AP - Cell phone company T-Mobile USA is set to launch a nationwide service that lets customers place unlimited domestic calls with their landline phones over a broadband connection. -- read full article
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:07:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - Virgin Mobile USA is set to
acquire a U.S. mobile arm of South Korea's SK Telecom Co
(017670.KS) as both sides agreed to combine their struggling
businesses, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Reuters - The world's first advertising-funded
mobile telecoms operator, Blyk, will enter the highly
competitive German, Spanish and Belgian markets next year, the
firm said on Wednesday.
Reuters - Nokia Corp (NOK1V.HE) will add public
wireless LAN access to its handsets in Japan in a bid to keep
pace with smaller Japanese rivals that already provide such
network connections.
AP - Virgin Mobile USA is introducing a plan with unlimited calling for $79.99 per month, helping feed the price-cutting frenzy that has washed over the cellular carriers this year. -- read full article
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:17:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - What do you do if you're stuck in a
field at a pop festival but there's trouble ahead because your
mobile phone's battery is about to run out?
Reuters - European mobile carriers have crossed
the 100 million mark with subscribers on their third-generation
networks, market research firm Informa Telecoms and Media said. -- read full article
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:18:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
NewsFactor - On Tuesday, Nokia made a cash offer to acquire the 52 percent of Symbian it doesn't already own. Nokia is willing to pay $410 million for the mobile-platform software found on most cell phones today. -- read full article
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:12:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AFP - Finnish mobile telephone giant Nokia said on Tuesday it will take full control of Symbian, a London-based software group, buying out the other shareholders for 264 million euros.
Reuters - Motorola Inc shares slumped 7
percent on Monday to their lowest levels in five years after
analysts downgraded the mobile-phone maker on fears it cannot
staunch market share losses in North America.
