Motorola, the No. 2 maker of wireless telephones, said on Thursday it has settled all lawsuits filed by Chase Manhattan Bank relating to its old, now defunct Iridium LLC satellite communications company.

Finnish mobile phones giant Nokia expects to launch its first foray into phones that double as portable game consoles shortly after the end of summer, executives of the company said on Thursday.

Suppliers of hardware to the consumer electronics market are enjoying growing demand for their products, but also are under intense competition that is squeezing profit margins, according to analysts at iSuppli Corp.

Turkish Beko Elektronik said to start a due diligence on buying Grundig shares.

ATI produces mobile visual processors for more leading notebook manufacturers

The new chips are derivatives of the high-end Radeon 9700, or R300, launched in July 2002.

KDDI and Okinawa cellular announced today plans to drastically reduce fees from NTT regular land-based lines to KDDI's "au" cellular phones.

NTT DoCoMo Inc. (DCM or 9432) said Thursday it will launch a flat-fee, round-the-clock personal handyphone system (PHS) wireless communications service on April 1.

The rising tensions between the United States and North Korea is causing some analysts and OEMs some concern about South Korea and its position in the global electronics supply chain.