Zimbra's Web-based platform takes aim at conventional e-mail   15 May 2006 10:00 GMT
Managing a high-volume e-mail system using traditional tools can be a demanding and costly task. That’s why Zimbra wants to rewrite the book on enterprise messaging. “It’s a clean-slate view of the world,” says CEO Satish Dharmaraj.
Source: InfoWorld

Tech startups to watch   15 May 2006 10:00 GMT
Startups are back! or at least, startup fever is back. Scan the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and you won’t find any hockey sticks -- the level of investment in enterprise-related technology startups has actually remained fairly flat, hovering between $1.5 and $2.3 billion per quarter from 2003 through 2005.
Source: InfoWorld

Verizon to buy Vodafone stake for $48 bln-newspaper (Reuters)   13 May 2006 23:23 GMT

Reuters - Mobile phone group Vodafone could sell its stake in its joint venture with Verizon Communications for about $48 billion (25 billion pounds) before the end of the month, according to the Observer newspaper.

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Softbank, Apple to jointly develop iPod cell phones: report (AFP)   13 May 2006 19:37 GMT

AFP - Softbank, the fast-growing Japanese Internet and telecommunications group, will work with Apple Computer to jointly develop mobile phones that have iPod music players functions, a report said.

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Softbank, Apple to jointly develop iPod cell phones: report (AFP)   13 May 2006 03:58 GMT

AFP - Softbank, the fast-growing Japanese Internet and telecommunications group, will work with Apple Computer to jointly develop mobile phones that have iPod music players functions, a report has said.

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Nokia to offer Google Talk on Web tablet-sources (Reuters)   13 May 2006 01:04 GMT
Reuters - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, will unveil on Tuesday a new version of its Internet tablet device that runs Google Talk communications software, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday.
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Telecom firms distance themselves from NSA flap   12 May 2006 22:20 GMT
As political outcry over Bush administration data mining grows, phone companies go out of their way to say they weren't involved.
Source: ZDNet

Apple, Softbank plan iPod mobile phones--Nikkei (Reuters)   12 May 2006 19:44 GMT
Reuters - Japanese Web and telecom conglomerate Softbank Corp. (9984.T) is working with Apple Computer Inc. to develop mobile telephones with built-in iPod music players, Nikkei reported on Friday.
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O2 reveals fixed-line ambitions (FT.com)   12 May 2006 19:00 GMT
FT.com - O2, the UK mobile phone operator owned by Telefonica (NYSE:TEF)of Spain, is set to enter the fiercely competitive broadband market and offer high-speed internet access to its customers before the end of the year.
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Speedus sues Verizon Wireless over patents   12 May 2006 17:04 GMT
Company says suit is related patents on wireless broadband transmission technology that it owns through a subsidiary.
Source: ZDNet