Mobile vendor strategies - 5 June 2005

Sony Ericsson is preparing to move into the low-end handset market, while searching volume and improved market share.

Nokia outlines low-cost handset strategy, and is introducing two new low-cost handsets targeting emerging markets, including Africa.

Huawei plans to enter the Indonesian 3G WCDMA handset market.

Samsung has selected TI's OMAP-DM processor for mobile TV.

Siemens is likely to spin off its handset division, but effort to sell the unit has up to now failed. It has made a multi million-dollar investment in Global Locate, a location-based A-GPS semiconductor maker.

Motorola has made a strategic minority investment in Sonaptic, a 3D sound environment expert.