By Andrew Berg A busy week in the wireless industry began with Nortel selling off its wireless division to Nokia Siemens for a reported $650 million.
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T-Mobile said Monday that the T-Mobile myTouch 3G, the highly anticipated follow-up to the T-Mobile G1 Android-based phone, will be available for pre-order to current T-Mobile customers on July 8 for $199 with a 2-year contract.
• On Tuesday,
Nokia and Intel announced a partnership that most believe is aimed at giving both companies an entry point into the emerging devices marekt. Although details of the arrangement were sketchy, a statement from Intel said the partnership is aimed at “develop[ing] a new class of Intel Architecture-based mobile computing device and chipset architectures which will combine the performance of powerful computers with high-bandwidth mobile broadband communications and ubiquitous Internet connectivity.
• Also on Tuesday, stocks of
MetroPCS jumped after the carrier took Tyco Electronics’ spot on Standard and Poor’s S&P 500. Tyco announced that it will be moving its business to Switzerland.
• On Wednesday
Adobe said it will release a beta version of its Flash player for Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile and Palm’s webOS. However, the release does not extend to two notable players: Apple’s iPhone and Research in Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry.
• Thursday brought big changes to
Ericsson, as the company said farewell to CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg. Svanberg is leaving the telecommunications equipment maker for British oil giant BP and will be replaced by current Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Hans Vestberg.
• The week was capped off with the confirmation of President Barack Obama’s pick of Julius Genachowski as chairman of the FCC.