India mobile phone giant Bharti rings up 98 pct rise in Q4 profit (AFP)   27 Apr 2007 16:25 GMT

AFP - India's top mobile phone company, Bharti Airtel Ltd, said fourth-quarter net profit nearly doubled as its number of customers rocketed in the world's fastest-growing wireless market.

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India clears Vodafone $11.1 billion bid for Hutchison Essar (AFP)   27 Apr 2007 15:30 GMT

AFP - India's foreign investment body on Friday cleared Vodafone's 11.1-billion-dollar plan to buy mobile phone operator Hutchison Essar.

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In Brief: Wikipedia appears on cellphones in Japan (InfoWorld)   27 Apr 2007 13:27 GMT
InfoWorld - A Japanese Web portal operator has repackaged the content of Wikipedia so it can be searched and viewed on cell phones.
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In Brief: Wikipedia appears on cellphones in Japan   27 Apr 2007 13:13 GMT
A Japanese Web portal operator has repackaged the content of Wikipedia so it can be searched and viewed on cell phones.
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Japanese telecom giant NTT DoCoMo sees profits slump (AFP)   27 Apr 2007 11:08 GMT

AFP - Japanese mobile phone giant NTT DoCoMo said Friday its net profit dropped more than 25 percent in the year to March as it lost out to stiff competition and spent heavily on upgrading its network.

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Apple earnings only expected to grow (USATODAY.com)   27 Apr 2007 10:43 GMT
USATODAY.com - LOS ANGELES - Today, the iPod; tomorrow, the iPhone. Investors Thursday cheered Apple's record second-quarter results, which showed major sales growth for its iPod digital music device and Mac computers. But Apple's best days are ahead, tech analysts say. Apple is putting most of its energies into the June release of the iPhone, a combination iPod/Internet browser and cellphone that will sell for $499 and $599. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has projected sales of 10 million iPhones in its first year.
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Horn-Smith steps down at Sage (FT.com)   27 Apr 2007 07:55 GMT
FT.com - Sir Julian Horn-Smith, the former deputy chief executive of the mobile phone giant Vodafone, on Friday stepped down unexpectedly as chairman of Sage, the UK's largest software group, less than one year after his appointment, citing "differences in culture and style".
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US military charge commander with abuse (FT.com)   26 Apr 2007 20:00 GMT
FT.com - The US military announced on Thursday that it had filed charges against a commander at a major detention facility accused of "aid[ing] the enemy" by providing detainees with an unmonitored mobile phone.
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New Global BlackBerry Offers Service Worldwide (NewsFactor)   26 Apr 2007 19:07 GMT
NewsFactor - Verizon Wireless and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion announced on Wednesday the first global CDMA/GSM BlackBerry along with a new Global BlackBerry service that supports it.
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A delicate task for the Indian watchdog (FT.com)   26 Apr 2007 16:50 GMT
FT.com - The Indian regulator's decision, expected on Friday, on whether to allow Vodafone's purchase of a controlling stake in Hutchison Essar to go ahead is a big one, for the British mobile phone company - and for India.
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