IPass Claims More Than 35,000 Hotspots   12 Dec 2005 14:06 GMT
After adding 9600 hotspots in Korea, the company claims it has surpassed its commitment to grow its hotspot network.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Tempe Set To Become First 'Wi-Fi Everywhere' City   12 Dec 2005 13:27 GMT
Tempe, Arizona is working hard to make its Wi-Fi network available to every one of its 160,000 residents in February.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Tech guru dials into gaming's social side (USATODAY.com)   12 Dec 2005 12:51 GMT
USATODAY.com - Trip Hawkins, CEO of Digital Chocolate, came up with the name of his company because he wants to create the same desire for his cellphone games that people have for chocolate. His epiphany: If you're going to make games, make them social and mobile.
Source: Yahoo

China surpasses U.S. as top IT goods supplier, OECD says   12 Dec 2005 12:12 GMT
China surpassed the U.S. to become the world's No. 1 exporter of IT goods in 2004, according to a report released Monday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Source: InfoWorld

China trumps US as top PC, phone exporter (Reuters)   12 Dec 2005 12:08 GMT
Reuters - China surpassed the United States as the world's top exporter of laptop computers, mobile phones and other information and communications technology devices in 2004, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Monday.
Source: Yahoo

Philips bringing cell phone TV to states   12 Dec 2005 05:00 GMT
Dutch company will sell specialized chipset in North America, and partnership will ensure content availability.
Source: ZDNet

BellSouth, 8x8 launch VoIP service   10 Dec 2005 02:01 GMT
Carrier is the latest big phone company to offer home services powered by voice over Internet protocol.
Source: ZDNet

BET promotes ringtone sales with vid pop-ups (Reuters)   10 Dec 2005 01:32 GMT
Reuters - BET has begun embedding text-messaging codes into its music videos, encouraging viewers to order a download of each song's ringtone directly from their mobile phone. While such cross-marketing is a common practice in Europe, this is the first time a U.S. video channel has integrated mobile messaging on air to sell ringtones.
Source: Yahoo

Sprint to offer full-length movie downloads (Reuters)   10 Dec 2005 00:37 GMT
Reuters - Using a mobile phone to buy movie tickets and check showtimes is one thing, but Sprint offers the whole movie.
Source: Yahoo

FCC sets rules for some in-flight radio auctions   10 Dec 2005 00:01 GMT
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday took one step closer to introducing competition in the air-to-ground radio band now used for the seatback phones seen on most airplanes.
Source: InfoWorld