Mobile vendor strategies - 22/11/06

Amid of BSNL/Motorola hearing in India being delayed until end November, Ericsson calls for a quick decision on BSNL tender.

Sony, NXP Semiconductors announced a joint venture to develop a secure chip that uses near-field communications (NFC) for financial transactions.

UTStarcom has signed a distribution deal for mobile handsets with Maxis Telecom of Pakistan.

Newport Media, which is developing mobile TV chips, has closed a $30 million third round of venture financing.

Nokia has demonstrated its EGPRS solution (an enhanced version of EDGE allowing higher data speeds up to 474 kbps) with Shanghai Unicom in China, as well as NFC (Near Field Communication).