Mobilizing money (TheDeal.com)   09 May 2005 10:00 GMT
TheDeal.com - M-commerce is a shadow of the predictions made five years ago, and yet technology allowing mobile phones to double as wallets is being tested as never before.
Source: Yahoo

NTT DoCoMo to target US with $100M venture fund   09 May 2005 07:46 GMT
TOKYO - NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest cell phone network operator, will soon open a new U.S. venture capital subsidiary, it said Monday.
Source: InfoWorld

Sprint to work with Intel on mobile WiMAX   09 May 2005 00:00 GMT
Sprint has agreed to work with Intel to help get a mobile form of WiMAX off the ground, signalling the mobile operator's interest in the technology for potential high-speed wireless services.
Source: InfoWorld

Sprint to work with Intel on mobile WiMAX   09 May 2005 00:00 GMT
Sprint has agreed to work with Intel to help get a mobile form of WiMAX off the ground, signalling the mobile operator's interest in the technology for potential high-speed wireless services.
Source: InfoWorld

Qwest moves on after MCI rejection   09 May 2005 00:00 GMT
Having lost the auction for MCI last week, despite bidding more than Verizon, Qwest now faces a future as telecom's ugly stepchild.   Not only will it have to compete against the two new megacarriers - Verizon/MCI and SBC/AT&T - but it also will have to do so with $15 billion in debt, the least attractive region of any of the RBOCs, and little presence in hot growth markets such as wireless.
Source: InfoWorld

Verizon: Out with Wi-Fi, in with EV-DO networks   09 May 2005 00:00 GMT
Word from Verizon that it plans to decommission the hundreds of free Wi-Fi hot spots it turned up in New York City two years ago has some observers suggesting that demand for such public wireless services is limited.
Source: InfoWorld

Qwest moves on after MCI rejection   09 May 2005 00:00 GMT
Having lost the auction for MCI last week, despite bidding more than Verizon, Qwest now faces a future as telecom's ugly stepchild.   Not only will it have to compete against the two new megacarriers - Verizon/MCI and SBC/AT&T - but it also will have to do so with $15 billion in debt, the least attractive region of any of the RBOCs, and little presence in hot growth markets such as wireless.
Source: InfoWorld

Verizon: Out with Wi-Fi, in with EV-DO networks   09 May 2005 00:00 GMT
Word from Verizon that it plans to decommission the hundreds of free Wi-Fi hot spots it turned up in New York City two years ago has some observers suggesting that demand for such public wireless services is limited.
Source: InfoWorld

Handset Makers Play a Maddening Game of Self-Sabotage (Ziff Davis)   06 May 2005 21:36 GMT
Ziff Davis - Opinion: The makers of 3G handsets have reportedly tweaked conformance tests so their products pass on paper, but fail once they reach users' hands.
Source: Yahoo

Canadian regulators to go easy on VoIP upstarts?   06 May 2005 19:48 GMT
The deadline is quickly approaching for Canada to decide how it'll regulate Net phone services, and some predict it'll favor upstarts.
Source: ZDNet