CEO: Motorola shifting focus from market share to profits (Canadian Press)   01 Mar 2007 21:53 GMT
Canadian Press - CHICAGO (AP) - Motorola Inc. is putting its quest to recapture the title of world's biggest cellphone maker on hold.
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Verizon Wireless kicks off mobile phone TV (Reuters)   01 Mar 2007 20:15 GMT
Reuters - Verizon Wireless, the second-biggest U.S. mobile phone provider, launched television services on its phones, run by Qualcomm Inc. unit MediaFlo, in 20 U.S. markets on Thursday.
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Motorola sees cutting cost of cheapest phones: CEO (Reuters)   01 Mar 2007 17:38 GMT

Reuters - Motorola Inc. aims to cut the cost of making its cheapest mobile phones by about $2 to $5 per handset to improve profits, Chief Executive Ed Zander said on Thursday.

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Sssh!! Russia's oldest theater hushes mobile phones (Reuters)   01 Mar 2007 17:20 GMT
Reuters - Russia's oldest theater has installed equipment to block mobile phone signals in a desperate attempt to force patrons to stop taking calls during performances, Itar-Tass news agency reported on Thursday.
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Deutsche Telekom to expand mobile phone business (InfoWorld)   01 Mar 2007 16:15 GMT
InfoWorld - The T-Mobile brand could soon be coming to a market near you. As part of a strategy to revive profits, Deutsche Telekom intends to expand its T-Mobile cellular business in markets in which the German telecommunications group is already offering fixed-line services and possibly in entirely new markets, the company said Thursday.
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Deutsche Telekom to expand mobile phone business   01 Mar 2007 16:15 GMT
The T-Mobile brand could soon be coming to a market near you. As part of a strategy to revive profits, Deutsche Telekom intends to expand its T-Mobile cellular business in markets in which the German telecommunications group is already offering fixed-line services and possibly in entirely new markets, the company said Thursday.
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TI to partner with Asian foundries on chip R&D (InfoWorld)   01 Mar 2007 15:45 GMT
InfoWorld - Texas Instruments, the world's largest maker of mobile phone chips, plans to work more closely with its Asian contract chip manufacturing partners to develop new production technologies, a company spokeswoman confirmed.
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TI to partner with Asian foundries on chip R&D   01 Mar 2007 15:45 GMT
Texas Instruments, the world's largest maker of mobile phone chips, plans to work more closely with its Asian contract chip manufacturing partners to develop new production technologies, a company spokeswoman confirmed.
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Nokia venture pushes phone payments   01 Mar 2007 15:01 GMT
Nokia, one of the first handset makers outside Japan to turn a phone into a wallet, now wants to sell services that will make these kinds of devices useful.
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Sri Lanka halts sale of telecom services to embattled regions (AFP)   01 Mar 2007 13:40 GMT

AFP - Sri Lanka suspended sales of telephones and mobile phone cards in the embattled north and east of the country as troops stepped up attacks against Tiger rebels, an official said Thursday.

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