BenQ chairman offers to resign over phone troubles (InfoWorld)   20 Mar 2007 11:45 GMT
InfoWorld - The chairman of BenQ Corp. offered his resignation on Tuesday over losses caused by the company's inability to make its former German mobile phone subsidiary profitable. BenQ's board of directors refused to accept the offer, however, demanding that he remain in his role and turn the company around.
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Broadband providers looking for sweeter deals?   20 Mar 2007 11:00 GMT
New portal war is heating up as broadband providers begin making noise about more favorable deals with large Internet brands.
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Yahoo jumps ahead of Google on mobile phone search (Reuters)   20 Mar 2007 06:55 GMT

Reuters - Yahoo Inc. introduced on Monday a new Internet search system for mobile phone users that delivers locally relevant answers, a move that vaults it ahead of what rival Google Inc. now offers.

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High-speed academic networks to merge   19 Mar 2007 19:13 GMT
Internet2 and National LambdaRail plan to combine their efforts in order to facilitate research at universities.
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Nokia says it filed suits against Qualcomm in Germany, Netherlands (Canadian Press)   19 Mar 2007 18:29 GMT
Canadian Press - HELSINKI (AP) - Nokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, said Monday it filed complaints against wireless technology company Qualcomm in Germany and the Netherlands.
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Google Phone Rumors Circle the Globe (NewsFactor)   19 Mar 2007 15:24 GMT
NewsFactor - After accurately predicting Apple's iPhone development, the wireless rumor mill is churning once again. This time, it's prophesying a Google-branded mobile phone.
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Nokia files lawsuits over chip royalties (FT.com)   19 Mar 2007 15:15 GMT
FT.com - Legal wrangling between technology giants Nokia and Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) has intensified after the Finnish mobile phone maker filed two suits claiming the US company's patents in Europe had expired.
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Thomson vies for place in digital living room   19 Mar 2007 13:59 GMT
Thomson has a quirky idea for a music-playing cordless telephone. It is showing a mock-up of the device on its stand at the CeBIT trade show, alongside other multimedia gadgets for the home, and hopes to have it on the market in the second half of this year.
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Nokia files claims against Qualcomm in Europe   19 Mar 2007 13:49 GMT
Handset maker claims Qualcomm's European patents have expired for products sold on European Union market.
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China's 3G Mobile Phone Mess (BusinessWeek Online)   19 Mar 2007 12:08 GMT
BusinessWeek Online - Beijing's effort to transform China into a world-class player in next-generation mobile telephony is suffering a new setback. For years the government has been backing the development of a home-grown standard for 3G mobile phones. The hope is that this technology can compete with the two Western-developed ones in terms of network speeds, greater voice capacity, and a range of interactive data features.
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