The year of the new mobile operating system   20 Dec 2007 11:38 GMT
2007 could be called the year of the mobile operating system. Since Microsoft entered the scene around five years ago, the smartphone operating system industry has been fairly stable. Symbian, Linux, Research in Motion, and Windows Mobile make up the bulk of smartphone software, each to varying degrees of success in different regions.
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TI sees global analog chip sales doubling in 7 yrs (Reuters)   20 Dec 2007 03:34 GMT
Reuters - Texas Instruments Inc , the world's top mobile phone chip maker, said on Thursday it expects global sales for analog chips to double over the next seven years, fuelled by growing demand for consumer electronics.
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BYD maintains high IPO hopes (FT.com)   20 Dec 2007 02:05 GMT
FT.com - Shares in BYD Electronics, a mobile phone component maker, are expected to rise when they start trading in Hong Kong on Thursday in spite of a highly unusual lack of interest among Hong Kong retail investors in its $758m (HK$5.9bn) initial public offering.
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Wi-Fi mesh lights up Mecca for Hajj   19 Dec 2007 22:50 GMT
The millions of pilgrims in Mecca this week for the Hajj, an annual gathering of Muslims, can stay connected thanks to a temporary Wi-Fi mesh network covering a large part of the city.
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Unlocking encryption management   19 Dec 2007 21:04 GMT
Someday, encryption features built into a wide range of IT products -- from operating systems and messaging gateways to hard drives and storage systems -- may work in concert to offer central policy enforcement across different types of network assets and devices.
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T-Mobile and 3 team up for 3G expansion (FT.com)   19 Dec 2007 04:05 GMT
FT.com - Mobile phone operators T-Mobile and 3 on Tuesday unveiled an infrastructure sharing deal that could provide them with the UK's largest high-speed wireless network.
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Report: Apple, already looking at China, now in talks to launch Phone in Japan (Canadian Press)   19 Dec 2007 02:43 GMT
Canadian Press - SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. is negotiating with Japan's top mobile phone carrier to launch the iPhone in Japan, though the cut of subscriber revenue that Apple wants has been a sticking point, according to a report published Tuesday.
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Apple in talks to launch iPhone in Japan (AP)   19 Dec 2007 00:06 GMT
AP - Apple Inc. is negotiating with Japan's top mobile phone carrier to launch the iPhone in Japan, though the cut of subscriber revenue that Apple wants has been a sticking point, according to a report published Tuesday.
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Analysts say Sprint 'doesn't stand for anything'   18 Dec 2007 21:36 GMT
New Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse has lots of choices as he takes over the ailing mobile carrier and looks for problems to start solving.
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Facebook settles lawsuit over alleged profit from unauthorized text messages (Canadian Press)   18 Dec 2007 21:07 GMT
Canadian Press - SAN JOSE, Calif. - Pressured by a lawsuit, Internet social network Facebook Inc. will adopt new measures to prevent its 58 million members from sending text messages to recycled cellphone numbers.
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