Motorola issues profit warning (InfoWorld)   05 Jan 2007 16:18 GMT
InfoWorld - Motorola has singled out shortfalls in its mobile phone business as contributing to lower than previously expected fourth-quarter fiscal 2006 financial results.
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Motorola issues profit warning   05 Jan 2007 15:59 GMT
Motorola has singled out shortfalls in its mobile phone business as contributing to lower than previously expected fourth-quarter fiscal 2006 financial results.
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Swiss vote by text for favored capital city (Reuters)   05 Jan 2007 15:26 GMT
Reuters - A mystery campaigner has asked the Swiss to name their preferred capital, by mobile phone text.
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Price battle hit soaring Christmas handset market   05 Jan 2007 12:43 GMT
Sales surged during the holidays, but lowered prices in the battle for market share likely will hurt profits, analysts say.
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German regional state authorities could come to aid of BenQ Mobile (AFP)   05 Jan 2007 11:42 GMT

AFP - The regional state authorities of North Rhine-Westphalia are considering a bid to rescue insolvent mobile phone maker BenQ Mobile, at least until a long-term investor can be found, the daily Die Welt reported in its online edition Friday.

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Motorola cuts view on cell phone results   05 Jan 2007 04:55 GMT
The cell phone maker lowers its forecast for quarterly results due to a shortfall at its mobile devices unit.
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Senators aim to ease up on Net, phone taxes   05 Jan 2007 01:00 GMT
One bill would make a ban on levies on Net access permanent, while others would sweep away remaining taxes on local phone service.
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USB Developers Approve Micro-USB Connector Specification (TechWeb)   04 Jan 2007 22:01 GMT
TechWeb - The Micro-USB specification will support USB technology in mobile phones as well as in a new generation of ever-smaller portable devices.
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Virgin Mobile reports year-end subscriber tally of 4.6 million (Canadian Press)   04 Jan 2007 20:40 GMT
Canadian Press - NEW YORK (AP) - Virgin Mobile USA reported Thursday it finished 2006 with 4.6 million wireless subscribers, an increase of 600,000 since the last update in April by the youth-oriented cellphone provider.
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Push-to-talk comes to BlackBerry handsets   04 Jan 2007 19:58 GMT
RIM licenses PTT technology that offers voice mail, call waiting, and allows easy segue to conference calling.
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