Ericsson boosts profits with mobile phone boom (AFP)   20 Jul 2007 08:56 GMT

AFP - Swedish telecommunication equipment maker Ericsson on Friday reported a gain in second quarter net earnings but its sales performance fell short of market expectations.

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LG Electronics unit says U.S. sales up (Reuters)   20 Jul 2007 04:28 GMT

Reuters - Revenues at the U.S. unit of LG Electronics Inc. (066570.KS) rose 39 percent in the first half, and North American sales are expected to top $10 billion this year, fueled by demand for mobile phones, flat-screen displays and appliances, it said on Thursday.

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Broadcom, Verizon Wireless reach 3G phone deal   20 Jul 2007 01:35 GMT
Broadcom goes straight to Qualcomm's customer to cut a licensing deal for its patents, which Qualcomm has been found to infringe.
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LG Electronics unit says U.S. sales up (Reuters)   19 Jul 2007 22:40 GMT
Reuters - Revenues at the U.S. unit of LG Electronics Inc. (066570.KS) rose 39 percent in the first half, and North American sales are expected to top $10 billion this year, fueled by demand for mobile phones, flat-screen displays and appliances, it said on Thursday.
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Verizon-Broadcom deal allows continued imports   19 Jul 2007 21:07 GMT
Broadcom and Verizon Wireless have reached a deal that will allow Verizon to continue importing and selling phones that are the subject of continuing litigation between Broadcom and Qualcomm.
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Gold-plated phone planned for Olympics (Canadian Press)   19 Jul 2007 18:13 GMT
Canadian Press - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co. will make a special 18-carat gold-plated mobile phone in China to mark next year's Olympics in Beijing.
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Vodafone rings up nine million extra subscribers (AFP)   19 Jul 2007 17:53 GMT

AFP - Vodafone, the British mobile phone giant, said Thursday it had won 9.1 million new customers during its first quarter, reaping the rewards of its major expansion into emerging markets.

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Motorola posts quarterly loss, revenue down (Reuters)   19 Jul 2007 16:44 GMT

Reuters - Motorola Inc. posted its second straight quarterly loss on Thursday as a lack of advanced mobile phones cost the company market share and dropped it into third place in the industry behind Nokia (NOK1V.HE) and Samsung Electronics (005930.KS).

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Vodafone "looks forward" to 3G iPhone version (Reuters)   19 Jul 2007 16:14 GMT

Reuters - Vodafone Group Plc said on Thursday it was concerned that the current model of iPhone mobile phones -- Apple Inc's latest "killer" gadget -- did not operate on fast 3G networks.

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Mobile sales drop hits Motorola earnings   19 Jul 2007 15:24 GMT
Two days after it restructured operations, Motorola on Thursday reported that flagging sales of mobile devices were a factor in its second-quarter loss of $28 million, or $0.01 per share.
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