Vodafone unveils LG, broadband phones in Xmas range (Reuters)   25 Oct 2006 14:00 GMT
Reuters - Britain's Vodafone Group on Monday unveiled its line-up of 24 3G handsets ahead of the key Christmas season, including phones that allow web access at broadband speeds and its first ever devices sourced from South Korea's LG Electronics.
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LG inks deal to enhance optics in its cell phones   25 Oct 2006 12:44 GMT
LG Electronics signed a deal Wednesday with German lens maker Jos. Schneider Optische Werke (Schneider-Kreuznach) under which the two companies will collaborate on optics for the cameras in cell phones.
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3G for mobile broadband? Think again   25 Oct 2006 12:29 GMT
The GSMA, an industry group comprised of mobile operators, wants to see 3G (third-generation) cellular technologies used for wireless broadband in notebook PCs, but operators will have to change their way of doing business to make that happen.
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Softbank aims to be Japan's top cellphone operator within decade (AFP)   25 Oct 2006 11:44 GMT

AFP - Japanese Internet and telecoms company Softbank Corp. aims to be the country's largest cellphone operator within the next decade, its president Masayoshi Son said in an interview.

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BenQ Mobile bankruptcy forces Infineon layoffs   25 Oct 2006 11:26 GMT
The insolvency of German handset maker BenQ Mobile continues to reverberate in the mobile phone sector. On Tuesday, chip maker Infineon Technologies said it will lay off workers and take hundreds of millions of dollars in charges after losing BenQ Mobile as a customer.
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Update: T-Mobile merges Wi-Fi, cellular   25 Oct 2006 11:03 GMT
T-Mobile USA is tapping into home broadband to give cellular customers a better deal.
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T-Mobile callers can go from cell to Wi-Fi, only in Seattle   25 Oct 2006 00:24 GMT
New service allows consumers to conserve their cell phone minutes while within some hot spots.
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Groups call for net neutrality rules in AT&T merger   24 Oct 2006 20:39 GMT
Supporters of a net neutrality law, led by the It's Our Net coalition, have asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to prohibit AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. from discriminating against some Internet traffic in exchange for the agency's blessing on the two telecommunication giants' proposed merger.
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T-Mobile merges Wi-Fi, cellular   24 Oct 2006 19:38 GMT
T-Mobile is tapping into home broadband to give its U.S. cellular customers a better deal.
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Report: Many U.S. Consumers Have 3G, But Don't Use It (TechWeb)   24 Oct 2006 19:12 GMT
TechWeb - U.S. consumers with 3G mobile phones have advanced technology, but rarely use it, a survey says.
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