German rage over Nokia plant closure grows (Reuters)   18 Jan 2008 16:52 GMT

Reuters - German anger over plans by Nokia (NOK1V.HE) to close a plant escalated on Friday, with the finance minister accusing the cellphone maker of "caravan capitalism" and others vowing to replace their Nokia phones.

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Carphone sales fall short of forecasts (FT.com)   18 Jan 2008 14:00 GMT
FT.com - Carphone Warehouse, the mobile phone retailer and telecoms group, on Friday joined the growing band of consumer-facing companies that missed sales targets over the Christmas period as footfall fell across the UK high street.
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Study children and cellphones, U.S. experts advise (Reuters)   18 Jan 2008 13:55 GMT
Reuters - Researchers should study more children and pregnant women in trying to figure out if cell phones or other wireless devices could damage health, the U.S. National Research Council advised on Thursday.
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Startup hopes to lower cell phone costs within the enterprise   18 Jan 2008 12:24 GMT
Strata8 Networks, which officially opened its doors for business on Thursday, is offering a new twist on helping enterprises to lower their cell phone costs.
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Carphone sales fall short of forecasts (FT.com)   18 Jan 2008 08:45 GMT
FT.com - Carphone Warehouse, the mobile phone retailer and telecoms group, joined the growing band of consumer-facing companies that missed sales targets over the Christmas period as footfall fell across the high street.
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Researchers Use Camera Phone as a Mouse (PC World)   18 Jan 2008 00:00 GMT
PC World - Researchers in the U.K. have developed software that loads camera phones with mouse capabilities, allowing users to swivel a camera phone to scroll or move items on a PC screen.
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Study children and cell phones, experts advise (Reuters)   17 Jan 2008 23:25 GMT
Reuters - Researchers should study more children and pregnant women in trying to figure out if cell phones or other wireless devices could damage health, the U.S. National Research Council advised on Thursday.
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Researchers turn camera phone into mouse (InfoWorld)   17 Jan 2008 21:26 GMT
InfoWorld - Researchers in the United Kingdom have developed software that loads camera phones with mouse capabilities, allowing users to swivel a camera phone to scroll or move items on a PC screen.
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EU may cut cost of texting, mobile data (AP)   17 Jan 2008 20:34 GMT
AP - Europeans are paying high prices to send cell-phone text messages or use mobile Internet services outside their own country, the EU's telecoms chief said Thursday, just months after the EU capped roaming charges for calls.
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EU sounds new alarm about mobile phone bills (AFP)   17 Jan 2008 14:51 GMT

AFP - Mobile phone users in Europe are often billed 20 percent more than the actual time of their calls because they are charged by the minute, the European Commission said Thursday.

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