Google to bid for wireless spectrum (AP)   30 Nov 2007 22:13 GMT
AP - Google Inc. confirmed its plans to bid for a prized piece of the airwaves in an upcoming government auction, further underscoring the Internet search leader's determination to shake up the wireless market and plumb more profits from mobile phones.
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Struggling Motorola CEO to step down (AFP)   30 Nov 2007 17:27 GMT

AFP - Motorola said Friday its chief executive Ed Zander was stepping down as the US mobile phone maker faces shrinking market share amid stiff global competition.

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Update: Ed Zander replaced at struggling Motorola   30 Nov 2007 17:24 GMT
Ed Zander will step down as CEO of Motorola at the end of the year as the company battles with declining revenue and profit.
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Verizon Wireless Readies 4G Network (NewsFactor)   30 Nov 2007 16:45 GMT
NewsFactor - In its second big announcement this week, Verizon Wireless said that it would develop its fourth generation mobile broadband network using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. This means that the company, co-owned by Verizon and by European carrier Vodafone, will move to the GSM camp from its current residence in the CDMA crowd.
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Google to bid for 700MHz spectrum   30 Nov 2007 15:14 GMT
Google intends to bid on wireless spectrum in the 700MHz band when the U.S. Federal Communications Commission begins auctioning that resource in late January, the company announced Friday.
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Motorola's Zander stepping down as CEO, being replaced by COO (Canadian Press)   30 Nov 2007 14:16 GMT
Canadian Press - SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Motorola Inc. said Friday that Ed Zander will step down as chief executive of the troubled cellphone maker on Jan. 1.
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Motorola CEO Zander to be replaced by COO Brown (Reuters)   30 Nov 2007 14:14 GMT

Reuters - Mobile phone maker Motorola Inc said on Friday that embattled chief executive Ed Zander will step down, effective January 1, and will be replaced by Chief Operating Officer Greg Brown.

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Cell phone vindicated; co-worker confesses to killing quarry worker (Canadian Press)   30 Nov 2007 14:03 GMT
Canadian Press - SEOUL, South Korea - A death originally thought to have been caused by an exploding cell phone is now being blamed on a co-worker.
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Cell phone battery didn't kill Korean worker, LG said   30 Nov 2007 12:52 GMT
A South Korean construction worker reportedly killed by an exploding cell phone battery was actually killed in an industrial accident, South Korean news reports and cell phone maker LG Electronics said Friday.
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Co-worker, not cell phone, was killer (AP)   30 Nov 2007 12:20 GMT
AP - A death originally thought to have been caused by an exploding cell phone is now being blamed on a co-worker, who confessed to making up the story after striking the victim with a drilling vehicle, South Korean police said Friday.
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