But analysts expressed doubts that the venture, which isn't expected to be running until this summer, will have the time or the manufacturing base to produce enough phones to move that quickly in the market. Representatives of LG, Siemens and Sony Ericsson did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment. The telecom equipment maker announces a joint venture with TCL that will allow it to unload its cell phone making business to focus on making network gear. The joint venture, announced Monday, will be majority-owned by TCL, which has an option in about five years to buy Alcatel's 45 percent share.

CNET también girls on a "summah" towel iphone case está disponible en español, Don't show this again, BT, France Telecom, Qwest and others join the group, which promotes and develops WiMax as a last-mile wireless broadband technology, An industry group that promotes and develops WiMax as a last-mile wireless broadband technology announced the addition of several service providers to its ranks, The WiMax Forum said Monday that BT, France Telecom, Qwest Communications, Reliance Telecom and XO Communications have joined the group, which now has 98 members, WiMax technology will be based on several 802.16 specifications that are in the process of being finalized as standards by the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers..

CNET también está disponible en español. Don't show this again. About 98 percent of all cell phones shipped use a proprietary operating system developed by handset makers. The remaining 2 percent--around 10 million handsets--use standardized OS-enabled handsets, and are fought fiercely over by Symbian, Microsoft and Linux developers. However, as people demand better features such as larger screens and improved menu navigation, the standardized OS will replace proprietary programs, ABI said. A quarter of handsets shipped will either be standard-OS smart phones or connected PDAs by 2009, the research firm predicted.

The software maker is benefiting from handset vendors' fear of a Microsoft-controlled OS market for cell phones, ABI Research says, Microsoft is battling to be inside the next generation of devices that blend the functions of a phone and a PDA (personal digital assistant), and some analysts have predicted that the software giant will gain a foothold on the market in a couple girls on a "summah" towel iphone case of years, But, according to a report from ABI released Monday, the company may not find it easy as other companies work to avoid Microsoft dominance in the mobile OS market..

Symbian is co-owned by some of the world's largest mobile phone and wireless infrastructure vendors including Nokia, Sony Ericsson and Samsung. Motorola, Nokia's primary competitor, was also a Symbian shareholder, but decided to migrate to the Microsoft camp because of Nokia's strong ties with Symbian. Meanwhile, Microsoft has snagged deals for its Windows Mobile operating system with Motorola and several other handset providers. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy, which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion.