Cellular Voice Revenues Fall, Data Doesn't Close Gap   15 Dec 2005 16:55 GMT
A new study shows that the average revenue per user for cellular voice service is declining in the U.S. and that cellular data service isn't bridging the gap.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Visto sues Microsoft for patent infringement   15 Dec 2005 15:20 GMT
After linking up with RIM nemesis NTP, Visto goes after Windows Mobile and says Microsoft's back at antitrust game.
Source: ZDNet

HBO aims Sopranos clips at Cingular phones-analyst (Reuters)   15 Dec 2005 14:25 GMT

Reuters - Cingular Wireless plans on Thursday to reveal a multiyear exclusive deal with HBO to send video clips of hit television shows including the Sopranos to mobile phones, Ovum analyst Roger Entner said.

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In Brief: China's 99Bill to offer payment service for blogs   15 Dec 2005 14:20 GMT
Chinese online payment provider 99Bill has signed an agreement with Beijing Blog Times Information & Technology, which operates the Bokee Web log service, to provide a payment platform for the service.
Source: InfoWorld

Visto sues Microsoft over wireless e-mail patents   15 Dec 2005 14:03 GMT
Visto has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft, accusing it of improper use of patented Visto technologies in Microsoft's software for accessing e-mail from phones and other wireless devices.
Source: InfoWorld

Microsoft Sued For Mobile E-Mail Patent Infringement   15 Dec 2005 13:32 GMT
Visto claims that Windows Mobile 5.0 infringes on its patents for technology that provides access by mobile users to e-mail stored on behind-the-firewall servers.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Covering Your Exposed Mobile Assets   15 Dec 2005 13:11 GMT
Mobile security decreases as inconvenience increases. With that in mind, here are a few things you can do to protect yourself and your enterprise.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

NTT DoCoMo to take 10 percent stake in KTF   15 Dec 2005 12:20 GMT
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest cellular carrier, will take a 10 percent stake in KTF, South Korea's second-largest cellular carrier, the two companies said Thursday.
Source: InfoWorld

Japan's NTT DoCoMo seals deal to buy 10 percent of SKorean KTF (AFP)   15 Dec 2005 10:02 GMT

AFP - Japan's leading cellphone company NTT DoCoMo agreed to purchase a 10 percent stake in South Korea's second-largest mobile carrier KTF for about 560 million dollars.

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Siemens says US mobile could shift to GSM (Reuters)   15 Dec 2005 07:52 GMT
Reuters - Siemens (SIEGn.DE) believes North American telecoms operators could shift to the GSM mobile standard from the rival CDMA system, a senior company executive said in an interview published on Thursday.
Source: Yahoo