Iran hard-liners move against European mobile deal (Reuters)   10 Aug 2005 17:42 GMT
Reuters - Influential Iranian conservatives on Wednesday said Ericsson, Nokia and Siemens were unfairly awarded a $750-million mobile phone equipment deal in the Islamic Republic.
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Cameraphones Set To Replace Low-end Standalone Digicams   10 Aug 2005 15:35 GMT
As the photographic capabilities of cameraphones become more sophisticated, they will take market share from low-end standalone digital cameras, a new study predicts.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Cell Location Service To Offer Local Coupons, Info   10 Aug 2005 13:27 GMT
Hitachi says it is launching a GPS-based cell phone location service that will offer coupons and other localized information to mobile phone users.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Deutsche Telekom to acquire Austrian Telering (AFP)   10 Aug 2005 13:11 GMT
AFP - Europe's largest telecommunications operator, Deutsche Telekom of Germany, has said it was to acquire Austrian mobile phone operator Telering for 1.3 billion euros (1.6 billion dollars), boosting its market share in a notoriously competitive market.
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Opera Announces Browser for Mobile Phones (AP)   10 Aug 2005 13:09 GMT
AP - Opera Software ASA on Wednesday announced a new version of its Internet browser that allows Web surfing from almost any mobile phone, even inexpensive ones with little built-in memory.
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Deutsche Telekom to acquire Austrian Telering (AFP)   10 Aug 2005 11:14 GMT
AFP - Europe's largest telecommunications operator, Deutsche Telekom of Germany, said it was to acquire Austrian mobile phone operator Telering for 1.3 billion euros (1.6 billion dollars).
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Sprint, Nextel expect to finish merger Friday   10 Aug 2005 06:33 GMT
Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. said Tuesday they intend to finalize their merger on Aug. 12, after gaining all required regulatory approval.
Source: InfoWorld

PalmSource to partner with mobile Linux provider (InfoWorld)   10 Aug 2005 00:00 GMT
InfoWorld - Building on its original decision last year to move its OS to the Linux kernel, PalmSource announced Tuesday a partnership with key mobile Linux OS provider MontaVista Software. The two companies plan to promote the development of Linux-based OSes and applications for Linux-based mobile phones.
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PalmSource to partner with mobile Linux provider   09 Aug 2005 23:30 GMT
Building on its original decision last year to move its OS to the Linux kernel, PalmSource announced Tuesday a partnership with key mobile Linux OS provider MontaVista Software. The two companies plan to promote the development of Linux-based OSes and applications for Linux-based mobile phones.
Source: InfoWorld

Nokia,Vodafone Italy Test High Speed Data Connection   09 Aug 2005 18:58 GMT
Nokia has successfully tested what it called the first high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) data connection with Vodafone Italy.
Source: Mobile Pipeline