NTT DoCoMo 3G network hit by problems   05 Feb 2007 14:56 GMT
NTT DoCoMo's 3G network in part of central Tokyo was hit by trouble on Saturday resulting in problems for tens of thousands of users.
Source: InfoWorld

Amp'd Mobile packs in Jack Black   05 Feb 2007 14:27 GMT
Virtual carrier signs deals with actor and other Hollywood types to produce original content.
Source: ZDNet

Razr-thin margins in Motorola strategic divide   05 Feb 2007 12:00 GMT
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn sees a top phone maker that's lost its edge, and he's ready to act. But what about the CEO's vision?
Source: ZDNet

Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom targets 2.2 million 3G users by end-2007 (AFP)   05 Feb 2007 11:53 GMT

AFP - Chunghwa Telecom Co -- Taiwan's leading telecom operator -- said it expects its third generation (3G) mobile subscribers to rise to 2.2 million by the end of 2007 from 850,000 last year.

Source: Yahoo

RSA: Security firms evolve to tackle new threats   05 Feb 2007 11:00 GMT
Evolutionary biologists have long theorized that the pace of evolution quickens when a species faces great environmental stress. This idea, of course, is a tough one to “prove,” but we can see examples of it all around us. Just look at the IT security industry, where something akin to drastic environmental change is happening right now: Organized cybercrime groups are punching truck-size holes in enterprise security defenses as regulators, shareholders, and attorneys general are putting pressure on companies to lock down sensitive data. The pressure for change will make this week’s RSA Security Conference in San Francisco less an industry shindig than a live experiment in evolutionary biology. So walk quietly and keep your field glasses handy to spot some exotic new species in these areas:
Source: InfoWorld

Today’s end-user: Hardly working   05 Feb 2007 11:00 GMT
The U.S. workplace is the new dysfunctional family. I’ve reached that conclusion after stumbling on a string of statistics that make me wonder how American companies ever get anything done, much less show a profit.
Source: InfoWorld

Mobile phone operators mull creating rival to Google (AFP)   04 Feb 2007 16:56 GMT

AFP - Some of Europe's biggest telecoms groups are to hold talks next week about creating a mobile phone search engine which could challenge US giants Google and Yahoo!.

Source: Yahoo

China reports sale of 120 million mobile phones in 2006 (AFP)   04 Feb 2007 14:42 GMT

AFP - Sales of mobile phones in China increased 40 percent year on year to 120 million units in 2006, Xinhua quoting deputy chief of the China Mobile Communications Association Xie Linzhen.

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PluggedIn: On-line Editing Tools Nurture New Video Makers (TechWeb)   03 Feb 2007 18:43 GMT
TechWeb - Millions of consumers a week buy mobile phones with digital video cameras, and several Web sites are now providing them with free online editing tools, nurturing a new generation of filmmakers.
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Mobile entertainment market to soar over next 5 years (InfoWorld)   03 Feb 2007 00:08 GMT
InfoWorld - Revenue from mobile entertainment services could soar over the next five years thanks to high-speed mobile phones and a range of new offerings, according to market researcher Informa Telecoms & Media.
Source: Yahoo