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 encourage a restructuring of leading telecoms companies, including a merger of China Unicom (0762.HK) and Netcom (0906.HK), the government said on Saturday.

Reuters - Google Inc co-founder Larry Page was in Washington on Thursday to promote the company's proposal for a new generation of wireless devices to operate on soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves.

Reuters - Advertising on mobile phones has enormous potential to become a significant platform for marketers, but any breakthrough is years away and major operators must work together to succeed, executives said.

AP - A proposal for the government to help cell phone customers avoid expensive fees when they cancel contracts with wireless companies may go down in flames after consumer advocates protested Wednesday it isn't generous enough.

Reuters - President George W. Bush announced an easing of restrictions on Wednesday to allow Americans to send cell phones to their families in Cuba, in what he portrayed as a test of the Communist country's economic reforms.