Carriers' Pockets Jingle To The Sound Of Music (TechWeb)   29 Mar 2006 00:04 GMT
TechWeb - All those tunes you've been hearing coming from mobile devices has been music to the ears of carriers, and growth in music downloaded to mobile phones is expected to continue.
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Sprint eyes mobile music subscriptions (Reuters)   28 Mar 2006 23:28 GMT
Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to boost its mobile music business this year with a new subscription scheme for downloading songs onto cellphones, and expand its partnership with Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., a top executive said on Tuesday.
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Comcast matches Verizon Fios speeds   28 Mar 2006 23:04 GMT
The cable operator doubles download speeds of its fastest broadband service in four cities.
Source: ZDNet

Analysts: Apple's Next Move Likely To Be an iPod Phone (NewsFactor)   28 Mar 2006 21:45 GMT
NewsFactor - As Apple prepares to head into its 30th year, analysts and fans alike are predicting that the company's next move will be to introduce an iPhone, a handset that would offer mobile-phone capabilities plus all of the functionality associated with the iPod.
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Bluetooth SIG sides with Wi-Media Alliance   28 Mar 2006 19:33 GMT
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has picked sides in the battle between two competing UWB (Ultra Wideband) short-range, high-speed wireless technologies, choosing the Wi-Media Alliance's MB-OFDM (multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing).
Source: InfoWorld

AT&T cries foul over ads   28 Mar 2006 19:22 GMT
The phone company accuses cable operators of suppressing free speech by not airing its ads for national video franchises.
Source: ZDNet

NTT DoCoMo's Side Bet (The Motley Fool)   28 Mar 2006 18:45 GMT
The Motley Fool - Imagine for a moment that Verizon Wireless (co-owned by Verizon (NYSE: VZ - News) and Vodafone (NYSE: VOD - News)) purchased a stake in a convenience store chain. Sounds a bit crazy, right? What on earth could a mobile-phone operator want with a convenience store?
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Start-up promises cheaper wireless VoIP   28 Mar 2006 15:20 GMT
xMax will be in wireless Net phone handsets by year's end, but access locations and other details still being worked out.
Source: ZDNet

EU to Tackle Cost of Cell Phone Use Abroad (AP)   28 Mar 2006 13:46 GMT
AP - The EU said Tuesday it will force mobile-phone companies to scrap the "unjustified" high costs of using mobile phones abroad after they failed to cut prices over the past six months.
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EC launches bid to slash mobile roaming charges   28 Mar 2006 13:41 GMT
The European Commission announced on Tuesday that it would present draft regulation by the middle of the year aimed at cutting mobile phone roaming charges in Europe by more than half.
Source: InfoWorld