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• RIM's quest for LTE patents complicated

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  RIM continues to play the nationalist card in its fight for bankrupt Nortel#039s LTE assets. In an emergency meeting on Friday with the Canadian House of Commons Industry Committee, RIM co-CEO Mike Lazaridis proclaimed that Nortel#039s LTE patents and assets are a national treasure and should stay in Canadian hands....

  Tags: Patent, Nortel Networks Corp., Research In Motion Ltd., Ericsson Inc.

• Nokia Tops New ABI Research On-board Handset-based Navigation Software Vendor Matrix Ranking

  - 2008-10-29

  LONDON -- Nokia has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Garmin and Intrinsyc claimed the second and third spots in the company's new evaluation of worldwide on-board handset-based navigation software vendors. The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed by...

  Tags: ABI Research, handset, MARKETING, Nokia Corp., SEARCH

• Nokia Tops New ABI Research Smartphone Vendor Matrix Ranking

  - 2008-03-17

  LONDON -- Nokia has been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research.

  Tags: ABI Research, Nokia Corp.

• Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and LG perform well in the third quarter.(KOREA)

  - 2007-11-01

  According to ABI Research, the third quarter witnessed impressive performances by LG, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and Nokia, despite the upheavals in the worldwide economy. Jake Saunders, Asia-Pacific vice-president, said that all eyes would now be on Motorola's results. The research firm said that...

  Tags: ABI Research, LG Electronics Inc., MARKETING, Nokia Corp., performance, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

• Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, and LG perform well in the third quarter.(FINLAND)

  - 2007-11-01

  According to ABI Research, the third quarter witnessed impressive performances by LG, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and Nokia, despite the upheavals in the worldwide economy. Jake Saunders, Asia-Pacific vice-president, said that all eyes would now be on Motorola's results. The research firm said that...

  Tags: ABI Research, LG Electronics Inc., MARKETING, Nokia Corp., performance, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications

• Market Share Increases to 40%, but Nokia Concerned about Market Disruptors, Says ABI Research

  - 2007-10-18

  NEW YORK -- With quarterly results now reported from Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, and Nokia, "ABI Research believes 3Q-2007 has seen strong performance that has gone against the flow of bad news in the global economy, as well as, to a degree, in the wireless infrastructure market," says Jake Saunders,...

  Tags: ABI Research, Nokia Corp.

• Nokia Tops New ABI Research Smartphone Vendor Matrix Ranking

  - 2007-08-09

  LONDON -- Nokia has been ranked at the top of the latest Smartphone Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research.

  Tags: ABI Research, Nokia Corp.

• 264 Million Mobile Devices Shipped in 2Q but Competition Struggles to Curb Nokia's Market Presence, According to ABI Research

  - 2007-08-02

  LONDON -- ABI Research estimates that 263.8 million mobile handsets were shipped in 2Q 2007, a year-over-year quarterly increase of 13%. "A 13% increase is hardly stellar," says Jake Saunders, vice president at ABI Research, "but it does pay the handset vendors' bills. The second half of the year should...

  Tags: ABI Research, mobile, mobile device, Nokia Corp.

• Nokia vs Qualcomm IP Dispute Intensifies on the Question of Quantity vs Quality, says ABI Research

  - 2007-03-26

  LONDON -- The Qualcomm versus Nokia royalty spat has intensified once again with a court filing from Nokia claiming that some of its licenses from Qualcomm in Europe are fully paid up. This is another instance of brinkmanship that will reach a crescendo after April 9th when the technology sharing...

  Tags: ABI Research, IP, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc.

• ABI Research Finds Nokia Leading Smartphone Market with 56%, While Symbian's Share of OS Market Is Set to Fall

  - 2007-03-20

  LONDON -- According to the latest research on smartphone markets from ABI Research, Nokia has maintained its leadership position with a 56.4% share of the 70.9 million units shipped in 2006. Nokia sold 40 million smartphones in 2006, compared to 28.5 million in 2005. Motorola also had a strong 2006...

  Tags: ABI Research, Nokia Corp., operating system, smart phone, Smartphone, Symbian Inc.