fi network. Later it will be extended to cover calls and messages to PCs, fixed-line phones and cell phones. Â
66870
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson said  on Wednesday it would have low-cost color screen and music  playing handsets made in India through manufacturing agreements  with Flextronics  and Foxconn .
540396
Record label is the third of the majors to sign licensing deals with social-networking site Imeem.
320264
Expand successful partnership Sony and Ericsson are to expand their partnership beyond cell phones to provide mobile television and broadband services.â¦
685551
Telecom equipment maker Ericsson   said on Monday it would team up with Turner  Broadcasting to develop international mobile services.
79330
The company introduces three base stations under the new BroadOne brand.
728264
World number four mobile producer  Sony Ericsson   said on Tuesday it would  launch eight new phones, four of which would be at the low end  of the price-scale.
382469
Swedish telecom equipment maker  Ericsson (ERICb.ST) and Japan's electronics giant Sony (6758.T)  will expand their cooperation beyond cell phones to mobile and  broadband TV, an Ericsson official said on Thursday.