Offshoring cited in Florida data leak   24 Mar 2006 22:51 GMT
Florida state employees are being warned that their personal information may have been compromised after work on the state's People First payroll and human resources system was improperly subcontracted to a company in India.
Source: InfoWorld

EU to act on cost of cellphones abroad (FT.com)   24 Mar 2006 21:45 GMT
FT.com - European Union leaders on Friday backed plans to force mobile telephone companies to cut the cost of using mobiles abroad.
Source: Yahoo

Fans put satellite radio on cellphones, draws fire (Reuters)   24 Mar 2006 20:45 GMT

Reuters - Fans of U.S. satellite radio have been waiting eagerly for nearly a year to get XM or Sirius on to their cell phones.

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EU Leaders Call for Lower Roaming Charges (AP)   24 Mar 2006 17:15 GMT
AP - European Union leaders called Friday for mobile phone companies to reduce or eliminate fees for travelers who want to ring home from abroad, saying some of the so-called roaming charges are excessive.
Source: Yahoo

Palm profit rises on strong Treo sales   24 Mar 2006 14:48 GMT
Earnings per share and forecast for current quarter top Wall Street estimates.
Source: ZDNet

Alcatel, Lucent in $34 billion merger talks   24 Mar 2006 13:34 GMT
The telcos broke off negotiations in 2001, when Lucent balked at Alcatel dominance, but they're back at it.
Source: ZDNet

Qwest ex-CEO, ex-CFO try to block settlement   24 Mar 2006 13:32 GMT
Nacchio, Woodruff claim deal "smacks of unlawful, collusive self-dealing" between Qwest and shareholder plaintiffs.
Source: ZDNet

Motorola sets up wireless R&D center in China   24 Mar 2006 12:12 GMT
Motorola has expanded its network of research and development (R&D) centers in China with the opening of a new facility in Hangzhou, the company said Friday.
Source: InfoWorld

Broadband giants say Net neutrality fears misguided   24 Mar 2006 12:00 GMT
Verizon, AT&T offer special pipes to businesses to link offices. The new idea extends that concept to content delivery, they say.
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Source: ZDNet

Intel Inside for cell phones--sort of   23 Mar 2006 23:35 GMT
Some Asian cell phone makers are putting Intel badges on their phones, showing the handsets run on the company's chips.
Source: ZDNet