AFP - French researchers said on Wednesday they had invented a hydrogen fuel cell as a backup power source for mobile phones, thus easing dependence on an electricity supply to charge the gadget.

AFP - Italian authorities are probing fashion designers Dolce and Gabbana,creators of luxury items ranging from clothes to beachwear, sunglasses, jewelry and mobile phones, for alleged tax evasion, a report said Saturday.

AFP - Merger talks between India's biggest mobile phone services firm, Bharti Airtel, and South Africa's flagship MTN Group could wind up this weekend, a report said on Saturday.

Reuters - The new technology which enables small payments from mobile phones by just flashing the handset is likely to reach masses only around 2012, when one phone from five sold will be equipped with the technology.

AFP - Wireless telecommunications group Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., said Wednesday it was holding "strategic" talks with SK Telecom, South Korea's biggest mobile phone group.

AP - NEC Corp.'s profit for the fiscal year through March more than doubled from the previous year as the Japanese electronics maker's mobile phone and computer-chip businesses swung to profit.