Sanyo to sell mobile phone unit to Kyocera amid intensified competition (Canadian Press)   21 Jan 2008 16:19 GMT
Canadian Press - TOKYO - Sanyo Electric Co. said Monday it will sell its troubled mobile phone operations to Kyocera Corp.
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Apple growth will draw malware attacks   21 Jan 2008 11:00 GMT
As Apple continues to grow its worldwide market share and the company's products find their way into more business environments, attackers are certain to follow and create greater volumes of exploits aimed at vulnerabilities in the company's software, security experts contend.
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Sanyo to sell cell phone unit to Kyocera (AP)   21 Jan 2008 10:52 GMT
AP - Sanyo Electric Co. said Monday it will sell its troubled mobile phone operations to Kyocera Corp.
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Softbank to brief on cellphone service, fees (Reuters)   21 Jan 2008 08:12 GMT
Reuters - Softbank Corp, Japan's No. 3 mobile phone operator, said on Monday it would brief on new mobile phone services and fees at 0730 GMT, as it fights for subscribers in a saturated market.
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Japan to get cellphone 'sommeliers': official (AFP)   21 Jan 2008 04:46 GMT

AFP - Japan is to start licensing cellphone "sommeliers" to guide consumers through complicated functions as mobile telephones become ever more advanced, an official said Monday.

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iPhone Rival Touch Sold Half as Many Handsets (PC World)   20 Jan 2008 20:00 GMT
PC World - Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC sold 2 million of the Microsoft-based mobile phones it developed to compete with the iPhone last year, the 'Touch' family of handsets.
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EU could help Germany's Nokia workers: European Commission president (AFP)   20 Jan 2008 14:32 GMT

AFP - Brussels could help Nokia workers who lose their jobs when the mobile phone giant closes a factory in Germany to shift production to Romania, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barrosso said in an interview to appear on Monday.

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Anti-Nokia anger grows in Germany (AFP)   19 Jan 2008 20:18 GMT

AFP - Anger in Germany against mobile phone giant Nokia for closing a factory grew on Saturday with the head of one of the parties in the governing coalition joining the calls for a boycott.

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Carphone sales fall short of forecasts (FT.com)   18 Jan 2008 22:45 GMT
FT.com - Carphone Warehouse, the mobile phone retailer and telecommunications group, has joined a growing band of consumer companies that missed sales targets over Christmas.
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Sprint Nextel Cuts 4,000 Jobs, Closes 125 Stores (NewsFactor)   18 Jan 2008 18:18 GMT
NewsFactor - As part of its effort to turn its fortunes around, wireless phone company Sprint Nextel announced today that it would "streamline its business" by cutting 4,000 jobs and closing 8 percent of its stores. The company, third among U.S. mobile phone services, has been battling against a continual loss of subscribers.
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