EU mobile phone roaming law moves closer to adoption   12 Apr 2007 16:04 GMT
An ambitious new European law slashing the cost of mobile phone roaming fees moved closer to adoption Thursday, after a parliamentary committee ignored pressure from phone companies and supported the change proposed by the European Commission.
Source: InfoWorld

Oracle announces Siebel Wireless for BlackBerry   12 Apr 2007 14:34 GMT
Enterprises using Oracle's CRM software will be able to extend the application to workers with BlackBerry smartphones.
Source: InfoWorld

Vonage CEO Snyder out, spending to be trimmed   12 Apr 2007 13:35 GMT
Michael Snyder steps down as company pledges to reduce spending and weather patent infringement suit filed by Verizon.
Source: ZDNet

EU officials OK cap on roaming charges (AP)   12 Apr 2007 10:20 GMT
AP - A key committee of the European Parliament on Thursday backed a proposal to cap roaming charges for mobile phone calls made abroad, voting in favor of a ceiling at 40 euro cents (54 U.S. cents) per minute of an outgoing call and 15 euro cents (20 U.S. cents) per minute for an incoming call.
Source: Yahoo

EU setback for mobile phone industry (FT.com)   12 Apr 2007 10:16 GMT
FT.com - The European mobile phone industry on Thursday suffered a setback when an influential parliamentary committee backed plans to slash the cost of cross-border calls.
Source: Yahoo

Threat of regulation prompts lower EU roaming fees (InfoWorld)   11 Apr 2007 15:22 GMT
InfoWorld - Regardless of how a key European Parliament committee votes Thursday on a proposal to lower mobile phone roaming charges, the threat of regulation has already prompted numerous operators to begin dropping their fees.
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Threat of regulation prompts lower EU roaming fees   11 Apr 2007 14:55 GMT
Regardless of how a key European Parliament committee votes Thursday on a proposal to lower mobile phone roaming charges, the threat of regulation has already prompted numerous operators to begin dropping their fees.
Source: InfoWorld

WEP security is mere clicks away, in Windows   11 Apr 2007 10:00 GMT
Ah, the joys of aging: seeing friends who haven't laid eyes on you in a few months or even years and hearing, "Geez, you've certainly got a lot of gray hair." That's always a mood booster. Then I spent 45 minutes watching the end of a Keira Knightley movie, the whole time thinking that Winona Ryder sure had gotten thin. But that's the way. Things become increasingly decrepit with age. Such as WEP, for instance.
Source: InfoWorld

Sanyo sees $17 million loss from battery recall (Reuters)   11 Apr 2007 08:32 GMT
Reuters - Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. (6764.T) said on Wednesday it is set to book a loss of 2.04 billion yen ($17 million) in its earnings for the year that just ended to cover part of the cost to recall mobile phone batteries.
Source: Yahoo

McAfee: Cyber-crime will continue to pay   11 Apr 2007 04:00 GMT
The latest research report from McAfee's Avert Labs paints a frightening picture for enterprise IT administrators and end-users, predicting continued maturation of cyber-crime and the technological means being used to carry out external attacks.
Source: InfoWorld