HTC delivers HSDPA smartphones   29 Sep 2006 14:36 GMT
High Tech Computer, the world's largest maker of smart phones that use Microsoft software, began supplying HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) smart phones to Softbank in Japan on Thursday.
Source: InfoWorld

Apple, mobile operators answer musicians' royalty call   29 Sep 2006 14:32 GMT
Companies agree on minimum royalty rates to song writers, music publishers for digital downloads in United Kingdom.
Source: ZDNet

Intel's Ultra Mobile PC Gets 3G Capability (PC World)   29 Sep 2006 14:00 GMT
PC World - Sierra will provide modules that add 3G wireless telecom functions to a new Intel UMPC platform.
Source: Yahoo

Sierra adds 3G to Intel's UMPC platform   29 Sep 2006 13:13 GMT
Sierra Wireless will provide embedded wide-area wireless modules to a new Intel ultra mobile PC (UMPC) platform that enabling devices to hook up to 3G (third generation) wireless telecommunications, creating a new way to use a UMPC.
Source: InfoWorld

IBM gets into karaoke   29 Sep 2006 12:09 GMT
Forget Web service orchestration: IBM is getting into something a lot more fun. The company has worked with Japanese karaoke equipment maker Xing to develop a new type of wireless karaoke controller.
Source: InfoWorld

BenQ German mobile phone subsidiary files for insolvency (AFP)   29 Sep 2006 10:37 GMT

AFP - The German mobile phone arm of Taiwanese group BenQ has filed for insolvency as unions and politicians protested at the company's treatment of 3,000 employees who are set to lose their jobs.

Source: Yahoo

Japanese Coke machines to accept cellphone credit payment (AFP)   29 Sep 2006 10:13 GMT

AFP - US soft-drink giant Coca-Cola has said it will equip its vending machines in Japan to accept credit payment through mobile telephones, an increasingly popular money option in the country.

Source: Yahoo

IT conspiracy theories   29 Sep 2006 10:00 GMT
I’ve never been big on conspiracy theories. i don’t believe the FBI bumped off JFK, or that the Trilateral Commission was running the world. Was the voting in Florida rigged? Probably not. Crop Circles? I’m doubtful about aliens, although a recent rerun of Men in Black was somewhat convincing.
Source: InfoWorld

Boston Communications says to restate some past results (Reuters)   28 Sep 2006 20:44 GMT
Reuters - Boston Communications Group Inc. , which sells billing systems to mobile phone companies, said on Thursday it would restate certain past financial results to reflect charges for stock-based compensation costs.
Source: Yahoo

Nortel says fiber-optic demand edging up   28 Sep 2006 19:30 GMT
More Internet traffic, new broadband and mobile services, eating up bandwidth, creating need for optical gear.
Source: ZDNet