Vodafone in drive for organic growth (FT.com)   28 May 2006 21:05 GMT
FT.com - Vodafone, the mobile phone group, is set to signal on Tuesday that it plans to improve revenue growth by extracting better performance from existing assets rather than embarking on another acquisition spree.
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TI eyes video to drive semiconductor sales (AP)   28 May 2006 18:50 GMT
AP - Chip-maker Texas Instruments Inc. has ridden the wireless wave since the dawn of the cellular age, with its sales and profits growing along with the popularity of games, cameras and other fancy mobile phone features that require more computing horsepower.
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Vodafone could cut 6,000 jobs (AFP)   28 May 2006 16:43 GMT

AFP - Mobile phone giant Vodafone will this week disclose details of a cost-cutting program that could lead to its axing 6,000 jobs from its workforce worldwide, a newspaper said.

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Some cell phone owners spurn gadgetry (AP)   28 May 2006 02:37 GMT

AP - Nathan Bales represents a troubling trend for cellular phone carriers. The Kansas City-area countertop installer recently traded in a number of feature-laden phones for a stripped-down model. He said he didn't like using them to surf the Internet, rarely took pictures with them and couldn't stand scrolling through seemingly endless menus to get the functions to work.

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Some cell phone owners spurn gadgetry (AP)   27 May 2006 21:14 GMT

AP - Nathan Bales represents a troubling trend for cellular phone carriers. The Kansas City-area countertop installer recently traded in a number of feature-laden phones for a stripped-down model. He said he didn't like using them to surf the Internet, rarely took pictures with them and couldn't stand scrolling through seemingly endless menus to get the functions to work.

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Brief: Cambodian PM Bans 3G Phones In Anti-Porn Drive (TechWeb)   26 May 2006 23:13 GMT
TechWeb - Prime Minister Hun Sen acted after receiving a complaint from his wife and her friends about receiving pornography. "We can wait 10 more years until we have managed to improve morality in society," he said.
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'Made in India' phones set to tap global markets   26 May 2006 20:12 GMT
India's handset manufacturing and exports are on the rise as cell phone companies race to meet demand.
Source: ZDNet

Security scores big at World Cup   26 May 2006 16:47 GMT
Germany is anxious about next month's World Cup soccer tournament -- in both senses of the word.
Source: InfoWorld

Earthlink approved for New Orleans Wi-Fi   26 May 2006 16:37 GMT
Earthlink got the go-ahead Friday from the New Orleans City Council for a contentious plan to build a Wi-Fi network much like the one currently offering free services to residents, some of whom still have no regular telephone service, in the hurricane-ravaged city.
Source: InfoWorld

Cambodia PM bans 3G mobile phone service (AP)   26 May 2006 15:50 GMT
AP - Heeding a request from his wife, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday banned the latest generation of mobile phone services in Cambodia to curb the dissemination of pornography.
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