Nokia to unveil new multimedia phones Tues -sources (Reuters)   21 Apr 2006 16:57 GMT

Reuters - The world's largest cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) will unveil new multimedia phone models, including an N73 camera phone, at an event in Berlin next week, sources close to the company told Reuters.

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Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - Where's Junior? The phone knows (USATODAY.com)   21 Apr 2006 16:47 GMT
USATODAY.com - Thirty-eight football fields! That's about as close as I got to "pinpointing" my wife and daughter's whereabouts the other day during one attempt to find them via the cellphone in my spouse's purse. I was testing the Sprint Family Locator by WaveMarket, an LBS, or location-based service, launched by Sprint Nextel.
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French operator to offer roaming Wi-Fi telephony   21 Apr 2006 16:39 GMT
In a move that could be replicated elsewhere, French telecommunications operator Iliad will soon allow its subscribers to make free wireless VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) calls over their own and other people's phone lines.
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RadioShack Q1 profit drops 85% on weak cellphone sales, writedown (Canadian Press)   21 Apr 2006 15:09 GMT
Canadian Press - FORT WORTH, Tex. (AP) - RadioShack Corp. (NYSE:RSH) said Friday its first-quarter profit plummeted 85 per cent on dissappointing sales of cellular phones and a writedown of the electronics retailer's assets and inventory. Its shares fell nearly three per cent.
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RadioShack Profit Plunges; Shares Fall (AP)   21 Apr 2006 14:04 GMT

AP - RadioShack Corp. said Friday its first-quarter profit plummeted 85 percent on dissappointing sales of cellular phones and a write-down of the electronics retailer's assets and inventory. Its shares fell nearly 3 percent.

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RadioShack Q1 profit falls 85 pct (Reuters)   21 Apr 2006 11:30 GMT

Reuters - RadioShack Corp. on Friday reported an 85 percent drop in quarterly profits, hurt by weaker-than-expected mobile phone sales and inventory write-downs.

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Alltel cell plan offers free calls to 10 numbers (USATODAY.com)   21 Apr 2006 11:22 GMT
USATODAY.com - Alltel, the No. 5 wireless carrier, plans to shake up traditional cellphone billing by offering an alternative for customers who exceed their monthly allotment of minutes. Alltel subscribers who sign up for rate plans costing $59.95 or more a month can make unlimited free calls to any 10 phone numbers.
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Ericsson Q1 pretax profit below consensus (Reuters)   21 Apr 2006 05:52 GMT
Reuters - Ericsson, the world's largest supplier of mobile phone network equipment, reported a first quarter pretax profit and profit margins which were below expectations on Friday.
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Nikkei up on earnings hopes, Sony gains (Reuters)   21 Apr 2006 05:34 GMT
Reuters - The Nikkei average rose 0.72 percent on Friday as hopes for strong earnings lifted Sony Corp. (6758.T) and other blue-chip shares, while Kyocera Corp. (6971.T) and cellphone-related shares rang up gains on growing demand.
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One billion cell phones to ship this year   20 Apr 2006 20:51 GMT
Worldwide shipments of cell phones grew 31 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier and will reach 1 billion this year, says a report Thursday by research company Strategy Analytics.
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