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.
AP - An Indian telecommunications company has called off merger talks with South Africa's largest mobile phone network operator, MTN Group Ltd., a company statement said. -- read full article
Sun, 25 May 2008 08:19:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
PC World - China has unveiled plans to restructure the country's telecommunications operators, a final step towards the release of 3G... -- read full article
Mon, 26 May 2008 01:30:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AFP - India's Reliance Communications said on Monday that it had entered into exclusive talks with South African mobile firm MTN after top cellular company Bharti Airtel pulled out of merger negotiations.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Adding mobile Internet, HD TV, DVD, satellite radio, Bluetooth, and GPS to your ride can turn your car into a rolling entertainment center this summer. -- read full article
Sat, 24 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
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.
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Page sees slivers of unused wireless spectrum filling a role similar to Wi-Fi -- free and available widely across the United States. -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 15:43:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - China's biggest mobile phone company will take over a smaller fixed-line carrier, a state news agency said Friday, in what was expected to be the start of a sweeping industry restructuring. -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 16:07:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
NewsFactor - On Thursday, Google co-founder Larry Page visited Washington, D.C. to talk up his company's proposal for a new generation of wireless devices that can run on "white spaces." -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 16:46:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
PC World - It's not often you read a book and find that, 10 years on, it remains central to your thinking. Ideas come and go, paradigms... -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 19:10:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Wireless carriers such as Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and Sprint Nextel say the fees are needed to ensure they recover the subsidies they provide for handsets. -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 21:24:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - The head of the Federal Communications Commission said Friday he wants to regulate fees charged to cell phone users who cancel their wireless contracts early. -- read full article
Fri, 23 May 2008 21:29:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology