Vodafone takes hybrid approach to mobile VOIP (InfoWorld)   16 Mar 2007 13:15 GMT
InfoWorld - Vodafone Group is demonstrating a service at the CeBIT trade show that allows mobile phone customers to call and exchange presence information with users of Internet phone services such as Skype.
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EU roaming fee regulation by end June, says Reding (InfoWorld)   16 Mar 2007 06:10 GMT
InfoWorld - International roaming fees within the European Union will be regulated before mobile phone users set off on their summer holidays, the European Commissioner for Information Society and Media, Viviane Reding, said Thursday.
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Foundry Networks adds to wireless LAN family   16 Mar 2007 00:16 GMT
Foundry Networks gave its IronPoint wireless line a boost yesterday, unwrapping two new infrastructure products and an update to its IronPoint Wireless Location Manager application.
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Cisco makes big bet on Web conferencing   15 Mar 2007 21:54 GMT
Why Cisco Systems is shelling out $3.2 billion for the No. 1 Web-conferencing service provider.
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EU aims to avoid RFID regulation   15 Mar 2007 16:17 GMT
The European Commission has formed a group to provide it with advice about RFID (radio frequency identification), which it aims to avoid regulating, according to the commissioner in charge of that area.
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Cisco serves up $3.2 billion to buy WebEx   15 Mar 2007 13:55 GMT
The WebEx software and hosted service, which allows for on-demand collaboration between businesses, will find a home in Cisco's unified communications product portfolio.
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EU hopes for deal on mobile phone roaming rates by end of June (AFP)   15 Mar 2007 13:11 GMT

AFP - European Information and Media Commissioner Viviane Reding said on Thursday she expected a deal on trimming the high cost of using mobile phones abroad by the end of June.

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Vodafone shows Internet calling on cellphones (Reuters)   15 Mar 2007 13:02 GMT
Reuters - Vodafone, the world's most international cellphone carrier with over 200 million subscribers, showed Internet-calling for cellphones with Skype, which it said it may launch in the future.
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Vodafone, Essar to run Indian phone firm (AP)   15 Mar 2007 11:12 GMT

AP - Vodafone Group PLC and India's Essar group on Thursday reached an agreement to jointly manage a leading Indian mobile phone company in which the British mobile carrier is buying a controlling stake.

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Cellphone users set their sights on Apple's iPhone (USATODAY.com)   15 Mar 2007 10:34 GMT
USATODAY.com - LOS ANGELES - - Priya Sanghvi wants an Apple iPhone from AT&T's Cingular Wireless when it comes out in June, and she is already strategizing how to get it. Now a Verizon Wireless customer, she's exploring a range of options, including trying to wrestle with Verizon to let her out of her contract early, using one of the new online swap services to dump the remaining months of the contract, or even just paying the $175 early-termination fee.
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