Apple chooses O2 as iPhone carrier in UK (Reuters)   18 Sep 2007 10:01 GMT

Reuters - O2, part of Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica , and European mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse have clinched a long-awaited deal to bring Apple's prized iPhone to Britain.

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Qatar gets seven bids for mobile phone license (Reuters)   18 Sep 2007 09:48 GMT

Reuters - Qatar received bids from seven of 12 qualified companies and groups for the Gulf Arab state's second mobile phone license, the telecom regulator said on Tuesday.

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Nokia says ITC starts Qualcomm investigation (Reuters)   18 Sep 2007 07:18 GMT

Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Tuesday the U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to start investigating Qualcomm Inc's trade practices and alleged patent infringement.

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Google expands cell ad program to affiliated sites (Reuters)   18 Sep 2007 01:05 GMT
Reuters - Google Inc expanded its widely used AdSense online advertising service on Monday to allow affiliated Web site publishers to target ads at Internet users on cellphones as well as computers.
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Clearwire trials portable wireless service in Seattle   17 Sep 2007 19:13 GMT
The next generation of portable wireless Internet access is available in Seattle through a Clearwire trial service.
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Apple starts handing out $100 iPhone credits   17 Sep 2007 16:06 GMT
Apple on Friday offered iPhone owners instructions on how to file for the $100 in-store credit that CEO Steve Jobs promised last week.
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T-Mobile buys wireless operator SunCom for $2.4 billion   17 Sep 2007 14:58 GMT
Expanding its U.S. turf, T-Mobile USA announced Monday that it will buy SunCom Wireless Holdings for $2.4 billion in cash and assumed debt.
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O2 agreed UK revenue sharing deal for iPhone (Reuters)   17 Sep 2007 14:17 GMT
Reuters - Spanish-owned mobile phone operator O2 secured a deal to sell the iPhone in Britain after agreeing to give Apple 40 percent of the revenues it will make from customers using the device, the Guardian said.
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Computing trends overburden the network   17 Sep 2007 10:00 GMT
Don't call it "client/server." Today's database-driven applications are a world apart from the green-screen terminal apps of decades past. And yet, in this age when "the network is the computer," more and more data processing tasks are handed off to remote resources. Server-based applications, centralized content management, SOA (service-oriented architecture), and SaaS (software as a service) are all part of this trend -- and all put increased burden on enterprise network links.
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Nokia to buy mobile advertising firm Enpocket (Reuters)   17 Sep 2007 09:51 GMT

Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Monday it is buying U.S. cellphone screen advertising firm Enpocket as the world's top handset maker pushes into a market which is seen ballooning in coming years.

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