1.   But in wireless handsets both companies are upstarts.

2.   Earlier this month, Nokia, the Finnish maker of cell phones that is the market leader, warned of a slowdown in global demand for wireless handsets.

3.   For both companies, the move is a direct challenge to other big makers of wireless handsets like Motorola, Nokia of Finland and Ericsson of Sweden.

4.   First, remember that only one phone number can be assigned to each wireless handset.

5.   The company blamed the decline on lower wireless handset sales because of a transition to new models.

6.   The Iridium and Teledesic networks would provide mobile voice and data communications services to people who carry powerful wireless handsets usable virtually anywhere on the globe.

7.   Up to eight wireless handsets could communicate with the base station, each with access to all four phone circuits.

8.   We came into this year with some very aggressive expectations for sales of wireless handsets.

9.   Also, NEC Corp. and Matsushita Industrial Co. will integrate OMAP application processors from Texas Instruments in their own third-generation wireless multimedia handsets.

10.   The company also said it plans to restructure its Japanese manufacturing operations in Tsukuba and sell a business that makes wireless handsets.