Helio inks Yahoo deal for easier mobile Web use (Reuters)   13 Apr 2006 06:00 GMT
Reuters - Helio LLC, the mobile venture of SK Telecom and EarthLink Inc., said on Thursday it agreed to put a link to Yahoo Inc.'s Web search engine directly on its cellphone screens to make it easier to surf the Web on its devices.
Source: Yahoo

Qualcomm chipset could triple cellular data speeds   12 Apr 2006 21:10 GMT
New Qualcomm chipsets could triple mobile devices' wireless bandwidth next year.
Source: InfoWorld

Critics hit SF Wi-Fi plan on privacy, interference   12 Apr 2006 20:16 GMT
San Francisco's choice of Google and EarthLink to build a citywide Wi-Fi network is likely to interfere with some residents' privacy and many Wi-Fi users' radio signals, critics of the plan said this week.
Source: InfoWorld

FCC sets rules for next-generation wireless bids   12 Apr 2006 18:38 GMT
Regulators say secret bids will be permitted in wireless auction for mobile services that is expected to raise up to $15 billion.
Source: ZDNet

CRTC rules that mobile TV programming should be exempt from regulation (Canadian Press)   12 Apr 2006 16:22 GMT
Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Television programming made available through cellphones and other wireless handsets should be exempt from regulation, Canada's communications regulator says.
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Intrinsyc Software Q2 loss widens to $4.5M despite revenue up 15% (Canadian Press)   12 Apr 2006 14:25 GMT
Canadian Press - VANCOUVER, B.C. (CP) - Intrinsyc Software International Inc. (TSX:ICS) widened its second-quarter loss to $4.5 million from a year-ago $763,218 despite a 15 per cent rise in revenues as research and development expenditures on its Soleus mobile phone platform increased.
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Pricey phones do well even in developing markets   12 Apr 2006 13:05 GMT
Nokia's announcement that the average selling price of its phones has been higher than expected could indicate that people in developing countries don't want only the cheapest phones after all, an expert said.
Source: InfoWorld

Iceland captures broadband usage title   12 Apr 2006 12:13 GMT
The North Atlantic nation edges out a heavily wired South Korea; U.S. penetration nears 50 million subscribers.
Source: ZDNet

BlackBerry, meet China's RedBerry   12 Apr 2006 12:05 GMT
China United Telecommunications (China Unicom), the country's second-largest mobile operator, has introduced a push e-mail service with a name that closely echoes Research In Motion's (RIM's) popular BlackBerry service.
Source: InfoWorld

RIM to launch BlackBerry in China by midyear   12 Apr 2006 11:48 GMT
Company, in talks with China Mobile, aims to exploit growth potential in world's largest telecommunications market.
Source: ZDNet