LG Elec profit seen up on screens (Reuters)   18 Apr 2006 03:44 GMT
Reuters - LG Electronics Inc. (066570.KS) is likely to report a 66 percent jump in quarterly profit on Wednesday, helped by a turnaround in its display business, but earnings will be overshadowed by paper-thin margins on mobile phones.
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TV competition could save consumers big bucks   17 Apr 2006 23:09 GMT
California consumers could save as much as $1 billion annually on TV service when phone companies are allowed to compete, says study.
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Trapeze does WLAN-to-cell convergence   17 Apr 2006 21:27 GMT
Enterprise wireless LAN vendor Trapeze Networks  has teamed up with a mobility appliance startup to demonstrate handoffs between cellular and Wi-Fi networks, the company said Monday.
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Mobile phones Swiss knives of digital age-Vivendi (Reuters)   17 Apr 2006 18:56 GMT
Reuters - Mobile phones are the Swiss knives of the digital age, but French regulators are holding back functions such as television, the head of Vivendi Universal was quoted as saying on Monday.
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Salesforce.com buys Sendia and goes mobile   17 Apr 2006 10:00 GMT
The long-heralded promise of wireless access to enterprise applications got a boost last week when Salesforce.com announced the acquisition of wireless infrastructure provider Sendia and the launch of AppExchange Mobile using Sendia’s technology.
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Samsung Q1 profits drop 25% on won strength (FT.com)   16 Apr 2006 18:55 GMT
FT.com - Operating profit at South Korea's Samsung Electronics slumped 25 per cent in the first quarter, due to falling prices of memory chips and mobile phones and a stronger local currency.However, company executives were cautiously optimistic about the second quarter, predicting that its mainstay semiconductor and flat-screen businesses would reach an inflection point in the current quarter."Sometime during the quarter, we will see strong signs of a turnaround in our major businesses such as Nand flash and LCD," said Chu Woo-sik, head of investor relations. ...
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Sprint Helps Parents Keep Tabs on Kids (NewsFactor)   14 Apr 2006 16:50 GMT
NewsFactor - Anxious parents looking for kids who are late coming home from school or who might have overstayed their visit to the mall can now pinpoint the location of those wayward children via mobile phone.
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Softbank to drop Vodafone brand in Japan (AFP)   14 Apr 2006 15:46 GMT

AFP - Japanese Internet conglomerate Softbank said it planned to drop the Vodafone brand in Japan after buying the British cellphone giant's struggling local operations.

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Sprint Helps Parents Keep Tabs on Kids (PC World)   14 Apr 2006 13:00 GMT
PC World - Mobile phone service allows parents to track their children with the help of GPS technology.
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Taiwan mandates phone, disc recycling   14 Apr 2006 11:50 GMT
Starting next Monday, people in Taiwan who fail to recycle mobile phones or optical discs, including CDs and DVDs, may face fines of up to NT$6,000 (US$184), an official at the island's Environmental Protection Administration said.
Source: InfoWorld