Virgin Mobile USA treads a quirky path to success (USATODAY.com)   16 Jul 2008 14:55 GMT
USATODAY.com - Virgin Mobile USA definitely walks to its own, very hip drumbeat. Big cellphone carriers such as AT&T and Verizon Wireless are famous for herding customers into long-term service contracts. Virgin specializes in prepaid plans that allow its customers - half of them under 35 - to pay as they go, by the minute or by the month.
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Symbian CEO says collaboration with Google is possible   16 Jul 2008 11:46 GMT
Broader collaboration between Symbian and Google at either the application or operating system level is possible in the future, Symbian's CEO said Wednesday.
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Australia unveils online code of conduct (AFP)   16 Jul 2008 10:35 GMT

AFP - Australia on Wednesday unveiled a new code of conduct to regulate online and mobile phone content which will call for classifications similar to those for films, a government spokesman said.

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LG Elec set for strong Q2 profit, risks ahead (Reuters)   16 Jul 2008 10:20 GMT
Reuters - LG Electronics Inc (066570.KS) is set to report quarterly earnings more than doubled next Monday thanks to high margins at its mobile phone unit, brisk sales of TVs and solid results at its LCD joint venture.
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Brazilians first to unlock new iPhone: reports (AFP)   15 Jul 2008 17:57 GMT

AFP - A Brazilian company is claiming to be the first to have found a way to unlock Apple's new iPhone 3G, getting around restrictions that require users to sign up for calling plans with exclusive carriers, reports said Tuesday.

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EU wants to cap costs on phone text messages (AP)   15 Jul 2008 14:17 GMT
AP - Are mobile phone companies taking advantage of teenagers' addiction to chatting in text messages? The top telecommunications regulator for the European Union believes so, and said Tuesday that a limit should be placed on the cost of international texts.
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EU preparing to cap text message prices (AFP)   15 Jul 2008 12:57 GMT

AFP - European mobile phone users could pay less to send cross-border text messages under plans the European Commission is preparing, fed-up that operators have left its calls to cut prices unanswered.

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EU Sets Target Price of €0.11 for SMS Roaming (PC World)   15 Jul 2008 12:30 GMT
PC World - The European Commission wants operators to reduce the cost to mobile phone users of sending text messages while roaming to...
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EU's Reding plans to slash cost of text roaming (Reuters)   15 Jul 2008 10:06 GMT

Reuters - "Rip off" mobile phone operators will be forced to slash by roughly two-thirds the cost of sending a text message while traveling between European Union countries, the bloc's executive arm said on Tuesday.

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Pope's message goes hi-tech in Australia (AFP)   15 Jul 2008 03:27 GMT

AFP - Pope Benedict XVI took a new hi-tech road to spreading his message Tuesday, sending a mobile phone text to pilgrims attending World Youth Day celebrations in Australia, organisers said.

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