Mobile vendor strategies - 9/02/06

Celtel (a Kuwait' s MTC subsidiary) has opened a Technical Center in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The infrastructure will serve as a technical hub for five countries.

Sony Ericsson is introducing its new M600i smartphone to compete with RIM' s Blackberry and Apple' s iPod. Focus on mobile e-mailing.

Microsoft and Sony Ericsson are teaming on smartphones. Sony Ericsson will use Microsoft's Exchange software.

At 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Ericsson will demonstrate its IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) based applications via the Service Delivery Platform (SDP).

Nortel has successfully achieved the demonstration of simultaneous HSUPA and HSDPA across its commercially available equipment.

BenQ Mobile targets $ 450m in Brazilian sales this year.