Metro shows voice-operated RFID device   08 Mar 2006 17:36 GMT
German retail giant Metro has unveiled a new voice-operated, smart-tag system designed to help warehouse personnel quickly and accurately fill merchandise orders.
Source: InfoWorld

Lucent, Nokia Plan Faster Mobile Service (AP)   08 Mar 2006 17:01 GMT

AP - Companies like Lucent and Nokia announced new deals to build infrastructure and make mobile phone service faster as providers such as Virgin, T-Mobile and others strive to make TV viewing on tiny cell phones easier and cheaper.

Source: Yahoo

Yahoo, Siemens enter VoIP partnership   08 Mar 2006 16:32 GMT
Siemens cordless phones to work with Yahoo Messenger with Voice, allowing free or inexpensive VoIP calls.
Source: ZDNet

Nokia updates mobile blogging software   08 Mar 2006 16:13 GMT
Mobile bloggers using a new version of Nokia's Lifeblog software can automatically attach location, time, and relevant calendar information to photos, videos, and audio clips, Nokia said Wednesday. The new software, Lifeblog 2.0, will also allow users to attach audio clips to their blogs.
Source: InfoWorld

BenQ to sell phones equipped with Google software   08 Mar 2006 13:40 GMT
Cell phones with preinstalled Google software will allow searches for local information.
Source: ZDNet

BenQ's new phones include Windows Mobile 5.0 PDA   08 Mar 2006 12:41 GMT
BenQ Mobile introduced six new mobile phones at the Cebit trade show in Germany on Wednesday, including the P51, a Windows Mobile 5.0 device.
Source: InfoWorld

WAPI supporters ready a last stand in China   08 Mar 2006 12:37 GMT
Chinese companies are not giving up on efforts to promote adoption of a homegrown security protocol for wireless LANs called WAPI (WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure).
Source: InfoWorld

T-Mobile first to launch branded Opera Mini   08 Mar 2006 12:25 GMT
T-Mobile International is the first operator to offer a branded version of the Opera Mini Web browser, Opera Software announced Wednesday at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany.
Source: InfoWorld

BenQ to sell phones equipped with Google software (Reuters)   08 Mar 2006 12:16 GMT
Reuters - BenQ Mobile continued a product offensive on Wednesday designed to show it has shrugged off problems inherited from Siemens, the owner of the mobile phone business until last summer.
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Vietnam cellphone company to invest $260 million (AFP)   08 Mar 2006 10:21 GMT

AFP - A Vietnamese-South Korean cellphone company will invest 260 million dollars aiming to take a larger chunk out of the communist nation's lucrative mobile phone market.

Source: Yahoo