AFP - Japan's number three mobile cellphone operator Softbank Mobile announced on Tuesday it will introduce a new version of Apple's iPhone next month as rival NTT DoCoMo said it had no plan to offer the handset.

Reuters - Nokia(NOK1V.HE), the world's largest cellphone maker, is set to start selling a group of E-series enterprise handsets and the top-of-the-range N96 multimedia device, a senior executive said on Monday.

AFP - Apple chief executive Steve Jobs unveiled new software for its popular iPhone that lets business users send and receive Microsoft Exchange email, in a direct shot at rival BlackBerry.

AFP - Shares in Kenyan mobile phone operator Safaricom surged by more than 50 percent on their first day of trading in Nairobi, in a glittering debut for east Africa's biggest public stock offering.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose the most in more than a month on Thursday after Wal-Mart and other retailers posted stronger-than-expected May sales and data showed a surprising fall in weekly jobless claims, spurring optimism about the economy's health.

Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it would buy rural mobile phone service provider Alltel Corp for $28.1 billion, including debt, which would vault it to first place in the U.S. market ahead of AT&T Inc.

AFP - Verizon Wireless, the second biggest US mobile operator, is in advanced talks to buy American peer Alltel in a deal that would enable it to leapfrog market leader AT&T, Verizon part-owner Vodafone said Thursday.

Reuters - Stocks pulled back from session highs on Thursday after Standard & Poor's cut the credit ratings of bond insurers MBIA Inc and Ambac Financial , keeping worries alive about credit losses.