Motorola Gets $500M in Telsim Settlement (AP)   28 Oct 2005 16:26 GMT
AP - Motorola Inc., the world's second-largest mobile-phone company, said it was paid $500 million cash Friday by Telsim as part of a settlement of its 4-year-old legal case against the Turkish wireless carrier.
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Vodafone tests vending machine as new sales channel   28 Oct 2005 16:12 GMT
After Coke, candy and cigarettes, vending machines are adding another goody to their assortment: mobile phones.
Source: InfoWorld

Qualcomm Slammed With European Patent Complaints   28 Oct 2005 16:11 GMT
Nokia, Ericsson and four other mobile technology providers have filed complaints with the European Commission alleging that Qualcomm is engaging in anticompetitive conduct in licensing its 3G patents.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Wal-Mart: RFID Keeps Shelves Stocked   28 Oct 2005 14:49 GMT
The use of RFID, or radio-frequency identification tags, has reduced out-of-stock merchandise by 16 percent at the company's stores.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Vodafone to sell phones like Coke   28 Oct 2005 12:52 GMT
Company plans to set up its first phone-vending machines, targeted in part to tourists, in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Source: ZDNet

Qualcomm unfair with 3G licences: rivals (Reuters)   28 Oct 2005 12:43 GMT
Reuters - Ericsson (ERICb.ST), Nokia (NOK1V.HE), Texas Instruments and three others said on Friday they had complained to EU regulators about alleged anti-competitive behavior by Qualcomm in licensing patents for high-speed 3G wireless phone technology.
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Cell Phones For The People (BusinessWeek Online)   28 Oct 2005 12:13 GMT
BusinessWeek Online - When it comes to sexy mobile phones, the stars of the moment are multimedia wonders such as the new RAZR V3x handset from Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp.'s top-of-the-line N-90 camera phone with Carl Zeiss optics. Yet for all the attention they grab, these pricey gizmos are a sliver of the 800 million unit-per-year mobile-phone business. Increasingly, the real action is at the unglamorous end of the scale, among bare-bones Nokia and Motorola models priced under $50. ...
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When New Callers Opt For Old Handsets (BusinessWeek Online)   28 Oct 2005 12:13 GMT
BusinessWeek Online - Over the next five years, about 4 billion replacement handsets will be sold around the world. Billions of mobile-phone owners will retire their old devices for something new and cooler -- say, a 3G music/video phone. Their old phones will be thrown away, given to their kids, or tossed into a drawer. If historic patterns hold, only about 5%, or 200 million, will be returned to stores or secondhand dealers.
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NTT DoCoMo Posts Profit on Cost Cuts (AP)   28 Oct 2005 12:08 GMT

AP - Japan's largest mobile phone service operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc., said its profit rose 14.9 percent in the half-year through September, due to continued cost-cutting efforts and a lower churn rate.

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Toshiba net profit jumps on strong PC sales (AFP)   28 Oct 2005 11:55 GMT

AFP - Strong sales of personal computers and mobile phones helped Japanese electronics giant Toshiba post a 75-percent increase in net profit for the six months to September.

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