LG Electronics Co., the world's No. 5 mobile phone maker, said Tuesday that it will launch its high-end mobile phones in China this year, aiming to expand its presence in the world's largest mobile phone market.The South Korean company said it has won the bidding for handset....
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China Mobile plans to buy a stake in Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications.China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone service provider, will pay NT$17.78 billion (US$527.9 million) for a 12 percent stake in Far EasTone, the companies said Wednesday.The two companies....
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Smokers interested in quitting the habit can now get some serious help from their iPhones- a new free application of the smart phoneprovides a live quitline coach and uses live text to advice on how to kick the butt. Developed by The George Washington University'....
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Apple recently delivered its one billionth iPhone app download. History will surely look kindly at Steve Jobs and company for its major contribution to the consumer's adoption of mobile hardware, software and services, all of which have taken phones well beyond the....
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Apple Inc appears to be playing the top two U.S. mobile operators AT&T Inc and Verizon Wireless against each other as it shops for the next distributor for its popular iPhone.Whether one or both operators sign a deal, analysts are in no doubt that Apple wins in the end....
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Nokia Oyj said on Tuesday it would combine its different Internet services tighter together as the world's top cellphone maker tackles Apple's hugely successful App Store.To cope with slowing phone demand Nokia is building a new business from mobile Internet services -- like....
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Zoho on Tuesday rolled out a unified mobile front for its suite of Web applications. Zoho had offered some basic iPhone and Windows Mobile support previously, but now is unifying applications like Mail, Calendar, Writer, Sheet, Show & Creator into one interface. The mobile....
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If one thing is clear from a flurry of recent new reports on Verizon Wireless, it is that the wireless carrier really wants its own iPhone -- or an iPhone-like device -- so it can compete with AT&T Inc., which currently has an exclusive hold on the highly successful smartphone....
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Verizon Wireless' ARPU (average revenue per user) was up 21 percent in its first quarter after its earnings were buoyed by the company’s recent acquisition of Alltel Wireless.On April 23, Verizon rival AT&T reported less rosy results after its first-quarter profit fell 9 percent....
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If some rumors prove to be true, Verizon Wireless and Apple are currently negotiating to bring a CDMA version of the iPhone to Verizon’s mobile network, according to USA Today.Verizon has set a timeframe of next year for its roll out of its new LTE network However....
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Nokia has launched its music download service Comes with Music in Brazil. The service initially comes with the Nokia 5800 mobile phone, a touch-screen 3G device with Wi-Fi, a 3.2 megapixel camera, GPS with Nokia Maps, and 8 GB of internal memory. The Comes with Music phone....
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Microsoft and Verizon Wireless are in talks to launch a touch-screen mobile phone on the US carrier's network early next year, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. Verizon has also had discussions in recent months with Apple about partnering on devices....
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Truphone today launched Truphone 3.0, a major new upgrade to its mobile VoIP application for the Apple iPhone that dramatically builds upon the success of previous versions of the iPhone’s first ever VoIP application, enhancing users’ instant messaging and account management....
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Motorola isn’t quite done yet with the mobile phones, as the “sporty” Motorola W7 was leaked. The device is a slider with an elongated D-pad. Reports indicate that it will have a QVGA screen and EDGE support. The leaked photos also reveal 2 megapixel that has neither flash....
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HTC unveiled their new flagship device the HTC Touch Diamond 2 in Kuala Lumpur today. The Diamond 2 gets a screen upgrade from 2.8 inches to 3.2 inches, and sports HTC’s latest TouchFLO 3D interface. The device is powered Windows Mobile 6.1. The TouchFLO’s Single Contact....
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According to the findings of a new report from Ovum, mobile operators are comfortably and steadily beating the recession. Overall, operators maintained revenue and customer growth during the period, but the rate of growth is down. While most operators in emerging....
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T-Mobile Germany has announced a deal with navigation service provider, Navigon to port its platform into smartphones sold by the operator from the second half of this year. The smartphones will be sold complete with a copy of Navigon's MobileNavigator 7 navigation software....
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Virgin Mobile France is seriously considering the possibility of bidding for France's fourth 3G network licence, announced company CEO Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux at a press conference. AFP reports that the executive said that Virgin was almost obliged to study such a move....
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T-Mobile has announced that UK sales of the T-Mobile G1 with Google, the first phone to run on the Android mobile software platform, are set to reach 100,000 in the six months since launch. The mobile operator also confirmed that it will launch its second Android-based device....
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AT the eighth edition of the West African International Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology Exhibition (W.Afri.Tel), Visafone Communications Limited subscriber base was estimated at 350,000.This number included the subscribers inherited from....
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Samsung is reportedly about to release of a new mobile phone that is aimed at those avid texters looking for a compact device. Known the as the T349, the messaging handset will feature an extensive keypad that will cram in 20 keys and resembles the Blackberry Suretype....
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A real credit crunch beater, this deal, taking a music mobile phone that features an enhanced S40 Music player supporting MP3, M4A, eAAC+, AAC and WMA music formats plus dedicated music keys for play and pause, forward and rewind. A stereo FM radio will also be featured....
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Real estate site Zillow is launching its own iPhone application, bringing price point information and other data on 88 million U.S. homes to users’ fingertips. Why they might need this cabability — unless they’re stalking the streets in search of a new house — is a mystery, but ....
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"Last year the world went berserk on wireless internet and some carriers reported increases of 1000 per cent," Telstra chief technology officer Hugh Bradlow said.Mobile surfing is booming and Australians are at the forefront of the hand-held revolution, he said."Australia is leading....
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Telecoms, Mobile & Broadband in Northern Region EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Northern Africa is home to some of the most developed telecom markets on the continent. All countries in this group except for landlocked Chad have well developed fixed-line infrastructures and....
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