Mexico's Slim merges holding co with America Movil (Reuters)   08 Nov 2006 00:47 GMT
Reuters - Mexican holding company America Telecom, controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim, said on Tuesday it will merge with cellphone giant America Movil, its only asset.
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Yahoo tests mobile banner ads   07 Nov 2006 21:57 GMT
After U.S. mobile subscribers have paid their carriers for data plans, advertisers on Yahoo Inc. mobile services this week will start trying to sell them other things.
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Aruba enters fixed mobile convergence market   07 Nov 2006 21:30 GMT
VoIP (voice over IP) appears to be the driving force that will accelerate the move to what the telecom industry is calling fixed-mobile converged [FMC] devices, which are mainly handsets that can switch seamlessly between cellular and Wi-Fi using 802.11e Wi-Fi standards.
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Microsoft targets Google with new online '3-D' city maps (AFP)   07 Nov 2006 21:18 GMT

AFP - Microsoft unveiled an online three-dimensional mapping function that provides detailed views of major US cities in a challenge to Internet maps offered by rival Google.

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FTC: Policing online ads is 'daunting task'   07 Nov 2006 18:37 GMT
Agency official says the "growing media universe" will make it harder than ever to play watchdog to deceptive schemes.
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November's coolest gadgets   07 Nov 2006 16:34 GMT
While electronics products are getting more and more energy efficient there's certainly a long way to go before some products can be considered a technological advance on the power front.
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Vivendi reports slight rise in quarterly sales (AFP)   07 Nov 2006 16:12 GMT

AFP - French media and telecommunications group Vivendi has reported a slight 0.3 percent rise in third quarter sales, as revenue declines in its music and mobile phone units nearly offset gains in other activities.

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EU survey: Roaming costs too much   07 Nov 2006 16:03 GMT
It's not just a bunch of bureaucrats in Brussels who think mobile phone companies charge too much for making calls abroad. Some 63 percent of European citizens avoid using their mobile phones while travelling, mainly because of the costs attached, according to a survey carried out for the European Commission.
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Sony Ericsson takes control of smart-phone interface   07 Nov 2006 14:58 GMT
Swedish handset maker to buy the Symbian user interface company that its parent company set up years ago.
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Vivendi says third-quarter revenue was almost flat (Canadian Press)   07 Nov 2006 13:18 GMT
Canadian Press - PARIS (AP) - French media and telecom giant Vivendi SA said Tuesday that third-quarter revenue was almost flat as its mobile phone subsidiary SFR continued to struggle.
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