Emirates to offer in-flight mobile phone service   10 Nov 2006 16:38 GMT
As one group abandons its in-flight Wi-Fi Internet access, another hopes to be more successful with an on-board mobile phone service for air passengers.
Source: InfoWorld

Vodafone's IT cost-cutting on track   10 Nov 2006 16:18 GMT
Data center consolidation across continental Europe is complete as part of plan to slash $190 million annually.
Source: ZDNet

Mobile subscribers to reach 2.6B this year   10 Nov 2006 15:43 GMT
The number of mobile phone subscribers worldwide will rise to 2.6 billion this year and 4 billion by 2010, thanks to the development of ultra-low-cost handsets, market researcher iSuppli says.
Source: InfoWorld

Spears text messages divorce plan to hubby   10 Nov 2006 04:05 GMT
Kevin Federline joins a growing club of spurned lovers who have been ditched by text message.
Source: ZDNet

Delhi shopkeepers battle with the wreckage crews (FT.com)   10 Nov 2006 02:40 GMT
FT.com - In the upmarket shopping area of South Extension, store-owners on Thursday scanned the streets nervously for demolition trucks. A Hutch mobile phone store in a basement has had its concrete roof pushed in by bulldozers; a poster in the window of UTI Securities says the brokerage has been "closed temporarily on the orders of the Supreme Court". Television cameras await the wrecking crews at Ebony, a four-storey department store that sells jeans and western clothing to Delhi's cash-flush teenagers.
Source: Yahoo

Intel drafts privacy license for mobile device software   09 Nov 2006 21:42 GMT
Intel Corp. has attached a privacy license to its new location-aware software product, intended to protect cell phone users’ personal information as mobile devices increasingly rely on tracking technology to provide targeted services.
Source: InfoWorld

Yahoo, Linksys unveil VOIP/cordless phone   09 Nov 2006 20:06 GMT
Yahoo Inc.'s instant messaging system already lets consumers talk into their PCs; now it's going out to a cordless phone.
Source: InfoWorld

Linksys, Yahoo team on Net cordless phone   09 Nov 2006 16:10 GMT
Yahoo Messenger for Voice will run on Linksys cordless phone, allowing VoIP, regular phone service access from one device.
Source: ZDNet

TI launches low-cost chip for developing markets   09 Nov 2006 06:25 GMT
Texas Instruments Inc., the world's largest maker of chips for mobile phones, Thursday announced a new chip for mobile handsets designed to reduce the costs of cell phones and make mobile communications more available to users in developing countries.
Source: InfoWorld

Helio adds new GPS-enabled phone   09 Nov 2006 05:01 GMT
The Drift will let subscribers broadcast their location to friends and use Google Maps using satellite GPS technology.
Source: ZDNet