US eBay's PayPal lets mobile phones act as debit cards (AFP)   07 Apr 2006 23:08 GMT

AFP - eBay's online money transfer service PayPal launched a system enabling people to use their mobile telephones as debit cards, the US company's website revealed.

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Sprint nearing decision on 4G   07 Apr 2006 20:26 GMT
Sprint Nextel plans to make its long-awaited decision on a 4G (fourth-generation) mobile communications technology by the end of August and start deploying the system in 2008, Chief Operating Officer Len Lauer said Friday at the CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas.
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NEC to deploy HSDPA for 3 Hong Kong   07 Apr 2006 19:19 GMT
NEC  has won a contract to supply an HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) system for Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd.'s 3G (third-generation) network, the Japanese company said Thursday.
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Satellite navigation finds its way to phones (Reuters)   07 Apr 2006 18:17 GMT

Reuters - It's Friday, 10 p.m. Do you know where your friends are? You could give them a call, but if their mobile phones are equipped with the latest in satellite navigation, you could also go to a Web site such as Mologogo (www.mologogo.com) to find their whereabouts on a map, accurate to within a few yards.

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Carphone to offer free broadband in U.K.   07 Apr 2006 18:06 GMT
Europe's big cell phone retailer expected to announce Britain's first free broadband service next week.
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Texas Instruments, Matsushita, NEC in talks on working together on cellphones (Canadian Press)   07 Apr 2006 17:47 GMT
Canadian Press - TOKYO (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 cellphones.
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NEC, Matsushita, TI eye 3G mobile phone chip venture (AFP)   07 Apr 2006 17:01 GMT

AFP - Japanese electronics makers Matsushita Electric and NEC are in talks with Texas Instruments to create a joint venture to make chips for third-generation mobile telephones.

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Protective parents: Gold for cellular services?   07 Apr 2006 17:00 GMT
Disney's new mobile phone service for kids and their parents highlights an important market for the cell phone industry.
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Amid massive renovation, Nortel eyes spin offs   07 Apr 2006 16:48 GMT
Nortel Networks Corp. will closely examine all of its product categories and consider dropping out or seeking a partnership or joint venture anywhere it doesn't hold or forecast a 20 percent market share or better, President and Chief Executive Officer Mike Zafirovski said Thursday.
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Operators move swiftly to speed 3G networks-survey (Reuters)   07 Apr 2006 16:44 GMT
Reuters - Three quarters of telecoms operators with third-generation (3G) mobile phone networks have agreed to install an upgrade that makes their networks three to five times faster, a survey found on Friday.
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