Other cable firms eye Sprint venture: Sprint CEO (Reuters)   10 Apr 2006 22:48 GMT

Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. , the No. 3 U.S. wireless operator, said on Monday more cable television companies have expressed interest in joining its joint venture to combine cable TV and mobile phone services.

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China's ZTE gets scrappy in U.S. telecom market   10 Apr 2006 21:12 GMT
ZTE is one of China's biggest telecommunications equipment vendors, but for its debut in the U.S. it's playing the underdog.
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Coming to Britain: first cellphone-only music single (AFP)   10 Apr 2006 20:37 GMT

AFP - "Stop Me" by the Anglo-Italian dance group Planet Funk is to make a bit of music history when it becomes the first single in Britain to be distributed solely by mobile phone.

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Cable boosts Cogeco Inc. quarterly revenue up 6.5% to $177.4M, net $2.7M (Canadian Press)   10 Apr 2006 20:37 GMT
Canadian Press - MONTREAL (CP) - Cogeco Cable Inc. has put on hold indefinitely its plan to add a cellular phone to its customer offerings, the CEO said Monday.
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Sprint Nextel, cable to test cell service   10 Apr 2006 19:08 GMT
Sprint Nextel, four cable operators to begin pilot program for cell phone service integrated with cable services.
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Six shows created specifically for broadband up for Emmys (Canadian Press)   10 Apr 2006 18:10 GMT
Canadian Press - (AP) - TV programming created especially for cellphones, handheld computers and the Internet has officially arrived as its own medium. Six broadband-specific shows have been nominated in a new category of the Emmy Awards to be given out later this month.
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Authorities Threaten Swisscom With Fine (AP)   10 Apr 2006 17:46 GMT
AP - Swiss authorities have threatened to fine telecommunications company Swisscom AG 489 million Swiss francs ($376 million) for allegedly overcharging mobile phone customers who receive calls originating from other phone networks, the company said Monday.
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Band will make mobile-only single   10 Apr 2006 16:30 GMT
"Stop Me," by Planet Funk, will be released May 8 and available only for download on cell phones.
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India phone subscribers surge by 41 million in 2005-06 (AFP)   10 Apr 2006 15:16 GMT

AFP - India added 41 million new phone subscribers, most of them mobile phone users, in the year ended March 2006 bringing the total to 139.6 million, the government said.

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Service offers offline browsing for laptops and PDAs   10 Apr 2006 11:40 GMT
A Seattle company introduced a new service on Monday that allows people with laptops or handheld computers to surf through a range of Web content while they are offline.
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