Mobile vendor strategies - 08/04/06

Motorola signed sales agreement with online top seller InPhonic, to expand its retail base.

Panasonic has acquired wireless chip-maker Tropian, a developer of polar modulation techniques used in mobile transmission applications.

Nokia unveiled four new phones aimed at the NA market (3 CDMA and 1 EDGE handsets).

Emblaze (Israel) launched free email on mobile phone, Palm Pilot and Pocket PC, in direct competition with RIM's Blackberry service.

Ericsson demonstrated 28Lbit/s HSPA using MIMO technology.

Siemens has introduced the AC75, a new EDGE wireless module for the machine-to-machine communication market.