Samsung to deploy WiMax in Michigan   10 Apr 2006 11:12 GMT
Samsung Electronics will supply a WiMax network to Arialink for a high-speed mobile broadband service scheduled to launch in Michigan in early 2007, the company said Monday.
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VeriFone buys e-payments company   10 Apr 2006 11:01 GMT
VeriFone Holdings, a U.S. maker of point-of-sale payment terminals, has agreed to buy its Israeli counterpart Lipman Electronic Engineering for around $793 million, in order to gain access to more wireless and IP (Internet Protocol) payment technologies, the companies announced Monday.
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CORRECTED-Operators move swiftly to speed 3G networks (Reuters)   10 Apr 2006 09:48 GMT
Reuters - In April 7 story corrects name of organization in second paragraph and adds relationship between GSA and GSMA in third paragraph.
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IBM claims tighter security with encryption chip for computers, cellphones (Canadian Press)   10 Apr 2006 07:55 GMT
Canadian Press - BOSTON (AP) - In an effort to boost the level of data security on portable computers, cellphones and other gadgets, IBM Corp. is unveiling a method for injecting encryption capabilities into the heart of the machines' circuitry.
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Cell Phone Industry Steps Closer to VoIP (AP)   10 Apr 2006 01:44 GMT

AP - Wojtek Felendzer held a mobile phone to his ear as he walked across the room, the call automatically switching behind the scenes from a Wi-Fi wireless hotspot to the regular cellular network.

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Verizon calling up "O.C." comic (Reuters)   09 Apr 2006 22:33 GMT

Reuters - Fans of Fox's "The O.C." know that young hipster Seth Cohen created his own graphic novel that fictionalizes what goes on with his family and friends. Now Warner Bros. and Fox are teaming with Verizon Wireless to put that comic on mobile phones, extending the intellectual property in a unique way.

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Cell Phone Industry Steps Closer to VoIP (AP)   09 Apr 2006 20:45 GMT

AP - Wojtek Felendzer held a mobile phone to his ear as he walked across the room, the call automatically switching behind the scenes from a Wi-Fi wireless hotspot to the regular cellular network.

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Singer Robbie Williams takes new step into digital music (Reuters)   09 Apr 2006 16:06 GMT

Reuters - A new mobile phone that includes a link into Robbie Williams' Web site and plays his songs is another step in a "digital revolution" that the recording industry must take advantage of, not spurn, his manager said.

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Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - ESPN scores with sports-focused cell (USATODAY.com)   08 Apr 2006 14:02 GMT
USATODAY.com - Talk about the power of mobile marketing. I was getting a haircut the other day when the phone in my pocket rang. The barber at the next chair didn't miss a beat. "What's that, ESPN?" I was testing a cellphone from Sanyo and the unlikeliest of national wireless carriers, ESPN.
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Companies Discuss Plans for Cell Phones (AP)   08 Apr 2006 01:32 GMT

AP - Matsushita and NEC said Friday they are in talks with Texas Instruments Inc., a major maker of computer chips for handsets, about collaborating on next-generation cell phones.

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