Nortel, Microsoft to expand communications pact   28 Mar 2007 12:27 GMT
Companies will sell jointly developed unified communications products to carriers, which will host services for business clients.
Source: ZDNet

LG to add Google functions to phones (AP)   28 Mar 2007 11:46 GMT
AP - LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it has reached an agreement with Google Inc. to offer the leading online search engine's products on its mobile phones.
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Cellphone services add up for kids (USATODAY.com)   28 Mar 2007 10:48 GMT
USATODAY.com - Last year, Doug Fodeman took his 13-year-old daughter, Lauren, to the mall to buy her a cellphone. Before she used the phone even once, it beeped, indicating there was a text message. The message: a "dumb-blonde" joke. It was unsolicited, but when the first monthly bill came, there was a mystery charge of $9.99 explained only as "download."
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Phones home in on gee-whiz capabilities (USATODAY.com)   28 Mar 2007 10:48 GMT
USATODAY.com - ORLANDO - Cellphone makers, wireless carriers and content providers are in Orlando this week for the CTIA Wireless trade show. Here are a few items capturing attention:
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Dialing for 'CSI': VCast Mobile brings TV shows to phones (USATODAY.com)   28 Mar 2007 10:48 GMT
USATODAY.com - SAN DIEGO - MediaFlo President Gina Lombardi is showing off her TV studio. More than 100 TV monitors display satellite feeds from CBS, NBC, Fox and cable networks, all being rebroadcast - to cellphones. MediaFlo USA, a subsidiary of cellphone chipmaker Qualcomm, has quietly set up a broadcast TV network to bring prime-time shows to customers of Verizon Wireless' VCast service, and soon to Cingular customers.
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Beijing cracks down on mobile phone porn (AFP)   28 Mar 2007 07:23 GMT

AFP - Beijing has banned sending pornographic text messages or pictures via mobile phones after busting phone dealers who sold mass-storage devices containing porn, state media reported Wednesday.

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S.Korea's LG Elec to add Google services to phones (Reuters)   28 Mar 2007 06:20 GMT
Reuters - South Korea's LG Electronic Inc. and Internet search giant Google Inc. on Wednesday said they would pre-install Google services on LG mobile phones.
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SKorea's LG to install Google on millions of phones (AFP)   28 Mar 2007 04:02 GMT

AFP - South Korea's LG Electronics said Wednesday it has reached a deal with the world's leading search engine Google to pre-install its services on millions of mobile phones.

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Ocean smart phone could broaden Helio's appeal   27 Mar 2007 23:45 GMT
Helio's new Ocean phone may be stylish and cool, but it's also functional--which just might attract more mainstream users.
Source: ZDNet

ATT makes US mobile phone banking alliance (AFP)   27 Mar 2007 21:56 GMT

AFP - Telecommunications giant ATT announced Tuesday that it formed an alliance to enable people in the United States to use mobile telephones like cash, checks or credit cards.

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