NTT DoCoMo comes close to 5Gbps in 4G trial   09 Feb 2007 13:23 GMT
NTT DoCoMo came close to hitting another data transmission milestone in its research into next-generation cellular telephone systems during an experiment conducted in Japan on Dec. 25 last year.
Source: InfoWorld

Vodafone launches YouTube mobile   09 Feb 2007 12:59 GMT
In the third content deal in as many days, Vodafone Group announced a service that will allow its mobile customers to view and upload videos to YouTube.
Source: InfoWorld

ESPN back in mobile game after costly flop (Reuters)   09 Feb 2007 10:08 GMT
Reuters - Mobile ESPN is back on the line. After hanging up its branded cellular phone package in September, the Walt Disney Co. is re-entering the wireless business with a pair of deals announced Thursday with Verizon Wireless and MediaFlo USA.
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China's vast countryside boosts Nokia cellphone sales (AFP)   09 Feb 2007 08:23 GMT

AFP - Nokia saw sales soar in China last year as the world's largest maker of mobile phones started tapping the nation's huge rural market, according to state media.

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Cisco buys into social networking fray   09 Feb 2007 05:00 GMT
Cisco makes its first move toward courting big media companies with the acquisition of a small social-networking company.
Source: ZDNet

Mobile Ads: Next Internet Gold Rush? (PC World)   09 Feb 2007 00:00 GMT
PC World - Money talks. That's why mobile phone advertising has become such an irresistible topic.
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New 3G Phones Coming (PC World)   08 Feb 2007 23:00 GMT
PC World - A group of mobile phone operators and handset vendors is developing a 3G (third-generation) mobile phone platform that combines many standard hardware and software components in an effort to reduce phone development time and costs.
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Windows Mobile 6 Taps New Exchange Features (PC World)   08 Feb 2007 20:00 GMT
PC World - Microsoft Corp. will unwrap a new version of its Windows Mobile OS at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona next week that promises to take advantage of features in Exchange Server 2007 that provide a richer e-mail experience on devices.
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Taiwan Mobile, MasterCard test mobile payments (InfoWorld)   08 Feb 2007 18:06 GMT
InfoWorld - Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd. and MasterCard International Inc. have already started testing a mobile phone payment system in Taiwan, but competition to lure users will catch fire when the mobile phone operator's larger rival opens its trials with Visa.
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Taiwan Mobile, MasterCard test mobile payments   08 Feb 2007 18:02 GMT
Taiwan Mobile Co. Ltd. and MasterCard International Inc. have already started testing a mobile phone payment system in Taiwan, but competition to lure users will catch fire when the mobile phone operator's larger rival opens its trials with Visa.
Source: InfoWorld