Mobile advertising hits wireless Web first   14 Mar 2007 00:11 GMT
Big media brands latch onto mobile advertising while cell phone operators are more cautious. Is tension between the two inevitable?
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Despite attacks, Qualcomm increases expectations   13 Mar 2007 18:44 GMT
Despite attacks on its business model, including a particularly rancorous battle with Nokia, Qualcomm said its revenue will be higher than expected for its fiscal second quarter.
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China approves US$2.5B Intel chip plant amid booming demand in country (Canadian Press)   13 Mar 2007 18:42 GMT
Canadian Press - BEIJING (AP) - Intel Corp. has received approval to build a US$2.5-billion computer chip plant in China amid booming Chinese demand for personal computers and mobile phones, the government said Tuesday.
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Finns need job growth to fund pensions (FT.com)   13 Mar 2007 18:20 GMT
FT.com - Finns are not known for their loquacity, but even by their reserved standards last week's statement from Perlos, a no-frills manu­facturer of covers for mobile phones, was blunt. "There are no possibilities to continue production operations in Finland," it declar­ed, and with that 1,123 people were out of work.
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China approves $2.5B Intel Corp. plant (AP)   13 Mar 2007 17:33 GMT
AP - Intel Corp. has received approval to build a $2.5 billion chip plant in China amid booming Chinese demand for chips used in personal computers and mobile phones, the government said Tuesday.
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LG begins making mobile phones in Iran (AP)   13 Mar 2007 17:20 GMT
AP - LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it has started producing handsets in Iran with a local partner.
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Switch cell carriers, keep phone number: portability arrives Wednesday (Canadian Press)   13 Mar 2007 17:08 GMT
Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Change cellphone carriers, keep your phone number.
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Chip maker Texas Instruments tightens first quarter outlook (Canadian Press)   12 Mar 2007 21:44 GMT
Canadian Press - DALLAS (AP) - Texas Instruments Inc., the leading maker of chips for cellphones, tightened its profit and sales outlook for the first quarter on Monday.
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Tight-lipped Russians prove challenge for mobile phone operator (Reuters)   12 Mar 2007 17:24 GMT
Reuters - Russia's top mobile phone operator MTS , hopes to convince customers to get over their reticence to talk and text, executives said on Monday.
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Everything's coming up rosy for AT&T smart phones   12 Mar 2007 17:18 GMT
Company is adding red to its smart-phone lineup with a new ruby-colored BlackBerry Pearl and a crimson Treo 680.
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