Question: In which year was this brand name founded on which Sony Ericsson K608i became available?

Context articles: Hutchison 3G
2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas
Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S
13th Empire Awards
Sony Ericsson K600
Sony Ericsson T68i
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10
8th Empire Awards
Sony Ericsson P1
Sony Ericsson Xperia pro

Three is a brand name under which several UMTS-based mobile phone networks and Broadband Internet Providers operate in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Hong Kong, Macau, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
 The company was founded in 2002.
The 2009 Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts.
 It was the 12th edition of the Copa Sony Ericsson Colsanitas, and was on the International category of the 2009 WTA Tour.
 It took place at the Club Campestre El Rancho in Bogotá, Colombia, from February 14 through February 22, 2009.
 This was the first year it was sponsored by Sony Ericsson.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S (Xperia LT18i) is a high-end smartphone developed by Sony Ericsson running Google's operating system Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread).
 It is an upgrade of the Xperia Arc.
 It is the last phone carrying the Sony Ericsson brand, before Sony bought Ericsson's stake in the joint-venture.
The 13th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine "Empire", honored the best films of 2007 and took place on 9 March 2008 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England.
 During the ceremony, "Empire" presented Empire Awards in 12 categories as well as three honorary awards.
 The awards for the Sony Ericsson Soundtrack and the Done In 60 Seconds competition were first introduced this year.
 The Best Newcomer returned to a single award, having last year been split into "Best Male Newcomer" and "Best Female Newcomer" awards and the honorary Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema was renamed to Outstanding Contribution to British Film.
 The ceremony was televised in the United Kingdom by ITV2 on March 10.
 Welsh actor Rob Brydon hosted the show for the first time.
 The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the fifth year, having last sponsored the 11th ceremony held in 2006.
The Sony Ericsson K600 is a 3G mobile phone handset manufactured by Sony Ericsson.
 It was announced in the first quarter of 2005.
 The K600i is its international variant.
 Generally available on the Orange network in the UK, the K600i is very closely related to the K608i and V600i models, and was produced at the same time.
 The K608i was available on the 3 network, and the V600i was available on the Vodafone network.
 The K608i and V600i are both practically the same phone internally as the K600i, but look different externally.
In 2002, after a slight cosmetic redesign and a software upgrade, the T68m was re-released as the Sony Ericsson T68i, as by then Ericsson had created a joint venture with Sony Corporation to produce mobile phones as Sony Ericsson.
 The upgrade, also available to owners of the T68, provided a built-in e-mail client, SyncML support, and, for the first time ever, two-way MMS with full SMIL implementation.
 The underlying hardware remained unchanged.The T68i is known for being a highly effective example of stealth marketing.
 Before being released Sony Ericsson paid actors to pretend to be tourists and asked people to take pictures of them with the T68i.
 The previously included Tetris game was not present in the firmware of the T68i.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is a 2010 high end smartphone in the Xperia series designed by Sony Ericsson.
 It was the first Sony Ericsson smartphone to run the Android operating system.
 The phone was shipped with Android 1.6 (Donut), but an upgrade to 2.1 (Eclair) was made available starting 31 October 2010, with a gradual international rollout.
 Originally, Sony Ericsson stated that the X10 would not receive an upgrade to Android 2.2 (Froyo) or beyond, but the phone was later upgraded to 2.3.3 (Gingerbread) with the updates starting on 29 July 2011.
The 8th Empire Awards ceremony (officially known as the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards), presented by the British film magazine "Empire", honored the best films of 2002 and took place on 5 February 2003 at The Dorchester Hotel in London, England.
 During the ceremony, "Empire" presented Empire Awards in nine categories as well as two honorary awards.
 The award for Sony Ericsson Scene of the Year was first introduced this year.
 The Best Debut award was renamed to "Best Newcomer".
 British actor Richard E. Grant hosted the show for the first time.
 The awards were sponsored by Sony Ericsson for the first time.
The Sony Ericsson P1 is a smartphone and the successor of the P990.
 It was the last of the Sony Ericsson "P" Smartphone series, introduced in 2002 with the Sony Ericsson P800 and it integrates many of the hardware features of its predecessor the P990 in the form factor of the M600.
 It was announced on 8 May 2007.
 There is a Chinese version of P1 called P1c.
 Compare with P1/ P1i, P1c lacks of 3G, thereby using EDGE which is much slower but more available especially in the US and parts of Europe.
The Sony Ericsson Xperia pro is an Android smartphone from Sony Ericsson which was launched in October 2011.
 The Xperia Pro has a 3.7 in capacitive touch-screen, slider keyboard, smart phone with mobile BRAVIA engine which optimises the picture and runs at a resolution of 854×480 pixels, a 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, an 8.1 mega-pixel camera, a dedicated Two-step camera key, USB host port, HDMI-out, 512 MB of onboard RAM, and an 8 GB microSD card (expandable up to 32 GB).
 The Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro is available in black, silver, or red.