City Wi-Fi coverage put to the test   23 Oct 2006 23:46 GMT
A consulting company for municipal broadband will now come in after wireless networks are built and test them, block by block.
Source: InfoWorld

Texas Instruments 3Q profit rises, but warns of order slowdown (Canadian Press)   23 Oct 2006 21:32 GMT
Canadian Press - DALLAS (AP) - Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE:TXN), which makes chips for mobile phones, said Monday that profit rose slightly in the third quarter, but it warned that orders declined and fourth-quarter semiconductor growth will be below the seasonal average.
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China Mobile on track to reach 300M users by year end   23 Oct 2006 14:01 GMT
China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone service provider, is on track to reach 300 million subscribers by the end of this year, as long as it maintains its current growth rate.
Source: InfoWorld

Nokia gets second chance to stop Qualcomm   23 Oct 2006 12:47 GMT
A U.S. court gave Nokia got another chance Friday to hold off one of Qualcomm's patent infringement lawsuits.
Source: InfoWorld

O2 complains about roaming charge probe   23 Oct 2006 12:31 GMT
The European Union's ombudsman has opened an investigation into claims by British mobile phone company O2 that the European Commission denied it its rights of defense in an ongoing investigation into roaming charges, the ombudsman said Monday.
Source: InfoWorld

AT&T profit tops views (Reuters)   23 Oct 2006 12:12 GMT

Reuters - AT&T Inc. said on Monday its third-quarter profit rose more than expected, helped by growth in its Internet and mobile phone services as well as merger-related cost cuts.

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Can Cisco be a video star?   23 Oct 2006 11:00 GMT
Company execs say push into videoconferencing pivotal to Cisco's future, but analysts are skeptical.
Source: ZDNet

Motorola readies WiMax devices   23 Oct 2006 10:00 GMT
Motorola used the WiMax World USA event in Boston late last month to unveil one of the first WiMax CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) products and to demonstrate the handoff capability of mobile WiMax using WiMax APs (access points).  
Source: InfoWorld

Text messaging still king in mobile phone world (AFP)   22 Oct 2006 20:52 GMT

AFP - Text messaging remains the most dominant mode of mobile data communication, as high costs and cumbersome procedures keep customers from fully embracing fancier applications, industry players say.

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Microsoft sees fast growth in Windows phones: report (Reuters)   22 Oct 2006 14:44 GMT
Reuters - Microsoft aims to double the number of mobile phones running its Windows software this year from 6 million at the end of 2005 and to keep up this rate of growth in coming years, a Microsoft executive said.
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