NEC Corp profit plunges on lower sales of mobiles, microchips (AFP)   11 May 2006 07:18 GMT

AFP - Japanese electronics giant NEC Corp on Thursday said its net profit in the year to March shrank to less than one-sixth of the previous year's level as cellphones and semiconductor sales fell.

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NEC profit drops 84 percent, sees recovery (Reuters)   11 May 2006 06:36 GMT

Reuters - Japan's NEC Corp. posted an 84 percent fall in annual profit on Thursday, hurt by its struggling mobile phone and chip operations, but it forecast a recovery this year.

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D.Telekom raises year mobile sales forecast (Reuters)   11 May 2006 06:16 GMT

Reuters - Deutsche Telekom reported a 2.7 percent rise in first-quarter core earnings on Thursday, in line with forecasts and with a strong performance by its mobile phone unit once again helping to boost overall results.

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New boss named at Linksys   11 May 2006 04:00 GMT
Cisco taps former CEO of Polaroid as the leader of Linksys, its home networking and consumer electronics division.
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Samsung Expects a Stronger Second Half (AP)   11 May 2006 03:02 GMT
AP - Samsung Electronics Co., a leading global technology manufacturer, said Thursday it expects stronger performance in the second half of 2006 led by improving profit margins for memory chips, liquid crystal displays and mobile phone handsets.
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DoCoMo plans music download service in June-paper (Reuters)   11 May 2006 00:04 GMT
Reuters - NTT DoCoMo Inc. (9437.T), Japan's largest mobile phone operator, plans to launch a music download service as early as June to compete with rival KDDI Corp.'s (9433.T) popular version, the Nihon Keizai business daily reported on Thursday. The paper said DoCoMo will offer thousands of songs for about 300 yen ($2.70) each, similar to the price offered by KDDI's "au" mobile unit.
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Super Pac-Man revived for mobile phones (AFP)   10 May 2006 22:17 GMT

AFP - The vintage video arcade game Super Pac-Man was revived for play on Sprint mobile telephones as computer game makers showed off their latest wares at the industry's largest trade show.

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YouTube Allows Video Sharing From Devices (AP)   10 May 2006 20:29 GMT
AP - You can now bypass your computer completely to share your video with the world. YouTube Inc., one of the Internet's leading video-sharing sites, is accepting clips directly from mobile phones and personal digital assistants with built-in video capabilities.
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Sony Electronics president sees tight component demand (Reuters)   10 May 2006 13:52 GMT
Reuters - Sony Electronics is seeing the supply of electronic components tightening up with accelerated sales of mobile phones and other devices, its president said on Wednesday.
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Time Warner Cable considers wireless bid   10 May 2006 13:46 GMT
Plans to file short-form registration with FCC will allow company the option of bidding for wireless spectrum.
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