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.
NewsFactor - Microsoft plans to issue seven sets of security patches on June 10 in a Patch Tuesday that will include critical fixes for Internet Explorer, DirectX and Bluetooth wireless software for Windows. -- read full article
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:54:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
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.
NewsFactor - A 3G iPhone is the Apple of the wireless world's eye. Apple CEO Steve Jobs was expected to announce the iPhone 2.0 Monday at the opening of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. -- read full article
Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:34:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AFP - Residents in Taipei have been able to access wireless mobile Internet services in much of the city since a programme launched by former mayor Ma Ying-jeou was completed in 2006.
PC World - Apple could announce the 3G iPhone and a new software development platform for the phone at next week's developer conference. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:00:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Looking to take on the iPhone, a Microsoft exec said mobile music will be a huge business opportunity. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:18:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
NewsFactor - Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference next week in San Francisco is widely expected to serve as the forum for Apple CEO Steve Jobs' unveiling of a new 3G iPhone. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:41:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Investor's Business Daily - The efforts of Google and others to push open-source software in cellular networks are nothing new and won't have a big impact, say executives with Microsoft and Nokia, the largest providers of smart phone software. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:00:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Instead of a battle over 4G wireless technologies, consumer confusion needs to be avoided with the next generation of wireless broadband, Intel's Sean Maloney said. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:49:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - T-Mobile USA is suing Starbucks,
saying the coffee shop chain secretly colluded with AT&T to
offer free WiFi Internet access in its cafes despite an
exclusive agreement with T-Mobile. -- read full article
Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:32:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - A plan by the nation's top telecommunications regulator to provide free wireless high-speed Internet service hit a snag this week over concerns about possible interference and a proposed censoring feature that upset free speech advocates. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:46:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
NewsFactor - Verizon Wireless and Alltel are merging in a $28.1 billion deal that analysts said could have a ripple effect through the U.S. wireless industry -- if the integration goes smoothly. -- read full article
Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:29:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology