Vodafone invests 1.5 billion dollars in Indian mobile company (AFP)   28 Oct 2005 10:20 GMT

AFP - British telecom giant Vodafone has announced that it will buy a 10 percent stake in mobile phone group Bharti Televentures for 1.5 billion dollars, the biggest ever foreign investment in an Indian telecom.

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Zimbabweans drown sorrows in mobile phone humor (Reuters)   28 Oct 2005 08:55 GMT
Reuters - Zimbabweans are using mobile phones to spice up their lives with a bit of humor and take their minds off the daily grind of life in the shattered economy, scrounging for scant food and fuel.
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China's Unicom Says Profits Down (AP)   28 Oct 2005 06:51 GMT
AP - China Unicom Ltd., China's second-largest mobile phone company, said Friday its profits for the first nine months of the year were down 7.4 percent from the same period last year after an unusual 4.55 billion yuan ($560 million) expense.
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Motorola, Intel to drive mobile WiMax   28 Oct 2005 02:09 GMT
With the IEEE 802.16e specification for mobile WiMax slowly moving toward approval, Motorola Inc. and Intel Corp. are now teaming up to help lay the groundwork for the next phase of standardization: establishing WiMax Forum profiles for implementing the mobile version of the wireless broadband technology.
Source: InfoWorld

DOJ approves telecom megamergers   27 Oct 2005 20:59 GMT
U.S. Department of Justice gives the green light on the Verizon-MCI merger and the SBC-AT&T transaction.
Source: ZDNet

Motorola, Intel Jointly Promote WiMAX   27 Oct 2005 17:45 GMT
Intel and Motorola say they will promote the spread of WiMAX.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Motorola, Intel team on mobile WiMax   27 Oct 2005 17:09 GMT
The two industry giants are working to spur adoption of the technology by jointly promoting it.
Source: ZDNet

SBC to use the AT&#38T name   27 Oct 2005 16:43 GMT
After the final wedding bells have rung, SBC has decided it will take AT&'s historic name.
Source: ZDNet

Andy Grove donates $26 million to alma mater   27 Oct 2005 15:08 GMT
Former Intel chairman says he hopes to keep The City College of New York a "veritable American-dream machine."
Source: ZDNet

Pactolus Drives WiMAX-Delivered VoIP Carrier Services   27 Oct 2005 14:35 GMT
Pactolus Drives WiMAX-Delivered VoIP Carrier Services
Source: Mobile Pipeline