Air France to offer onboard mobile phone service   05 Apr 2006 13:53 GMT
Europe aims be the launch pad for the world's first aircraft offering commercial mobile phone service when an Airbus A318 operated by Air France takes off in March.
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Vodafone up on fresh Verizon stake sale talk (Reuters)   05 Apr 2006 12:54 GMT

Reuters - Shares in UK mobile phone giant Vodafone leapt on Wednesday on speculation the firm is about to sell its 45 percent stake in U.S. joint venture Verizon Wireless, dealers said.

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Nokia launches 3 new CDMA handsets (Reuters)   05 Apr 2006 12:42 GMT
Reuters - Mobile phone giant Nokia (NOK1V.HE) unveiled a new GSM/EDGE phone for North America on Wednesday, as well as three new CDMA handsets, adding to its offerings in the Americas where the technology is popular.
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Toshiba, SanDisk Growing Memory-Chip Plant (AP)   05 Apr 2006 11:49 GMT
AP - Toshiba and SanDisk are building a new memory-chip plant in Japan to meet the rapidly growing demand for the storage technology used in portable digital music players and mobile phones, the companies said Wednesday.
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Microsoft to beef up its investment in DRM for mobile   05 Apr 2006 11:21 GMT
With ever more songs, pictures, and video clips being sent over the airwaves to mobile phones, Microsoft plans to beef up its investment in DRM (digital rights management) technologies to help protect copyright material, the company said Wednesday on the opening day of CTIA Wireless 2006 in Las Vegas.
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Yahoo, BlackBerry plan tighter integration   05 Apr 2006 11:17 GMT
Yahoo and Research In Motion are working to extend and enhance the way Yahoo services are delivered to BlackBerry devices, the companies plan to announce Wednesday at the CTIA Wireless 2006 conference in Las Vegas.
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Samsung to sell thinnest cellphone in the U.S (Reuters)   05 Apr 2006 07:11 GMT
Reuters - South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (005930.Ks) said on Wednesday it will sell the slimmest cell phone in the United States, aiming to compete with U.S. market leader Motorola's popular Razr line.
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MSNBC tests ad supported mobile news service (Reuters)   05 Apr 2006 07:06 GMT
Reuters - MSNBC.com, one of the top U.S. news Web sites, said on Wednesday it will test an ad-subsidized news service for cellular phones in a bid to gain a wider audience among mobile phone users.
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Qualcomm Korean unit raided (AFP)   05 Apr 2006 05:51 GMT

AFP - The South Korean unit of Qualcomm, a world leader in mobile phone technology, has been raided by fair trade regulators, the California-based company has said.

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Disney reveals plans for family mobile service (Reuters)   05 Apr 2006 04:37 GMT
Reuters - Walt Disney Co. is set to reveal plans on Wednesday to start selling cellphone services to teenagers and their parents as it hopes to carve a niche in the U.S. market by giving parents the option to take strict control of their children's wireless use.
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