NTT DoCoMo profits fall on 3G subsidies   27 Oct 2006 12:54 GMT
NTT DoCoMo saw profits fall in the first six months of the current financial year due in part to increased handset subsidies as more customers switched to its 3G network.
Source: InfoWorld

Acer readies small PCs and a smart phone   27 Oct 2006 12:26 GMT
Acer is betting users will want to buy smaller desktop PCs this year and next, a boon for a company already specializing in laptops. The company also said it plans to launch a smart phone by the end of this year or early next.
Source: InfoWorld

Intel to close Cambridge research lab   27 Oct 2006 12:12 GMT
Intel will close its lab at Cambridge University in December, researchers learned on Wednesday.
Source: InfoWorld

Report: Cellphone-only crowd growing, not yet a problem for pollsters (Canadian Press)   27 Oct 2006 12:06 GMT
Canadian Press - WASHINGTON (AP) - The cellphone-only crowd is not yet large enough and their views not different enough to affect the accuracy of traditional political polling, a new study suggests.
Source: Yahoo

FON brings Wi-Fi to the people of San Francisco   27 Oct 2006 11:00 GMT
Spanish start-up will give away Wi-Fi routers to spur the creation of its grass-roots Wi-Fi network in San Francisco.
Source: ZDNet

Japan's NTT DoCoMo profits slide on intense competition (AFP)   27 Oct 2006 09:50 GMT

AFP - NTT DoCoMo has warned that increasingly cut-throat competition in Japan's cellphone market would leave a big dent in its profits this year as its first-half earnings slumped almost 20 percent.

Source: Yahoo

Report: Motorola interested in buying Sagem   26 Oct 2006 16:42 GMT
Safran Group on Thursday said it was pleased to hear that No. 2 phone maker Motorola may be interested in buying Safran's mobile handset arm.
Source: InfoWorld

Orange to sell 3G ExpressCard   26 Oct 2006 13:23 GMT
Mobile operator Orange is bringing faster wireless data access to owners of the latest laptops, with a new 3G modem card that fits in an ExpressCard slot.
Source: InfoWorld

AT&T unveils video home monitoring service   26 Oct 2006 12:30 GMT
Text alerts, real-time video feeds to cell phones or computers let you know if basement's flooded, intruders lurk.
Source: ZDNet

Cisco acquires Orative for $31 million   26 Oct 2006 11:16 GMT
Cisco Systems continued its buying spree by announcing Thursday it will acquire privately held mobile telephony software company Orative for $31 million in cash.
Source: InfoWorld