Reuters - France is calling on mobile companies to
cut text messages prices after publishing a study that shows
prices charged by the country's three main operators have not
fallen much over the past three to four years. -- read full article
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:52:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The Zimbra Mobile for iPhone 2.0 service allows two-way synchronization of e-mail, calendars, and address books. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:52:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The EU will present a plan to cut the cost of mobile phone text messages in the fall, with implementation to take place in the summer of 2009. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:50:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - South Korea's SK Telecom Co Ltd
(017670.KS) and Sprint Nextel Corp are in preliminary
talks about collaborating on technology and not discussing a
merger, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:31:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The sub-$900 notebooks offer small and midsize companies the latest mobile platform from Intel and built-in wireless connectivity to AT&T's 3G high-speed network. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:05:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - Are mobile phone companies taking advantage of teenagers' addiction to chatting in text messages? The top telecommunications regulator for the European Union believes so, and said Tuesday that a limit should be placed on the cost of international texts. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:01:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AP - South Korea's SK Telecom Corp. is in talks to buy struggling U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp., business news channel CNBC reported Tuesday -- read full article
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:20:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - Telecom network gear maker Nokia
Siemens said on Wednesday it had won deals from the
Telefonica O2 German unit to expand, modernize and
maintain its mobile network. -- read full article
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:23:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
PC Magazine - Intel officially launched the Centrino 2 notebook platform on Tuesday, a CPU/chipset/wireless combination that the company claims will offer increased performance at a lower power consumption than its predecessors. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:47:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - Intel , the world's top PC chip
maker, on Tuesday launched the next-generation of its Centrino
wireless chip that it hopes will provide a new revenue stream
amid a broader push into mobile technologies.
Reuters - South Africa's Telkom on
Tuesday said it was still in discussions with a Vodafone
unit for part of its stake in mobile operator Vodacom,
sending its shares up 1.90 percent. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:08:45 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
Reuters - "Rip off" mobile phone operators will
be forced to slash by roughly two-thirds the cost of sending a
text message while traveling between European Union countries,
the bloc's executive arm said on Tuesday.
AP - Are mobile phone companies taking advantage of teenagers' addiction to chatting in text messages? The top telecommunications regulator for the European Union believes so, and said Tuesday that a limit should be placed on the cost of international texts. -- read full article
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:17:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Wireless and Mobile Technology
AFP - European mobile phone users could pay less to send cross-border text messages under plans the European Commission is preparing as its patience runs out with operators who have ignored calls to cut prices.
