Sprint, Cable Operators Form 'Landmark' Joint Venture   02 Nov 2005 13:44 GMT
Sprint and three cable operators have created a joint venture that they claim will enable each of the vendors to offer a range of services including wireline and wireless voice and data and mobile and fixed access.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

US cable companies, Sprint Nextel in wireless pact (Reuters)   02 Nov 2005 13:00 GMT
Reuters - Four U.S. cable operators on Wednesday announced a $200 million mobile phone service joint venture with Sprint Nextel Corp.,, giving them another weapon in a growing battle with telephone companies.
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Nvidia CEO unveils VoIP vision   02 Nov 2005 12:17 GMT
The future of wireless communications could be a world without mobile phones, where Wi-Fi signals pick up your voice commands from a chip-enabled lapel on your breast pocket, then VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) converts the voice signals to data and sends them across the Internet to powerful servers that can identify the caller's voice and connect them immediately to the person they're trying to find.
Source: InfoWorld

European shares rally as O2 bid battle prospects fade (AFP)   02 Nov 2005 11:45 GMT

AFP - European stock exchanges rose with Deutsche Telekom shares climbing in Frankfurt after it ruled out a counterbid for the British mobile phone group O2.

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Nokia launches three new multimedia mobiles (Reuters)   02 Nov 2005 09:51 GMT
Reuters - The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) launched three new mobile devices on Wednesday, two multimedia phones and one able to receive mobile television broadcasts.
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Deutsche Telekom not planning counter-bid for O2 (AFP)   02 Nov 2005 09:50 GMT

AFP - German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom said it had no intention of launching a counter-bid for British mobile phone operator O2, which is being targeted for takeover by Spanish operator Telefonica.

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Sex and drugs and SMS (Reuters)   02 Nov 2005 05:32 GMT
Reuters - China has declared war on scams using mobile phone short messages that promise everything from fake cash prizes to sexual services to contract killings.
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Free Wireless Access: Is It Secure?   02 Nov 2005 05:00 GMT
Two mid-sized retail operations discover a cost-efficient way to secure wireless networking internally for greater efficiency and push it out of house as a customer service offering.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Chinese PC maker Lenovo says profit up 22% in Q3, but investors disappointed (Canadian Press)   01 Nov 2005 23:08 GMT
Canadian Press - BEIJING (AP) - Lenovo Group Ltd., the Chinese personal computer and mobile phone maker, said Tuesday its net profit rose 22 per cent in the July-September quarter, but its shares fell in Hong Kong trading as the results were at the low end of expectations.
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Vodafone's Passage to India (The Motley Fool)   01 Nov 2005 19:58 GMT
The Motley Fool - The United Kingdom's Vodafone Group (NYSE: VOD - News) recently lived up to its status as a truly global mobile phone operator by buying a 10% stake in India's Bharti Tele-Ventures for $1.5 billion. It seems like a move that investors can really appreciate, considering that India is a populous country displaying major economic growth -- and a place where cell phone usage is due to increase a great deal.
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