Text messaging remains top service for mobile phone users: IDC (AFP)   03 Mar 2006 17:31 GMT

AFP - Text messaging remains the most popular service for mobile phone users in the Asia Pacific despite offers for fancier applications such as email and gaming, an industry research group said.

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Orange to use Walkman phone, promote diva Aguilera (Reuters)   03 Mar 2006 17:24 GMT
Reuters - Mobile phone operator Orange said on Friday it would roll out Sony Ericsson's new Walkman phones across Europe in a venture that includes a sponsorship deal with pop diva Christina Aguilera.
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Vodafone confirms talks over sale of Japan unit (AFP)   03 Mar 2006 17:21 GMT

AFP - British mobile phone group Vodafone said it was in talks to sell a controlling stake in its Japanese subsidiary, Vodafone KK, to Japanese Internet firm Softbank.

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Testing cell phone radiation on human skin   03 Mar 2006 13:40 GMT
Finland radiation watchdog will study effects of exposure to radiation during hour-long phone calls.
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Google, ABC team for Net, mobile news   03 Mar 2006 13:09 GMT
Live daily webcasts, search rankings and top Google News items among the features of new service.
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Nokia sees mass mobile TV by '08   03 Mar 2006 12:13 GMT
Company predicts customers will be willing to pay an extra $6 to $11 a month for the service.
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Finns to test mobile phone radiation on human skin (Reuters)   03 Mar 2006 11:26 GMT
Reuters - Finland's radiation watchdog is to study the effects of mobile phones on human proteins by direct tests on people's skin, to see if handset transmissions affect their health.
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Music phones to slice into iPod growth (Reuters)   03 Mar 2006 06:06 GMT
Reuters - Perhaps the biggest threat to Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod and the portable music player industry is a device already nestling in a billion pockets: the mobile phone.
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California OKs wireless protection program   03 Mar 2006 05:40 GMT
Public Utilities Commission adopts measures to protect wireless telephone customers from abuses by the phone industry.
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Philly moves forward with Wi-Fi plan   02 Mar 2006 20:50 GMT
The city outlines its planned Wi-Fi project and signs the final contract with EarthLink.
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