EU to weigh scrapping roaming charges: Ireland (Reuters)   23 Mar 2006 21:59 GMT
Reuters - European Union leaders are to consider calling for the reduction or scrapping of mobile phone roaming charges in a summit statement on Friday, an Irish government spokesman said on Thursday.
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F-Secure helps Orange with mobile antivirus   23 Mar 2006 17:17 GMT
F-Secure said Thursday its Mobile Antivirus software is now available for some devices in Switzerland through operator Orange.
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South Africa's MTN to launch cellphone network in Iran (AFP)   23 Mar 2006 14:03 GMT

AFP - South Africa's MTN, the continent's largest cellphone firm, said it would launch a second network in Iran in August, reaching 31 million subscribers by 2015.

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Hong Kong's Hutchison Whampoa profit beats forecast (AFP)   23 Mar 2006 13:50 GMT

AFP - Hutchison Whampoa, the ports-to-telecoms conglomerate controlled by Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing, reported an 11 percent rise in 2005 net profit with exceptional gains offsetting losses from its third-generation (3G) business.

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PayPal to offer new mobile services   23 Mar 2006 12:14 GMT
PayPal, the online payment company owned by eBay, appears to be gearing up to let customers send money or order and pay for products by text message from a mobile phone.
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It's official: China has 400 million mobile subscribers   23 Mar 2006 11:48 GMT
The number of Chinese mobile subscriptions reached 404 million at the end of February, according to statistics released Wednesday by China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII).
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Send $$$: PayPal to offer paying by text message   23 Mar 2006 07:01 GMT
Service, known as PayPal Mobile, marks big step in bridging e-commerce and the physical world.
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PayPal offers text message payment service (Reuters)   23 Mar 2006 04:55 GMT
Reuters - Online payment company PayPal is preparing to offer a service for consumers to make purchases or money transfers using simple text messaging via mobile phones, the company said on Wednesday.
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EBay plans service to make payments using cellphones (Canadian Press)   23 Mar 2006 02:51 GMT
Canadian Press - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Paypal, the online payment service owned by EBay Inc., has begun testing a new offering to allow people to make and receive payments using cellphones and other mobile devices.
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Yahoo calls on customers to try its new phone service (USATODAY.com)   22 Mar 2006 18:49 GMT
USATODAY.com - Internet giant Yahoo Tuesday launched a new way to get a local telephone number for just $2.99 a month. The calls have to be initiated from a PC, but can be made to traditional landline phones and cellphones. Yahoo customers can receive calls from those phones, as well.
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