Reuters - Microsoft said on Tuesday it expects global unit sales of its Windows Mobile software for cellphones to grow at least 50 percent per year in fiscal years 2008 and 2009.

Reuters - LG Electronics (066570.KS), the world's No.4 handset maker, is closely watching rival Nokia (NOK1V.HE) amid talk the top-ranked mobile phone maker may cut its prices and re-enter the South Korean market later this year.

AFP - A Japanese government panel called on parents and schools Monday to help limit the use of mobile phones by children to prevent them from accessing "harmful" information on websites.

Reuters - China will issue three licenses for high-speed third-generation mobile phone services and called for a merger of China Unicom and Netcom, two of its four biggest telecoms providers, in a long-awaited industry revamp.

AFP - Merger talks between India's biggest mobile phone services firm, Bharti Airtel, and South Africa's flagship MTN Group have been called off, the Indian company said in a statement on Saturday.

Reuters - China will issue three licenses for high-speed third-generation mobile phone services and called for a merger of China Unicom (0762.HK) and Netcom (0906.HK), two of its four big telecoms providers, in a long-awaited industry revamp.